Info On Tarantula...

[aidenb]

Nice buy. I've found 1-2 crickets (depending on the size) every other day tends to keep them 'friendlier' and docile than the 3-4 cricket once a week many people do.

 

[Doradid]

my 3year old has a pink toe, that she eat breakfast with each morning!

 

[chloe]

The tank sounds much better then a 10 gallon tank. The only thing is be careful about the heat. They don't need any extra heat unless your home is unusually cold. If the room you plan to keep it in is at least 70-72F or 21-22C then you are fine. If it is too hot you can dry out the tarantula.

I think that you will enjoy your new pet. Just be careful they can become very addictive before you know it you will end up with 150 and counting.

well im in england so its cold even in summer lol theres plenty of spaces i can pop her depending on heat of the day so she should b fine.
thats y the man at the shop (he is also a friend) said to just pop her on the viv instead of a heat mat. i expect in the winter il pop her in the heatmat as it very rarely gets above -1 round that time. not all of her box but kinda like snakes, 1/3 of it maybe.

lol i had a list of 3 that i wanted last year which was a chile rose, mexican red knee and cobalt blue. but i only really wanted the cobalt blue...just too stunning for words. but once again, being one of the more aggressive species it was just fantasy.
i had never wanted a chile rose purely because i had never ever ever EVER seen one with her colours. well...with much colour at all, must have all been the brown phase. although googled red phase and still not found any with her colours.
cant wait to post up pics of her. she is so beautiful.
only reason she was on the list because ppl advised i start off with something more docile...although i didnt see the point as i wouldnt b getting any of them out lol
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my 3year old has a pink toe, that she eat breakfast with each morning!

thats amazing. my lil one is petrified of them lol havnt told her we r getting this one.
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[LRM]

rose hairs like low humidity, bone dry substrate. no misting, just keep a bottle cap of water in the enclosure for moisture.

+1 to TMO's post

 

[LRM]

i had never wanted a chile rose purely because i had never ever ever EVER seen one with her colours. well...with much colour at all, must have all been the brown phase. although googled red phase and still not found any with her colours.

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Sorry for the double post but I just read this. Colors on tarantulas are at their richest after a molt. They always dull again as time goes on. Even red phase rosies will become dull.

For example.
This rosie (a male RCF) was a dull brown before he molted

Here you see the same A. versicolor before and right after a molt

Here is another example, this Aphonopelma did a 180 in beauty after its first molt with me

In short, they never stay as pretty as they are after the molt. Its a long cycle of mostly dull colors.

 

[silvertip0]

what would make a good starter tarantula other then a chile rose purely?

 

[chloe]

mexican red knees i got told were good and another one but i cant remember the name. its like a red knee but white knees instead lol geniticulata? something like that.

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[snakeguy101]

Chaco golden knees are also awesome. same with any f the Avicularia but they are a little more jumpy since they are arboreal.

 

[LRM]

There really isn't such thing as a good starter species. They're all really easy to keep. What it boils down to is if you want a display animal, a pet hole, or something you can handle.

 

[katschamne]

Chaco golden knees are also awesome. same with any f the Avicularia but they are a little more jumpy since they are arboreal.

I second that choice. I love the Mexican red knees we have two big females that being breed right now. I also think the curly hair (Brachypelma albopilosum)makes for a first tarantula. We have had two and neither one have been hair kickers, unlike the Brachypelma smithi. Another good one is the Aphonopelma hentzi.

Well I agree that the cobalt blue tarantula (Haplopelma lividum)is an awesome and beautiful spider if you have the set up right (burrowers) you only see them on a rare occasion.