Introduce Yourself

[FligNut]

Just Saying Hello

Hello all,

I'm Jennifer from Chattanooga, TN. I'm 31 and a full-time chemistry student, soon to graduate from college. After that, I want to attend medical school, and eventually go into medical research; immunology is the field I'm interested in.

I started collecting tarantulas about four months ago with an Aphonopelma chalcodes spiderling, and I'm now about to have a total of six tarantulas! This is a fascinating, fun, and addictive hobby, which I hope to enjoy for many years with my new arachnid friends.

 

[KungPao]

Hi, my name's Rachel and I am about to be the new owner of a tiny B. smithi.
My friend gave me a dubia colony to feed my gecko, and they produce more than he will eat so I decided that a tarantula would be a better bet than getting another gecko.

Here's the funny thing. I am phobic of anything 8 legged, but I'm hoping that working with my little T will help me understand them and get over it.

Oh, I also have a decent collection of pythons and boas.

 

[Guitar Slinger]

Newbie Introduction

Hi,
I am Brad I live in Nashville TN and I am new to T,s and the this site. I just wanted to say hello and thanks to everyone keeping this site up and going. I have learned so much here already. It is appreciated!
Brad

 

[geoff200]

Hi from England

Hi,

I have been quite active over at the UK Mantis Forums. I became aware of this site after becoming inerested in centipedes. There are some great post here in the myriapods section.

I also have Baby Turkistan roaches for sale as a feeder if anyone is interested PM me (UK postage only)

Cheers Geoff.

 

[TreeGuy]

Good evening everybody and hello from America's hat,
Yep that's right another Canuck in the house.

My name is Justin, I'm going to college in the Niagara region.
I've been into exotics for years, mostly lizards and snakes.
Got into T's a couple months ago when my bro guilt tripped me into taking care of his P. metallica. Always been terrified of spiders but taking care of that large, grumpy spider sorta took care of any phobia lol.

Started out with a pink toe and have worked my way up to 7 T's, mix of NW and OW. I'm mostly interested in the old world stuff, gets the juices pumpin every time I have to open my pokies cage.

 

[arachnidsrulz12]

hi,

I'm addicted to T's and somewhat addicted to scorpion lol

I love T's and want more

 

[SuperD]

Hello

Hi my name is Don i live in South Africa and love tarantulas!
I have a collection of about 13 different sp.

 

[djrekoms]

hi my name is alex
i am from romania end i love tarantulas

 

[Andrei]

Hello everybody.

I'm Andrei, a guy from Romania, who loves tarantulas, game-fishing and metal. My favourites are the burrowing species, the so-called petholes.
I 25 years old and I am a psychiatrist fascinated by his job.

 

[Bolt]

sling

Hello there. I'm Tom from Corpus Christi, Tx. Loved T's since I found them at a very young age. Then lost interest, now returned. Primarly dealing with the Aphonopelma hentzie/anax species normally found in this area. The T's we have are 4 W/C females. Used W/C males to produce 15 unsexed 3 yr slings, and 12 unsexed 2 yr slings. The rest of the babies were realesed to help populate the area the others were taken from.

Thank you for accepting me to the forum.

Tom

 

[Muzi]

Hi I'm Muzi also from South Africa, I currently own 9 Tarantula's and 2 Scorpions never can get enough! I also have quite a few reptiles and never forgetting about our dogs haha. Would just like to say that this is a truely great site! I've already used a few ideas for tank setups that I saw on this site on some of my T's tanks . Great site again!

 

[becks0303]

Newbie!

Hi,

My name is David, i'm from tropical Singapore.

I hope to find more Singaporeans who are interested in T's(please contact me if you are out there)

I have only so far reared the Phlogiellus inermis, a native species.
Any one with tips on how to handle these P inermis, they are really fast, and timid.

CHEERS!!

David

 

[Webmistress]

Hi

Just wanted to shout out a cheery 'hallooo' to you all!

