Introduce Yourself

[keen]

when i originally introduced myself i just made a thread... whoops

well i am keen. live in modesto, ca and am looking for my first invert. either a mexican fireleg or a brazilan black. i'll get it soon for my birthday i just gotta figure out which one i want.

i keep lots of reptiles and two dogs. also have some tanks. a nano reef and a larger freshwater.

lookin forward to sharin some pics and also getting to talk with all you arachno-gurus.

keen

 

[youngeaglee]

I am Mehmet, not new to tarantulas. I've been keeping diferent specieses for 4 years. Now I have an adult female A.genicula and a spiderling P.metallica. In near future I am going to get a few spiderling T.Blondi. My favouritte species is P.Metallica. I also like Geni because of its aggressive attitude. I also like T.Blondi because it is really huge and have beautiful color.

 

[Entirill]

Hi!!!!

Hi all my name is Surell i am 14yrs
my friend is just now getting me into Tarantulas i hope to be getting an Avicularia Metallica soon at a expo we are going to.

I have had 1 Emperor Scorpion who died last spring. Other than that i have not owned any arachnids. I have held my friends tarantulas a few times and thats what got me interested.

Help me out plz im not sure what a good starter tarantula is. Ive done some research on avicularia metallica's and they seem like a good starter but im not entirely sure......

 

[scaredy cat]

hi
i live out in the sticks (the Fens) and have always wanted a T but was too scared, but with a lot of help from my local reptile shop i managed to hold one of their larger T's and decided to buy one, i called him Bert, not sure whether it is a he or she lol, so it could be Bertha. i am still rather scared of Bert but i am getting over it, i was ok holding one in the shop but Bert is a bit skittish, all down to me i am sure. i have trawled the internet to make sure i am looking after him properly but i am still worried he isn't happy but now i have found this site i am sure there is plenty of info for me to use.
good to meet you guys

 

[JPJ]

Hello all... I am JPJ.
It is a pleasure.
I have kept spiders, pedes, scorps, and stuff forever... far to many to list or even attempt to remember.
I am an old friend of Bryant Capiz (if you all remember him)

 

[CorsePerVita]

I'm derek. I like sports cars and sports bikes and scorpions are a hobby of mine.

Yeehaw.

 

[Jilly1337]

Hello all... I am JPJ.
It is a pleasure.
I have kept spiders, pedes, scorps, and stuff forever... far to many to list or even attempt to remember.
I am an old friend of Bryant Capiz (if you all remember him)

You have my same initials!!

I remember Bryant Capiz........got a couple of bugs from him back in the day. He was a good guy.

 

[JPJ]

You have my same initials!!

I remember Bryant Capiz........got a couple of bugs from him back in the day. He was a good guy.

Well, he was if you caught him on a good day or if you were placing an order... lol.

 

[Trex]

Hi..my name is rex, from central Philippines.
i just started into this hobby last april 2009. before then i didn't know there so many tarantulas & scorpions available here. a friend of mine told me it is sold in the philippines & just search in the net. my first T is a rosea i bought last april. since then, I have added.
b. pulchra
b. boehmei
b. smithi
N. coloratovillosus
N. chromatus
L. parahybana
N . vulpinus
Vagans
albo
chaco goldenknee
B. emilia
Phlogiellus baeri
Orphnaecus pellitus

for scorpions, i have;
P. emperator
H. swammerdami
H. longimanus
P. smithi
P. gregoryi
I. maculatus
L. australasiae
H.hottentota

hope to get some more....

 

[ZiggyStardust]

Hey all

Hey guys. My name is John, and I've been keeping tarantulas for quite a few years now. I have 16 year old B. Smithi that I purchased 8 years ago, actually from Charles and Margaurite Schultz in Calgary . Layla is her name, and she's not alone. I have a 3-4 year old female gbb, and I just ordered myself an X. immanis who should be arriving in 2 days. I've had a male T. blondi who lived to be around 5.5 yrs, and a juvenile Hercules baboon who didn't last too long. Im stoked to see so many T lovers like myself, seeing as most of my friends think Im weird and it blows having to drive to pet stores to bs about tarantulas. Ill upload some pics of my girls, and I have more than a couple questions to ask you folks.

 

[JAG83]

Whats Up Arachno-lovers!

