Introduce Yourself

[misfortuneTeller]

Hello, everyone! I haven't been on a forum in years, so please excuse any bumbling. ^^"

I'm Cherry, or you can use any variation of my username. I've been a lover and keeper of exotic creatures most of my life, but have only recently gotten back into tarantulas. My partner and I have quite a collection of herps, and have recently begun breeding. We also produce most of our own feeders for our collection.

My first ever exotic pet (when I was old enough to care for it myself) was a G. rosea when I was a preteen. With all the expos I've been attending lately, I was a bit saddened to see that my first T was rather hard to come by nowadays. Just this last weekend at a local show, I finally saw some rosea RCF slings for sale. Struck by nostalgia, I was compelled to bring one home. She's only about the size of a dime, but I'm already so enamored by her.

Now that I've committed to caring for a T again, I find myself looking into other species and other types of spiders. I'm considering a lot of New World Ts, jumping spiders, and possibly even some Old World Ts as well. I joined this forum mostly to quietly research what other keepers think about different types of spider, but also hopefully to have a place to come if I have questions.

Thanks for your time, and for reading my little intro if you did! Hopefully this will be a cool place to learn and hang out.

 

[Tentacle Toast]

Welcome (back) to the boards, Cherry!

 

[Kajo]

Hello! I'm a Finnish biology student and I'm just starting to prepare for my first pet spider. I keep some other inverts and fish and have been interested in spiders for a long time. Over the years I've had periods of increased interest in tarantulas and researched their care but never got to the point of actually thinking about getting one.

Recently I had the opportunity to speak with an arachnologist and held a recently discovered tarantula (one of the only two in captivity right now, how cool is that!). That inspired me and kicked my interest into full gear and I dug up all my old bookmarks and dove into research! Honestly, with any animal or plant I think I enjoy the process of researching them as much as I enjoy setting them up and caring for them.

So now I think the time is right for me to start narrowing down which species would be suitable for my first spider and as I'm getting closer to spider keepership i wanted to join the forum and the communally accumulated knowledge if its members <3

Apart from arachnids and other pets I'm also interested in art, books, hiking and crafts (mainly crochet and other fibre arts but I like to try new things). I might venture into to the off topic forums to gush about some those too!

Happy to be here and hope to run into you all on the forums!

 

[TheraMygale]

Hello! I'm a Finnish biology student and I'm just starting to prepare for my first pet spider. I keep some other inverts and fish and have been interested in spiders for a long time. Over the years I've had periods of increased interest in tarantulas and researched their care but never got to the point of actually thinking about getting one.

Recently I had the opportunity to speak with an arachnologist and held a recently discovered tarantula (one of the only two in captivity right now, how cool is that!). That inspired me and kicked my interest into full gear and I dug up all my old bookmarks and dove into research! Honestly, with any animal or plant I think I enjoy the process of researching them as much as I enjoy setting them up and caring for them.

So now I think the time is right for me to start narrowing down which species would be suitable for my first spider and as I'm getting closer to spider keepership i wanted to join the forum and the communally accumulated knowledge if its members <3

Apart from arachnids and other pets I'm also interested in art, books, hiking and crafts (mainly crochet and other fibre arts but I like to try new things). I might venture into to the off topic forums to gush about some those too!

Happy to be here and hope to run into you all on the forums!

Welcome aboard. What part of biology are you researching?

 

[Charliemum]

Hi and welcome all new ppl to ab and the wonderful world of inverts If there are any questions feel free to use the search bar to check the archives and if you can't find an answer or what your looking for just make a thread and one of us will try to help any way we can.
Welcome to the family ppls

 

[Kajo]

Welcome aboard. What part of biology are you researching?

I'm not doing any research yet as I'm just doing my bachelors degree! But I'll be doing my masters in the ecology and evolution department and I hope to work in behavioral science eventually, but of course that might change as I progress in my studies

 

[shoggothkid]

Hi everyone! I'm V, and this may be shocking, but I am a spider enthusiast. My collection currently consists of three little slings that are thriving thanks to all the info I've found here from the community. Excited to learn more and get to know all of you awesome people

 

[Tentacle Toast]

Hi everyone! I'm V, and this may be shocking, but I am a spider enthusiast. My collection currently consists of three little slings that are thriving thanks to all the info I've found here from the community. Excited to learn more and get to know all of you awesome people

Well welcome to the forum, V! We're glad to have you, & your little slings...

 

[obtguy175]

Hello everyone,

I joined the forum in 2013 (over 10 years ago wow time flies), looong time lurker. Recently diving back into the hobby and growing my collection again. Look forward to sharing more in the future.