Bit about me - I am an avid herper and worshipper of inverts! I have an extensive collection of reptiles (50+ snakes, lizards and turtles) and a few Ts, scorps and roachs at home. However, I also work professionally with inverts (over 70 different species) and snakes (40+ species) so I am continually surrounded by the creatures I love. Anyway looking forward to chatting soon,

Tata for now,

M.

 

[danb]

Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Dan and I live in West Los Angeles. I'm just getting into the hobby and currently have three T's right now. I'm hoping that I can glean some knowledge from you all. Thanks and talk to ya soon! :}

 

[danny2009]

hi all

hi am danny carnt wait to get started with talk to you all about wat spiders you have thanks danny

 

[jasmithc]

Hello everyone

Hi, My name is Antonio, and I am new to this forum. I am also really new to the hobby. I love tarantulas, I find them beautiful and interesting. I am also really interested in the Green Bottle Blue Venezuelan Tarantula. as it is from my home town

 

[minkbrutal]

I'm nick and I have 7 T's 3 snakes and 2 Scorpions. I'm always looking for someone to talk t's with.

 

[ShadowclawFC]

Hi~ I'm Ihrian, I'm 17 and a junior in high school. I'm currently taking Zoology, and since taking it I've switched my idea for a career from Web Design/Video Game Design to Zoo/Bio.
Um, yeah, I live in Venice, FL, and I want out but I wouldn't lose my Zoo class for anything. Except maybe the chance to go to Guyana or some other cool place with my Zoo teach and some friends.

Um...oh yeah, I'm a new T fan, thanks to, again, my Zoo class. Not new to pets, though, 'cause I've practically been raised by dogs ^^; currently have 4 dogs and a cat, and none can touch any Ts I may have >.>
None currently but may be getting one soon, fates willing~

 

[Netherland]

this is Netherland!

Hello,
after looking around and reading some topics for information, I'm now introducing myself.
I'm from the Netherlands, and I've been in the hobby for over than 6 years now. I'm a forklift driver and I love to listen to music and going to gigs in the netherlands and germany.
I've got 2 kids and I'm maried. My other hobby's are tattooing, drawing, collecting some WW2 items and watching WW2 bunkers and fortifications and going to football(soccer...)matches.
here's my list of Birdspiders(or T's....)

Acanthoscurria geniculata
Brachypelma vagans
Brachypelma smithi
Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens x2
Ephebopus murinus
Halopelma lividum
Pterinochilus murinus DCF male
Thrixopelma pruriens
Theraphosa stirmi

true spider.
Trochosa sp

Scorpions.
Pandinus imperator x2

and 2 cats

So thats me, if you have any questions, feel free to ask!
my best regards!

 

[animalnstinct]

What to say? I hang out on a some other invertebrate forums, and my wife mostly finds herself on the frog and amphibian forums (if I say "we" a lot more than "I" it's not due to my loose grip on reality, it's because I'm married and we share pretty much 100% of our hobbies). I know a few people on here already, but I tend to stick around lower traffic forums; despite being on the computer most of the time thanks to my job (I run a web development business), I still can never find the time to keep up with busier forums. Figured why not though.

We have kept T's for a few years now, since my wife got me a rather large (5.5" almost 6" leg span) crotchety old rosea for my birthday. From there it blossomed into a small collection:

1.0.0 A. iodius
0.0.1 A. seemanni
0.0.1 A. versicolor
0.2.1 G. rosea
0.0.1 P. cambridgei
0.0.1 P. irminia
0.1.0 P. lugardi
0.1.0 P. murinus

Right now Ephebopus murinus and Ephebopus cyanognathus are at the top of my wish list, followed closely by the infamous Poecilotheria sp. We also have a few Mantella's and some Pipa Pipa's joining the family soon, and have kept a small variety of other reptiles in the past.

Next to keeping these guys and gals, my favorite thing is building enclosures, and we have just begun exploring the realm of creating our own backdrops and other vivarium structures.

On with the show!