Your most EXPENSIVE tarantula

[8leggedloverlassie]

Dont know if this is already a thread but anyway,I would love to hear about you MOST EXPENSIVE tarantula and why it was so expensive,it doesn't matter if it was because it was rare or because you got ripped off or you even took it to the vets!oh: this thread can show me how dedicated people are with their hobby and what they are willing to pay for their hobby. My most expensive t was cheap itself ($10) but I had bought it on th spare of the moment not really knowing much about it's requirements,so 5min after I bought it I also bought a 10 gallon square fish tank for it,a large $50 heat mat (cos it was winter and approx 9degrees inside) and a smaller $13 one then 9bricks of coco peat! I set it all up and made the tank temp 20degrees then put my tiny 1-2 instar sling in! (poor baby) I spent the whole night reading up on them,now him-her and my 2 other ones are in tall skinny olive jars and they hardly ever come out of there deep burrows except at night to web etc,iv put the jars in a jumbo critter keeper and in winter I put the $20 heat mat inside the critter keeper which warms the air to the temp of around 18-20 deg celciuss but it's summer now so it's not needed,and the fish tank is in the garage building up with spider web and rat poo:biggrin: OH and the 3jars for the t's only took half a brick of coco peat for the three:sarcasm:

 

[donniedark0]

hehe, my 3.5 inch g pulchra that cost 107 with shipping. and some fake chaco gold knee I bought that was 110$ with some crappy plastic tank and heat pad ( first T )

Dont know if this is already a thread but anyway,I would love to hear about you MOST EXPENSIVE tarantula and why it was so expensive,it doesn't matter if it was because it was rare or because you got ripped off or you even took it to the vets!oh: this thread can show me how dedicated people are with their hobby and what they are willing to pay for their hobby. My most expensive t was cheap itself ($10) but I had bought it on th spare of the moment not really knowing much about it's requirements,so 5min after I bought it I also bought a 10 gallon square fish tank for it,a large $50 heat mat (cos it was winter and approx 9degrees inside) and a smaller $13 one then 9bricks of coco peat! I set it all up and made the tank temp 20degrees then put my tiny 1-2 instar sling in! (poor baby) I spent the whole night reading up on them,now him-her and my 2 other ones are in tall skinny olive jars and they hardly ever come out of there deep burrows except at night to web etc,iv put the jars in a jumbo critter keeper and in winter I put the $20 heat mat inside the critter keeper which warms the air to the temp of around 18-20 deg celciuss but it's summer now so it's not needed,and the fish tank is in the garage building up with spider web and rat poo:biggrin: OH and the 3jars for the t's only took half a brick of coco peat for the three:sarcasm:

 

[curtisgiganteus]

M.balfouri 1.5" $150 for the spider alone, another $30 for the enclosure from Tarantulahomes

 

[Vespula]

My most expensive T was my 6" Grammostola pulchripes. I payed around $70 for her with her tank included. Best 70 bucks I ever spent, she's been a great spider.

 

[King Leonidas]

I paid $150 for my 3/4 inch M.balfouri:biggrin:

 

[Hobo]

My first tarantula.
If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't have spent the thousands that I have on my collection so far.

 

[argolupin]

i don't have really 1 most expensive T as the only ones i paid for wee sort of a package deal...
they were my G. pulchripes, P. regalis, and B. albipilosum (spelling is not great today). they were $65
i also paid 40 for an A. Avic (which was supposed to be a versicolor) but it came with cage (wrong type), gravel (AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH) and a hut. I was able to switch cages around so that the avic is now in my 10 gallon though
The most expensive one to set up would have to be my adult G. rosea though i rescued her from someone claiming she was a B. smithi. she had maybe a 1/16 inch of bedding of garden mulch a high tree, a waterbowl she could drown in and she was given 12 crickets once a month just dumped in. oh and she was in a 10 gallon aquarium and they tried to ship her with her house and everything in the cage with her.

 

[curtisgiganteus]

I must agree with you Hobo, if it wasnt for my $10 dollar P.regalis I would have never spent so much on expanding my collection to what it is now.

