P Muticus and others for semi beginner?

[Ant]

What would you more experienced keepers say is a good NW species that could be used as sort of a "transition T" to a fast OW species?

 

[Goopyguy56]

I have heard psalmopous is good for that. I probably didnt spell it right. The tree spiders that have another genus i cant spell like tap gigas. I dont have any credibility cus all 18 of my t's were new worlders.

 

[Nightshady]

What would you more experienced keepers say is a good NW species that could be used as sort of a "transition T" to a fast OW species?

P. cambridgei is what most people recommend I believe.

 

[EulersK]

What would you more experienced keepers say is a good NW species that could be used as sort of a "transition T" to a fast OW species?

A Psalmo to prepare you for the speed, and a Nhandu to prepare you for the defensiveness.

 

[Nightstalker47]

What would you more experienced keepers say is a good NW species that could be used as sort of a "transition T" to a fast OW species?

As a bridge to OW arboreals, P.cambridgei are an excellent option.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

A Psalmo to prepare you for the speed, and a Nhandu to prepare you for the defensiveness.

You forgot the most important one, the one to bring them all and in the darkness bind them

 

[TownesVanZandt]

What would you more experienced keepers say is a good NW species that could be used as sort of a "transition T" to a fast OW species?

If you plan to get an OW arboreal f.ex. a "Pokie", then getting a "Psalmo" beforehand makes a lot of sense. If you´re more interested in terrestrial "baboons" however, I can´t see the need of getting a "Psalmo" beforehand and provided you have some experience with Ts you can go for an E.pachypus or a Ceratogryus sp. straight away if you ask me

 

[cold blood]

What would you more experienced keepers say is a good NW species that could be used as sort of a "transition T" to a fast OW species?

cam

• cold blood
• Jun 15, 2017
• 3

another juvie cam.

Psalmopoeus cambridgei

• cold blood
• Mar 11, 2017
• 7
• cambridgei psalmopoeus psalmopoeus cambridgei trinidad chevron tarantula

cam...the camster..the caminator, the cam-meister...Dr. Camenstein...Cam-a-lama-ding-dong...mass...

Get a sling or three....or 10. They're cheap.

They grow very fast, so as the t grows, you will be doing re-houses along with it...a 16oz deli to a 32oz deli, to an intermediate enclosure, to the adult. With this species they grow fast. Males will mature in about a year. So in just a year you will gain a lot of experience (especially if you buy multiples) and be very prepared for OWs.

If one is serious about a hobby, a year isn't much.

 

[Arachnophoric]

cam

• cold blood
• Jun 15, 2017
• 3

another juvie cam.

Psalmopoeus cambridgei

• cold blood
• Mar 11, 2017
• 7
• cambridgei psalmopoeus psalmopoeus cambridgei trinidad chevron tarantula

cam...the camster..the caminator, the cam-meister...Dr. Camenstein...Cam-a-lama-ding-dong...mass...

Get a sling or three....or 10. They're cheap.

They grow very fast, so as the t grows, you will be doing re-houses along with it...a 16oz deli to a 32oz deli, to an intermediate enclosure, to the adult. With this species they grow fast. Males will mature in about a year. So in just a year you will gain a lot of experience (especially if you buy multiples) and be very prepared for OWs.

If one os serious about a hobby, a year isn't much.

I second the claim on the growth rates - I've had mine no longer than 2 weeks and it already went into premolt, molted, and is eating again. In another molt I'll need to rehouse myself, the little booger doubled in size.

 

[Goopyguy56]

I have read p. Irminia are quick and usually more snappy than pokies but i will defer to those who keep both for i have neither.

 

[miss moxie]

I have read p. Irminia are quick and usually more snappy than pokies but i will defer to those who keep both for i have neither.

I've not had my P. irminia long, and they're still a sling. BUT I can say for certain that the P. pulcher female I once had was far more irritable and testy than any of my Poecilotheria have been.

She's the only T I've had that actually struck in defensiveness. I've had a T grab and bite onto a tong, but this was the slapping and striking combo they do when they're telling you to eff off.

She was a -gorgeous- girl, however.

 

[Goopyguy56]

I've not had my P. irminia long, and they're still a sling. BUT I can say for certain that the P. pulcher female I once had was far more irritable and testy than any of my Poecilotheria have been.

She's the only T I've had that actually struck in defensiveness. I've had a T grab and bite onto a tong, but this was the slapping and striking combo they do when they're telling you to eff off.

She was a -gorgeous- girl, however.

Such a beautiful genus. I think i might have to get a few if i can convince my wife to let me have more t's.

 

[Kayis]

Such a beautiful genus. I think i might have to get a few if i can convince my wife to let me have more t's.

Make the purchase....you can ask later...for forgiveness. Tell her you have a sickness that requires you to have more T's. A lot of us are inflicted with the same sickness.

 

[Nonnack]

Order it, and then tell her you didn't, it was just a freebie ;P

 

[Goopyguy56]

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Make the purchase....you can ask later...for forgiveness. Tell her you have a sickness that requires you to have more T's. A lot of us are inflicted with the same sickness.

Its so funny how it started. Last year i wanted a B albo because i used to have one back in the day and it was the nicest T I owned when i first got this sickness. So I just had my B albo for a year. I told my wife i needed another T to help eat the crickets since i bought 12 at a time. So i got 2 slings. They were small so they werent really helpi,g with the cricket problem. I picked up a juvie b emilia. Then this sickness really set in and now i have 14 tarantulas. I did tell my wife that there is nothing she can do to stop me from getting a female g. Pulchra. I have a sling now and if it turns out to be female then i dont need to buy one. I think i just need to let the dust settle for a bit. Once some of my slings end up as males i will be looking for folks that want to use them to breed and that will free up some space for me to aquire more t's.