It finally happened

[Charlie]

Well, I finally got my wife into T's. It took me over a year and it was a slow proccess but she is finally an arachnofreak.

Welcome the newest member of the hobby...Joanna!

The bad part about it though is the first T that she has fallen in love with is a Male Rosie that is about 4 and a half years old.

Not much time left with poor Dummas

I was thinking about gettting her a B smithi but I am not sure she is ready for it.

Any suggestions? Would a B smithi be ok for a begginer?

I would help her but she will be keeping it at work so I wont be there all the time. Not to mention the fact I have not as of yet had any experiance with a B smithi myself.

What do you guys think?

-Charlie

 

[caligulathegod]

Can't go wrong with a smithi. There's a reason they are so popular. Very easy going and easy to take care of. I love mine.

 

[vulpina]

Go for the B. smithi or a plain old A. avic.

Andy

 

[rosehaired1979]

Those are good and here are some other good starter T's to
A.Versicolor
A.Metallica
E.campestratus (Pink Zebra Beauty)
G.aureostriata (Chaco Golden Knee)

The B.Smithi is cool to they are slow growers and live a very long time.

 

[bigTimeLoser89]

well ive got about 5 Trantulas myself now B.smithi,G.rosea,G.aureostriata,G.pulchra and a p.murinus frist 4 are great starters id guess so says almost every one that i ever got from, B.smithi is great no problems with her she is docile as can be she seems to like to be handled she comes right onto my hand,so id say yeah B.smithi is great for a started a little pricey id suggest maybe a G.rosea or a A.Avicularia i dont got a pinktoe but they are a bit cheaper like the G.rosea is something good to start with not a big loss if something happens to B.smithi are to easy to get attachted to =D

 

[rosehaired1979]

The G.Rosea has mood swings so you are not guaranteed to have a sweet Rosea we have 2 and they are aggressive.

 

[SpiderTwin]

B. smithi is a good beginner T, but the only thing is they are hair flickers. Mine is a major pain, I can't get near her without her kicking hairs at me.

They are a beautiful display T though. If she plans on keeping it at work and people just looking at it, a B. smithi would work.

If it were me, I'd go with one of these:

G. aureostriata, G. pulchra, or any one of the many Avic's.

 

[nemesis6sic6]

hey

Every one in my family loves G. aureostrita. They are so gentle.

Grammastola genus is concidered "Docile", but I know roseas are

revelious to this matter. G. pulchra is also really good. I would go

with an Avicularia, though they're fast, they're beautiful!

B. smithi is on the wild pricey side and is a hair flicker.

well any ways go with aureostrita or an Avic for your wife and she'll love them.

Have a nice day

geo

 

[Telson]

I would highly recommend a G. pulchra myself. I had one for about a year before I sold her... very docile, beautiful jet black, grows reasonably large and lives a good long time. Excellent for a first timer!

As for the B. smithi, the one I had wasn't much of a flicker and was easily handled by just letting it crawl up into the palm of my hand. Awsome colors for a first timer there along with all the bonuses that G. pulchra has to offer. Either one would be an excellent choice and easy to keep.

Personally, I'd not recommend and avic in this case, as they hide so much and spin such dense webs... might be a bit dissapointing to take a display to work and hardly ever get to see the star of the show.