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Old 18-03-2010, 07:38 AM
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Ok some of you may of noticed my G.Rosea with pictures of webbing and thought it "she" was coming up for moult...

Well yeaterday i checked on "her" and still no moult. And so then i was looking closer at the neatness of the webbing and discovered that "she" is infact a mature male with weird sized pedipalps and the obvious hooks...

So now what i ask is...

1) How long "roughly" is he going to live for?

2) Now that he is mature, will this mean no more moulting?

3) And lastly, im no way near planning on breeding, so what would be the best price to charge for a mature male
g.rosea?


Many thanks in advance...i wont be on now until to tonight as i have college

please excuse spelling mistakes i typed this on ipod touch.
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Old 18-03-2010, 08:26 AM
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I'm not sure how much he is worth. £20 posted? I have an AF and may be interested.

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Old 18-03-2010, 08:35 AM
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I did wonder from last post tbh but i assumed she had been sexed so thought no more about it lol

I would say betwenn £12 and £15 is a reasonable price for an adult Rosea so about £20 posted, you could always do a 50/50 but then you need to think what you will do with all the slings lol
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Old 18-03-2010, 08:41 AM
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Well yeaterday i checked on "her" and still no moult. And so then i was looking closer at the neatness of the webbing and discovered that "she" is infact a mature male with weird sized pedipalps and the obvious hooks...

So now what i ask is...

1) How long "roughly" is he going to live for? he could live for one or two years after he had his maturing moult (whenever that was)

2) Now that he is mature, will this mean no more moulting? yes, once in a while a mature male will attempt another moult, but it is usually unsuccessful as they can't get their swollen pedipalps out

3) And lastly, im no way near planning on breeding, so what would be the best price to charge for a mature male
g.rosea? if Andy's offered you £20, I'd jump at the chance as you won't get a better offer. If I sell an MM it's usually for a tenner or so.
i can't believe none of us noticed your chile was male, it looks nice and fat and the pedipalps aren't very visible in the pics you took, but still!
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Old 18-03-2010, 08:42 AM
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i can't believe none of us noticed your chile was male, it looks nice and fat and the pedipalps aren't very visible in the pics you took, but still!
I think we all did the smae thing and just assumed that it had been sexed as female so didn't look lol
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Old 18-03-2010, 10:51 PM
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Haha thanks everyone.

definately going up for sale, but andy is on list first. But all money from him will be going towards a m.balfouri
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