Haplopelma sp big/black

[Kymura]

??
Someone give me some solid information on these guys, Kens has them exceptionally cheap and was thinking of it as an add on but cannot actually find any solid info, is this indeed
Haplopelma minax? Don't want to get something I'm unsure of care for.

 

[kormath]

Everything I can find says it's the H. minax. Higher humidity, very aggressive, and they're a dirt hole

 

[Scoolman]

Ken lists it as Haplopelma sp. because it is not formally identified. Haplopelma in general have similar care.

 

[Kymura]

thanks guys Least now I'm fairly sure i don't want one, they are pretty though.

 

[leaveittoweaver]

That is a good price, really pretty! Too bad they're pet holes!

 

[Kymura]

Yeah, got excited at the price, so started looking for info, they are pretty, to bad you never see them ^^

 

[Entity]

Yeah i dont like the ones that hide constantly. defeats the purpose of getting a pet u can only look at.

 

[Therasoid]

thanks guys Least now I'm fairly sure i don't want one, they are pretty though.

I'm sure, down the road, you'll change your mind. Sooner or later keepers will acquire an OB species, with some "one is enough", others opt for more and become hooked.
Being able to see them occasionally is part of the mystique.

 

[Kymura]

It's not the attitude, I don't handle (well, not on purpose, occasionally my avic scoots onto me and sits there smugly)
But part of my enjoyment of my T's is simply watching them be T's, I am perfectly content to let them just be spiders,
albeit slightly pampered spiders. I'm always careful, even with my avics, I treat them all as if they were deadly, with respect not fear, I don't mind them having a pissy attitude or hiding some of the time, but the pet hole types just have no appeal to me.. shame too Ken has them dirt cheap.

 

[Entity]

It's not the attitude, I don't handle (well, not on purpose, occasionally my avic scoots onto me and sits there smugly)
But part of my enjoyment of my T's is simply watching them be T's, I am perfectly content to let them just be spiders,
albeit slightly pampered spiders. I'm always careful, even with my avics, I treat them all as if they were deadly, with respect not fear, I don't mind them having a pissy attitude or hiding some of the time, but the pet hole types just have no appeal to me.. shame too Ken has them dirt cheap.

dirt cheap seems fitting for something that is like having pet dirt. lol

 

[Chubbs]

I personally enjoy a lot of the pet hole species. [emoji14] In fact most Fossforial burrowers are pet holes anyway.

 

[Denny Dee]

Yeah, got excited at the price, so started looking for info, they are pretty, to bad you never see them ^^

"Never see" is not exactly accurate. They spend a lot of time in hunt mode with their legs outside the burrow. From time to time, they will emerge. "Pet holes" should be reserved for Trapdoor Spiders which I have never seen leave their burrows unless they are males looking for love. There are some really cool enclosures that I have seen built that force the burrow next to the glass so they are visible almost all of the time.

 

[Kymura]

@Denny Dee
@Chubbs
I find them really beautiful, very very tempted.....You guys aren't helping me 'not' buy one lol

 

[Entity]

@Denny Dee
@Chubbs
I find them really beautiful, very very tempted.....You guys aren't helping me 'not' buy one lol

Get some tips on how to set up and enclosure to force the spider to burrow on the edge so u can check it out all of the time.

 

[Kymura]

Yeah, I direct my smaller guys that way so I can see them, I am honestly thinking about it.