 

[Tentacle Toast]

Hello everyone,

I joined the forum in 2013 (over 10 years ago wow time flies), looong time lurker. Recently diving back into the hobby and growing my collection again. Look forward to sharing more in the future.

Well welcome...back, then ...I guess, LoL

 

[Alice12]

I'm Alice. A loving and caring lady with passion and lots of love in heart for reptiles. So glad to be here, and i'm sure we have great things to share together.

 

[Charliemum]

Hi Alice and welcome to ab there are lots of reptile lovers on here your in good company .

 

[othelloiv]

Hi everyone, hope you're all enjoying Thanksgiving!

Long time lurker, first time Tarantula owner, so felt prudent to join a community of like minded individuals.

 

[Papa Bear]

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.

My name is Jonathan. I am an elementary library/media center specialist in Southern Arkansas. In my library I have 12 animals in our school zoo. Among the managerie is a tarantula. I bought it as a Mexican Red Knee, which it obviously is not. I'd like to get it identified. That is why I joined this boardre.

Hope you enjoy your stay

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Mt name is Jonathan. I am an elementary library/media center specialist in Southern Arkansas. In my library I have 12 animals in our school zoo. Among the managerie is a tarantula. I bought it as a Mexican Red Knee, which or obviously is not. I'd like to get it identified. That is why I joined this board

 

[fcat]

Mt name is Jonathan. I am an elementary library/media center specialist in Southern Arkansas. In my library I have 12 animals in our school zoo. Among the managerie is a tarantula. I bought it as a Mexican Red Knee, which or obviously is not. I'd like to get it identified. That is why I joined this board

Hi Papa Bear!

Welcome to the boards! Not sure if you'll be able to post here, someone mentioned last week it was locked for them, but this is where you'll want to share pictures:

Tarantula Identification

Pictures of tarantulas that you would like identified should be placed in this category. (please note, the ID will only be tentative as a positive ID cannot be made from a picture.)

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What an awesome job you have, sounds like the world's coolest library if it has an animal zoo too.

 

[Arachnopets]

Not sure if you'll be able to post here, someone mentioned last week it was locked for them

Just want to clarify real quick. Everyone has the ability to post in the Tarantula Identification and Tarantula Sexing sections, as long as you are logged in to your account. The symbol was not a lock symbol, but a link/chain symbol. This was explained in that thread too, before the thread was removed. All one has to do is try to click on the forum name, and they will see that it works, as it will bring them directly to that section.

Also, a big welcome to all of our new members!

We hope that you will all find our tutorials section helpful.

Tutorials

How to properly utilize forum functionality.

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[rabbitseason]

Hello!

I go by Mikey. Im new to the T scene and Im hoping to learn more by exploring more of this forum! I currently have two slings on the way, a redknee and a curly, and I've already planned to get more once I get more husbandy skills under my belt with them! We'll see how it goes. I'm very interested in creating enclosures and happy homes for 8 legged friends.

I hope you all had a great thanksgiving,

Mikey.

 

[Charliemum]

Hi n welcome to ab

 

[Burgundian S]

Hey

my name is Bram, 36, Europe Netherlands Eindhoven.
Whole life into snakes, since 2 months into tarantulas.
Always had a fascination for spiders/T’s, somehow around teenage years I developed being skittish towards them. Lately hold one in a zoo and I was hooked.
I already have quite a collection in this short time (30 or so 🫣)

here to learn more and use skills and expertise from you all

gr Bram

 

[Sauga Bound]

Hello and regards. I’m Sauga Bound and am here to learn about tarantula husbandry as I raise my first T - a female, juvenile grammostola pulchra. I’m here to learn from the experts, and hopefully pass on that knowledge to others as I learn from keeping T’s.



I‘ve been lurking on these boards for a few months, reading threads and learning. Now that I have my own T, I thought it was time to join so I can contribute, ask questions of the more knowledgeable keepers, and share pics and, etc. I could really use some feedback on my setup, and I’m going to post that on the general T board, but I wanted to introduce myself and my T.



Otherwise, I am a teacher, writer, photographer, and gardener, amongst other things. I like many different genres of music, especially rock and roll, soul and funk, 90’s hip-hop, classical, jungle, jazz, and so on. Some of my favorite movies are Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, The Commitments, Terminator 2.



My interest in tarantulas is just something I’m hoping will help to treat my depression. Caring for a beautiful animal that is unfamiliar to me, requires simple care, and whose growth and survival is extremely rewarding is something I need. I’ve had animals my whole life, except the last few years. In that time, I’ve experienced a feeling of purposelessness that I’m hoping tarantulas can help me with. I plan to get one or two more in time, and am really enjoying the experience so far.