Happy hobby times!

[Ehliza]

Aside from getting some new additions, I've been having many good times in this hobby.

The first being interest. My friends and family are warming up to my Ts. They ask questions and last time my mom saw me feed my A geni she witnessed the "happy dance" and was ectastic. I've also made a friend through the hobby. The best part though is probably my sister's interest. I'm getting her a sling for her birthday after she told me she was interested. I made sure to have her read up and watch YouTube videos (EulersK and TheDarkDen). Maybe we have another hobbyist.

My tarantulas are doing great and are a joy to have around (even if they want to kill me). Here's a collection update, it's small but growing slowly.

A geniculata (juvenile? Idk when you classify them as one)
G rosea (adult suspected female)
A seemani (sub adult)
B vagan (sling)

Here's to hoping for more good times and hopefully more Ts!

 

[mconnachan]

Aside from getting some new additions, I've been having many good times in this hobby.

The first being interest. My friends and family are warming up to my Ts. They ask questions and last time my mom saw me feed my A geni she witnessed the "happy dance" and was ectastic. I've also made a friend through the hobby. The best part though is probably my sister's interest. I'm getting her a sling for her birthday after she told me she was interested. I made sure to have her read up and watch YouTube videos (EulersK and TheDarkDen). Maybe we have another hobbyist.

My tarantulas are doing great and are a joy to have around (even if they want to kill me). Here's a collection update, it's small but growing slowly.

A geniculata (juvenile? Idk when you classify them as one)
G rosea (adult suspected female)
A seemani (sub adult)
B vagan (sling)

Here's to hoping for more good times and hopefully more Ts!

Good for you, I'm so pleased you've introduced your sister to the hobby, let's hope she appreciates the gesture as a goodwill token rather than wanting to kill her....LOL

 

[Nightstalker47]

Aside from getting some new additions, I've been having many good times in this hobby.

The first being interest. My friends and family are warming up to my Ts. They ask questions and last time my mom saw me feed my A geni she witnessed the "happy dance" and was ectastic. I've also made a friend through the hobby. The best part though is probably my sister's interest. I'm getting her a sling for her birthday after she told me she was interested. I made sure to have her read up and watch YouTube videos (EulersK and TheDarkDen). Maybe we have another hobbyist.

My tarantulas are doing great and are a joy to have around (even if they want to kill me). Here's a collection update, it's small but growing slowly.

A geniculata (juvenile? Idk when you classify them as one)
G rosea (adult suspected female)
A seemani (sub adult)
B vagan (sling)

Here's to hoping for more good times and hopefully more Ts!

That's awesome man! I went through the same thing with my elder brother, lucky for me he's happy buying Ts and trusting me to watch over them. He occasionally helps feed and is just as fascinated with them as I, only he isn't very well versed on his Ts just yet.

That's fine by me, I'm happy to watch over a few extra specimens I really do love introducing friends and family to the wonderful world of arachnids.

 

[Ungoliant]

A geniculata (juvenile? Idk when you classify them as one)

A recent discussion: Tarantula .. lifecycle milestones/names?

Sometimes I just skip "sub-adult" and call any immature tarantula that doesn't have adult coloring a juvenile, but this is a basic scheme I use:

• sling: a baby tarantula that does not yet have adult coloring (usually smaller than 2" for non-dwarf species)
• juvenile: a sexually immature tarantula that has adult coloring but is less than 50% grown.
• sub-adult: a sexually immature tarantula that is about 50-75% grown.
• adult/mature: a sexually mature specimen, even if it has not yet achieved maximum size (females often mature long before they max out)

There seems to be a general consensus on when to stop calling your tarantula a sling, but where it gets muddy is when to call a tarantula juvenile vs. sub-adult. These labels are largely subjective except that they all denote a sexually immature tarantula.

Such subjective labels are fine for casual conversation, but in my records, I skip the labels (sling/juvenile/sub-adult) and just put the size and sex (if known).