Hopefully I'll be allowed to get a giant centipede, so all this won't matter for a while. But if that doesn't work, I'm having big trouble deciding which of these to get.
I have two basic t's that are great for holding (a g. rosea and a little black aphonopelma my neighbor caught) and this one would be virtually purely for size. I can handle it being aggressive, unable to be held, requiring lots of humidity, requiring a big cage, being expensive, etc. I just want a BIG tarantula. (before you flame me for that, ask yourself what's wrong with it)
However, it would be REALLY. FREAKING. AWESOME. to handle one of these mega-t's.
So advantages/possible advantages for the t. blondi-
less expensive
easier to handle than apophysis
bulky/considered the largest (fame++!)
t. apophysis-
more exciting/unusual than blondi
larger legspan/another type of largest t (I've always thought that long legs made spiders lots creepier...which is cool)
if i got a male, nice coloration
l. parahybana-
also not as expensive
easier to handle than both theraphosa's
other possible factors include growth rate and visibility.
Unless getting it from a sling dramatically increases the chances of making it handleable, i'd like to get it at 5" or more. (significantly larger than that is waaaay expensive, right? also, can they be sexed at 5"?) If any of these grows a lot faster or slower than the others, that would be important to me. A question for all three candidate species is How long does it take a 5" one to get to 8"? and then after that, how fast does it grow? what's the average adult size of all these?
do any of these make webs or burrows that precludes one from seeing/handleing it for very long periods of time?
Do you guys think that the hairs (which apparently are bad even if the t is docile) and the temperament are such that it's a rarity to be able to regularly handle a theraphosa species?
If you probably can't handle any of the three, that eliminates a variable.
To get the parahybana, for me, they would have to be reeeally easy to handle and only juuuust barely smaller than the blondi/apo. Size is my primary goal. SO: comparing average adult sizes, is parahybana detectably smaller than the other two?
An important question is whether body bulk or legspan makes a larger difference in apparent size.
Help me! I'd really like lots of opinions on this, as I am a little obsessive and want to make sure I got the best possible t. Any advice on how to choose would be greatly appreciated.
(If somebody knowledgeable about this would engage in a chat with me about it, that would be really cool too.)
I have two basic t's that are great for holding (a g. rosea and a little black aphonopelma my neighbor caught) and this one would be virtually purely for size. I can handle it being aggressive, unable to be held, requiring lots of humidity, requiring a big cage, being expensive, etc. I just want a BIG tarantula. (before you flame me for that, ask yourself what's wrong with it)
However, it would be REALLY. FREAKING. AWESOME. to handle one of these mega-t's.
So advantages/possible advantages for the t. blondi-
less expensive
easier to handle than apophysis
bulky/considered the largest (fame++!)
t. apophysis-
more exciting/unusual than blondi
larger legspan/another type of largest t (I've always thought that long legs made spiders lots creepier...which is cool)
if i got a male, nice coloration
l. parahybana-
also not as expensive
easier to handle than both theraphosa's
other possible factors include growth rate and visibility.
Unless getting it from a sling dramatically increases the chances of making it handleable, i'd like to get it at 5" or more. (significantly larger than that is waaaay expensive, right? also, can they be sexed at 5"?) If any of these grows a lot faster or slower than the others, that would be important to me. A question for all three candidate species is How long does it take a 5" one to get to 8"? and then after that, how fast does it grow? what's the average adult size of all these?
do any of these make webs or burrows that precludes one from seeing/handleing it for very long periods of time?
Do you guys think that the hairs (which apparently are bad even if the t is docile) and the temperament are such that it's a rarity to be able to regularly handle a theraphosa species?
If you probably can't handle any of the three, that eliminates a variable.
To get the parahybana, for me, they would have to be reeeally easy to handle and only juuuust barely smaller than the blondi/apo. Size is my primary goal. SO: comparing average adult sizes, is parahybana detectably smaller than the other two?
An important question is whether body bulk or legspan makes a larger difference in apparent size.
Help me! I'd really like lots of opinions on this, as I am a little obsessive and want to make sure I got the best possible t. Any advice on how to choose would be greatly appreciated.
(If somebody knowledgeable about this would engage in a chat with me about it, that would be really cool too.)
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