Introduce Yourself

[mochatheturd]

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Hello My name is ????. If you knew all of the pets I owned, you would wonder how it is phisically possible to keep them all in one room hapily. I currently own Two Rose hairs, One indian ornamental, One Pinktoe, One trinidad chevron, One Salmon Pink Birdeater,One Chaco Golden Knee, And one King Baboon.All fat happy tarantulas.

 

[Great Basin Ben]

Hello from Northern Nevada

Hi there everyone,
Ben here, from Reno NV. I am hoping that there are more T. enthusiasts here in the Great Basin. I am a brand new NOOB both here on the forums, AND with keeping T's. I will hopefully be receiving my VERY FIRST Tarantula next weekend, and hope to scour the Norther Nevada desert landscapes to start my own captive breeding colony of Aphonopelma iodius. As well, I'm VERY interested in collecting as many OTHER species of Aphonopelmas throughout the North American West, and Southwest.

I am also a Native fish collecting enthusiast, and enjoy C&R flyfishing, target shooting, and spending time with my family, and pets. I am extremely excited to be able to start collecting Tarantulas as well, and hope to make plenty of new friends here through these forums. Thanks to all of you that make this such a comprehensive community. I greatly appreciate it.

Ciao,
Ben.

 

[EndlessForms]

hellow people i'm also a noob. just wanted to introduce myself. my name's Caleb. and i have no idea how this site works so please MP me and tell me how to post stuff 'cause i have some questions. also, is this anything like facebook? 'cause i noticed that their are "friends" and have sent several of you "friend requests" so like please explain to me how this site works

thanks

 

[thaisbronwyn]

Howdy

I'm new to the hobby, my husband caught a tarantula and brought it home. I thought the guy was cute, after I got over my fear. It was an adult male A. Hentzi, and he died, so I had to go out and get a G. Rosea, and the shop lady threw in a B. albopilosa (curly hair). I named the curly hair Superfly, and he's only .5 inches!
I have to take care of the little guy, and the Rose Hair is an adult.
Thus begins my collection!
I have other T's on my wish list, I'm going to start simple, with a B. Smithi, and maybe a versicolor. Of course I want a Chaco golden. I'm going to wait a bit before getting any Pokis or T Gigas!
Learning and researching brought me here.

 

[RedMozi]

Greetings

My name is Austin, I'm relatively new to the T. world, I've only been keeping them for a little over 2 years. Right now I have a Aphonopelma sp. New River and a Grammolstola rosea. I'm from WY.

 

[Towelie]

many many many animals

Hey everyone,
My name is Rock and I live in southern California and work at a petstore so naturally I have alot of animals. I've got over 40 tarantulas I do believe and about 20 snakes, 15 tortoises, 10 turtles, many amphibians and some other inverts. But I found out about this site by going to reptile shows as I grew my collection and I don't know what I would do with all my time if I didnt have these animals.

 

[Brundlefly]

Salutations to all, and just like everyone one else here we all like to be in the same virtual space (and at times physical) as others that love arthropods and their varying forms.

 

[DethNotSuicide]

New to the bizz

hello, well to start im 19 years of age and i just got a G. Rosea. i have wanted one for YEARS now.

i live in western massachusetts and i love music! i play many instruments like the guitar, bass, drums, vocals, violin, fiddle, and many more including my most recent, claw hammer banjo.

im into heavy egded music like Dimmu Borgir and Hammerfall. also i like Mozart and Bach. yeah im that guy.

im some what of a gamer (CoD MW2) but what i love most...

is animals and all sorts of living creatures! im a member of PeTA and an active one at that. one of the reasons i finally got my Rosea is because i was at a pet store that didnt know the first thing about them. at the time neither did i. (only about a week ago) they couldn't tell me its Cribellum from its Patella!


so uhh yeah. thats me

 

[WeezyTheAvic]

T's on thursday

Hi everyone my name is daniel just got intrested in the t world by watching robc youtube videos so I must say thanks to him. I had a T when i was 7 RIP and just never got a new one but this thursday i have 2 versicolors comeing in the mail from paul at petcenterusa.net keep you guys post on there health and all that.

 

[pix714]

hi

hi my name's marco.. im from the philippines and im currently keeping P. Irminia, T. Cupreus, G. Rosea, A. Versicolor and H. Hercules.. I also have Scolopendra subspinipes..

 

[WilliamRP1988]

I'm William, I am 22 and from Louisville, Ky. I'm getting into the hobby of taking care of T's. I've read much on them. Hopefully, I can answer any questions I might have to better my education of these facinating creatures.

