Best Beginner T?

[EulersK]

I don't know they're cheaper

You apparently don't know this. Mature male tarantulas have the shelf life of milk. At best they live two years, but usually a lot less. They largely stop eating and they wither away.

 

[ChanTheMan]

Thanks for your tip. I knew they didn't live long but I didn't know they lived that short. You just changed my mind

 

[Moakmeister]

I don't know they're cheaper

But they live for like 4 years from birth to death by cripplingly old age. A 3 or 4 inch one will last you like a year. Females live for 30.

 

[nicodimus22]

Thanks for your tip. I knew they didn't live long but I didn't know they lived that short. You just changed my mind

There are a lot of variables that affect lifespan...species, gender, temperature, feeding frequency, etc. As a very broad statement, many male Ts live to about 5 years old, and many females can approach 20. Some can live longer or shorter than that depending on the factors at play, but there you go.

 

[ChanTheMan]

Thanks to everybody for all of your tips and advice