Don’t give up on finding a H. chilense….I found a 1cm sling at the Western Invert Show in Bristol (England) last weekend- seller had a couple of them! Mine is already living up to its reputation, really busy and curious- an absolute treasure!
I had my first loss last week....only had the little guy for 7 weeks. He moulted and it seemed to be okay but then he went into a death curl a few hours later. Tried putting water next to him but think I was kidding myself. Definitely dead. My 10 year old daughter and I decided to have a burial...
Well, we finally got #3.....got slightly sidetracked with a cocker spaniel puppy along the way hence the delay. (I wasn’t allowed more spiders until we got the puppy.) We ended up with the predictable B. hamorii, fell in love with this one....named it Fraggle.
As you have a good Welsh name Evan, how about Welsh names for them? My suggestions would be Enfys ( pronounced enn viss) meaning rainbow and Eirian (eye ree ann) meaning bright and beautiful. Both can be either male or female but I’d go with Enfys for the male. I love how you’re putting lots of...
Wow, Storm76, you have some stunning tarantulas!! Think we may be adding a GBB to our wish list now.....love the web! It’s a shame we can’t have more, but after years of ‘no way are we getting a spider’ from hubby and son, we’re doing well to be looking for #3!
Thanks Storm76! Our G. rosea enjoys her playground and spends some time every day redesigning. She ignores the water bowl generally. I’m glad we don’t need to hunt for that!
Daughter wants one that will grow to around 5-6” so she’s not keen on the dwarf or giant species, otherwise a G...
Thanks for the heads up SpaceM, nice and close but don’t really want an arboreal until we have more experience, plus would prefer something younger. They are stunning though!
Great ideas, thanks everyone. Not planning to handle it as don’t think it’s fair. We prefer to watch not touch. Guess it will now depend on availability here in S Wales.....
Thanks BarksandFarts, your hamorii is very cute! Genics are impressively fast growers...does that give them a shorter lifespan? We’d probably look for a juvenile of whatever we choose. Here are my little darlings....
My 10 year old daughter and I have convinced the family that we need a 3rd T......we have a 2 year old G. rosea (Lucille) and a 3 year old B. albopilosum (Tara) at the moment. What should we get next? Daughter thinks a B. hamorii or is that too predictable? Has to be a NW as not very experienced...
Depending on where you live...we got our perspex enclosures from Dragon Reptiles in Radyr, Cardiff. £30 each for the standard size (30cm x 20cm x 20cm)but also have bigger /smaller for sale. Sliding lid and ventilation holes designed to stand either horizontally or vertically. Here’s our B...
Our B. albopilosum is named Tara. She was named by my 10 year old daughter -Tara was her birthday present and she had the name picked out a year before!! Not too original but it suits her. Good luck naming yours!
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