What Was Your First Tarantula?

[buzz182]

First was a Grammostola rosea when I was eight, grandfather bought it me for Christmas as my parents would never have let me have it otherwise. Had her for 5 years but when i was 13 I had to sell it when my parents divorced and we moved away. fast forward 20 years and I got my second T a couple of weeks ago and I'm hooked and already planning for my next.

 

[LurkingUnderground]

First was a Grammostola rosea when I was eight, grandfather bought it me for Christmas as my parents would never have let me have it otherwise. Had her for 5 years but when i was 13 I had to sell it when my parents divorced and we moved away. fast forward 20 years and I got my second T a couple of weeks ago and I'm hooked and already planning for my next.

I was the kid that would pick up garden Spiders on school grounds and let her walk around on my hand. Usually ending up with Mittens made out of silk.

 

[JackJackula]

Just got my first 3 slings at an expo in April, I picked up a Psalmopoeus irminia, Psalmopoeus cambridgei, and a Grammastola pulchripes! Definitely addicted and looking to acquire more.

 

[ErinM31]

My first T was a B. hamorii, bought as a wee sling early in 2016:

Brachypelma smithi sling

• ErinM31
• Mar 10, 2016
• brachypelma mexican redknee sling smithi spiderling tarantula

My first T ^_^

Now a beautiful and feisty lady!

Brachypelma hamorii

• ErinM31
• Jun 3, 2018
• 9
• brachypelma brachypelma hamorii brachypelma smithi hamorii mexican redknee tarantula

My first tarantula, purchased in March 2016 as a ~3rd instar Mexican redknee. For the past year...

 

[LurkingUnderground]

My first T was a B. hamorii, bought as a wee sling early in 2016:

Brachypelma smithi sling

• ErinM31
• Mar 10, 2016
• brachypelma mexican redknee sling smithi spiderling tarantula

My first T ^_^

Now a beautiful and feisty lady!

Brachypelma hamorii

• ErinM31
• Jun 3, 2018
• 9
• brachypelma brachypelma hamorii brachypelma smithi hamorii mexican redknee tarantula

My first tarantula, purchased in March 2016 as a ~3rd instar Mexican redknee. For the past year...

Only took two years?

 

[TyjTheMighty]

My 1st T was a juvie Avic metallica (or avic avic morphotype 8 or something like that) in Jan 2017 ^_^ now I have 40 - and counting!

 

[Nightshady]

My first T was a 3/4” GBB sling. I didn’t find AB before I made the purchase, so I ignorantly put in in a TEN gallon tank, LOL!!

I found AB shortly after I got it and got it into an appropriate habitat in short order.

 

[ErinM31]

Only took two years?

Yep! I don’t know exactly how old or what instar she was when I got her, but she could not have been more than a year. It seemed fast to me too, but then I had a male B. albo mature even faster. I’m guessing it’s because I fed them plenty and it gets warm in the bedroom/T-room a good portion of the year. My Aphonopelma, meanwhile, grow at their own slow pace no matter what.

 

[CyclingSam]

My first-first T was a wild caught A. iodius MM. My first purchased tarantula was a female A. moderatum. I fell out of tarantula keeping when my A. moderatum died. When I got back in, I purchased four slings all together: B. emilia, B. smithi, G. pulchripes, and A. geniculata.

 

[ECH]

My first T was a B. hamorii, bought as a wee sling early in 2016:

Brachypelma smithi sling

• ErinM31
• Mar 10, 2016
• brachypelma mexican redknee sling smithi spiderling tarantula

My first T ^_^

Now a beautiful and feisty lady!

Brachypelma hamorii

• ErinM31
• Jun 3, 2018
• 9
• brachypelma brachypelma hamorii brachypelma smithi hamorii mexican redknee tarantula

My first tarantula, purchased in March 2016 as a ~3rd instar Mexican redknee. For the past year...

My first T was a B. hamorii, bought as a wee sling early in 2016:

Brachypelma smithi sling

• ErinM31
• Mar 10, 2016
• brachypelma mexican redknee sling smithi spiderling tarantula

My first T ^_^

Now a beautiful and feisty lady!

Brachypelma hamorii

• ErinM31
• Jun 3, 2018
• 9
• brachypelma brachypelma hamorii brachypelma smithi hamorii mexican redknee tarantula

My first tarantula, purchased in March 2016 as a ~3rd instar Mexican redknee. For the past year...

My first T was a B. hamorii, bought as a wee sling early in 2016:

Brachypelma smithi sling

• ErinM31
• Mar 10, 2016
• brachypelma mexican redknee sling smithi spiderling tarantula

My first T ^_^

Now a beautiful and feisty lady!

Brachypelma hamorii

• ErinM31
• Jun 3, 2018
• 9
• brachypelma brachypelma hamorii brachypelma smithi hamorii mexican redknee tarantula

My first tarantula, purchased in March 2016 as a ~3rd instar Mexican redknee. For the past year...

Wow! How big is she?

 

[StampFan]

In 1986 (or so) I was sold a "Woolly tarantula" (likely a B albopilosum or G rosea, remember, long pre-internet and ready information) as a mature adult. Had it for another 10 plus years. Was a nice, docile little brown T. Would take one exactly like it in a heart-beat. Never a threat posture. Always ate. Never minded being handled when necessary. Always entertaining. Loved that little beast.

 

[SpooderLady008]

My first T was one of the Aphonopelma sp. that live in the foothills of California.

I had a friend who had two mature males in a tank together and when they started fighting she asked me if I wanted one. So I said yes. His name was Critter and he wasn't the best first experience with a T, what with his distressing need to roam constantly in search of booty. He died unfullfilled. I almost let it sour my desire to have more until the kind people of another T forum convinced me to take some free female T's and that they would be a far more enjoyable experience. They were right.

 

[Mike Miller]

P Regalis was my first.

 

[WolfSoon]

Mine was a female A. chalcodes I got as a kid and had until I moved out of the house. I went many years without Ts and then got a C. versicolor last year, followed by a few more

 

[FrDoc]

A. Geniculata!

 

[Joogvanhedel]

Grammostola rosea, now already 30 years ago..

 

[RTTB]

An Aphonopelma eutylenum I caught near my house when I was about 10 years old or so.

 

[Tearsacid]

Nice! Mine was a native caught T as well. It was an A. Hentzi or Texas Brown & caught when I was about 8. I would always explore & collect all sorts of bugs & critters but I always felt bad for taking them form their homes so I would only keep them for a few days (enough time to research and observe them) & then release them back. Then seach for my next =)
So my 1st T was just babysat by me for about a week. I've kept so many that way.

 

[PanzoN88]

B. albopilosum (hobby) sling at 2i and is now a 3.5-4" female.

 

[LurkingUnderground]

I need tood

I was planning on buying two Ts but was talked down to get just one and that one is going to be the Grammostola pulchripes.
The second one was going to be a curly hair. If all things go well. I hope to see it tomorrow or the next day.

It arrived on the 11th and I emden up getting two. The curly hair was a Freebie.

Meet Rumpelstiltskin and Coconut.