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Oooh, beautiful :) I can never seem to find anything but garter snakes and water snakes =P lol. Not that there's anything wrong with garter snakes, I guess, but we've got a lot of really interesting species in MI that I've never even seen, makes me sad ,__, Anyway, great catch, it looks...

Well, I've been poking around the boards for a few days and it looks like I'm probably going to end up hanging around, so I may as well formally introduce myself. My name's Jay (it's short for Jessica- people get my gender confused going just by name, so it's best to clear it up right away :\...

Hmm, there are some ATMS that you can deposit to as well as withdraw from, but I don't think they're very common :? lol I'm not sure. I don't know much about banking either, I have a savings and a checking and a debit card- all I know is if I put money in my checking account, I can buy stuff...

That would be really cool :) With the incredible amount of knowledge and experience of everyone on these boards combined, that would be a really useful project. Probably fun, too, for those involved- and there'd be the whole check-and-balance of the entire community to keep track of incorrect...

Wow, those look great! :Db I love the caves. Excellent blend of form and function, haha.

Ouch, that sucks :P Probably part of the problem is that she doesn't understand why "really big spiders" would be worth so much money ('all they do is sit there!'), and add that to the fact that the only idea she might have of market value for tarantulas is from the rosehairs you see most often...

Whaaaat?? O__O Are all the prices like that? And if yes... how have they managed not to go under yet??

Well, this thread sure is... special O__o;; lol I've only been a member for a few days, myself, so I don't really know what all shenanigans go on... but in my admittedly very limited experience, everyone seems fairly intelligent, friendly, and willing to help, if sometimes opinionated or...

Thanks for the advice, but that's not really what I meant :\ I know tarantulas aren't 'friendly' and they aren't toys. For myself, I prefer animals that I know I can handle safely and without fear, because the idea of having to deal with a crotchety, bitey tarantula (or any other animal) in some...

+1 :Db All my herps are wild caught, and I've been keeping jumping spiders, fishing spiders, mantids, and crickets for a long time, too (I even bred one of my favorite jumpers once, haha, wasn't hard to find her a male... not sure what the point of that project was, though. Once they hatched...

What do you look for most or prefer in your spiders- docile, low-key Ts that you can get out, mess with, and have a good look at? Or rare, beautiful, extravagant Ts that may or may not be "look but don't touch"? Just curious ;) For me, I really prefer not to have pets that I can't or don't...

I get that you can expect to pay more from a pet store... it only makes sense, since the pet store is a middle-man. But it's especially odd that they have all their Ts at flat rate per species... at least, I think that's odd. My B Smithi was bought there as a young adult for the same price...

My local 'mom and pop' pet store stocks tarantulas on a pretty regular basis- usually loads of rosehairs and then a handful of other assorted species. Right now they've got a B. Smithi sling that's maybe .75 inches, and it's going for a hundred bucks. Is that... normal for pet shops? It seems...

Even apart from cost and time, I get too emotionally invested to want dozens or hundreds of Ts! (Yes... I get emotionally invested in tarantulas. I get emotionally invested in EVERYTHING. It's kind of inconvenient actually :P) I would LOVE the chance to poke around in a big collection and see...

Fair enough! :) Just the bit about getting moms to buy fancy terrariums seemed a little touchy. But I get where you're coming from. In fact, you'd think someone with a really barebones setup would have a VERY clean and well-maintained enclosure, because they obviously are only interested in...

This thread is adorable XD Not that I'm one to talk. I babytalk everything :P lol

There's nothing wrong with the simple method... but there's nothing stuck up about the decorative method, either. You don't have to be snippy :\ The almighty dollar has little to do with it. I bought small houseplants from Horrocks for three dollars each and they look fantastic. The terrariums...

Exactly! n__n All my animals (several herps and only ONE T, can you imagine??), with the exception of the turtles because for some reason aquarium plants are expensive, have gorgeous, lavish terrariums that they absolutely don't care about, haha. Sometimes I feel silly having a toad who spends...

Thanks for the advice guys :) Definitely leaning heavily toward the popular vote at this point... a bit more expensive than the other two but sounds more than worth it! By the way, any idea on typical lifespan for G Pulchripes? The internet is giving me mixed answers, lol

I did actually have a pinktoe for a while... it was my first ever tarantula. I bought it from Petco, it molted a month later, and Oh! It's a boy! -___-;; I was pretty unhappy. He was neat while he lasted- bit jumpy though. I'll probably get another eventually, but not really looking for an...