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JDS123

JDS123

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The Grym Reaper said:
Thanks, yeah she's mine, she used to be my most docile tarantula (and one of the few I handled back before I'd got it out of my system), she only started behaving like this after her last moult.

Funny you should mention OBTs, I think someone on here joked that I'd get one and it'd be docile, I seem to get that many oddball tarantulas lol.
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bro the OBTs are on crack, i had one that was chill i would handle, but even then, from how others would act, I just stopped, they are so fast and get spooked super easy. They cant wait to lay on their backs and eat want to eat you. Amazing webbers, feeders, and fun to watch, but yeah I dont handle them anymore. I beg any new collectors to not get OBTs until they get lots of experience and or at least watch videos on how fast and crazy they can get. I love them though.
 
JDS123

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The Grym Reaper said:
Thanks, yeah she's mine, she used to be my most docile tarantula (and one of the few I handled back before I'd got it out of my system), she only started behaving like this after her last moult.

Funny you should mention OBTs, I think someone on here joked that I'd get one and it'd be docile, I seem to get that many oddball tarantulas lol.
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I had a Rose hair that was cool for ever, then turned to a maniac.
 
JDS123

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The Grym Reaper said:
Thanks, yeah she's mine, she used to be my most docile tarantula (and one of the few I handled back before I'd got it out of my system), she only started behaving like this after her last moult.

Funny you should mention OBTs, I think someone on here joked that I'd get one and it'd be docile, I seem to get that many oddball tarantulas lol.
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do you have quite a big collection?
 
JDS123

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The Grym Reaper said:
38 tarantulas (most are slings juveniles though), 1 scorpion and 1 corn snake, pretty modest compared to some collectors.
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yeah cool stuff though. In my 20s and 30s and had 100s of creatures. No more, lifes too busy, got too many priorities. Thinned it all out. Someday though, I will have another dedicated room.
 
The Grym Reaper

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viper69 said:
It's not quantity, it's quality that matters.
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I'll probably end up thinning it out slightly as I have a couple of species that I just don't really enjoy keeping, a couple of species that I have multiples of and a couple of males that will eventually go out for breeding once they mature.
 
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The Grym Reaper said:
I'll probably end up thinning it out slightly as I have a couple of species that I just don't really enjoy keeping, a couple of species that I have multiples of and a couple of males that will eventually go out for breeding once they mature.
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That's my 'strategy' as well. Slings maturing to males get sent off, species I don't like anymore or that I have developed a allergy to as well, or I trade for other species I now like. I had 37, but am now on 30 give or take. Got a lot of slings atm, so enough to keep me busy and entertained :) When they grow up, the cycle will repeat itself I think.
 
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viper69 said:
Spoken like someone lacking quality :cool:
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Lol, but you know that's just not the case.:rolleyes:
king baboon

king baboon

A friend surprised me with a new P. muticus....i felt like a kid at christmas!

over 4", but...
LV

LV

freshly re housed...and this was the best pic i could get before she disappeared.
versicolor

versicolor

not all MMs look drab.
GBB

GBB

Little miss fatty fatty fat fat.
B. cabocla

B. cabocla

puriens

puriens

Thrixopelma puriens

starting to show a little color finally.
olive

olive

N. incei
ockerti

ockerti

young female T. ockerti
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Purdy shpida
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vitatta
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nigricolor.

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regalis...hopefully gravid.
 
viper69

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scott308 said:
It's hard to believe any decent photos are actually CB' s now that he no longer takes pictures with a potato. :p
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I was thinking the exact same info. I recall his images being not the best, and now out of nowhere, POOF, it's like Ansel Adams over there with Ts. Suspect I tell ya!
 
Crone Returns

Crone Returns

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Andrea82 said:
That's my 'strategy' as well. Slings maturing to males get sent off, species I don't like anymore or that I have developed a allergy to as well, or I trade for other species I now like. I had 37, but am now on 30 give or take. Got a lot of slings atm, so enough to keep me busy and entertained :) When they grow up, the cycle will repeat itself I think.
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cold blood said:
Lol, but you know that's just not the case.:rolleyes:
king baboon

king baboon

A friend surprised me with a new P. muticus....i felt like a kid at christmas!

over 4", but...
LV

LV

freshly re housed...and this was the best pic i could get before she disappeared.
versicolor

versicolor

not all MMs look drab.
GBB

GBB

Little miss fatty fatty fat fat.
B. cabocla

B. cabocla

puriens

puriens

Thrixopelma puriens

starting to show a little color finally.
olive

olive

N. incei
ockerti

ockerti

young female T. ockerti
View media item 40917
20170419_001424

20170419_001424

balfouri
Resized952017040795213534

Resized952017040795213534

B. albiceps
Caribena versicolor

Caribena versicolor

Purdy shpida
Resized952017031595002953

Resized952017031595002953

Poecilotheria vittata

Poecilotheria vittata

vitatta
Resized952017030795222820

Resized952017030795222820

Resized952017030595163511

Resized952017030595163511

ornata
Resized952017022895233014

Resized952017022895233014

nigricolor.

Gotta love Pamphs!!
Resized952017020895141221

Resized952017020895141221

coloratovillsus...with flash
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juronesis
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regalis...hopefully gravid.
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Show off:rolleyes:
 
Grace Cannell

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I know this thread has been well answered but I am in a chatty mood and just wanted throw my 2 cents in. Before I got my first T and before I had done any homework, I did like the idea of getting a "docile" one and being able to handle it and it getting used to me and blah blah blah but since getting my B. albopilosum, I am slightly more cautious about literature saying "this is a docile and handle-able species". My B. albo is anything but docile and is more likely to strike straight away and then eventually play ball when I have had to move it. So I second the catch cup method, even with my G. pulchra. If an animal isn't going to get anything out of being handled then there's no point and I think showing T's the respect of doing as little to stress them out as possible is best. We show our mammal/reptile/avian pets the same courtesy when they don't want to interact.
 
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