Your favorite pet rock

[EulersK]

A juvenile thread, I know, but I find these adorable.

Who is your pet rock? We all have a tarantula that could easily be mistaken for dead, even if you were to prod it with your paintbrush. The last time it moved was weeks ago, and the last time it ate was almost a year ago. The plant in your kitchen requires more attention than this spider.

For me, it's my crown jewel, my MF B. emilia. I can count on one hand how many times she's taken food since I got her nearly two years ago. She prefers to sit on the throne of her half-log at all hours, staring at the relatively active AF A. chalcodes as she goes about excavating her enclosure to no end.

In one of her rare moments of activity, she decided to follow this roach around for a day to see what all the fuss was about. She decided it wasn't worth the effort. Food is for the young and weak.

 

[MorganRose]

Mine would be my 15 year old G.rosea. she is also probably my most defensive species haha, even more defensive then my P.muticus.

 

[Sergic]

Mine is definitely my G. pulchripes. In the year I've had it it's eaten two medium crickets. I suspect it's a female, but it refuses to molt, so it's still unconfirmed.

She moves pretty much every day, but just to go from inside her hide to on top of her hide or back in. Even though I'd love to have a molt or a feeding response, she's gorgeous and one of my favorites.

 

[Ryuti]

I don't actually have a "pet rock" yet. I guess the slowest one I have would have to be my A. chalcodes, but even it bolts around when you open up the enclosure, kicks hairs, etc.

My slowest one (not counting it's ABILITY to be fast, but chooses to be slow) would probably be my p. irminia.

 

[crlovel]

My porteri. Love her.

 

[EulersK]

I don't actually have a "pet rock" yet. I guess the slowest one I have would have to be my A. chalcodes, but even it bolts around when you open up the enclosure, kicks hairs, etc.

My slowest one (not counting it's ABILITY to be fast, but chooses to be slow) would probably be my p. irminia.

I'm with you on that one. My P. irminia was an oddball - he acted exactly like a docile avicularia. Not that I'd know, since he was basically a pet cork tube. The only reason I even knew he matured was because I caught him out and about one night.

 

[Toxoderidae]

Probably my H. longipes. I don't even know it's alive apart from the fact that it moves from the burrow to the water dish every now and then. It waits for crickets to walk on it, then calmly grabs it.

 

[EulersK]

Probably my H. longipes. I don't even know it's alive apart from the fact that it moves from the burrow to the water dish every now and then. It waits for crickets to walk on it, then calmly grabs it.

Aren't gentle take downs the best? Just a soft scoop and the gentle embrace of face daggers.

 

[saturnthegrey]

My porteri. Love her.

Same

 

[ErinM31]

I have a gorgeous sodalite stone.

I have an adorable B. smithi sling who may fit this description one day. At present, my only adult is an MM Euathlus sp. red who has redirected his sexual frustration into a massive excavation project... :wideyed:

 

[Vanessa]

I don't have any real pet rocks since my old girl died, most of mine are spiderlings or juveniles, but I would have to say the most pet rock...ish would have to be my new G. porteri. She's an older female that I got with the sub-adult avic recently and she is definitely a full grown adult. Even so, she does a lot of moving around and exploring.

 

[crlovel]

I don't have any real pet rocks since my old girl died, most of mine are spiderlings or juveniles, but I would have to say the most pet rock...ish would have to be my new G. porteri. She's an older female that I got with the sub-adult avic recently and she is definitely a full grown adult. Even so, she does a lot of moving around and exploring.

Yep. My porteri is quiet and doesn't move much - but if I move her enclosure, fill her water bowl, open her cage for any reason, she's quick to come out and investigate.

 

[EulersK]

I have a gorgeous sodalite stone.

I have an adorable B. smithi sling who may fit this description one day. At present, my only adult is an MM Euathlus sp. red who has redirected his sexual frustration into a massive excavation project... :wideyed:

Well get him a female! If not, @viper69 might have a female he's waiting to pair

 

[ErinM31]

Well get him a female! If not, @viper69 might have a female he's waiting to pair

I have tried, searching every dealer and inquiring with everyone I know here who might have a female, including @viper69 but sadly, I have found none. By all means, if you know someone with a female that they're looking to pair or especially to sell, please let me know! My male was caught in the wild so I only know that he has been mature for at least two-and-a-half months and was certainly virile in April while I had a female (also wild-caught and sadly died of old age) but I don't know how much longer he'll be virile or if he's already in decline.

 

[mmfh]

I love my G. porteri! She's always out where I can see her because she never moves lol. I know many ppl think they are an ugly brown but for me I she has an subtle amount of different shades of brown.

 

[crlovel]

There is nothing ugly about a porteri. This is my girl:

Porteri_02

• crlovel
• Apr 19, 2016
• 2

G. porteri

 

[darkness975]

My G. porteri. She is also the first Tarantula I ever acquired so she is extra special to me.

G porteri

• darkness975
• May 9, 2016
• 14

Female

 

[Red Eunice]

My pet rocks were thrown out decades ago. Silly short lived fad of the 70s.

 

[viper69]

Well get him a female! If not, @viper69 might have a female he's waiting to pair

I do indeed have an AF female of this localitiy, however I'm not ready to breed it yet.

 

[Kymura]

My beautiful porteri girl. (Those days when she's not acting like an angry OBT)