Happy birthdayI've just pulled the trigger and bought a Xenesthis intermedia small juvenile female as a birthday present
I am very excited about this one. Pictures to follow in due course!
and great choice 
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What a cute little slingSince I'm shipping away two large mature males in a couple of days, I allowed myself to get a new sling.
congratulations 
n gl to your 2 mm 🫡.
Is this one of yours? Experiences?Happy birthday
Yes I have one a these
a little female named Xylia, she has been very skittish so far got her at about 2 inches big she's just hit 3.5/4 inch dls grown alot slower then I expected as I have had her about 2 years .
. They are a good sp hard on food but shy with ppl, or that's been my experience anyways .
All good to know, thanks for taking the time for an extended response.Yes I have one a these
I have NEVER managed to get a pic in that time, she has lived in her burrow till this recent moult now she sits out alot but any shadow/light/movement within 2 ft of her n she's gone bk in her burrow. I plan on rehousing her soon into a much larger viv and am hoping with more space and burrow room she will be a little less skittish.
Good eaters though and extremely pretty. My girl seems to have no preference when it comes to damp sub she doesn't care if its dry or damp but I like to keep it 1/4 damp just incase she ever decides she needs it , I just overflow the water dish to do this nothing special. Tbh they have been pretty bullet proof n easy to keep, dispite her skittishness she loves her burrow so bolts straight there n stays there
I was told they grow fast too, but I found out its like Theraphosa and because they put on huge size with each moult rather then coz they moult often . They probably size jump in one moult what other t's would do in 3 moults.All good to know, thanks for taking the time for an extended response.
I've heard / read a mixture of experiences from keepers, so who knows what mine will be like, hopefully I get to see her out and about - she's apparently around the 3 inch mark at the moment.
Regarding space, yes, I'm going to go fairly generous, in part because I have heard about swift growth rates - or maybe not! - but also if this helps to limit the skittish behaviour then that'll be a bonus too.
I'm very excited about this one - I hope my experience lives up to my expectations!
. That's been my experience anyways..... could just be my girl being strange I tend to get strange t's, terrestrial that want to be arboreal and arboreal that live terrestrially ect ect, could easy just be my luck 
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. Pics truly don't do them justice. Plus their food response is immense soon as food touches the sub legs shoot out the burrow, snatch it up before you can blink, n vanish into the void again 
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Well, a T putting on significant size from one moult to the next will be a new concept for me!I was told they grow fast too, but I found out its like Theraphosa and because they put on huge size with each moult rather then coz they moult often . They probably size jump in one moult what other t's would do in 3 moults.
There was 10 months between Xylias last 2 moults, took 6 months between her first 2 , n I know 10 months isn't long in the grand scheme of things but it was longer then I expected from what I read .
My Aphonopelma chalcodes af Toffee moults every 11/12 months like clockwork so it shows how slow they really are but because of the size jump ppl say its fast
I am sure they won't let you down, imo any shyness is well outshined by that carapace
Sorry another long reply, I can't help it I get talking about t's n I can't shut up lol
I asked!
I have one, sub adult female. She seemed to be a bit of a hair kicker when I got her as she was pretty much bald but the seller is someone I consider a trusted seller and they confirmed that she wasn’t keen on the travelling experience and she had freaked out. Mine likes moisture. So I have a dryer hide at one end and a very full water dish at the other and it always sits at the damp end. She has molted out and has a full bottom of hair and when i open the lid to feed she just scoots into the hide and comes straight back out for the dinner. She’s very pretty.I've just pulled the trigger and bought a Xenesthis intermedia small juvenile female as a birthday present
I am very excited about this one. Pictures to follow in due course!
Much more skittish then genic, my genics sit like rocks only moving for food or to protect me from that mean old waterdish as I fill itWell, a T putting on significant size from one moult to the next will be a new concept for me!
That feeding response sounds fun - I'll watch my fingers! How would you compare it to a genic? (My closest current point of comparison).
And no worries - talk away
, Xylias gone coz I thought about looking at her viv nm actually touching the viv , they also make genic look like picky eaters , my girl will just keep trying to stuff food in even if she's dropping stuff to grab the new . . Just expect them at this size to be high strung huffy teen edgelords and you'll do fine .My sp bright af loved damp sub, but this girl seems not to care. I keep a quarter damp just incase because I was told they like humidity but she made her hide on the dry side n doesn't go near her dish, unless she's in premoult then I catch her there for a week or so before she moults out.
, so cool.
. She is only 3.5/4 inches dls atm so still a moody teen but just got her full adult colours properly and is so pretty I would love to be able to see her more often and for longer then i get to now, and maybe even get the pic I have been trying to get for nearly 2 years 
. We live in hope . she's been fine so far but I know where to come if she is strange now I hope that's OK .