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[l0ckmdwn]

Tarantula Addicted

I purchased a Rose Hair Tarantula last night and I'm now hooked! I had to find the most informative place on the net to educate me on how to care for this gorgeous creature. I have found so much helpful information on how to care for Red Fang Fire Blood (my kids named the Tarantula). LOL. The Tarantula cages are freakiin' awesome that I have seen in the forum. Thats going to be my next project with my Tarantula. Love this site!

 

[jim777]

Hey Everyone I am brand new to spider ownership and have been looking around the web for info for the past week or so. I am hoping to learn enough to confidently get my own b. smithi in the next few months. I don't want to just impulse buy a living thing so slow and steady it is.

I have always like spiders though, and in my 49 years on this planet I have never killed a single one. I have escorted 100's out of the house and onto the lawn but never has foot come to carapace LOL.

I found this board through 'Jamie's Tarantula's', when I was researching G. rosea's. The g. rose in my local petstore just molted, so I've got a molt on my desk (it's a start LOL)

Anyway, looking forward to chatting with you all on the boards

jim

 

[TheKrysis]

Hi there

After reading all these introductions, I think I may be the one of the youngest people on this forum. I'm pretty new in this hobby, I've only been keeping tarantulas for 6 months or so. I got my first sling today, a GBB, and I'm extremely excited to raise it. I also have a G. Rosea, and I'm dying for a G Pulchra. Anyway, I live in South Florida and surprisingly I hate going to the beach.
I work for Chipotle, which some of you may have heard of, and I drive a 2010 Corolla
I don't know what else to say, I look forward to learning more about the hobby from this site.

 

[Marey]

Hello! I'm Mary and I'm from Eastern Europe! Once a friend of mine showed me a movie about spiders and I have become a fan of them. Now I try to find out about them as much as possible. Hope you forum will help me!

 

[MissVenom]

Hi, all. I am not only new to this board, I am new to tarantulas. I am just looking into owning my first one and am still in the mode of gathering information on the proper care and feeding of. I know I eventually want a Cyriopagopus sp. "blue" (Singapore Blue), but since the literature suggests this is not a first-timer's spider and intend to work my way up to having one. So far, I have the housing and supplies for an arboreal tarantula, and I've been looking at the Avicularia metallica (Metallic Pinktoe) or the Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens (Green Bottle Blue). Any advice would be greatly appreciated, but I think if I poke around this site long enough, I'll probably pick up some great tarantula-care tips to help me make my choice.

Thanks

Maren

I read you post and within the first few seconds I was like.. "Did I write this?" haha I am also new to T's and my "Holy Grail" is the (Lampropelma violaceopes (Singapore Blue) which also goes by the name you called it - Cyriopagopus sp. "blue" I too will be waiting till I am a little more seasoned before I add that mean little thing to my collection. I have a A. Avic and she's wonderful, I personally prefer arboreatals to terrestrials but I hear that Green Bottle Blues make great pets as well. Good Luck and happy hobbying!

 

[Popsmoke63B]

Fairly new myself

Recently dove into this wonderful world of arachnids, but have always loved them. I have a Brachypelma smithi sling, and chilean rose @4.5".

 

[newarachnoid]

new here and new to tarantula keeping

hi all, my name is daniel and ive only just got into keeping spiders, this is what i have so far:

a juvenile socotra island blue baboon
a green bottle blue sling
a red chilean rose sling
a sub adult suriname pink toe
and finally a brazilian salmon pink sling

i will put decent pics up as soon as i take some of all of them and i look forward to happily chatting to you all and getting your input on my collection so far

 

[annabelle]

Hello everyone, my name is Annabelle! I'm new to arachnoboards. I've read it frequently but I finally made my own account.
I have a brachypelma albopilosum sling and a brachypelma smithi sling from Jamie's Tarantulas coming in the mail very soon. I'm very excited for my b. smithi to arrive! I got my first tarantula a month ago and now I'm hooked on these fascinating creatures. I love reading and learning about them, I can't get enough!
Planning on getting an a. versicolor when I feel I'm ready to take on an arboreal!
I also own other inverts including a praying mantis, millipedes, cockroaches, and rhino beetles.

 

[coleman098]

Hi there!

Hi I'm FREDLLANE LOUISE HERRERA BURGOS, frm Negros Island, Philippines...

a newbie to this hobby and got enjoyed...

got here...

b.boehmei slings
b.albiceps slings
p.baeri (philippine dwarf tarantula) matured female
ophanaeceus sp. (philippine dwarf tarantula) matured female

have hedgehog also..

coming soon to be my pet:

s.philippinus (Philippine Orange Dwarf Tarantula)
g.pulchripes
a.geniculata
p.trans
h.hottentotta
h.longi
b.albo

...hoping more to come...tnx arachnoboards..^_^:biggrin:

 

[TeeHawk]

Hey

Hey there!

