Your Tarantula Wishlist?

[MrsHaas]

I must have a cyriocosmos elegans!!!

 

[Anoplogaster]

I often see the word "wishlist" being used when someone really wants a particular species. So out of curiosity, why haven't you gotten one yet?

 

[nicodimus22]

G. iherengi - expensive for my budget, and I don't want to buy adults anyway. No slings anywhere.
Xenesthis Sp. Blue - incredibly expensive adults, and no slings anywhere.

So, a combination of price and rarity of slings in my case.

 

[MetalMan2004]

There is no "other" but I want a P. metallica. Little kids in the house has me thinking twice on that for a while though.

 

[Red Eunice]

Short list: S. hoffmanni
Last time they were available, I lacked the funds to purchase 3 slings.

Edit: thanks to @viper69, I no longer have a "list".
For tarantulas!!

 

[Venom1080]

G. iherengi - expensive for my budget, and I don't want to buy adults anyway. No slings anywhere.
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why would you not want a adult?? even though theyre faster growing than other Grammies, i would much prefer to skip that and get a AF.
my list-A juruensis
- mo baboons.

 

[gobey]

Usually a combo of hard to find and expensive

 

[EulersK]

AF G. pulchra I neeeeeed one

mo baboons

Mo baboons, mo problems

 

[nicodimus22]

why would you not want a adult??

1) I like seeing slings grow up.
2) Adults are going to die sooner and cost a lot more.

 

[Venom1080]

Mo baboons, mo problems

Not if there tamed with hugs.

@nicodimus22 you'll probably get 10 years out of a adult. That's plenty long for me. It gets really old raising slings after the first few.

 

[DrowsyLids]

My wife isn't a big fan of inverts. I'm already pushing my luck getting a fourth T (I have plans to get it to at least 10)

 

[Rittdk01]

Gbb just haven't picked one up yet. Will be getting one when it warms up a bit. A sling or juvenile t stirmi. I love my big stirmi most of all my tarantulas. I had a smaller male that I got from a show on halloween. He had nematodes and had to be put down a month after I got him. I want cb and I really want one that I can raise and have an accurate estimate of its age. That's it

 

[Walker253]

For the tarantulas on my wish list, I want a sexed female. While I wait around for one to show up being fairly priced, I have bought 10 new ones. The ones on my list always seem to appear right as I've exhausted my funds and it kills me, having to let it go. I voted "Expensive", but in reality it's a lack of patience and me being way too impulsive. The good thing is I've acquired some T's that are awesome and I never thought I wanted in the first place.

 

[Anoplogaster]

Hmm.... so I guess hard to find and expensive go hand in hand. Not surprising.

 

[viper69]

Hmm.... so I guess hard to find and expensive go hand in hand. Not surprising.

Not necessarily, I have no real numbers, but I have seen many species that are not expensive, were plentiful for years, and then dropped out of the hobby for no obvious reason.

A good example is A. huriana. I could have gotten them all the time for a couple of years over ten years ago, then when I started looking for them again a few years ago, only found 1 dealer w/them, and they weren't expensive (20s).

Also, expensive is subjective, 40$ is expensive for some people, not for others etc.

 

[viper69]

Short list: S. hoffmanni
Last time they were available, I lacked the funds to purchase 3 slings.

I can help you there, check your PM

 

[Garth Vader]

I'd love love an avic but I'm not ready!

 

[Ungoliant]

We live in a tiny apartment (about 500-600 square feet), so I have limited space for tarantula enclosures.

 

[Anoplogaster]

We live in a tiny apartment (about 500-600 square feet), so I have limited space for tarantula enclosures.

Lol..... I'm in a 460 square foot studio apartment. I feel your pain! But I have managed to cram quite a few animals in here. Including a 7x4 foot enclosure I built for my monitor, a 3x3 foot enclosure for my frilled dragon, and a 60 gallon African Cichlid tank. All my spiders get to live on top of the monitor enclosure I literally have no space to live! But I'm happy to be surrounded by all my little buddies

In fact, my spiders are the least trouble. No noise, smell, or electricity usage. They just stay quiet and dine on roaches.

 

[Crone Returns]

G. pulchra sub adult female
No mas dinero.