Name your T's!

[LPacker79]

Only one of my T's has a name, and that's only because when she was given to me she was already named. It's a female G. aureostriata named "Cat." It actually fits her. The other 119 or so T's get ID #'s.

 

[Tarantulasse]

Yeah I like to name them. My boyfriend had 25, and we pick out all kindsa names. When you start having duplicates of the same species....naming can help if anything to distinguish one from the other. Plus silly names can be fun too.....I don't put too much thought into it.

Though sometimes it's hard to stick to a name, like we always call Chaco golden knee just chaco.....even though we named it Sascwatch(sp?). Chaco just rolls off the tongue. His rose hair I named Fuzz butt....

Strangly I'm having trouble naming my own spider......

 

[leo3375]

I only have 2 Ts and both of them have names:

G. rosea: Artemis Rose
G. pulchra: E.A. Poe

I'm quite sure my rosey is female while my pulchra looks to be an immature male.

 

[Apocalypstick]

When you only have one T at a time, of course you name them...
very important

Nadine is my g. pulchra juvie.

 

[Belarius]

I just renamed my OBT. Her original name was Eminem, cuz she was always pissed off and full of attitude. But recently, I found out that she was a girl T. And plus, Smokejuan recently posted that Tarantulas are said to taste like peanut butter, so... :} Peanut butter. :razz: I renamed her Peanut. I mean she is a freakin' nut anyway, so I guess the name is perfect from my perspective. You know, now that I am looking at her (she is walking across the glass of her tank as I type)...her little body really does look like a roasted peanut Thanks Smokejuan, for the inspiration. :worship:

 

[Jmadson13]

Ocaisionally, my T. blondi is named sheelob, B. emilia Emilia and most of all my other T's aren't named but still get lots of attention

 

[Blasphemy]

I used to name my pets in latin (ironically this is before I knew their latin species names). I would think of a good adjective to describe the pet and then look it up in my latin dictionary and that was it. Either that, or I would refer to Roman mythology for a name like I did for my snake and her name is Minerva. Only problem with latin is I forgot about 80% of the names because I didn't write them down

 

[Keith Richard]

Absolutely I name them and will continue to do so.....

B smithi - Tattoo (cuz she's an absolute picture)
G aureostriata - Ginger (named after the wildest rocker on the planet, and also because of her colour)
G pulchra - Cindbad (in memory of our deceased Scottie dog, Sindbad)

Future additions will take their names from the world of rock n roll e.g. Elvis, Judas, Jagger, Gibson, Slash, Pink etc.

 

[druid8783]

I'm learning Japanese so all my T's have japanese word names

A. seemanni-Shima (stripe)
A. geniculata-Kiba(fang)
B. vagans-Ramu(red)
A. avicularia-Abi (toe)
G. rosea-Sachi(love)
B. smithi-Cheza (not a word..just a character off a show I like)
L. parahybana-Sesshoku (food,eat)
G. aureostriata-Kohaku (actual name)
N. coloratovillosum-Chippoke (tiny)
And
my emperor scorp with an attitude Deyou (attitude).



Now I have 12 more names to come up with cause I just got 12 curly hair slings! Ack!

 

[BlkCat]

Yep Cheza.... Wolf's Rain.
I love her eyes.

 

[Ferndogg]

Little Tomb Raider

I named my OBT Angelina...cuz she's really graceful, has long legs that seem to go on forever...and yeah, she has a baaaaaaad attitude. My type of girl Sexy, dangerous, and beautiful.

 

[stubby8th]

Sure -
My 4 yr old named our first 'Fuzzy-Honey' (G.rosea)
then there's my WC 'Lucky' (A.hentzi)
and my two Avic slings 'Frick' (A.avicularia) & 'Frack' (A.versicolor)

 

[Orb Weaver]

Two spiders, two names:

"Blue" - 0.0.1 A. versicolor
A shy little beauty which is very visible if undisturbed. Yes, I know, she will lose that blue color soon, but that's what her name is.

"Sparkle" - 0.0.1 P. irminia
An even smaller little sling, more brownish then beautiful til now, but very cute and probably fast as hell.

 

[MyNameHere]

I ask my daughter to come up with names. She will make up a name, then I have to figure out how to spell it
Hence, we have names like: ...Gog, Magog.. etc.

