Moving into old world tarantulas.

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I agree with others in saying that a pokie is a decent starter OW. I would recommend a P. regalis. I jumped into OWs much sooner than you, and I started with pokies. The P. vittata in my avatar is unbelievably calm for an OW. She was probably an avic in a former life, and never got the memo;)

Be sure to share some photos of whichever one you end up getting:)
 
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Anoplogaster said:
I agree with others in saying that a pokie is a decent starter OW. I would recommend a P. regalis. I jumped into OWs much sooner than you, and I started with pokies. The P. vittata in my avatar is unbelievably calm for an OW. She was probably an avic in a former life, and never got the memo;)

Be sure to share some photos of whichever one you end up getting:)
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P.regalis or P.ornata was my main choice of pokies. I will of course share pictures when i buy something new, I have to take some decent pictures of my collection to upload into my profile anyway. ;)
 
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Anoplogaster said:
I agree with others in saying that a pokie is a decent starter OW. I would recommend a P. regalis. I jumped into OWs much sooner than you, and I started with pokies. The P. vittata in my avatar is unbelievably calm for an OW. She was probably an avic in a former life, and never got the memo;)

Be sure to share some photos of whichever one you end up getting:)
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I disagree. You can get into ows with some common sense and experience raising defensive NW terrestrials. For a pokie you want some experience with fast NW arboreals.
 
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Chris LXXIX said:
Well, technically actually they are if someone gained prior the proper experience with years of fast and defensive arboreals like P.irminia etc
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Anoplaster needs to read my first post more throughly.

Saying a pokie is a good first ow is wrong. It can be okay, if you keep some Psalmos first. NOT everyone does that.

Baboons are a better choice if you've only kept terrestrials.
 
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Viraniel said:
I'm about 2.5 years into the hobby, I think i got some experience in keeping tarantulas, at the moment in my collection I have: Female GBB, female LP, Female G.rosea, Female A.geniculata, female P.irminia C.versicolor, A.metallica, T.gigas and N.trippei. For a long time now, im thinking about getting an old world tarantula, but I don't know which one would be a decent starting point. I had few people recomending OBT or H.Maculata, but after doing some proper research I figured it out that I will wait with those two until i get more experience. What about pokies as first old world?
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I'll let other people advise on Pokies, but if you're considering terrestrial species:

I got a 4" female Ceratogyrus marshalli (straight-horned baboon) as my first OW tarantula, because it has a reputation for being a good starter OW. Plus, they are sexually dimorphic, so it was easy to spot a female at Repticon. (Only the females have real horns; males just have little buttons.) They are inexpensive (I paid $30 for mine) and not too hard to find in the U.S.

Rehousing went well due to previous experience with other tarantulas. She was a little reluctant to leave her deli cup, and she hissed at me, but she was easier to coax out than many of my NWs.

I gave her room to dig, so she became a pet hole, but I can still see her through the side of her burrow.
 
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Venom1080 said:
Anoplaster needs to read my first post more throughly.

Saying a pokie is a good first ow is wrong. It can be okay, if you keep some Psalmos first. NOT everyone does that.

Baboons are a better choice if you've only kept terrestrials.
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All you’re arguing here is that it’s conditional. One could easily make the argument that baboons are not appropriate as a first OW if it happens to also be their first T ever.

The point is the OP already mentions experience with irminia, and my post was tailored to that.
 
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Anoplogaster said:
All you’re arguing here is that it’s conditional. One could easily make the argument that baboons are not appropriate as a first OW if it happens to also be their first T ever.

The point is the OP already mentions experience with irminia, and my post was tailored to that.
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I'm not going to waste my time anymore. You're clueless to what I'm trying to say.

@Nightshady aye, give your ratings and leave without a word.
 
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If you want an arboreal, a pokie would be great...if you want a baboon...Ceratogryus is a classic starter genus...A. ezendami is also a great one. Even P. muticus wouldn't be a bad choice.
 
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