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well thanks anyway. 
good luck selling the T. blondi's
good luck selling the T. blondi's
Personally i would replace your friends T with a L.Parahybana because that it what he/she had in the first place. Obviously he/she knew what they wanted in the first place (right?Whiskeypunk said:My friends L Parahybana died from heat mat poisoning. Our fault, we both forgot to turn it off when we left his house. Hair kicking aside, it was the most docile spider I have ever seen, and he was totally in love with it.
So his birthday is coming up and as a replacement I am interested in getting him a docile species that will end up with a large legspan. I was thinking Eupalaestrus Campestratus or Grammostola Aureostriata, but I have no idea what the legspan, and growth rate on a PZB is.
Also, what about Grammostola Mollicoma? Are they in the pet trade?
You weren't bashing anyone, and there are some genuses i don't care for too much, but i know a lot of other people do, and would never say how i felt by calling there t's useless or stupid or anythign like that. I would simply say i don't care for those T's.Soulsick said:I didn't bash them as a suggestion.
*********I was merely stating that I don't like either genus so I was letting the thread starter know why I wasn't supporting the Brachy and Gramma suggestions.
Is this making sense? It is true, I can't stand their genus. Let's just say that I just prefer everything else, because the truth would turn this thread into lunatic island. Don't get me wrong, some of them are great looking, but I still am not a fan. Let's just say that they grow way too slow...
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I honestly like the first statement better, just my opinion. ;PSoulsick said:Some people seriously say that? Ha, I just don't like them. And the useless comment was opinion. Maybe the word was "useless". Let's put it this way, "I prefer not to have them". Happy?
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I said that was against them. It was my opinion. If you look above, my comment was that I didn't like them... and yes, it was to the thread starter. I still hold my opinion true, and I will always feel that way, however, if you look I did recant my comment. I didn't come out swinging.Soulsick said:Why don't you just get another L. parahybana? I am against all Grammastolas and Brachypelmas, so if if you want a large terrestrial species I would say try a Megaphobema robustum, a Pamphobeteus, or a Theraphosa blondi or apophysis? Apophysis has the largest legspan (argueably with blondi) and blondi is the heaviest. Honestly, I would say that you should just get another L. parahybana.
Since nobody covered this avenue...:Soulsick said:I have a G rosea and a B. albopilosum. I can't wait to get rid of them.
BugToxin said:Chaco's don't grow slow if you feed them well. My G. aureostriata just moled again. She was less than 1/4" when I got her less than a year ago, and now she is roughly 6". She is also the most docile T that I have ever experienced. She burrowed a bit when she was a sling, but outgrew that at about the 2" mark. I would buy them both if I were you, but the Chaco would be my pick for handling. If you wanted something different you could always try one of the other Lasiodora sp. like klugi, difficilis, or striatipes. They are all readily available. The chances of getting a nice one might be kind of slim though, so if you can only have one get the Chaco!![]()
Nope. It is a guaranteed female. The T has been powerfed though, at least by most peoples definition. I fed the sling a cricket a day untill it stopped eating, then waited a week and started again. Once she got to the 3" mark or so, she started getting two crickets a day. She has molted nine times in my care, and I have recorded every one. I keep the room at about 80 degress also. I have had discussions with other keepers on this and it seems as though this may be a bit faster than usual, but I have seen similar results with other T's in the hands of other keepers. Anyway, I just wanted to point out that the Chaco isn't as slow a grower as some other species in the genus (i.e. the pulchra). I would classify this as a medium grower.shogun804 said:is your chaco a male? just wondering becasue i have 4 slings that i have been raising since last december all were about .25" and none of them are over 2" and they have all been feed well with temps kept 76-80 F. i just find that 6" of growth for a chaco in less than a year is impossible.