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[LinInuRen]

Hello,
I've only been in the hobby since black friday 2020. A friend of mine got bored with her tarantula and gave it to me through my roommate. My roommate came in and asked if I wanted a tarantula while I was browsing uber eats. I asked why I would want a tarantula (mind on eating). She put it on the stove and went to her room. A few minutes go by and I decide on ramen. "Marisa! Why is there a spider on the stove?!?" My friend was told she was a Chilean golden knee, but I'm pretty sure she was an a. Chalcodes. Feburary I got a p. Sazimai and then in March I went off the deep end and ordered 10 t's (got 11 with freebie), a gecko, and a sand boa. I recently started school and cut down on my collection. My collection is down to the sand boa, p. Regalus, p. Metalica, p. Irminia, h. Mac. (Grow faster), and 2 obts. I also have 2 dogs. I find watching the tarantulas relaxing. Well..... the ones that I can see. I explain to people that they are like fish. You don't hold or handle aquarium fish.

 

[Teresaisrad]

Welcome to THE forum! Love to see pictures of the babies.

 

[LinInuRen]

Welcome to THE forum! Love to see pictures of the babies.

Thank you. I need load on my computer to make it easier. Just realized this week that I kept my crazy and most venomous ts lol

 

[Teresaisrad]

Live on the wild side, laugh in the face of danger. Hahahahaha!

 

[LinInuRen]

Live on the wild side, laugh in the face of danger. Hahahahaha!

A pic of my p. Regalis from unboxing. First ever escape. Left the top off of my a. Chalcodes enclosure she waited patiently like mam! You left the lid off. I worked a 12 hr shift. I've attached the pic from that too

 

[octanejunkie]

Welcome to our forum, family @LinInuRen !

Great intro post! I find watching my tarantulas and my aquarium equally relaxing

 

[Ditch crawler]

Hi, welcome to the forum

 

[Enn49]

Hello and welcome

 

[Jeef]

A pic of my p. Regalis from unboxing. First ever escape. Left the top off of my a. Chalcodes enclosure she waited patiently like mam! You left the lid off. I worked a 12 hr shift. I've attached the pic from that too

I laughed entirely too hard about the A. chalcodes. I have a couple of Aphonopelmas that (I hope) would be like that.

Mine wasn't an escape so much as it was a "Hey, you didn't go where you were supposed to" unboxing extravaganza. My C. darlingi. It was a freebie and I was only into new worlds. It was bigger and faster than I anticipated. It also ran up one side of the cardboard and down the other several times before I could get it into it's enclosure. I had to keep flipping the cardbaord (that was supposed to corral it) and moving it from hand to hand like I was doing some strange magic trick. Good times.

Oh, and Hi, welcome aboard!

 

[Yvonne G]

Welcome!

 

[octanejunkie]

Regarding your post here:

Who's molted today

Yes it is I have a bunch still and they are starting to molt to 3i. When they hit 5i you get a speed increase and that's when I put them into an upside down Amac style enclosure. They web the very top just like an avic and always seem to run up and out....first the 2x2x4 then the 4x4x7 3/4...

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May I offer you some reading material?

Keeping Avicularia species - Updated with Pictures

I keep several different arboreal species of tarantula but not all of them require the same care. The general care and keeping of the various avicularia-type arboreal species differs from all other arboreal and terrestrial species; but it's not complicated. A little history I lost my first...

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[Lawrence b]

Hi and welcome

 

[m0lsx]

Hello & welcome to the forum.

 

[ilovebrachys]

Hi and welcome