Does this include hypotheticals? I want a big colorful T that is always out in the open and has the metabolism of a hummingbird.
originally meant of those that have already been available in “the hobby” however i would totally jump at the chance to have C. attonitifer for sure if it were possible
It was supposed to be for an import coming from Poland. Besides them not surviving in captivity, another reason why I declined is I found out that most if not all of these Chilean species that have recently surfaced came from egg sacs that have been collected in the wild.
is it that polish spidershoppe website? they always seem to have outlandish sp from parts of the world that should be impossible.
Isn’t spidershoppe in USA
Do you no if p scrofa has the same rep as p vulpinus
most of the p scrofa that have been sold in the past havent been Phrixotrichus but instead Thrixopelma or Euathlus , idk if thats something that has changed in recent times.
Oh sorry. I thought it was just here lol. I did notice that when I look it up on google it was completely different then the pictures linked in the wsc. I must say that the one I saw was very beautiful. It’s like the p vulpinus but had this copper metallic carapace I think it was a mature male.
Everything lol for years, he's never had them successfully produce and all of them just die eventually slings, juveniles, adults, etc.
makes me think temperature if its happening at all stages .
I don't think so. The most important thing to note is that he lives very close to where the species are located.
Whats his best guess at the moment?
That they just really don't do well in captivity lol he's still trying to figure things out cause everything just dies off
Sometimes 1st generation CB are not hardy enough and it takes a few generations before they become established enough to be hardy.
Forgot to mention, when the P. vulpinus slings popped up I contacted the guy in Chile
I can't post a screenshot of our conversation because I don't have permission so I'll quote what he told me instead lol
I question the morality of keeping something like a dwarf caiman in captivity. For me, tarantulas usually set up shop somewhere and just wait for prey, so I dont really mind keeping them in captivity. Plus theyre inverts, who cant really think. The alligators here in Florida have a spot they usually hang out in, however youll see them swimming all over and traveling around wherever they want. Id imagine dwarf caiman do the same, and I dont know if most normal people have the means to produce a habitat suitable for them that isnt morally questionable.
Why would you bother attempting to keep a species that notoriously doesnt do well in captivity?
im just built different.
No seriously, we have tons of species in the hobby. If im understanding your conversation right, they have high mortality rates in captivity, and thus keeping them would be selfish and unwarranted.