My first tarantula.
If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't have spent the thousands that I have on my collection so far.

---------- Post added 12-27-2011 at 07:28 AM ----------

I personally think thats too much for a balfouri at that size. lol

I paid $150 for my 3/4 inch M.balfouri:biggrin:

 

[le-thomas]

My big G. pulchripes which was $60. I prefer my tarantulas cheap most of the time

 

[GregorSamsa]

200$ for my apx 6" female P. muticus (King Baboon)

(I don't really know if I was ripped off, because I've never seen them for sale @ that size. I suspect that was a bit high though.)

She ate once in the 7mon I had her & died during her first molt.

 

[022]

135$ on a juvenile Oligoxystre diamantinensis.

But Ts are really expensive here in Brazil, a juvenile P murinus costs between 80 to 100 us dollars

 

[Guy Wood]

I've just bought a 2 inch OBT for £35 which I thought was very reasonable. Can't honestly remember what I paid for my rosea or smithi though.

 

[curtisgiganteus]

Most likely a wildcaught female, and 200 is a bit high for a P.muticus

200$ for my apx 6" female P. muticus (King Baboon)

(I don't really know if I was ripped off, because I've never seen them for sale @ that size. I suspect that was a bit high though.)

She ate once in the 7mon I had her & died during her first molt.

---------- Post added 12-27-2011 at 08:22 AM ----------

Probably due to it being illegal keeping tarantulas in Brazil.

135$ on a juvenile Oligoxystre diamantinensis.

But Ts are really expensive here in Brazil, a juvenile P murinus costs between 80 to 100 us dollars

 

[022]

Unfortunately, yes...

Probably due to it being illegal keeping tarantulas in Brazil.

 

[1hughjazzspider]

My M. balfouri juvie and P. metallica sling were $150 apiece. My adult female GBB was $125 when I got her. And I have two B. schroederi slings and one B. auratum juvie that weren't cheap when I got them and will likely be worth a good amount once they mature, especially if they end up being female. My I. mira slings will be next and we all know those aren't cheap either.

 

[Reptiliatus]

Well I have 850$ worth of Poecilotheria metallicas that ended up getting me 2 females and an immature male in the long run. I also have an E. olivacea sling that originally would have cost about 200$ but I got a small discount. I do what to emphasize (and I'm sure you aren't implying this either) that the amount of money a person spends in this hobby has absolutely nothing to do with how good of a keeper he/she is. Some of us, like myself have been very lucky to be in certain financial situations that we have a lot less to worry about and can afford to buy more rare and expensive species. For me, I was overseas in Israel for a year volunteering and changed my mind about the subject I was going back to study last minute. Now I'm back home and working hard to save money for my first year of uni next fall. The fact that I still live with my family (and still will a little while) and that I hardly have any other financial obligations allows me to put a little money aside here and there for some t's I really want. Once I have them, as we all know they are very easy to keep/maintain...

 

[The Spider Faery]

$100 for a Xenesthis immanis at a pet shop. And that was with 50% off the regular price of $200.

Otherwise, I tend to buy slings from tarantula canada, which cost less.

 

[Anonymity82]

21 bucks on a G. rosea at a pet shop. I'd say she's about 4 inches when I got her and hasn't molted yet. I only have two T's and luckily for me, the really expensive T's usually need a higher humidity and I don't expect nor want to ever own any that NEED more than 70%.

---------- Post added 12-27-2011 at 01:13 PM ----------

$100 for a Xenesthis immanis at a pet shop. And that was with 50% off the regular price of $200.

Otherwise, I tend to buy slings from tarantula canada, which cost less.

I'm with you on the slings!

 

[1hughjazzspider]

the really expensive T's usually need a higher humidity and I don't expect nor want to ever own any that NEED more than 70%.

Such a sad sight. You don't know what you're missing my friend.

 

[19tarantula91]

I just bought a female P. subfusca for 100 dollars and the enclosure not including the hours put into it was about 40 dollars