Grammostola pulchripes

[Arborealis]

First off, congrats on adding a T to your home. IMHO, G. pulchripes is an excellent starter species. They are quite beautiful, get fairly large and tend not to be on the calmer side (although mine did become a little more easily agitated after being bred).

I'd actually recommend, if you are just starting out with tarantulas, to acquire a juvenile as opposed to a sling. You'll still have the satisfaction of watching them grow from a young T to an adult but won't have to mess with super small feeders such as pinheads or fruit flies.

As far as heating goes, they seem to be able to handle most temps alright but if you live in a particularly cold climate, either keep them in a warm room or use a low power heater that can be used on the side of the tank. That way the T can regulate it's own temperature by either moving closer or further from the heater.

Congrats again. Can't say I'm not a bit jealous. Would love to have this species again. ^_^

 

[Storm76]

Grammostola pulchripes is definitely not one of the faster growing tarantulas. I don't think Storm76 was saying they're not slow growers, he was saying it won't necessarily take 6-10 years to mature. 4 years to 6" is still slow, just not G. rosea or some Aphonopelma slow.

That's correct!

 

[axle37]

Grammostola pulchripes is definitely not one of the faster growing tarantulas. I don't think Storm76 was saying they're not slow growers, he was saying it won't necessarily take 6-10 years to mature. 4 years to 6" is still slow, just not G. rosea or some Aphonopelma slow.

Sorry for the poor info, that was just what i had read once or twice when researching to make my choice, thanks for correcting.

---------- Post added 03-04-2012 at 08:40 AM ----------

First off, congrats on adding a T to your home. IMHO, G. pulchripes is an excellent starter species. They are quite beautiful, get fairly large and tend not to be on the calmer side (although mine did become a little more easily agitated after being bred).

I'd actually recommend, if you are just starting out with tarantulas, to acquire a juvenile as opposed to a sling. You'll still have the satisfaction of watching them grow from a young T to an adult but won't have to mess with super small feeders such as pinheads or fruit flies.

As far as heating goes, they seem to be able to handle most temps alright but if you live in a particularly cold climate, either keep them in a warm room or use a low power heater that can be used on the side of the tank. That way the T can regulate it's own temperature by either moving closer or further from the heater.

Congrats again. Can't say I'm not a bit jealous. Would love to have this species again. ^_^

sorry for the late reply but i totally took your advice when i went to the expo and i think that was a great decision bc i dont have fruit flys or pin heads near my dorms. i love the lil guy. he's only had one molt. about the size of my thumbnail but i can already see his yellow/gold leg joints. HE EATS LIKE A MONSTER!

 

[grayzone]

just a quick note.... i got some G. pulchripes slings in March of last year. they were roughly .25-.5" when i recieved them. One has remained notably larger their whole life and can be seen here > http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?223907-G.-pulchripes-slings <

---------- Post added 03-04-2012 at 02:13 PM ----------

the chaco in the pic on the yellow rose is now roughly 2" and is the larger of the two sackmates... if you read, youll see the smaller one that i sold to Chrisduhfur... the poins is theyre relatively slow growers only going from .25-.5" to 2" in a whole year (especially the way i feed them:wink

 

[axle37]

my lil guy is 1", is it good if i just have a soda cap of water for water in his tupper ware container?