Haplopelma lividum "emerald green" for Beginner?

[NukaMedia Exotics]

Definitely one of the Ts that require a good level of experience, they're a very defensive species.

 

[Ungoliant]

ok thanks for the input. i would not hold the tarantula on a daily basis or anything because of the whole falling and rupturing abdomen thing. again, thanks for the input. does anyone know where i could track down a Paraphsya scrofa or Euathlus sp red juveniles?

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[Cas S]

thank you ungoliant. someone actually just contacted me who has a 1" female P. scrofa. also, I maaaaay be going to repticon. so if anyone knows some good breeders that are going there?

(Be aware that there are some species that share the same species name but belong to different genera, so check the genus before ordering.)

oh god imagine spending $100 on an H. pulchripes and getting a G. pulchripes lol

 

[Ungoliant]

also, I maaaaay be going to repticon. so if anyone knows some good breeders that are going there?

Which one? Normally the Repticon Web site has a list of vendors they expect to have at the show.

 

[Cas S]

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[Chris LXXIX]

i think it would be a good beginner old world for me because it would stay in its burrow all the time, so if i where to open the top to feed it, it would not be able to bolt out like an arboreal or terrestrial would.

I know what you mean, but not always they are and/or will remain 24/7 X 365 'down under'. Check this, she's eating a B.dubia just outside the burrow.

With that said, she didn't tried to bolt out or something - but a not full settled (read burrow) C.lividus can.

Sequence. Burrow sealed v



After a couple of time, this. Prey hunted v



Prey neutralized - lovely little B.dubia blood dot - v



Down to burrow again.

 

[JanPhilip]

I think most of what needs to be said has been said and the advice people have given is good. However, I think the pet-hole thing is a bit of an over-exageration. I keep a bunch of obligate burrowers, including two H. lividum, and I see them every few days at least. If they are not about to molt that is. It is true that you will not see them much during the day, but after the lights are out they usually hang out at or around their burrow entrance. Use a flashlight, don't make to many vibrations, and you can watch them easily. I think burrowing species get an unnecessarily bad reputation.

 

[0311usmc]

I think most of what needs to be said has been said and the advice people have given is good. However, I think the pet-hole thing is a bit of an over-exageration. I keep a bunch of obligate burrowers, including two H. lividum, and I see them every few days at least. If they are not about to molt that is. It is true that you will not see them much during the day, but after the lights are out they usually hang out at or around their burrow entrance. Use a flashlight, don't make to many vibrations, and you can watch them easily. I think burrowing species get an unnecessarily bad reputation.

I couldnt agree more with your post. I too keep more obligated burrowers more than anything and i see mine all the time too. Mostly at night at burrow enterance or in the actual tunel system thats closest to the enclosure wall like pictured. I think obligated burrows are the coolest thing since sliced bread and is all i plan on buying in future. Well said in your post bro, take it easy.

I couldnt agree more with your post. I too keep more obligated burrowers more than anything and i see mine all the time too. Mostly at night at burrow enterance or in the actual tunel system thats closest to the enclosure wall like pictured. I think obligated burrows are the coolest thing since sliced bread and is all i plan on buying in future. Well said in your post bro, take it easy.

 

[cold blood]

Its 2018 i have 10 tarantulas total

I too keep more obligated burrowers more than anything and i see mine all the time too

Not exactly a large sample size though.

I think burrowing species get an unnecessarily bad reputation.

Not sure what you mean...obligate burrowers are very popular with a lot of people here....they get plenty of love.

 

[Cas S]

Not sure what you mean...obligate burrowers are very popular with a lot of people here....they get plenty of love.

I agree that people like them, I mean C. lividus is pretty popular, and so is M. balfouri. But I do think that most people tend to stay away from them because they think they'll never see them.

 

[cold blood]

I agree that people like them, I mean C. lividus is pretty popular, and so is M. balfouri. But I do think that most people tend to stay away from them because they think they'll never see them.

Yeah, its not that you never see them, you just tend to see them less than others, often a lot less. One of the reasons I tend to sway new keepers from them is simply because new keepers want to see their new ts and one that's not visible as often, can not only be a source of frustration, but its also very hard to learn from something you see a lot less of. But yeah, in time, everyone should own obligate burrowers, they're very special ts for sure.

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[LV-426]

If you want an H lividium as your 1st T I say go for it. Just don’t mess with it, leave it alone. You most likely won’t see it anyway.

 

[JanPhilip]

Not sure what you mean...obligate burrowers are very popular with a lot of people here....they get plenty of love.

You wrote something along the lines of digging a hole in the substrate in an otherwise empty tank. I might have taken it overly serious. I really like my burrowing species and I think it is safe to say that I do see them more often than many of my arboreals

 

[cold blood]

You wrote something along the lines of digging a hole in the substrate in an otherwise empty tank.

Yes, I was being dramatic....I do find most arboreals to be visible far more often though.

 

[Malo]

I've been doing research for a very long time.

As someone who is new to the hobby and has been doing research for a "long time", I'm really not sure how you could possibly come to your choice. There's a lot of resources and videos out there with info on great beginner species and they're often very close to each other in species, at minimum with preferred genus. Most commonly choosing a species from the Grammostola or Brachypelma genus, but never is an Old World recommended.