I'm looking to buy my first tarantula,
I was looking at just a nice, friendly mexican redknee to start with.

Roughly how much would one cost?

I havent had a chance to get to a spider selling petstore lately
and the internet hasnt been much help so far.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

It depends on the size/age that you want really. i've come across mexican red knee adults for around £25-£30 online.
You could always go for the chilean rose tarantula though, which was the first one i bought. These are probably the most popular first tarantulas and you can get an adult easily for around £15.

Here's a couple of online sites that you can buy from.

tarantula-shop.com
thespidershop.co.uk

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welcome to the boards bud.
Red knees are brilliant for starters and veterans alike, stunning, well natured and hardy.
Bigger specimens can be costly and smaller ones take ages to grow.
If your not that inclined to spend £50 on a spider YET(lol) get a chilean rose. they even more hardy but a bit more drab in appearance.
but at £15 for an adult theyr a brilliant choice for beginners.
Personally i think theyr bloody cute little spiders lol but most hold the opinion theyr drab, which they are

only when compared to a red knee tho:P

woops, sorry bowt pic size, will edit in morning if i remember

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they would be males though ,
limited lifespan compared to £60+ females

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Cant go wrong with a Chilie, they dont look "great" but they do a fair bit especially when re-arranging the faunarium.

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Chile's are great - £3-5 for a s'ling, £15-25 for an adult (in a pet shop, I don't buy from the online shops so I can't say what they sell at), Mexicans are very attractive and pretty handleable too, but a bit more pricey - £15-25 for a sling depending on size, £40-80 for an adult, depending on size, sex and shop. Obviously privately prices are usually less.

I also like mexican red rumps, love the colours on those, and even the 2" babies I have I find pretty docile for handling - I've had a chile rose strike at me, but I have to say, across the 120 Red Rump babies I had (only have about 10 left now!) not a single one ever showed any aggression to me, and momma is as tame as anything too.... so if you wanted a bigger spider, I'd go for the red rump, because they are a good size and in my experience very docile.

I've found chile's hit and miss. If you get a docile one, it's very docile. But you can also get the few crazies that think they are cobalt blues. I've got one at the moment that sometimes tries to strike through the tub... so I would never just assume that a chile will arrive docile, and If getting an adult, see it in person first just in case!

The mexicans, both red knee and red rump seem to hair flick more than a chile in my experience though.

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Curly Haired are also good beginner spiders.

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Can't go wrong with an albop or smithi imo! Adult female albops are about £30-£40, adult female smithi about £50+ but definately worth it!

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Here are some of my Chile and Red Knee pics, both excellent starter spids, but do have a passion for Red Knees.

I paid £18 for my mature Chile and £15 for my Red Knees from Kettering last month. I have 2 Chile's and 3 Red Knees.

Aragog, RCF Chile (approx 4 1/2" )


Carne, NCF Chile ( approx 4" )


Mimi, female Red Knee ( approx 2 1/2" )

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