Tarantula goals!!!

[Amelia]

- Keep my mother from finding out about my LP for as long as possible. ("You'd better not have more than two up there." She won't do anything, and likely will not even be mildly upset, but nevertheless, I am only supposed to have two.)

- Find a refuge for my three little ones, and my roaches for the winter. My 100+ year old house is very hard to heat, and some nights will sit at 40...Brrr! Not looking forward to winter.

- Have all three successfully molt for the first time while in my care. Two down, and the littlest left. And then continue to have successful molts thereafter.

- Of course, adding to the three would be nice too.

 

[kucouyf]

My goals would be :

1. More Haplopelmas
2. Aphonopelma Seemanni
3. Of course, More Avics xD
4. More, bigger enclosures

 

[Lucky Eddie]

Goal 1. Go longer than two weeks without buying a new T

Goal 2. Expand collection next month.

 

[Jmugleston]

Goal 1. Go longer than two weeks without buying a new T

Goal 2. Expand collection next month.

Conflicting goals. Nice. I'd say aim for number 2 and just toss #1 out.

My main focus is to successfully hatch the goliath eggs this year. I have over 100 eggs that are cooking now, one was a dud eggsac, 3 more females have yet to lay though they appear to be gravid, and one molted about a month ago so she'll be put with the male soon. I have a number of other T. related goals, but these are the top priority now.

 

[ZergFront]

- Figure out how to divide a 65 gal tank into multiple arboreal cages (with multiple lids to tend one T at a time) for adult tarantulas and work on it with brother or dad.

- Move out.

- Breed crickets and look into other feeders for sale (locusts, grasshoppers, etc.)

- Buy tons more containers.

- Build up collection with tarantulas on my wishlist. (maybe expand into scorps but not sure yet. Get other large jumping spiders, too)

- Get on the news and go on trial for genetically engineering cat-size spiders that escaped.

That last one was just to see who was really paying attention.

 

[Roski]

- Get on the news and go on trial for genetically engineering cat-size spiders that escaped.

PLEASE engineer them some wings, that's my mad scientist dream

 

[Steve Calceatum]

My goals for this year:
1) Get an A. geniculata, C. elegans, H. lividum, and a GBB to round out my goal of keeping what I believe to be 15 of the most popularly kept species.
2) Establish a roach colony.

Next year:
1) Start preparations for a breeding project.
2) Get a 50/50 on my male P. striata.
3) Set up an H. gigas communal enclosure with a water feature.
4) H. incei communal project.

Longer term goals:
1) Avic, GBB, P. irminia, and Pokie breeding
2) Get an E. pachypus, M. balfouri, P. metallica, P. miranda, P. subfusca (lowland), and an X. immanis
3) A couple of scorps and a S. subspinipes

*Whew* I think that about covers it!!!

 

[Roski]

Within the next year:

Start a roach colony

Build my own enclosures

Expand collection with:
-Heteroscodra maculata
-Ephobupos murinus
-Avicularia versicolor
-Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens
-Psalmopoeus irminia


In the next 3 years:

Breeding project

 

[ZergFront]

PLEASE engineer them some wings, that's my mad scientist dream

Megabat's wings, CHECK! I'll get right on it. Muahaha!! (ignore the insane SciFi/spider addict)

xsyorra, you have some very nice long term goals. I like the P. subfusca lowland myself. If any of my P. irminia turn out male, I may contact you.
I hope to see some Holothele colony pictures sometime in the future.

 

[Steve Calceatum]

Megabat's wings, CHECK! I'll get right on it. Muahaha!! (ignore the insane SciFi/spider addict)

xsyorra, you have some very nice long term goals. I like the P. subfusca lowland myself. If any of my P. irminia turn out male, I may contact you.
I hope to see some Holothele colony pictures sometime in the future.

