Introduce Yourself

[AirForce1AkaB]

Hell My name i s Bryan I live in Marylabd near Washington DC
Im 17 and Own 5 Emporers and want to get more types this weekend

 

[Nitibus]

I'm ike an arachophile s'ling

Hi all

Just got a new Green Bottle blue. ( about 2.5 inches ) I haven't had a T since two mexican red bellies were forced on me 15 years ago... that ended in disaster. I'm hoping to raise a beautiful heathly T, and not get a wet bite this time

Wish me luck

 

[mischaaussems]

Introducing myself

Hi my name is Mischa Aussems. I'm a 28 year old male from the Netherlands. I started keeping T's two years ago, and currently own about 20 adult species. I work as a clinical respiratory technician in the university hospital of Maastricht. I have a girlfriend called Anouk, a two month old son called Delano and a four and a half year old daughter called Benita. My other interests are drumming (almost 21 years now), tattoo's and piercings and gaming on Xbox Live (my gamertag btw. is mischaaussems)...... I've been reading posts on this site for almost two years now, so now it's time to start posting.....

 

[spiderguy07]

Hello All

Hi everyone Im new to the site. I live in Alberta Canada and keep 10 T's and 1 Bearded Dragon. I have a 3 yr old daughter and We love being Exotic keepers of odd and unusualpets. I googled this site and glad I found it. Thanks all.

 

[Exotic-Pets]

Hello Arachnoboards!

Hi Guys,

My name is Phil, I am a web developer for a UK Exotic Pet website called Exotic-Pets.co.uk

I'm here to shamlessly plug our website to your UK based members, and maybe post a few bits for sale in your classifieds area.

Also, I'd like to invite any website owners (esp from the US) to list their website (including the Arachnoboards cheif) on our new links directory.

We have LOTS of US and other international users asking us for trader details and/or specialist advice.

http://www.exotic-pets.co.uk/directory-add.php

Please pass this link on to site owners.

Cheers, Phil

 

[hoystyler]

Hiya All ..

Selenocosmia stirlingi . I have two of them just wanted to say hi to all forum users. Iam Hoya iam male and 28 yrs old and lived in Queensland, i moved from Vic about a yr ago. Where they don't have big spiders like up here. i will post pics of them soon. bye for now

 

[TMac]

New

Hi, my name is Tony. Great site. I have been a 'T' owner for about 3 weeks. Could not decide which species to start with so I started with 4 slings (1 Seemanni and 3 Brachy's). Sizes 3/4" - 1.75".

Don't know if this hobby was such a good idea. I find it too fascenating for my own good. I've socked all of my extra spending money and then quite a bit more into this already (all the supplies as well as the little devils). I've discovered I have a larger balance on my charge card than I do brains or open household space when it comes to learning about T's. I have more T's on order. Guess you could say "I am hooked".

Drop a line if anyone wants to talk T's or anything else.

 

[calyst]

Heyo heyo from Las Cruces, New Mexico.

M F U
0.1.0 G. rosea
0.0.3 Ch. cyanopubescens
0.0.1 A. bicegoi

 

[Gem]

Hallo all, i've been a member of this fabulous site for quite a while but have never really had chane to get on line so i thought i would take the time to introduce myself properly. Names Gem, got 12 T's (amongst things) and thoroughly enjoy the hobby/obsession:? . T's rule!!!!!:worship: :worship: so please speak to me as and when you see fit. Peace out y'all
Gem x:}

 

[darkfaery]

hi all and need some advice

Hi all. we are a couple from somerset UK and have a wide range of reptiles and other animals.......

I would like some advice on a spider that we rehomed yesterday as to its identification....I will post the message under the main topic....and hopefully someine may be able to help

 

[nastin8]

Hello all.

 

[jeroenkooijman]

Hi all,
My name is Jeroen Kooijman, 27 years, from Den Helder in the Netherlands.
I keep a lot of scorpions (60+), some tarantula's (25+), 3 tortoises, 2 cameleons, 2 gecko's, 5 snakes, a French bulldog and 2 cats.

My main animals are the scorpions.

 

[scootz™]

Hi there!

I actually first joined the forum because I was a little concerned for my Brazilian White Knee (Acanthoscurria Geniculata). She hadn't been eating her regular meal of crickets, and it had been some time since she had last molted.
Today, she was right-side up in the morning, but eventually turned upside-down. I'd waited a good amount of time wondering when she was going to start molting. Then, I started panicking, thinking her time was up as she wasn't moving.

However, I was eventually put to ease when movement was spotted and she began molting out of her old shell.

She's currently the only spider I have at the moment. I may eventually get others, but not for the time being.
She's not the first tarantula I've had, either. I'm not sure what breed it was, but I had one given to me back when I was 16 (29 now - turning 30 in August). Unfortunately, my first tarantula was mauled by our house cats. They had knocked down her cage and batted her around a bit. Split her abdomen and left me to watch her slowly pass on. *sigh*

So, it was a bit of a wait before I finally decided I missed the joys and experiences of having a tarantula, and eventually decided I wanted another.