I have joined back in January of 08 but never properly introduced my self and for that I apologize. My name is Joe, I live in Florida where I grew up . . . . . I have an addition . . . . to arboreal species of T's. I'm now feeding my addition by starting a few breading projects, nothing major yet (as in volume) and could use some constructive criticism in most areas of preparing, getting set up properly (a few pointers) and mainly most of all, just having a good time. I look forward to talking to everyone and sharing stories and information. thanks for taking the time to read!

Joe

 

[FNWebStinger]

Hey Everyone. Never really been on this forum before. As a former Arachnophobic, I never thought that I would be able to be in the same room with a Spider. But now I have 1 spider a Grammostola Rosa. I know people know what that is but I didn't know that name before, just knew it as a Chilean Rose Hair. Anyways, just thought I'd introduce myself and say hey.

 

[Trreece]

Decided it's time I get an apartment pet so I did some looking around and talked to the guys that share this palce with me.

Apartment manager said no snakes, Big fee for anything not in a cage.
Roomies said "If it makes noise, I kill you."

So millipedes it is. I'm going to build my set-up today and get ready for when the right bug comes along for me.

 

[mike_gb]

Ice Breaker!

Hey all,

My names Mike, 23 from the United Kingdom, Essex. I'm in the British Army.

I've pretty much just started getting into the hobby of collecting Tarantulas. I used to own a Chile Rose but I had to sell it because I deployed to Afghanistan and now I'm looking to take on the hobby seriously.

Anyway feel free to message me,
See ya around!

 

[tihomir]

Hello My name i Tihomir i am from Macedonia,beginer tarantula keeper
greets

 

[LisaD]

Hi., I'm Lisa. I am a biologist by training, and have a fair amount of experience with tarantulas and other exotics - reptiles, marine animals, mantises, etc. I've cultured quite a few insect species and done a lot of field collecting in a former job.

I'm just now getting back into Ts. Kept quite a few in the 90s. I also work with spiders in my current job.

Most of the Ts I've kept in the past were pretty docile. I've raised spiderlings to adult size.

My current interests are:

1) Learn more, and get into more advanced species, esp arbororeals
2) Get into breeding
3) Make some simple but very nice looking arboreal displays

I'm interested in a hardy arboreal, to start. I have an H mac sling on order with Kenthebuguy, among others. Also have enquired about another, hoping to eventually get a pair. I'm not getting a larger one because I want to get used to it small, them grow it up...

I have Exo Terra 12 x 12 x 18" tank, very inspired by some videos and pictures I have seen. Not quite ready for pokies yet. I'll post more in another forum, and am looking forward to learning a lot, hopefully contributing a bit, and getting to know more people in the community.

 

[<3exoticpets]

Hi!

I wanted to take a moment and formally introduce myself My name is Lisa and I am a veterinary technician in NY. I am about 1 year into this hobby and have been lurking for many months- I read posts daily. My background is in small and exotic animals for the past 10 years. Currently I teach animal science and enjoy ever minute of it. I lost my MM B. klaasi on Christmas day- truly the best T ever and I currently own a 3.5" F B. smithi (so close to molting and a 1" G. pulchra that constantly makes me laugh. I have learned so much from being here and look forward to being part of a knowledgeable and fun community!

 

[Fanged_Kitten]

Hello everyone. I started in the hobby a little over a year ago and in a month when the next reptile show rolls around I'm going to try raising slings for the first time. I need all the advice I can get so I joined the forum =)

 

[NMWAPBT]

new to the forum and sorta new to the hobby names dini have owned emperor scorpions and even had one birth a brood have owned a couple of mantids and random spiders iv found would like to get into the hobby really deep so yup

 

[Arachnus]

Hi all, I´m Juliano (a.k.a=arachnus)

Hi all!

My name is Juliano and i´m a brazillian hobbyst, since 1990, i´ve been keeping some espécies of spiders, like Avicularias, Grammostolas, Acanthoscurrias, Nhandu cromatus, Lasiodoras, and Vitallius!

recently, i´ve bought from a Brazillian breeder, some lings of Avicularia braunshauseni they´re beaultifull and arrived very healthy! I have 2 Vitallius sp too, the subspecies i don´t know yet, formely known by tetracanthus, todays taxonomy is a mystery to me!

I´m really happy with this space here, i found it in Arachno Hobby.com, while i was searching to buy lings of a nice species!

Unfortunatelly, here in Brazil we are so lagged, in this market, here we are "criminals" even breeding this wonderfull animals in captivity!

I´m here to make friends, to share and learn informations about this really gorgeous world of spiders!

Hope you all will like me and be my friends!

great hug to all and see you in the "web"

thanks

Juliano