P.Metallica or T. Apophysis

DanHalen

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Ok. I'm going to treat myself this month. I have the option to buy either a sub adult male T. Apophysis for £85 (to start a breeding project), or a 1cm P. Metallica for £110...

Having trouble deciding....
 
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Since I have both (female T. apophysis and unsexed P. metallica), if I were to be faced with your same decision, I would go with the P. metallica. I have found recently that I prefer Pokies because of their beauty and speed. The T. apophysis is impressive in size, but is not as stunningly beautiful.
 
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I just got an email saying the Metallica is sold! :wall: Oh well, I have a sub adult female T. Apophysis already, so it cant hurt to get her a boyfriend I guess....
 
AfterTheAsylum

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I would have gone with the T. apophysis anyway. Poeky metallica just isn't that impressive.
 
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Soulsick said:
I would have gone with the T. apophysis anyway. Poeky metallica just isn't that impressive.
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I think you maybe in the minority with that opinion. ;)
 
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MRL said:
I think you maybe in the minority with that opinion. ;)
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Hi, why should he? T. apophysis is very impressive, P. metallica is just another Pookie with a little blue ;O) And too expensive as well...
 
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DanHalen said:
Ok. I'm going to treat myself this month. I have the option to buy either a sub adult male T. Apophysis for £85 (to start a breeding project), or a 1cm P. Metallica for £110...

Having trouble deciding....
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Whats to think about, i would get the T. Apophysis. Why would you even think beyond that. :?
 
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too bad the pokie got sold, i would have chose it as well. BTW, how much is £85 and £110 in American $s? :?
 
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i woulda gone for the P.metallica anyday,theyre an absolute beauty,not just because they have some blue on them,but because theyre wot i consider the complete package,plus im a massive pokie fan anyway.Just my opinion.was u gonna get them from the spidershop Dan?i know sumwhere else but they are considerably more money around £300 or so
 
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Skuromis said:
Hi, why should he? T. apophysis is very impressive, P. metallica is just another Pookie with a little blue ;O) And too expensive as well...
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It's just my opinion dude and so is yours.

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Molitor said:
too bad the pokie got sold, i would have chose it as well. BTW, how much is £85 and £110 in American $s? :?
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My exchange rates are a couple of weeks old, but at the time £1 was roughly $1.75.
 
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heh....no wonder the Metallica went so fast, that's quite a sum (in the tarantula hobby) less than the price we have for one.
 
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£80 - £90 is the going rate in the UK for P.metallica.
 
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so.....how much are plane tickets? {D
 
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Lorgakor

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I would have chose the P. metallica as well. Theraphosa urticating hairs just kill me. Once my T. blondi is mature and goes on his merry way for breeding, I will never buy another one. I'm not affected by any of my other spiders, but his hairs make me itch for weeks.
 
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Of all my T.blondis, T. apophysis, and Pamphobeteus', I have gotten hit probably less than ten times with hairs - once I inhaled T. apophysis hair.... that sucked. Try handling them less, they are such great Ts too have... I hate to see anyone be turned off by these giants.

T.S.
 
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Soulsick said:
Of all my T.blondis, T. apophysis, and Pamphobeteus', I have gotten hit probably less than ten times with hairs - once I inhaled T. apophysis hair.... that sucked. Try handling them less, they are such great Ts too have... I hate to see anyone be turned off by these giants.

T.S.
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I am quite sensitive to the hairs on my T. apophysis and will break out after simple cage maintenance. This occurs even when using long forceps. I still enjoy mine and she is quite impressive. My only point is that some of us can be quite sensitive and the hairs can REALLY make us uncomfortable.
 
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Windchaser said:
I am quite sensitive to the hairs on my T. apophysis and will break out after simple cage maintenance. This occurs even when using long forceps. I still enjoy mine and she is quite impressive. My only point is that some of us can be quite sensitive and the hairs can REALLY make us uncomfortable.
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Gloves? It just sucks for the sensitive because the Ts with the really bad hairs are, in my opinion, the greatest ones. Maybe I'll construct suits for you all.
 
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Windchaser said:
My exchange rates are a couple of weeks old, but at the time £1 was roughly $1.75.
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wow I was way off:eek: I was using $1.6 as the exchange rate
 
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