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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fuzzball79" data-source="post: 51055" data-attributes="member: 3190">[USER=3953]@Charlotte[/USER] I'm 90% sure my B. Boehmei juvenile is a boy. It's kind of sad to think he won't be with me for as long as a female would be, but 8-10 years still is a good age for such a small animal. I've not decided, but depending on how he turns out when he matures he might even be allowed to go on a breeding loan. After all, that's the only thing male spiders are there for, lol.I think it would be sadder for the shorter lived genuses (geni) like Avics and Tapis, because depending on the species the males can mature as young as 2 years (or even younger). I'm glad my Versi seems to be female, but I've not been able to sex my T. Gigas (it crunches up its shed skin too much). The only 2 I'm 100% sure are my A. Geniculata (who was bought as a female) and my G. Rosea (whose moult I was able to sex). Both their "lady bits" are clearly visible.</blockquote>