It's pokie appreciation week!!

[Crone Returns]

0.1 p rufilata:

0.1 p metallica:

0.1 p subfusca lowland:

0.1 p ornata:

Was going to freak out about you holding a pokie and then checked your info.
I figured that pokie doesn't freak out a guy who also owns a sicarius and P. fera

 

[LuiziBee]

Tbh it took me 8 years to be brave enough to get one after all the horror stories I've heard.I figured I'd probably never get one. One day I came across a deal too good to turn down for three large females with enclosures. They've grown on me a ton since then and aren't nearly what I was expecting. Though, I've never had to rehouse them or really mess with them or anything. Lol

 

[Pociemon]

Was going to freak out about you holding a pokie and then checked your info.
I figured that pokie doesn't freak out a guy who also owns a sicarius and P. fera

I have stopped handling them i can tell you, done that, dont need it and neither do the T´s. I just like the picture and i am not fanatical if people show a T on the hand aslong as the T looks good.
I do have some true spiders, they are superfast, but neither are crazy like a stromatopelma i can reveal;-)

 

[Pociemon]

Man I love Pokies. Just not ready for one yet; only just got my first OW.

Weren't you nervous holding that P. subfusca?? After reading some of the Pokie bite reports I can't see myself ever doing that. heh

It is a long time ago, i have stopped handling as neither i and the T needs it. But no, i dont fear my animals, if i ever do that i will part with it. But i did allways do it in a way so the risk of bites and the T´s gets injured to a absolute minimum. Both subfusca forms are also pretty calm poecs. They and miranda i consider the most calm poecs.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

but neither are crazy like a stromatopelma i can reveal;-)

True. Legend say that this Scream™ originated by a S.calceatum hardcore bite on the foot :-s

 

[Pociemon]

True. Legend say that this Scream™ originated by a S.calceatum hardcore bite on the foot :-s

That would be how i scream if a calceatum nails my poor foot;-)

 

[Kina]

You only do terrestrial? That's still awesome, man!!

What is a "Carlsbad Green? Highland scot? Scientific name please? BEAUTIFUL!

 

[Chris LXXIX]

That would be how i scream if a calceatum nails my poor foot;-)

Still maybe i'm wrong now (totally clueless, never been bitten/stung in 25 years aside for a C.punctorium <-- a bit unpleasant bite when i was a brat) but i suspect that an Asian Centipede S.subspinipes bite would be even worst than that. What do you think, man?

 

[Pociemon]

Still maybe i'm wrong now (totally clueless, never been bitten/stung in 25 years aside for a C.punctorium <-- a bit unpleasant bite when i was a brat) but i suspect that an Asian Centipede S.subspinipes bite would be even worst than that. What do you think, man?

I generally think centipedes ar worse than most T´s. But when i read bite report from some of the poecilotheria, stromatopelmas i get some doubts about that. I can tell you that the locals from the area in Thailand where my misses comes from(very close to Laos), they fear centipede more, but not becuase of venom, but because they come in their houses. They say that haplopelma is also a very painful experience to get bitten by. They have collected them near to extinction in that area now, but there are "accidents" when they pick them up sometimes.
I guees it is best not to find out

 

[elysium]

This is my juvie (sus male) metallica.

 

[MrsHaas]

@viper69
Haha on you! BC of me you don't get to participate in this thread! Mwahahahaaa...

 

[MrsHaas]

What is a "Carlsbad Green? Highland scot? Scientific name please? BEAUTIFUL!

I think Carlsbad green is aphonopelma gabeli. Not sure. And I dunno what u r referring to as a "highland Scot."

 

[louise f]

True. Legend say that this Scream™ originated by a S.calceatum hardcore bite on the foot :-s

Alllrighhhtyyyy then... bite me allmighty spider

 

[TheInv4sion]

True. Legend say that this Scream™ originated by a S.calceatum hardcore bite on the foot :-s

RIP headphone users. My ears are bleeding

 

[Haksilence]

I currently have:
1.1 6"-7.5"breeding pair striata
0.0.6 1.25" subfusca lowlands (communal)
0.0.3 2" Metallica
0.0.1 2" rufilata
0.1 4" hanumavillasumica
0.0.1 3" fasciata


No more for a while. I'm more focusing on my cyrrent breeding projects, but my metallicas are the ones I'm most anxious about, I'm like a kid waiting for Christmas waiting for them to molt next and show me more of those beautiful colors

 

[YagerManJennsen]

Dang it you guys are making me want a poec

 

[Blue Jaye]

Here ya go. A couple pretty girls

 

[Travis21v4]

View attachment 213553 View attachment 213554 Here ya go. A couple pretty girls

Almost as pretty as you are !

 

[TheInv4sion]

Almost as pretty as you are !

nice pick up line

 

[crlovel]

Can we have another Pokie Appreciation Week in about six months? My Pokies are all slings, and in cubes that are not the most photogenic. I promise better in six months.

As for next week's Baboon Appreciation Week, I'm ready!