 

[magicpan]

Greetings

My name is Dalton and I've been involved with reptiles, inverts, and fish for over 5 years now. Inverts weren't always my major interest but recently I've had the money, will, and space to occupy some of my favorite inverts. |

Other than loving animals I am also a very serious musician and am active in the Occult (Metaphysics). I'm a generally kind person and I welcome group invites, etc.

 

[JimO]

Hello, I'm Jim from Florida. I mostly keep dart frogs and am a novice with insects, arachnids, etc., other than those local to our area. I've always been fascinated with centipedes.

 

[jimip]

hello im jimi im new... ish to T's ive had 4 over the last 2 years. i currently am housing a large ( hopefully female) skeleton and a .5 inch gold knee. i love my pets and always do more then i need to to make sure there happy..... i swear some of my lizards eat better then i do. well ... thats me in a nutshell..

 

[Frankenspider]

Helloo

My name is Jay. I've had a tarantula for years now that was given to me. She was always just sort of there. My interest in arachnids only recently picked up after finding a tailless whip scorpion at a local pet shop. I just had to have it. I bought it without knowing a thing about it. After researching it I quickly realized that the shop and I were housing it way too wrong. I also realized how fascinated I am with them, and other arachnids, insects, etc. I should have stuck with my original goal as a kid and went to school to study arthropods, haha. Anyway, I like it how a lot of people here know what they're doing and are willing to help out others (like me) who aren't quite sure. Good to know yas!

 

[kamillo]

Bonjour a toutes et a tous je m'appel medhi j'ai 30 ans et je vie en france a paris je suis eleveur d'aphonopelma j'en possede 30 merci de votre acceuille

 

[apopli]

This thread's HUGE!

I'm Bonnie, I'm in Ontario Canada, pushing 30, and mum to a 10 (going on 11) year old. I used to be afraid of spiders... then a pile of them moved into my spider plant (go figure) years ago and I began appreciating them (but I still don't like it when they sneak up on me!). I've been keeping exotics for years (various lizards - Tokay geckos are my favorite, snakes always hold a special place in my heart, and I seem to have an affinity towards creatures with particularly terrible temperaments - hence the Tokays). I also worked with/trained/owned horses for about 16 years, but after having my son and being diagnosed with fibromyalgia I just don't have the stamina for it anymore! I've spent nearly as long working with and training dogs, though, and still actively do so.

I have a German Shepherd who does just about everything with me who I'm in the process of training as a service dog (because of the fibro... I don't *need* a service dog, so it won't be official with dragging her though public places, but it's handy at home for my bad days), and I foster cats every now and then for various rescues because my son adores them and I don't (it's a compromise).

I'm a university student getting my BA in Psychology (specializing in behaviour sciences - I'd like to someday work with autism spectrum disorder service dogs, particularly with children). I also have a college degree in computers (networking), and have taken training and worked as a vet assistant for a period.

So.... hi!

 

[Zephyr]

Hi, I'm Jenn, and I'm in Texas.

I only recently got into tarantulas, just last July. I have three, but will go to pick up two more in a few minutes. Currently, I have G. rosea adult female, G. pulchra 2", and B. smithi 1.5". The new ones are third instar A. metallica and A. versi.

I look forward to meeting other tarantula fanciers, and to learning as much as possible about my eight-legged friends.

 

[Seph]

New friend

hi im seph and for my 30th birthday (oct 31, 2010) my wife bought me an Emperor Scorpion. i have had arachnids before as a child but this is my first scorp so im excited.

 

[BlujayOnTheWing]

Well, I've been poking around the boards for a few days and it looks like I'm probably going to end up hanging around, so I may as well formally introduce myself.

My name's Jay (it's short for Jessica- people get my gender confused going just by name, so it's best to clear it up right away :\ ), I'm an art student hoping to get into book illustration *fingers crossed*, scientific illustration (I'm fanatic about realism and detail, so field guide work or similar would probably suit me...), or something along those lines. (Related note, I do animal paintings- if anyone wants a portrait of their T or herp that would be an interesting practice and change of pace from cats and dogs...!)

I've been fascinated with crawlies for as long as I could get around on my own, haha. In the last five years or so, for whatever reason, I suddenly became completely hooked on spiders. It was like a whole world was opened up to me that I never noticed before. Since then I've studied them extensively and have owned tons of wild-caught true spiders (jumping spiders are my favorite)... so, tarantulas were the next inevitable step

I only own one tarantula at present- a young mature female B Smithi that my boyfriend got me for Christmas- and I'm looking into getting another here pretty soon. I also have a plethora of assorted wild herps, because I'm addicted and have no self-control Probably the only reason I don't have dozens of Ts is that I have to pay for them and am a cheapskate, lol ^^;;

I guess that's all the important stuff. Nice to meet you all, and I'll see you around the boards n__n