Favourite Baboon species?

sdsnybny

sdsnybny

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Kinda new to keeping baboons but still cant chose....probably the one in a new dress at that moment :)
love her when I see her I. mira
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Always out and willing to eat H. pulchripes
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newest addition love the tiny attitude 3" P. muticus. When I walk past her she goes into a threat pose LOL
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Walker253

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My favorite baboon is the one that is seen. The one in my collection that I always, yes always seen, is my C marshalli. The horn is all bonus too.
 
YagerManJennsen

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There are so many that I would like to own. Out of the two I've kept one died after a week and the other is a ghost. They are A. ezendami and H. maculata. From these two, I cannot pick one over the other.
 
Trenor

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Thistles said:
Baboons are THE BEST! I haven't met one I don't love. I can't narrow it down to one, so here are the top contenders.

Heteroscodra maculata was my original favorite baboon. They look like snowflakes or carved bone. I love them, and they almost seem crafty and smart. Well, for a tarantula.

Idiothele mira is another finalist. They're fun-sized, absolutely beautiful with that sunburst carapace and those blue feet, AND they live in trap door retreats! So cool!

Monocentropus balfouri are beautiful, blue, and can be kept communally if you're willing to take a little risk. What's not to love?

Eucratoscelus pachypus are amazing. Go-go boots? Check. Good temperament? Check. I was surprised by how much I enjoy mine.

Oh, and I hear there's this thing called The Goddess. I should probably include her. I'll leave Chris to soliloquize about her thick back legs, impressive stridulation, deep burrows into the red earth of Mother Africa...

Honorable mentions: Harpactira pulchripes and chrysogaster, Ceratogyrus brachycephalus (actually, any Ceratogyrus), Augacephalus breyeri, and the one and only OBT!
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I'm with you on this one. I have a number of them and they are my favorite group of Ts with Asian Arboreals being a close second. I would not even know where to begin trying to pick a favorite. I have more baboons than any other group in my collection and that's not likely to change anytime soon.
 
KezyGLA

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@Trenor i am the same. Roughly 65% of species I keep are Baboons, 25% Asian and a lonely 10% from the Americas.

Very difficult to pin favourites when there is so many awesome species...

... gotta catchem all.
 
Grimmdreadly

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Depro900 said:
Hey everyone I was wondering what some of your favourite Baboon species to keep was? I personally love the heavy webbers and basically any T that likes it dry :D. I am thinking of a
Harpactira pulchripes or Pterinochilus lugardi for my next baboon. I also really like the
Harpactira dictator and Ceratogyrus species, I just got a love hate thing with the horn LOL.
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My top three: C. Marshalli
M.Balfouri
P.Muticus (all hail the queen)
 
Grimmdreadly

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Depro900 said:
Hey everyone I was wondering what some of your favourite Baboon species to keep was? I personally love the heavy webbers and basically any T that likes it dry :D. I am thinking of a
Harpactira pulchripes or Pterinochilus lugardi for my next baboon. I also really like the
Harpactira dictator and Ceratogyrus species, I just got a love hate thing with the horn LOL.
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The honourable mentions go to H.Maculata and P.Murinus
 
FinnMosin

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I'm new to keeping, so maybe I don't have patience. But my 2" P. Muticus is easily the least favorite spider I own out of 21. Oh the heresy!
 
Walker253

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FinnMosin said:
I'm new to keeping, so maybe I don't have patience. But my 2" P. Muticus is easily the least favorite spider I own out of 21. Oh the heresy!
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BOOOOO!!! Haha, change the setup so you can see it in the burrow. Force the burrow to the side. Then love that you'll still rarely see it, but she (hopefully she) rules your collection.

Chris LXXIX said:
No, heresy! :angelic:

Praise the Goddess! :bookworm:
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My Goddess's favorite baboon is my C marshalli too.
 
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FinnMosin said:
I'm new to keeping, so maybe I don't have patience. But my 2" P. Muticus is easily the least favorite spider I own out of 21. Oh the heresy!
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I honestly wasn't a huge fan of them to begin with either, a slow growing pet whole still doesn't dazzle me with excitement however, I'd rather have a pet hole then a pet rock, at some point I will attempt to acquire a decent sized female because I have began to see pictures of them and instead of being like not for me I'm now like I will have to get one sometime.
 
Chris LXXIX

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Jason B said:
I honestly wasn't a huge fan of them to begin with either, a slow growing pet whole still doesn't dazzle me with excitement however, I'd rather have a pet hole then a pet rock, at some point I will attempt to acquire a decent sized female because I have began to see pictures of them and instead of being like not for me I'm now like I will have to get one sometime.
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Bravo, Jason B! :)
 
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