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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ManlyMan7" data-source="post: 99282" data-attributes="member: 3569">Hi all.  Though I have been a member here for some time (don't remember when I joined), I haven't posted much.I had an amazing call from a friend I know online yesterday (we had been trying to arrange a phone call for a couple months). Instead of talking like I expected, he told me I needed to go immediately to the post office to pick up a package.  I drove a couple blocks down to pick up a package from Tarantula Canada and came home to open it and find he had bought me their female P. antinous (2")! They had listed it for the last week or two at best, but I first saw it earlier this week.This was HUGE as I had lost a huge 8" female two years ago that died when my space heater malfunctioned over a weekend I was gone. Came home to find the room at 108*F. I lost a couple others, but this 8" girl really hurt. I had her about a year and she had just turned dark for the first molt in my care.Anyway, I have no doubt I can raise this sling (not new to the hobby), but am interested to know what tips others here have for care for an antinous. Perhaps there are details and perspective I could learn from here.And a little background about me. I currently have 48 Ts and a breeder on loan (G. pulchripes). Some 27 species at the moment, all New World save for one M. balfouri sling. I love NW spiders. Between two collections in my life, I have about 10 years experience with tarantulas. I have successfully bred G. rosea (RCF), and B. smithi, and am currently waiting with fingers crossed for a few other girls to drop sacs (G. rosea RCF again with the same father who is 4 or 5 years mature now), B. emilia, B. albiceps, and G. pulchripes. I also love doing tarantula presentations at schools and libraries and have done at least 6 this year.And here is a picture of this girl I got yesterday.</blockquote>

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