Your first pokey

[jmod]

Just curious, what was the first poecilotheria species you got? Did it teach you anything new about the hobby?

 

[ColeopteraC]

P.Tigranawesseli, didn’t exactly teach me much except for how glad I was to have had experience with huntsmen beforehand.

 

[advan]

Get P. irminia first, they will teach you what you need to know about dealing with Poecilotheria.

 

[Shampain88]

Pokes are easy to keep and they look beautiful except the turds they shower your great display in lol... I know I’m quoting the obvious but “not for beginners“ although you don’t need to wait for a sudden bout of experience to get one just a little experience is all... They’ve definitely taught me about spider poop that’s for sure hehe

 

[testdasi]

Just curious, what was the first poecilotheria species you got? Did it teach you anything new about the hobby?

First Pokie was an adult female P. regalis. She was a sweetheart.

Perhaps I was lucky with Pokies but my own experience disagrees with the post above about getting P. irminia to prepare for a Pokie.
My limited experience with an adult P. irminia was "holy £#<k $#!t black devil" (I blurted that out loud!) while I have had the same number of Pokie threat pose as Aphonopelma threat pose (zero).
In fact, if not for the consensus that Pokies venom is among the worst (if not the worst) of T's, I would consider Pokies "beginner's friendly", just based out of my own experience with them.

I like beautiful spiders and Pokies are among the most beautiful. Don't think they teach me anything new about the hobby though.

 

[CJJon]

My first pokie (P. met) and I had major philosophical differences and it didn't really teach my anything new.

I treat all my T's the same whether they are NW or OW.

 

[Tigger]

I kind of wish I had gotten a P. Regalis to prepare for my two P. Irminia slings. Those things are mental.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Just curious, what was the first poecilotheria species you got?

P. subfusca "Lowland"

Did it teach you anything new about the hobby?

Not really tbh, I'd kept a Psalmopoeus irminia for the better part of a year before getting it and it was just as easy to deal with as the irminia (if not easier), both were always pretty chill.

My first Psalmopoeus pulcher was good practice for when I got my Poecilotheria metallica because the pulcher male was pretty scatty and had his defensive moments and my metallica is pretty much the same.

 

[CJJon]

The craziest sling I've had is an O. Hati-Hati that I got recently as a freebie. It isn't particularly defensive but for a small sling it's so fast! Leaps out of it's burrow and catches worms before they hit the sub. It's pretty crazy. I can't even see it down it's burrow and when I drop in a worm from a vent hole on top of the enclosure it flies out, grabs the worm mid-air, and flies back in with one smooth move...all in less than a blink of an eye!

 

[viper69]

P. rufi.

It didn't teach me anything because I had done the proper research and owned other OWs FIRST!!

The one cool thing I learned is most Poki can be sexed via the dot method. Only formosa can't.

 

[Tarantula155]

I kind of wish I had gotten a P. Regalis to prepare for my two P. Irminia slings. Those things are mental.

This. Seriously... I had a couple pokies and some of the new worlds I've had were much worse tempered. P. cancerides anyone? P irminia anyone? Those can have such a temper it blew my old OBT's away

 

[cold blood]

cambridgei have a temperament more in like with pokies.

My first was vitatta...id already raised cams and had been in the hobby a long while, so i didnt have issues, as i was prepared.

 

[Liquifin]

I'd had P. rufilata and P. regalis together as my first pokies, but I was taught how to deal with them through someone's collection that was willing to tell and teach although some methods or styles are outdated. But then again, P. irminia or Psalmopoeus genus are a great preparation for pokies.

 

[mack1855]

P.metallica.Sent off to make baby P.mets.He fathered two sacs.
Love my pokies.
Honestly,it taught me there is lots of hype in the T keeping hobby.And,most importantly,leave lots and lots of room when rehousing.
And grown men do scream at times!.

 

[jmod]

The craziest sling I've had is an O. Hati-Hati that I got recently as a freebie. It isn't particularly defensive but for a small sling it's so fast! Leaps out of it's burrow and catches worms before they hit the sub. It's pretty crazy. I can't even see it down it's burrow and when I drop in a worm from a vent hole on top of the enclosure it flies out, grabs the worm mid-air, and flies back in with one smooth move...all in less than a blink of an eye!

I'm going to be honest, I really want to see this!

 

[Tentacle Toast]

...it flies out, grabs the worm mid-air, and flies back in with one smooth move...

Dear God...I'm not ready for that...

 

[0311usmc]

My first was a P.metallica and my first arboreal tarantula.

 

[Vanisher]

A juvenile P regalis

 

[spideyspinneret78]

A juvenile P. regalis for me also. He's stunningly beautiful but can be reclusive.

 

[FrDoc]

Ornata, and if I learned anything, it was that the keeping of Pokies is a lot of hype. Several other of my OW’s are as fast, or faster, and most more defensive. Oh, yeah! I forgot. She taught me that P. ornatas are freakin’ great.