Hell yeah!!!! More SunTigers in the hobby!!! Don't know if my 2.5" P. irminia is male or female yet, because it hides all the time. It never sits still long enough when out to get an Epianderous fusillae sexing, and it's chewed up it's molts pretty well. But either way, I'll go 50/50 with you. If it's male, hell, I'll get two more females and do the same thing. Breed a crap-ton of 'em. Hopefuly the slings will turn out upsidedown like Robc's!!! LOL Imagine, 12" upsidedown saimese flying P. irminias taking over the world!!! (Ignore my SciFi-addict rant too... )

 

[ZergFront]

Hell yeah!!!! More SunTigers in the hobby!!! Don't know if my 2.5" P. irminia is male or female yet, because it hides all the time. It never sits still long enough when out to get an Epianderous fusillae sexing, and it's chewed up it's molts pretty well. But either way, I'll go 50/50 with you. If it's male, hell, I'll get two more females and do the same thing. Breed a crap-ton of 'em. Hopefuly the slings will turn out upsidedown like Robc's!!! LOL Imagine, 12" upsidedown saimese flying P. irminias taking over the world!!! (Ignore my SciFi-addict rant too... )

LMFAO!!! Yay, found someone I have a lot in common with!

50/50 sounds awesome, but I might be jumping the gun. My slings are only .. hmmm...(.75"?) and I'm already talking about mature tarantulas. I'd have to ask WARPIG how big the slings were. My math skills are appalling.

I also would like to add in my goals a P. regalis colony. That will always be a species on my list.

 

[xhexdx]

So many goals...

I have about 15 breeding projects in the works. (Still looking for that MM S. calceatum *wink wink*)

Reorganize the animal room. Gotta build about 5 more shelving units and I'm all set.

Well...I guess that's about it. The breeding projects take up a ton of my 'goal pie' though.

 

[gumby]

Props to you for breeding goals Ive not had much luck. Ive tried to breed a few the last year or two with little to show for it but some Females who molted with out producing eggs 2 unfirtile eggs and 1 that had all the eggs dry up sad day. Im going to try again soon though I tend to buy MM rather then do breeding loans as I figure this is more fair to other AB members tell I get the hang of breeding.

 

[the nature boy]

- Get on the news and go on trial for genetically engineering cat-size spiders that escaped.

Old world I presume? lol.

 

[ZergFront]

Old world I presume? lol.

Heck yeah. What else?

If I could make winged, 6 foot OW tarantulas with intelligence of jumping spiders I'll be sure to send you a puppy-sized sling (spikey collar included!) ;P

To be more serious, I would like to try a breeding experiment with Psalmos sp. in the future (when any of my males develop). Currently for my goal of the year, I'd be happy enough for a whole year if I could get some minatrix and also maybe singepore blue slings. Good for keeping ditsy teenagers out of my room as I've found out with psalmos.

 

[Ariel]

Short term goals:
-convince my parents to let me get a few tarantulas at the retile show in october.
-move out
-keep my MM A. avic clean and happy (been having a problem with that, first mold, now bugs )

-get:
*GBB
*B. Boehmei
*P. murinus
*P. regalis
*H. incei
*C. elegans

Long term goals:

-convert my friend and get her a tarantula LOL
-collect more than 15 T's
-collect other inverts (namely scorps, milipedes, and tailless whip scorpions)
-go to collage (for entomology of course!)
-get a M. balfouri, P. metallica, and a blue fang
- Start some kind of coloney (likey H.incei)

 

[the nature boy]

Heck yeah. What else?

If I could make winged, 6 foot OW tarantulas with intelligence of jumping spiders I'll be sure to send you a puppy-sized sling (spikey collar included!) ;P

I'd prefer an adult that thinks I should be dinner but I'll take the sling.

 

[Warren Bautista]

1. Breed my Poecilotheria regalis.
2. Breed/ propagate Aphonopelma sp Carlsbad Green slings in captivity.
3. Breed my Brachypelma smithi.
4. Breed my Acanthoscurria geniculata.
5. Breed my Aphonopelma hentzi.
6. Start a communal with 15 OBTs.

 

[Scorpendra]

my goal is to get a new display shelf for my collection and get an Augacephalus. also to not have anyone die, but that's obvious.

 

[binky]

My goals are:

1) (like many said) Have my Ts stay healthy and happy - no deaths!
2) One day have a Xenesthis immanis and a Ephebopus murinus
3) Be able to handle my Ts
4) Have a really bewdiful enclosure