Pics of spiders please...contemplating getting one.

[invertasnakes]

You hear that all the time hun. people being afraid of house and garden spiders but not tarantulas. Think its got something to do with the size

[spicewwfc]

I was terrified of house spiders and i decided to just bite the bullet and get a tarantula.
I now have 1 adult female, 1 sub adult, 2 juvie's and 17 slings with 2 more coming Tuesday!!!

Here is my favorite one of all,
my avic versi juvie (martinique pinktoe)

[TEENY]

Right here we go
Curly Hair


Green Bottle Blue



OBT



Golden Knee



Red Knee



Pinktoe



Goliath Spiderling

[Danhalen]

[rabbit]

Once again that pokie above is GORGEOUS!!!!!!!

Get a T - I was afraid of spiders too but Ts are different! Here is little Boris:


And yes that is the tip of my thumb you can see so he is quite small, but slow and colourful!

[Kyle T's]

I wouldn't start off with any of the Poecilotheria or Psalmopoeus (Arboreal) as they are suuuuper fast,

Some good beginner T's:

Brachypelma smithi ''Mexican redknee'' ]

Brachypelma albopilosum ''curly hair'' ]
----Good eaters
Brachypelma emilia ''Mexican fire leg'' ]

Brachypelma vegans ''Mexican red rump'' ]

Acanthoscurria geniculata ''Giant white knee''

Grammostola rosea ''Chilean Rose'' as u said u are not keen on these, they are easy to keep downside is they tend go on fasts that last years

Aphonopelma seemani ''Costa rican zebra''

Aphonopelma chalcodes ''Desert blonde''

Lasiodoria parahybana ''Salmon pink bird eater'' ---- good eater

Good luck

[ginna]

god that orange one and the blue one is amazing.

what is the blue one called

[Pleco07]

All mine are slings so pretty much all look the same (just slightly different colours) apart from my G. pulchra & my A. purpurea so heres a pic of them...

G. pulchra...

A. purpurea...


I was scared of house spiders too but since I have had these slings, house spiders dont bother me anymore.
Im still a T newbie, I got my first few slings 4 months ago. I now have 10 and one hopefully arriving next week (OBT). I went down the sling route so I can get to grips with them as they grow rather than have the so called 'beginner' T's then move onto others. Theres a higher chance that slings will die though when compared to juvies and adults, Ive lost a G. rosea and an A. aurantiaca

But I do love my G. pulchra & my P. chordatus

[spicewwfc]

Originally Posted by Kyle T's

I wouldn't start off with any of the Poecilotheria or Psalmopoeus (Arboreal) as they are suuuuper fast,

Some good beginner T's:

Brachypelma smithi ''Mexican redknee'' ]

Brachypelma albopilosum ''curly hair'' ]
----Good eaters
Brachypelma emilia ''Mexican fire leg'' ]

Brachypelma vegans ''Mexican red rump'' ]

Acanthoscurria geniculata ''Giant white knee''

Grammostola rosea ''Chilean Rose'' as u said u are not keen on these, they are easy to keep downside is they tend go on fasts that last years

Aphonopelma seemani ''Costa rican zebra''

Aphonopelma chalcodes ''Desert blonde''

Lasiodoria parahybana ''Salmon pink bird eater'' ---- good eater

Good luck

Great list, but I ain't sure about the white knee though my juvie is just under 3 ins and he is a psychopath!! As soon as i open the tub he is in threat pose and he would bite me if he could catch me. Most don't run from anything either they stand and fight.
Also where are the avic's???

[Danhalen]

Originally Posted by ginna

god that orange one and the blue one is amazing.

what is the blue one called

If you're talking about my picture, she's a Poecilotheria metallica, and her name is Carwash I'm hoping to have some blue babies in a few months.