What should I name my Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula?

[Tarantuloid]

I recently picked up my very first Tarantula, a common Chilean Rose Hair. I went to an event called "Reptile Rally" where all the reptiles, arthropods, and arachnids were 50% off and they were letting everyone hold the snakes, lizards, and other creatures.

The funny thing was, I was the only person who handled the Tarantulas and the Scorpions, everyone there was freaked by them, but somehow, they were ok with having an 8 ft red tail boa around their neck haha. Anyway... I decided to get myself a Tarantula but am thinking of a name for her, any suggestions? I want it to be something unique!

 

[grayzone]

lol.. congrats on the pick up, and welcome to the hobby/addiction.
If your asking for UNIQUE names here, i would imagine you wont be getting any.. People will just be spouting off names of THEIR ts... How about you just name it rosie?

 

[Tarantuloid]

Lol I figured I'd give it a try and see what people say here, at least she's been very docile (so far). xD

 

[The Weed Man]

Does she have pink on her carapace or the same color as her legs?

 

[Tarantuloid]

From what I can see, no pink is visible. Did I get the gender wrong?

 

[The Weed Man]

No not at all its just they have G. rosea with pink and without. I'm not sure if its a he/she because I never seen the ventral shot or the molt itself but I called it a she because I hope you do get a she because they live longer. You should post a pic maybe I'll come up with a name you should help me out with a name for my B. baumgarteni I want it to resemble her flames. Click on the link a pic of her is in there.
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?230473-Brachypelma-baumgarteni-Surprise-Molt

 

[Tarantuloid]

Yeah I saw a few example pictures and a video on Youtube about trying to sex chilean rose hairs and all I know is the males are suppose to be more pinkish or reddish and their abdomen is suppose to be a bit skinnier and they have longer legs.

I'm pretty sure mine is a female, as she is all brown, very bulky, but who knows? I'll be posting pictures of him/her when I get my good camera, I'm just trying to let her settle in first.

 

[Jared781]

Rose, Rosie, Rosario, Rosco HAH

basically anything! You could name him/her unique to his/her personality so to speak! for a boy: "The Rock"

 

[The Weed Man]

Yeah I saw a few example pictures and a video on Youtube about trying to sex chilean rose hairs and all I know is the males are suppose to be more pinkish or reddish and their abdomen is suppose to be a bit skinnier and they have longer legs.

I'm pretty sure mine is a female, as she is all brown, very bulky, but who knows? I'll be posting pictures of him/her when I get my good camera, I'm just trying to let her settle in first.

I got you. How big is s/he?

 

[grayzone]

all I know is the males are suppose to be more pinkish or reddish and their abdomen is suppose to be a bit skinnier and they have longer legs.

if thats all your basing your sexing knowledge off of you could be in for a MAJOR surprise when it has a potential maturing molt. Those characteristics (minus the coloring.. thats a whole different characteristic entirely) are of a MATURE MALE.. yours could just be a sub adult male...
need an exuvium to be 100% sure, but a good ventral photo could get you a good idea toward the sex. coloration and size mean little to nothing.. Not doubting that yours is female, but nobody can give you a guess toward sex without seeing the two things i just mentioned

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No not at all its just they have G. rosea with pink and without. I'm not sure if its a he/she because I never seen the ventral shot or the molt itself but I called it a she because I hope you do get a she because they live longer. You should post a pic maybe I'll come up with a name you should help me out with a name for my B. baumgarteni I want it to resemble her flames. Click on the link a pic of her is in there.
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?230473-Brachypelma-baumgarteni-Surprise-Molt

how about cinder or ember or something of that nature? pretty girl you got there

 

[The Weed Man]

if thats all your basing your sexing knowledge off of you could be in for a MAJOR surprise when it has a potential maturing molt. Those characteristics (minus the coloring.. thats a whole different characteristic entirely) are of a MATURE MALE.. yours could just be a sub adult male...
need an exuvium to be 100% sure, but a good ventral photo could get you a good idea toward the sex. coloration and size mean little to nothing.. Not doubting that yours is female, but nobody can give you a guess toward sex without seeing the two things i just mentioned

---------- Post added 06-03-2012 at 02:13 PM ----------



how about cinder or ember or something of that nature? pretty girl you got there

Thanks Grayzone. Will take those names in consideration.

 

[Tarantuloid]

Yeah I understand that sexing tarantulas is almost impossible unless you look at their molt, and males don't live nearly as long. However, I think regardless this will be a good experience for me. She's fairly big, but I will take pictures of mine so you can have a better look, as I may be wrong.

 

[grayzone]

even if you dont have a GOOD camera, try posting a pic.. rosie CAN be sexed a lil easier off looks alone (IMO) but i wouldnt BET on it being 100% accurate.

 

[Tgrip77]

ROSIE the MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMI (the m's and i are roman numerals)

 

[Tarantuloid]

Luckily I own a camera with very high resolution that I use for my art page, I've taken pictures of my birds and cats with it and the quality is well.

DEM ROMAN NUMERALS

 

[hamhock 74]

Why not just call it a Grammostola rosea?

Oh yeah like Gray said get a ventral shot of your T and post it here
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/gallery/browseimages.php?c=9

 

[Fenn]

Just go with Rosie, it's completely original


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[Tarantuloid]

This is one of the videos I watched to help me in finding out how to sex my tarantula: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HiFsfqeSnc

My Tarantula is pretty much the same size as both except mine doesn't have the pinkish color so I assumed it was female xD

 

[grayzone]

im iffy on that vid... Ive seen tons of pics of a fresh molted female rosea and the carapace is bright pink/purple/coppery color as well.. also, abdomen size is basically moot IMO.. feedings, dehydration , etc could play a big part. If i watched the vid on silent i would have sexed them correctly SOLELY off VISUAL images, but i have a bit more experience than somebody newer in the hobby.. i have seen both, own a female, and have paired rosea as well.
Color has little to nothing to do with sex either as far as i know... Im sure m and f are dimorphic slightly UPON A MALES MATURING MOLT, but as far as i know there are 3 diff variety/ color forms of G. rosea
NCF - normal/grayish color form
PCF - pink color form
RCF - red color form

i would think that the creator of that vid has a ncf female , and a pcf male.

 

[Tarantuloid]

This isn't an actual picture of mine, but it looks pretty much exactly like this: http://www.tarantulaguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/chilean-rose-hair-tarantula.jpg

The size of mine is pretty much the same size in the video, but since you said neither of those characteristics matter, I guess I will have to get pictures. My G. Rosea color morph is the grayish/normal.