I have a 1.5” G pulchra, that literally follows me around the enclosure when I’m doing maintenance, taking an interest in what I’m doing and to add comedy value, if it doesn’t like it, it strolls around sticking its bum in the air!All of my favorite slings, for both looks and entertainment value, have been speed demon growers. Tapinauchenius, Avicularia, etc., you blink, and they're working on their college entrance essays.
At the same time, budget and space limitations these days are limiting purchases of mature adults. All of which adds up to obtaining a lot of slings in the foreseeable future.
What have been your favorite slings to raise up? Especially among the slow growers, which have been the species that you were almost (if not actually) sad to see mature to adulthood?
My collection is small enough that I check on every sling I own every single day. And I guess I've reached that certain age when a woman just wants a baby...baby spider, that is!But let's face it, a little brown sling with some fuzz on its butt could be any of a dozen brachypelmas.
What, in your experience, are the very best babies for looks and/or personality?
Notes:
1. For the purposes of this exercise, do not consider the cost of the sling as a barrier. However, it would be helpful to us, your readers, if you would mention cost or rarity as an issue in obtaining your candidate.
2. Total pet holes get on my last damn nerve. I'm a serious gardener: if I'm going to take care of jars of dirt, they're going to have seeds in them. Candidates don't necessarily have to be able to juggle while riding a unicycle every time their habitat is opened, but in order to qualify for the exalted status of Best Sling Ever, a baby at least has to give evidence that it is alive and present more than once or twice a year.
You get an award and a follow for that one, my dear! Thank you and bless you for the 1st good laugh of the day.
Yes the mighty fearsom E. sp. red lol ( that might be yellow, I’m still learning the difference )
Thank you.
??? To the best of my knowledge the only breeder of A. moderatum recently has been @Austin S. in America. Every moderatum sling in Europe is imported from him at the moment - I was interested in a couple and talked to people around here. There has been no A. moderatum sac in Europe - the species has not been available here for years.
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