Isn't Gog/Magog from a Kurt Vonnegut novel, or am I remembering incorrectly? :?

I gave my A. versicolor slings "milk names" that will change as soon as I can be sure of their sexes. They are "Thing One", "Thing Two", and "Blue Fish". I think one of them will become Charlotte, another may be Ms. Spider...I haven't thought of any names for boys for these.

I just got 4 more T's, though (

), and names I want to use for them are: Buffy the Cricket Slayer, Xander Hairris, and Willow Rosenbug

Yes, I enjoy naming them!

 

[Fenris]

I name mine too, but a couple went a few months with no names until just last weekend. My girlfriend finally helped me decide on names.

Atilla - G. rosea
Fluffy - G. Rosea
Bear - B. albopilosum
Tuna - L. parahybana
Fenris - P. regalis
Caligula - P. murinus
Claudius - H. maculata
Vlad - A. avicularia
Squirt - A. avicularia
Diesel - N. coloratovillosus
Tweek - C. cyaneopubescens
and
Nero - P. imperator

 

[Kittycat784]

Of Course....

of course I name them. But mainly so that my father can tell them apart the other way is "the one in the black cage" , and that my B/F will not be scared of them. He thinks it's funny that I named my male A. Avic princess (can't help it he has pink toes like a princess in high heels.)

male A. Avic - Princess
male G. Rosea - Mr. Rose
female G. Rosea - Mrs. Rose
? B. Albop - Steven Tyler (this one is my favorite so hence the name)
? P. Lugardi - Rocket (when I first got it home I didn't know what it was opened the Its lid and it almost got out! gee it's fast)
? H. Minax - Devil (this one loves threat poses, when I see it that is)
? ?sp? - Cricket (I have no Idea what it is, it was sold to me as a striped leg but it is really brown, it has long and narrow legs and a very skittish disposition :? but it sure loves crickets!)

 

[CreepyCrawly]

of course I name them. But mainly so that my father can tell them apart the other way is "the one in the black cage" , and that my B/F will not be scared of them. He thinks it's funny that I named my male A. Avic princess (can't help it he has pink toes like a princess in high heels.)

Haha! My G. rosea is named Princess (she's always brushing/grooming herself) but my A. versicolor is going to be named Cinderella (once it gets here) for the same reason - beautiful little slippers (okay, they're not glass, but still...)

 

[thedreadedone]

most of my bugs get names
B, smithii - Tarquin
African mantids - Dirk and Tarquin
Giant Black Millipedes - Norris, Boris and Horace
Vinegaroon - Ungoliant
Evil HUGE Centipede - Ming

even my tortoise has a name - Baldrick

 

[MysticKigh]

well i can't name mine until i sex it, cause naming a male Suzie would be a hit below the belt for my T. So i just have to wait till then. But i did name my new Avic avic Pinky, cause i guess it could be either.

I amused myself at my unsexed T's expenses by naming them things like
"Lola" ... ie: "I'm not dumb but I can't understand why she walks like a woman and talks like a man"

So...I have:

A caniceps- Lola
P cancerides- Tex
A seemani- Kwan Yin
B Smithi- Grandma Moses
G pulchra- Jo-jo
A avicularia- Zan
G-roseas- Zoe, Zoda, Zane, Zydeco
T pruriens- Zandra (we had a Z them going for a while there LOL)
B smithi- Tick Butt

Then there are the snakes... but that's another thread

 

[galeogirl]

I name mine because I find it to be a great icebreaker when introducing people to the ts. Makes record-keeping slightly less boring, too.

G. rosea - Viva and Europa
C. brachycephalus - Marawuti
B. albopilosum - Loki and Hermione
B. emilia - Milady (named for Dumas' female spy)
H. maculata - Flourish and Filigree
P. cambridgei - Shibari
P. murinus "Usambara" - Itsy (my daughter named that one)
P. chordatus - Selten, Dunkel, Nacht, and Schwarz

I haven't come up with names for my two P. murinus slings, the female C. marshalli, or the female E. pachypus. Working on it, inspiration just hasn't hit.

I tend to refer to feeders as "The Borgs", too.