Terrestrials only?

[basin79]

I wish it was that easy in my head. Its like Im a kid in a candy store and I can only get one piece of candy lol

Aye. I know that feeling. If you find a juvenile/young adult female Caribena versicolor you'll not be disappointed. Fantastic feeders and absolutely stunning.

 

[cold blood]

currently planning on getting N. chromatus.

hit me up

 

[Nandi]

I mean, I like arboreals as well, there are a lot of beautiful species, I simply just prefer terrestrial because I like their body composition, behaviour more, also easier to treat and house them, at least for me. But I may get some arbos in the future. I was placing an order and I thought about getting some Poecilotheria, because they are very cheap, but I ended up getting more terrestrials instead.

 

[basin79]

I mean, I like arboreals as well, there are a lot of beautiful species, I simply just prefer terrestrial because I like their body composition, behaviour more, also easier to treat and house them, at least for me. But I may get some arbos in the future. I was placing an order and I thought about getting some Poecilotheria, because they are very cheap, but I ended up getting more terrestrials instead.

Aye. Don't buy a tarantula just because of the price.

 

[Garth Vader]

hit me up

Will do.

 

[Mychajlo]

I'm just wondering if I'm the only one here who is keeping terrestrial species only and not really interested in any arboreal T's?

As of right now I only have terrestrials but I have kept an arboreal T in the past, an A. metallica, and they are so cool

 

[johnny quango]

At this moment in time i only have 4 arboreals in a collection of 51. I really love big bulky terrestrial tarantulas and dwarf terrestrials oh and everything in between. The only reason i don't have more arboreal tarantulas is simply because of a lack of space. I do love the 4 i have though as they are simply stunning species pachistopelma bromelicola, A metallica, A braunshauseni and P cambridgei which is a species everyone should own

 

[Ungoliant]

I'm just wondering if I'm the only one here who is keeping terrestrial species only and not really interested in any arboreal T's?

I like having a variety of different kinds of tarantulas.

I have two Exo Terra enclosures for my two arboreals. Unfortunately, they take up more space than the tarantulas really need, but they are nice-looking enclosures, and I don't want them to go to waste.

When I have more space for vertical enclosures, I would like to get some more arboreals and a couple more fossorials. (At first I thought pet holes were boring. I guess it would be if that were the only tarantula I had, but it's neat to see the burrows they build.)

But I may get some arbos in the future. I was placing an order and I thought about getting some Poecilotheria, because they are very cheap, but I ended up getting more terrestrials instead.

I wouldn't recommend a Pokie as your first arboreal. If you want to build some relevant experience in preparation for getting a Pokie, get a Psalmopoeus cambridgei. They are also cheap, but they have milder venom.

I also like the colorful Avicularia and their Caribena versicolor kin, but they are less similar to Pokies in lifestyle/temperament than Psalmopoeus.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

I'm just wondering if I'm the only one here who is keeping terrestrial species only and not really interested in any arboreal T's?

Go figure. I'm the only one here probably interested in obligate burrowers only.

Enclosures with inside holes in the middle of a pure 'No Man's Land' made of inches of substrate is my canvas: I'm the Raffaello of 'pet holes', and this is what my eyes needs to witness, in a pure religious silence v

C.lividus



S.subspinipes v



etc

 

[volcanopele]

(At first I thought pet holes were boring. I guess it would be if that were the only tarantula I had, but it's neat to see the burrows they build.)

I am one of those people who consider fossorials boring. I don't know, I have ONE 100% fossorial specimen, a female C. marshalli. I've had it for 16 months, and I've seen it out of its burrow 3 or 4 times. I know it's alive because the crickets get eaten. So if anyone has suggestions for species that tend to spend more time out on the surface, or build more... robust burrows (and I know some that do, my albopilosum and my Lasiodora, when they were young, would build bigger, more visible burrows...), I'm open to my mind being changed.

Went to my LPS today to get crickets, and passed up on a C. lividium and a C. paganus due to their fossorial nature.

Clearly Chris LXXIX and I are very different people...

 

[Rittdk01]

I have some climbers and diggers, but prefer terrestrials. The enclosures are cheap and easy for terrestrials, not so much for aboreals. I enjoy terrestrials that don't hide the best, but do like setting up exo terras for my prized climbers.

 

[cold blood]

I am one of those people who consider fossorials boring. I don't know, I have ONE 100% fossorial specimen, a female C. marshalli. I've had it for 16 months, and I've seen it out of its burrow 3 or 4 times. I know it's alive because the crickets get eaten. So if anyone has suggestions for species that tend to spend more time out on the surface, or build more

Hilarious...My marshalli hasn't hid since she was like 1.5". Just sits out in the open 24/7

marshalli

• cold blood
• Jun 2, 2017

C. marshalli

 

[Ungoliant]

I am one of those people who consider fossorials boring. I don't know, I have ONE 100% fossorial specimen, a female C. marshalli. I've had it for 16 months, and I've seen it out of its burrow 3 or 4 times. I know it's alive because the crickets get eaten. So if anyone has suggestions for species that tend to spend more time out on the surface, or build more... robust burrows

My Ceratogyrus marshalli is my only current pet hole, though I also have a pet web (Neoholothele incei). I have never seen Miss Hissypants out of her burrow in the five months I have had her. (When I got her, she had been living in a cramped deli cup with no room to burrow. I guess once I put her in a proper enclosure with room to dig, she decided to make up for that.)

So if anyone has suggestions for species that tend to spend more time out on the surface, or build more... robust burrows (and I know some that do, my albopilosum and my Lasiodora, when they were young, would build bigger, more visible burrows...), I'm open to my mind being changed.

Maybe Aphonopelma seemanni for something that digs but is not always hiding?

My larger Grammostola pulchra doesn't burrow but likes to move substrate around. She is always out.

 

[Dovey]

Hilarious...My marshalli hasn't hid since she was like 1.5". Just sits out in the open 24/7

marshalli

• cold blood
• Jun 2, 2017

C. marshalli

Maybe she is what we would euphemistically refer to as a "very special" marshalli.

 

[viper69]

I'm just wondering if I'm the only one here who is keeping terrestrial species only and not really interested in any arboreal T's?

You aren't.

 

[viper69]

Caribena versicolor, and maybe if I can find it, Avicularia sp. Boa Vista

A few people selling this locality.