Poll: The number of tarantulas that you currently have is...

[nicodimus22]

What say you?

 

[Hardus nameous]

Currently I have ten tarantulas. Between those and the other arachnids my spots for enclosures are pretty much filled at the moment; so I'm content with that number. It's also nice to have a mix of traits and sizes. Most likely I'll only get more as males die off.

 

[Craig73]

I voted much higher than I’d like. Sitting at 38, but if you remove the multiples of species I’m at 31.

March will be my two year anniversary keeping. I like all of my T’s, and definitely learning what I really enjoy. Started out thinking avics primarily, but Grammostola has won my heart as well as a few baboons. I’m sure I’ll have many males, so as things mature my collection will thin back out and I can focus on my favorites.

 

[DrT loves Ts]

I have 10 right now. I thought it was enough at first. Now I see gallery photographs, and I want every species.
I'm ordering about 30 more and hoping my girlfriend won't kill me. Thanks for feeding my new addiction, everyone.

 

[Metallattorney]

I'm at 30 right now. I would prefer to be somewhere around 25. I have been trying to sell a few that I have gotten as freebies or do not really want that much if I get new ones in. Selling has been a slow process though.

 

[spideyspinneret78]

I'm at 30 tarantulas, a scorpion, an amblypygid, and a hissing roach. I feel like I'm at my perfect amount right now. Any more and I'd run out of room and be overwhelmed.

 

[magouilles]

I got into the hobby 2 years ago so I definitely do not have as much ts as I would like since I still live with my parents and they really hate my cute little children...I have 23 as of now and even with school and work I feel like it's not taking nearly as much time as I would like to spend on spiders

 

[nicodimus22]

I just ordered a few more, which will bring me up to 66. Ideally, I'd like to be around 50, which isn't that far off. I already have several mature males that may pass at any time, and other males that will be mature before too long.

I voted for 'slightly more than I'd like' because in a couple of years, I'll probably be in the mid-50s due to MMs passing, which is reasonably close to the goal of 50.

 

[kingshockey]

ideally i would like one of each out there available to the hobby. gf would never allow it plus i have given my word to max out at 5still fun to have an ever changing wish list though

 

[cold blood]

over the number I am willing to count:/

 

[The Grym Reaper]

I currently have 70, maybe a little higher than I'd like but that's mostly because I have multiples of a few species, and some males that I'm waiting on to hook out so that I can sell them on.

 

[viper69]

Basically over half are utterly disappointed.

No wonder there is so much unhappiness in the world, no one seems grateful to have the disposable income to keep these.

 

[nicodimus22]

Basically over half are utterly disappointed.

Disagree. If you're slightly lower or slightly higher than you'd like, to say you're utterly disappointed is hyperbolic. Slightly means slightly.

That statement is more likely to apply to people on the extreme ends (and I could argue only the top end, because people who want more tarantulas aren't necessarily miserable or utterly disappointed. They just love tarantulas.)

 

[VaporRyder]

20 is my sweet spot I think (right now). I’m on 19 and have variety - not enough to take too much time to manage, but enough to be able to see ‘interesting things’ fairly regularly. It’s all very subjective though, of course.

 

[magouilles]

Basically over half are utterly disappointed.

I really wouldn't use the word "disappointed" here
I strongly believe everyone of us in the hobby cherish every moment spent with our spiders and are grateful to have them around
Having less or more than desired doesn't change that fact

 

[viper69]

Disagree. If you're slightly lower or slightly higher than you'd like, to say you're utterly disappointed is hyperbolic. Slightly means slightly.

That statement is more likely to apply to people on the extreme ends (and I could argue only the top end, because people who want more tarantulas aren't necessarily miserable or utterly disappointed. They just love tarantulas.)

Of course it's hyperbole. I use hyperbole in my life all the time!

I really wouldn't use the word "disappointed" here

Good for you. I did

 

[Smotzer]

Disappointed that there is no answer "I am perfectly content with how many I have"..."Just about...where I want it", still implies some form of dissatisfaction and or desire to have a different number than you do have. For that reason I can not answer.

In my eyes the poll answer choices seem apt to fit this hobby perfectly though, people are never truly happy with just owning what they have. Buy, buy, buy, gotta have just one more.......

 

[LucN]

Content with my current 4. Would love for just one more. A nice, showy spider such as G. iheringi/pulchra or B. klaasi/emilia. But as things currently stand, it's perfectly fine. A couple of Brachys, one Grammo and one Tlilt are better than none at all, I keep saying.

 

[Jonathan6303]

Got 9 ts and a couple others spiders and no were near enough.

 

[Westicles]

9 Ts. Would I like more? Yes. Do I really need more? No.