I'll keep it short & sweet. My name is Mark and I owned 3 pedes and a small colony of assassins a couple of years ago and would like to get back into it! I'm hoping to find some dealers/enthusiasts who would point me towards my next pedes, bugs and mantids!

I live in Barrie, ON and attend Georgian college.


....The End....

 

[Jigglypuff]

Not new to owning T's, but new to this board and hopefully it will be useful in that I can get some questions answered and what not.

My name is Nicholas. I am the owner of 2 MF Rosies, a GBB sling, an OBT sling, and a LP sling.

My first rosie I named JigglyPuff (hints the name), and after having her for a while I had to have more. Jiggles is about 5 1/2 inches toe to toe, 2nd Rosie is only about 4 in, GBB sling is almost 2 inches, OBT sling is an inch, and my LP sling (can't wait for this one to get big) is about 3/4 of an inch.

If you have any questions feel free to ask.

Nicholas.

 

[mrclean]

Hello

Hi everyone my name is George im kinda new to this site and i wanted to say hello.
Have a nice day
George

 

[kjm]

Hello all,

I'm just now getting a chance to get on this forum a little more. I have been crazy busy with school and life. Been working with tarantulas for almost ten years now, and still learning something new all the time. I'm in school now for Biology and plan to get my Ph.D. and teach. I look forward to getting to know everyone and future conversations.

 

[Tjmphx]

Hey everyone. So I've been on here reading and reading figured I'd finally introduce myself. I'm T.J. from Arizona, 28 years old. I've had just about every pet out there and I'm just now getting into T's. I was bit as a kid by a wolf spider while playing on a tree house. Still have a good scar next to my eye, needless to say it kinda turned me away from spiders. Now the more I learn and see the more I'm interested. I am the proud caretaker ( I dislike the word owner) of 2 slings. My first was a gbb, I adopted it from a tarantula rescue here in town.( http://www.tarantularescue.org/ ) My second is a Obt that my lps had for sale at $9. Ive really enjoyed this site, thanks everyone.

 

[AderynDawn]

Hello everyone,

My name is Aderyn, I'm 22 year old girl and I live in the Netherlands.

I have arachnophobia, but I'm about to purchase my 2nd and 3rd tarantulas in order to get rid of the silly fear of these beautiful creatures.

I've had my B.vagans for about a year now and I'm very fond of my little girl..

My next two buys will be a C.ritae and C.leetzi, since they're so beautiful. As they're dwarfs, I suspect they'll help me even more to get over my phobia of spiders


Have a good one!

 

[IanT]

Hi all, my names Ian, i'm from the midlands of Engoland and am fairly new to aracnoculture, about a years experience maby but still have a lot to learn. I have a 3 year old AF B,smithi and two resently matured G,rose's, (AF and MM) that i've been introducing to eachother, i've paired them about 7 times now and the MM has successfuly made and distroyed 3 sperm webs in that time. its the first time i've bred tarantulas so i'l be on here quite alot absorbing infomation, even though i've done pleanty of research already. I'm looking forword to being part of your comunity

thanks, Ian

*Disclamer.. I'm dislexthik.. lol*

 

[Deftones90]

Hello everyone. I'm Justin, I've been keeping inverts for the past 5 years or so! Not really new to the boards, I had another username that I don't use anymore and since now I'm going to be more active on here I made a new one! I have a handful of T's mostly pokies and some scorps.

 

[Skull Kid]

Hello all, i'm Mothra, I live in the Los Angeles area and am getting my first T, a female Chilean Rose hair, for my birthday in the next two weeks. I've researched all I need to know but came here to brush up on my knowledge once more just to be safe, i'm happy to be part of this awesome community and hope to see you all around along with my T!

 

[Rob1985]

Took about a 4 months hiatus, new work training, family etc. I decided to keep my 0.1.0 C.ritae. Just declaring I am back

 

[mattphills]

Hey all!

Just to say hello!
My name is Matt, I live in Wales - UK. I've been keeping Tarantulas for about 15 years, on and off for one reason or another. I currently have 3 in my collection, which I have acquired over the last few years, but recently, I have got the 'bug' back, excuse the pun. I currently have :- Lasiodora parahybana, haplopelma lividum, and grammostola rosea. No doubt more on the way though!