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Not a baby but awesome anyway! Congrats.The baby G pulchripes arrived I'm so happy!
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Not a baby but awesome anyway! Congrats.The baby G pulchripes arrived I'm so happy!
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Wow, it is rather big already! Not a baby anymore, more like juvenile. Congratulations!The baby G pulchripes arrived I'm so happy!
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Thanks for all the compliments, I'm glad you found some useful stuff here. Also congrats on thinking about getting a TI love this thread. As an "about to be" first time T-owner, it's cool to see another who asked good questions and responded promptly to suggestions. A great read! Thanks for showing how it should be done... and the dangerous potential for budding arachno-addiction
G rosea is as I see a common pet store tarantula but they never interested me much. So sorry to hear your rosea diedYep, they are a good choice. I think they are a much better first spider that the oft-suggested G. rosea, and I think most here would agree with me. I'm not slamming G. rosea, but it has been kind of established that a big part of their suitability for first-timers is their hardiness. I've had several, and I am much fonder of the group of other species I have now, although I had a personal attachment to the last rosea I had. it was my first female T, and I fondly remember the circumstances at the time of purchase. So I was sorry when it died 12 or 13 years later.
But G. pulchripes are less moody, and so far at least in my pulchripe's case, less prone to fast so I do (and think I will continue to) get more enjoyment from it than I did the rosea.