TechComMike
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- Oct 29, 2017
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- 5
Got an A. chalcodes my first ever T in about 2002 I guess it was. Nice looking but dull, I mean SSSSSNORE. Promptly bought an adult female A. geniculata and adult female P. fasciata about two weeks later. This is where everybody and their Auntie explodes from the woodwork to damn you to the darkest depths of Beelzebubville for such an irresponsible thing to do so early in owning T's. And I suppose if one happened to be as daft as a friggin brush and did no reading up on the subject and threw caution to the wind, perhaps it wouldn't be that smart. But if you do your homework and take appropriately cautious steps then you can have more interesting spiders, in my case one being a hitwoman feeder (the genic) and the other just a beautiful big neat to watch arboreal. Nearly 20 years on I still cannot subscribe to all this panic about certain types of T's or the need to have a pet rock for a year first to get your feet wet. Just assume all T's are hyper fast and mean (most of them aren't but assume it anyway) and use the massive brain power advantage you have accordingly. My advice would be either a 6" L. parahybana or A. geniculata. Take due care and you'll be instantly wowed by T. keeping. Otherwise you'll be instantly anesthetized. These guys require caution but they're not Black mambas.
