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<blockquote data-quote="Whitelightning777" data-source="post: 126978" data-attributes="member: 26980"><p>Welcome welcome my dear.</p><p></p><p>We all FLOAT down here. Hahahahahaha !!</p><p></p><p>No. In all seriousness, this forum is smart and friendly. Usually most people start with new world types and terrestrials (ground surface dwellers) and move on to arboreals and old world ones later.</p><p></p><p>It's not a hard and fast rule however.</p><p></p><p>I would say select an enclosure that is clear not opaque and offers great visibility. Your tarantula enclosure is like your computer keyboard. It's literally the mechanism you use to interact with the critter. So, get a good one.</p><p></p><p>It isn't necessary to handle a tarantula. Their neurophysiology doesn't support learning or social interactions. A catch cup and a soft paintbrush are your friends. Obviously the catch cup must have some sort of top or lid.</p><p></p><p>In my opinion, it's much less stressful and much less expensive to get a spiderling or small juvenile rather then an adult. It's lots of fun to watch them grow and you can grow in skill along with your spider. This means you want a fast growing but tractible spider. </p><p></p><p>If you want an adult, doesn't matter how slow it grows and an adult slow grower will live a long time, even the males.</p><p></p><p>Look but don't touch pets are ok but avoid the extremely aggressive ones. There's too many possibilities or opinions to list them all. What I like to do is to look at what people have, especially when they have multiple ones of the same species or genus.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whitelightning777, post: 126978, member: 26980"] Welcome welcome my dear. We all FLOAT down here. Hahahahahaha !! No. In all seriousness, this forum is smart and friendly. Usually most people start with new world types and terrestrials (ground surface dwellers) and move on to arboreals and old world ones later. It's not a hard and fast rule however. I would say select an enclosure that is clear not opaque and offers great visibility. Your tarantula enclosure is like your computer keyboard. It's literally the mechanism you use to interact with the critter. So, get a good one. It isn't necessary to handle a tarantula. Their neurophysiology doesn't support learning or social interactions. A catch cup and a soft paintbrush are your friends. Obviously the catch cup must have some sort of top or lid. In my opinion, it's much less stressful and much less expensive to get a spiderling or small juvenile rather then an adult. It's lots of fun to watch them grow and you can grow in skill along with your spider. This means you want a fast growing but tractible spider. If you want an adult, doesn't matter how slow it grows and an adult slow grower will live a long time, even the males. Look but don't touch pets are ok but avoid the extremely aggressive ones. There's too many possibilities or opinions to list them all. What I like to do is to look at what people have, especially when they have multiple ones of the same species or genus. [/QUOTE]
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