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Jack Dempsey
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hey guys got a rose hair today i held this guy at my local exotics shop last week and fell in love went home did a bunch of research got a tank set up for him and picked him up today he is awesome just wanted to show him off what do you think?
heres his tank
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and here he is
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Very cool.

Are you sure it's a male, though?

the guy there assured me it was a male multiple times but if not then hey i dont mind would prefer a female just wanted to get my foot wet you know? they are breeding some mexican red knees once they get big enough im gunna get one of those but yeah do you think its a female?
 
I would have to see a detailed picture of the underside to be able to give a somewhat educated guess since I can't make out certain details from the pictures.

Of course then, if it has tibial hooks & palpal emboli ("boxing gloves"), then it is definitely a male. You should return it for a refund if that's the case as it's a penultimate male a.k.a mature male unless you're fine with it only living maybe another six months to a year at max and/or you plan on getting a mature female ASAP.
 
I would have to see a detailed picture of the underside to be able to give a somewhat educated guess since I can't make out certain details from the pictures.

Of course then, if it has tibial hooks & palpal emboli ("boxing gloves"), then it is definitely a male. You should return it for a refund if that's the case as it's a penultimate male a.k.a mature male unless you're fine with it only living maybe another six months to a year at max and/or you plan on getting a mature female ASAP.
yeah he warned me they werent sure how long it would live because it is a large male im okay with that i really just wanted to get one as a starter he was only 15 bucks anyways not that much for me idk if thats a good deal but seemed like it but yeah after im going to definatly get a female probably a mexican red knee i just wanted to get a starter one you know thanks man you always have great info
 
yeah he warned me they werent sure how long it would live because it is a large male im okay with that i really just wanted to get one as a starter he was only 15 bucks anyways not that much for me idk if thats a good deal but seemed like it but yeah after im going to definatly get a female probably a mexican red knee i just wanted to get a starter one you know thanks man you always have great info

Okay, I figured that I'd put that out there just so you know. Might be a cool project to get a mature female, though, to get some spiderlings since CBB rosehairs can be tough to come by in some areas.
 
Okay, I figured that I'd put that out there just so you know. Might be a cool project to get a mature female, though, to get some spiderlings since CBB rosehairs can be tough to come by in some areas.

yeah thats what they said there too i would love to do that it would be awesome what do i need to do besides get a female? can you give me some info if you dont mind? do i need like an incubator or anything? and what would they eat when they are that small?? just tell me everything you knwo about it haha i would really apprechiate it
 
yeah thats what they said there too i would love to do that it would be awesome what do i need to do besides get a female? can you give me some info if you dont mind? do i need like an incubator or anything? and what would they eat when they are that small?? just tell me everything you knwo about it haha i would really apprechiate it

I unfortunately never got to breed my tarantulas; something went through my invertebrate collection recently and killed everything but the dubia roach colony.

You'll want to introduce the male to the female once he's made a sperm web & filled his "boxing gloves" with it. He should slowly approach her & mate with her; this process can be very quick or can take hours. Keep an eye on them to make sure that they don't kill/eat each other, and remove the male once he's done. The female will produce an egg sac at least a month later, but she might take a few months to do so. You can leave the egg sac with her if you want, but you want to separate her from it once it hatches a few weeks/months later. I would just put all the nymphs in one container & feed them selectively in order to let them cull themselves; they should take fruit flies at that size.

That's just a quick summary; most of it is based on talking to a few breeders, so it may or may not be the same as what other people will tell you since some people doing things differently & still get success.
 
I unfortunately never got to breed my tarantulas; something went through my invertebrate collection recently and killed everything but the dubia roach colony.

You'll want to introduce the male to the female once he's made a sperm web & filled his "boxing gloves" with it. He should slowly approach her & mate with her; this process can be very quick or can take hours. Keep an eye on them to make sure that they don't kill/eat each other, and remove the male once he's done. The female will produce an egg sac at least a month later, but she might take a few months to do so. You can leave the egg sac with her if you want, but you want to separate her from it once it hatches a few weeks/months later. I would just put all the nymphs in one container & feed them selectively in order to let them cull themselves; they should take fruit flies at that size.

That's just a quick summary; most of it is based on talking to a few breeders, so it may or may not be the same as what other people will tell you since some people doing things differently & still get success.

Damn sorry to hear that! That really sucks you planning on getting more? And thanks! I might just try it ill talk tm the guys at the shop they are very helpful and informative so they can help a lot too they suggested breeding as well ill keep updates if I decide to breed him and knew question what are the boxing gloves and where are they located

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