Taps and Pslamos are a nice stepping stone for OW so once you are ready for some of the fastest Ts on the planet they will help you be ready. Also my two personal favorite genus are the pamphs and phormics, they are large and in charge and will teach you a thing or two; they are excellent when you want more challenging NW terrestrials. Really there is something for everyone, not every T you get needs to be to prepare you for an OW, there are some that are just very enjoyable to have.I'm a beginner, and I'm not gunna lie, I go for looks. Why not, as they are display pets? My first is a GBB, and I'm getting avics versi & geroldi, and a b smithi next month. After that, I'll look at a genics and g pulchripes. Their habits & care requirements matter too, but I'm a sucker for the flashy ones - I'd love to work my way up to a p metallica someday, but OWs are off limits to me for a long while, just due to inexperience
P.muticus have grumpy written all over them (I'd rather deal with my pokies all day), mine is only 1.5 inches and its a little terror but it is a very industrious and interesting T none the less. An example of its tenaciousness is after I helped it get some trapped legs out of a molt (resulting in only 5 good legs) it came after me, threat pose and all, when I transferred it from the ICU to its cage.
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I would trade you for the pamph but I don't think you want to give it up nowTop of my want list ATM...very much regret passing on one when I had the chance.
And they do get big
I don't focus on anything in particular, there's just too many I feel I would miss if I focused anywhere in particular. I do like the baboons, psalmos and the big NW, especially my P. nigricolor. Just realized I liked avics more than I ever thought and I have yet to get a "dwarf: sp., but like H. incei.
Dwarfs are also a riot, my H. sp Columbia is one of the cages that I dread opening because they make up for their size with attitude. Mine has a fair amount of sub, about 4 inches, and it remodels about once a month, it has cathedral ceilings in one part of the complex and has had up to 4 entrances at one time, it recently remodeled to only have one now. I know they can get rather large so maybe when mine is an adult I will give it like 2-3 feet of sub and see what happens; I know for sure in the wild that they have bigger burrows than what most people provide them with.
Pamphobeteus sp Mascara!!! That is a sweet one! I don't hear much about em but one look at them and your trying to scrounge up the cash. I heard they can get 9" plus!
+1. I also like some bulkier spiders. Hmac over Poecilotheria and L. Klugi over L. Parahybana all day! My arboreal interests are also limited to a select few. Psalmopoeus, Hmac, and maybe some Cyriopagopus someday...
I tend to go 50/50 on arboreals and the big terrestrials. But my heart is with the Avics, if I had to put it that way. An A. Versicolor was my first sling, and I've just loved the Avics ever since.