That's when I ordered my Brazilian White Knee, whom we've named Ula Tarantino. She was shipped at the beginning of Spring last year, and was only a few weeks old. I had to wait for the warmer weather to arrive before the breeders I purchased from would ship.

Aside from all that, a little about me.. I'm 29 years old (as mentioned) and work web and office administration in a computer business the fiance and I own / operate in a small-town community located in Ontario Canada.
Since we barely have time for ourselves outside the business, I don't really have any hobbies aside from geeking online.

I look forward to partaking in and sharing as many of my own experiences when it comes to the main discussion of this community.

I also want to thank those responsible for allowing me to be a part of this community. I pretty much know the common sense netiquete rules, however, I have read and understood the regulations of this particular community, and shall do my best not to obstruct them.

Cheers,
scootz.

 

[Razor]

New member

Hey everyone I am new here just wanted to say hello .
Im not new to spiders ive had over 40 spiders in the last 12 years.
Lasidora's ,Avic species of all types. Mexican red legs and Pinktoe colonies.
I love the hobby and I just got back into it, after not having any spiders for the last 3 years.

 

[Natemass]

didnt even realize this was here soo Hey everyone, my name is Nate Goodwin and im currently living in Halifax Ma and at the moment i have 22 Ts i think idk lost count from last month, i have 4 fire belly toads, 3 snakes right now and 1 scorpion, did have 15 emps at one point. me n my dad always had some emps or G.roseas in the house, but didnt have anything from 8th grade till about junior year in HS but now that im a senior i have all the above and hopefully getting more... i guess thats it

Nate

 

[Blaster]

Hi there. My name's Maciek (Matthew), I'm 19. I keep invertebrates mainly (T's, Scorpions, Amblypygids, Centipedes, True spiders etc.). I've been reading AB for quite a long time, but recently I decided to become a more active user. Yep, and I'm from Poland so excuse my english if it's wrong Cheers, Blaster.

 

[ember]

Howdy!

I am a momma, and a wife, and an animal lover. We have one very large tarantula in our family... and we love him (her?) quite a bit. We snagged him from a bad situation where his spidery needs were not being met... and he lives in the lap of eight-legged luxury here with us. This Rosea is now very respected, instead of living in a tiny plastic box with no amenities.

Being interested and responsible animal owners, I am excited to join a forum where I can learn more than care-sheet basics about our spider. My son is as interested with animals as I am, and he is already talking about more arachnids at some point. We will learn all we can now, and thus be ready where life hands us another opportunity to take in an invertebrate in need.

Our spider is named Ananci. He (she?) lives in a 20 gallon tank on our bookcase, guarding our books. Ananci is a good keeper of our stories! He has a base of the tank made of compressed coconut fiber, and we have a moss collection in parts, as well. Ananci has a really cool vase (made to look ancient, with a manufactured crack and hole in the side) that he can hide in, and has an over turned bark round for climbing under or on top of (it is not hight or precarious - long and flat-ish) and he likes to spin web over that. He has a small ceramic bowl with a sponge for water (well, also to help the tank with humidity - though we have no heat sources or anything like that - and so the crickets can drink too) and since the tank is on the middle shelf of the case, he has plenty of shading from the light.

I want to learn how to keep him healthy, things to look for that suggest problems so I can fix conditions before it affects his health, etc. Also, I need, for my own curiosity, to lean how to sex him (or her).

Here is a big question: what to do about ants? I have those small house ants wanting into the tank. They are climbing the book case in a small line. I keep wiping the trail with peppermint and eucalyptus essential oil, but I am questioning the effectiveness. Ants can be harmful to even a really big spider, right?

Since I just moved him into a big tank, should I be concerned that he will not know how to catch the illusive cricket, now that they have more room to keep away from the spider? Or can I just trust that he will know how to get crickets even if they are not literally climbing all over him?

Thanks!

 

[gaully]

hello everyone

I have an aussie T it's a Selenotypus Carbine [Plumpie] a two year old. had it from a sling it's name is Itsie also i have a Female Huntsman who is gaurding her eggs at the moment. I'm really hooked on spiders now they are great pets to have. I'm looking forward to talking and learning with all of you

 

[WickedThird]

Hello all...My name is Will, I'm 26...in CT...and I'm getting an Emperor Scorpion soon...(seeing as how my other 3 roommates would kill a tarantula if I got one.) A friend showed me this site, and it's pretty cool...Lots of helpful information...with the exception of anywhere that currently has Emperor's for sale...and that aren't sold out...

 

[andy375hh]

Hello everybody

MY name is Andy I am 30 and I am from MI I currently have 3 scorpions, 4 tarantula's and 3 snakes. I found this board when I was looking for some info on scorpions. So far what I have seen on this board is very informative information on inverts.