alexarachnid
Arachnopeon
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Can you breed tarantulas at any time or do you have to wait for fall?
keep in mind, loans provide no gauranteesI was consider doing a loan and selling the slings (maybe keep one for myself)
DO NOT do a loan with someone you don't know..NEVER. Just sell your male.I was consider doing a loan and selling the slings (maybe keep one for myself)
I always recommend most of the Aphonopelma genus (mostly A. chalcodes specifically) for a first breeding beginner project since Aphonopelma slings are hardy and tough as nails. A. chalcodes is what I always recommend as they're hardy and are very easy to a beginner. Not to mention how easily and long slings can go with only one meal. I know most people mention A. avic or T. albo as a first breeding project since they're easy to breed and more interesting in comparison to A. chalcodes. But A. chalcodes will always be the number 1 spot for beginner breeding projects for me. Everyone's recommendations for a first time breeder may vary, so find something to breed that you know will be worth it to you.@Liquifin What is a good species to breed for the first time? Not trying to be a smart ass genuinely curious.
I wish someone gave me this advice when I first started. These days, I can count on one hand how many people I'd do a breeding loan with. Sometimes it's not even that I don't trust them as a person - its that I don't trust them as a breeder.DO NOT do a loan with someone you don't know..NEVER. Just sell your male.
I like your idea a lot.I wish someone gave me this advice when I first started. These days, I can count on one hand how many people I'd do a breeding loan with. Sometimes it's not even that I don't trust them as a person - its that I don't trust them as a breeder.
About the only caveat to this is a contingency plan. If someone really wants to do a loan, I'll consider doing a modified loan. I'll sell them the male for something like 75%-100% of what I would have typically charged (percentage depends on how much I trust them), and we conduct the transaction identically as if they had simply bought the male. If they end up producing a successful sac, they get all of their money back once I get my half of the slings (or my half of sling sales to the wholeseller). This way of doing a loan with someone you don't fully trust allows you to have some kind of safety net, and I've found that sacs are miraculously more common when the breeder actually has something to lose.