Introduce Yourself

[gorybmovie]

Hey All,

Welcome to Arachnoboards. Please take a moment to introduce yourself. Let us know who you are and what brings you here.

Feel free to post a picture of yourself here.

This thread is for personal introductions only, please let us know what inverts you have here.

Hope you enjoy your stay

The Arachnoboards Team

I'm Gory. I recently housed a female P. Audax and joined the boards to learn and ask questions related to helping her thrive. I'm new to keeping spiders and am also working on overcoming my fear of them. No, Gory is not my real name, but that is what everyone online calls me. I host a horror movie review show and when I'm not here asking all of you questions about spiders, I'm reviewing movies.

 

[herpetogeorgie]

Hey guys, I'm Georgie.

I've been keeping herps for a few years and am currently studying for my Zoology with herpetology BSc.

Tarantulas became my new obsession last year and lurking on this forum has been so helpful with a lot of my questions.

So long time lurker, first time poster. Nice to meet you all

 

[Westicles]

Hey guys, I'm Georgie.

I've been keeping herps for a few years and am currently studying for my Zoology with herpetology BSc.

Tarantulas became my new obsession last year and lurking on this forum has been so helpful with a lot of my questions.

So long time lurker, first time poster. Nice to meet you all

Welcome!!! There's a few reptile lovers here!

 

[Jmadson13]

Posting here after a long hiatus, I'm glad to see arachnoboards is still a great resource for invert keepers. I've kept a few spiderlings the past decade and just got back into breeding tarantulas. I look forward to following the boards again!

 

[PurpleRex]

Hey, I’m Matt, 29 and live in the UK. I’ve had about a decade break from T keeping, but glad to have found AB as one of the forums still going strong now that I’m recently ‘back in the game’. Nice to meet you all!

 

[SCKlopper]

Hey All,

Welcome to Arachnoboards. Please take a moment to introduce yourself. Let us know who you are and what brings you here.

Feel free to post a picture of yourself here.

This thread is for personal introductions only, please let us know what inverts you have here.

Hope you enjoy your stay

The Arachnoboards Team

Good day all. I'm Sonet from South Africa. 42yo mom of 5. Always loved spiders, especially taking macro shots of.them. Eventually adopted 2 juvies in August last year and fell in love. My collection stands at 18 now and I joined arachnoboards to gain knowledge from the experienced keepers out there.

 

[Westicles]

Good day all. I'm Sonet from South Africa. 42yo mom of 5. Always loved spiders, especially taking macro shots of.them. Eventually adopted 2 juvies in August last year and fell in love. My collection stands at 18 now and I joined arachnoboards to gain knowledge from the experienced keepers out there.

Welcome Sonet!!!!

Hey, I’m Matt, 29 and live in the UK. I’ve had about a decade break from T keeping, but glad to have found AB as one of the forums still going strong now that I’m recently ‘back in the game’. Nice to meet you all!

Welcome aboard Matt!!

 

[xZaidax]

Hey everyone,

I’m Maddi, 29 year old Aussie they/them keeper of Ts for the last nearly year.

I’ve posted but not really introduced myself so HIIIIII.

 

[Westicles]

Hey everyone,

I’m Maddi, 29 year old Aussie they/them keeper of Ts for the last nearly year.

I’ve posted but not really introduced myself so HIIIIII.

Welcome!!

 

[xZaidax]

Thank you

Welcome!!

 

[Westicles]

Thank you

No problem Maddi. Lots of good people here. On a side note, I'm jealous of anyone who lives in Australia. You guys have it all there in regards to nature/wildlife, beaches, etc!

 

[xZaidax]

No problem Maddi. Lots of good people here. On a side note, I'm jealous of anyone who lives in Australia. You guys have it all there in regards to nature/wildlife, beaches, etc!

yeah I’ve come across a few v helpful Aussie keepers.

oh mate as a kid I was always out bush looking for insects, arachnids and reptiles they’re beautiful and fierce and I love them for it

 

[NMTs]

Hi all! My name is Andy and I live in Albuquerque, NM, USA. I've been keeping tarantulas for years, but never seriously got into the hobby - I'd just keep one or 2 at a time of whichever wild T's I'd happen across (of the various brown/tan Aphonopelma ssp. native to NM). If I was lucky I'd find a young one out and about that would live for several years, but most often they would be MM on the hunt for females and we'd get to enjoy them for a year or so at most. Never bothered to try to get a female out of her burrow. Recently, as my son has gotten older and more interested, I've gotten more interested the hobby and have a small collection of slings and juveniles that I'm growing out. I'm also working on turning the spare bedroom into the Tarantula Cave, so things are getting serious now! Been watching and learning from AB for a long time, and happy to be a member now!

