Which Pokie to get?

[kooky]

None. You should wait until you have more husbandry experience with what you own. Right now you own slings, and a juvi.

if it makes you feel any better, I've decided to work more on my avic collection for the time being anyway. Their colours are too hard to pass up thanks for all the help though anyway guys

 

[Nightstalker47]

Get a sling and keep it in a comfortable place where it can see your face daily and I'm pretty sure you'll have a well mannered Poecilotheria when it matures.

They don't have that capacity, they aren't like reptiles and can't be tamed through this process. Ts have terrible vision so they probably wouldn't ever even see your face, no matter how often your around them. I'm surprised you believe this after 18 years in this hobby.

 

[Newt Scamander]

They don't have that capacity, they aren't like reptiles and can't be tamed through this process. Ts have terrible vision so they probably wouldn't ever even see your face, no matter how often your around them. I'm surprised you believe this after 18 years in this hobby.

I agree, it's not your face that matters. T's will never realize or come to the enlightened conclusion of what you are to them by seeing your face. It kind of goes along the line of me sitting down and watching Netflix, working out in my living room, or making noise while rummaging through my kitchen cabinets. I don't mind being wrong but I have found that as you walk around in your living room or your bedroom, as you go about your daily routine you make noise and cause vibrations that your tarantulas can feel. When I have Alexa playing Imagine Dragons or Vampire Weekend it creates noise and thus creates vibrations. My supposition is that the every day vibrations and movements that I cause by being in my living room acclimates them to my presence. I've raised tarantulas in walk in closets that don't get much light, movement, or vibrations on a daily basis for years and I have raised tarantulas on shelves in my living room and bedroom where the light is on when I'm in that room, and there is music playing, or that I'm making some noise. I have found that the T's in my living room are pretty chill. I could be completely wrong, I'm no scientist; but I understand your point. Cheers