Python Patrol Exotics
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- Dec 5, 2018
- Messages
- 40
I've been keeping since 2018, I still consider myself a newbie. When I first discovered the fascination of spiders, that quite suddenly replaced my fear of them, I wanted to collect them all! Don't get me wrong that still sounds pretty cool, but alot of work(there are new species in the hobby every few months!).
Like many others before me, I fell in love with the idea of breeding. After I bought a unsexed wild caught T. Albopilosum from a reptile show, I got a general reveal when I found her holding a eggsack! This experience was absolutely amazing(I had only been keeping for about 4 months), and all I wanted to do was repeat the process. After a couple more eggsacks, and plenty of time finding where my passion lies in terms of my collection, I've changed my focus dramatically! Originally I wanted to breed everything I could! And keep every species possible!
Now I know what breeding projects I eventually want to embark on, and what genus I want as a personal collection.
My question is how many of you spent your first 6-8 months buying every spider you could afford. Realizing a little later that you aren't passionate about half of your collection.
And at that point do you sell them off? To me I struggle with the sentimental value they hold for me
Like many others before me, I fell in love with the idea of breeding. After I bought a unsexed wild caught T. Albopilosum from a reptile show, I got a general reveal when I found her holding a eggsack! This experience was absolutely amazing(I had only been keeping for about 4 months), and all I wanted to do was repeat the process. After a couple more eggsacks, and plenty of time finding where my passion lies in terms of my collection, I've changed my focus dramatically! Originally I wanted to breed everything I could! And keep every species possible!
Now I know what breeding projects I eventually want to embark on, and what genus I want as a personal collection.
My question is how many of you spent your first 6-8 months buying every spider you could afford. Realizing a little later that you aren't passionate about half of your collection.
And at that point do you sell them off? To me I struggle with the sentimental value they hold for me