 

[Tn tarantula]

I would like to introduce myself my name is Tom I'm out of Tennessee I just recently got into this hobby I have 2 L.Ps 1 T Vagan and just recently picked up a GBB just went to my first show in Knoxville was a bit disappointed I was hoping it was going to be bigger but made the best of it

 

[Smotzer]

Hey there Tom!! Welcome to Arachnoboards and welcome to the hobby!! Sorry about the show, I've never been to one still yet after all these years.

Best suggestions I can give are start this hobby slow in regards to getting more tarantulas, enjoy what you have, marinate in the hobby, and learn as much as you can with just a few that way if you make husbandry mistakes its not repeated over 10x-20x times. Also, slings take up hardly any room but adults take up quite a bit more!

Also learn to utilize the advanced search function here on AB or learn how to search google within Arachnoboards! Pretty much anything your looking for or wondering, or questioning has been discussed here on AB before! Too few new AB members utilize this to its full potential.

Read, learn, and enjoy! Happy keeping

~Connor

 

[Wolfram1]

Welcome, those are great spiders to have, i own all of the ones you mentioned and they are a blast. I love watching the Lasiodora especially. Just a boring brown spider?, heck no!

MfG,
Wolfram

 

[jc55]

Welcome and that is a nice selection to start one of the most addictive and fascinating hobbies IMO and you came to the right place to learn and there is a lot of information available here that covers just about any question you might have as a new keeper and plenty of great members and experience here at AB.Enjoy!

 

[Tn tarantula]

Hey there Tom!! Welcome to Arachnoboards and welcome to the hobby!! Sorry about the show, I've never been to one still yet after all these years.

Best suggestions I can give are start this hobby slow in regards to getting more tarantulas, enjoy what you have, marinate in the hobby, and learn as much as you can with just a few that way if you make husbandry mistakes its not repeated over 10x-20x times. Also, slings take up hardly any room but adults take up quite a bit more!

Also learn to utilize the advanced search function here on AB or learn how to search google within Arachnoboards! Pretty much anything your looking for or wondering, or questioning has been discussed here on AB before! Too few new AB members utilize this to its full potential.

Read, learn, and enjoy! Happy keeping

~Connor

Yes I'm going to really enjoy what I have my gbb is about inch and half maybe 2 inches my other ones are about three quarters of an inch I'm still waiting on molts from them but it will come in due time

Welcome and that is a nice selection to start one of the most addictive and fascinating hobbies IMO and you came to the right place to learn and there is a lot of information available here that covers just about any question you might have as a new keeper and plenty of great members and experience here at AB.Enjoy!

Yes this is very addictive hobby and when more room comes available to me I will definitely expand my collection until then I'm just going to watch what I have grow

Welcome, those are great spiders to have, i own all of the ones you mentioned and they are a blast. I love watching the Lasiodora especially. Just a boring brown spider?, heck no!

MfG,
Wolfram

I can't wait till my parahybanas get bigger and my t vagans is a eating machine lol that's a good thing

 

[Arachnophobphile]

I would like to introduce myself my name is Tom I'm out of Tennessee I just recently got into this hobby I have 2 L.Ps 1 T Vagan and just recently picked up a GBB just went to my first show in Knoxville was a bit disappointed I was hoping it was going to be bigger but made the best of it

Welcome Tom

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[coolnweird]

Enjoy the process of raising your GBB! I didn't believe people when they told me I'd eventually miss the sling coloration, I was so excited to finally see some blue legs. And now, while I adore the look of adult GBBs, I do feel almost nostalgic for the gold and black sling patterns. Very satisfying species to raise, mine grew from a 3/4" sling to a 4-5" in about 2 years. Meanwhile, other slings I received just a few months after are barely pushing an inch or two!