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I am worried about Titan (my curly hair)
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<blockquote data-quote="Stan Schultz" data-source="post: 139667" data-attributes="member: 28438"><p>First, go to this website and start reading: <a href="http://people.ucalgary.ca/~schultz/spiders.html" target="_blank">http://people.ucalgary.ca/~schultz/spiders.html</a>. Don't try to read it all at once, it's been known to cause brain damage. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Read one or two pages a day until you've gone through the entire website.</p><p></p><p>Especially, read this page: <a href="http://people.ucalgary.ca/~schultz/Misting.html" target="_blank">http://people.ucalgary.ca/~schultz/Misting.html</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You need to read a good book on tarantulas. I dare not recommend any for fear of being criticized for blowing my own horn, but there are several good ones available. Perhaps others can recommend a few.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes indeed, it is a mature male and is highly unlikely to ever molt again. Typically, the <em>Brachypelma</em> and <em>Aphonopelma</em> live for 12 to 18 months after their maturing molt, but your mileage may vary. BTW, the curly hair is officially known as <em>Brachypelma albopilosum</em>.</p><p></p><p>If you can find a dealer who will cooperate, next time specify that you want a female as a pet. Female <em>B. albopilosum</em> will live 20 years or more from the time of leaving the eggsac.</p><p></p><p>If you decide to buy a wee baby of undetermined sex, get at least three instead. If you do so you will have 7 chances out of 8 of getting at least one female. What do you do with all the extras you decide you don't want? Advertise them on this forum. The spare females are in great demand as pets, the males are in demand by breeders.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p><p></p><p>Stan Schultz</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stan Schultz, post: 139667, member: 28438"] First, go to this website and start reading: [URL]http://people.ucalgary.ca/~schultz/spiders.html[/URL]. Don't try to read it all at once, it's been known to cause brain damage. :) Read one or two pages a day until you've gone through the entire website. Especially, read this page: [URL]http://people.ucalgary.ca/~schultz/Misting.html[/URL]. You need to read a good book on tarantulas. I dare not recommend any for fear of being criticized for blowing my own horn, but there are several good ones available. Perhaps others can recommend a few. Yes indeed, it is a mature male and is highly unlikely to ever molt again. Typically, the [I]Brachypelma[/I] and [I]Aphonopelma[/I] live for 12 to 18 months after their maturing molt, but your mileage may vary. BTW, the curly hair is officially known as [I]Brachypelma albopilosum[/I]. If you can find a dealer who will cooperate, next time specify that you want a female as a pet. Female [I]B. albopilosum[/I] will live 20 years or more from the time of leaving the eggsac. If you decide to buy a wee baby of undetermined sex, get at least three instead. If you do so you will have 7 chances out of 8 of getting at least one female. What do you do with all the extras you decide you don't want? Advertise them on this forum. The spare females are in great demand as pets, the males are in demand by breeders. Hope this helps. Stan Schultz [/QUOTE]
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