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I have a super tough choice next week.
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Balfouri and then an hmac. Or both at once..
That's what I was thinking too. The pet store has any 5 obt slings and another two h pulchripes as well. I think I have an addiction, and na won't help this time. Lol
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M balfouri are super easy to take care of and really interesting, especially in a communal. H mac is beautiful, but a bit more sensitive to humidity. I still haven’t seen an H pulchripes in person, but the pictures really make me want one because they look awesome and I know the pictures don’t come close to really showing the coloring.
You’ll enjoy whatever you come home with.
You’ll enjoy whatever you come home with.
For sure. My pet store has a few more h pulchripes sling. Maybe we can work something out...
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Neither...you were just complaining about not seeing your obt. 
Get something you can visually enjoy.
Get something you can visually enjoy.Like what? A fire knee? Maybe a carabena versicolor?Neither...you were just complaining about not seeing your obt.
I kinda agree with @Arachnoclown
Also, if you're going to get slings let me tell you that Brachypelma are beauties but they're slow growing. Got my B. auratum (Mexican fire knee) in 12 July 2018, it has molted thrice in my care and is still small, brown thing (photo attached) From genus Bracypelma I also have B. boehmei (fireleg), B. albopilosum, B. albiceps, and B. klaasi. All slings. It's satisfying to wait and watch them sloooooowly starting to show their colouring molt after molt.
Caribena versicolor are visually quite stunning even in sling state, and at least mine stays quite often visible next to its web tube. Easy to keep if an enclosure has sufficient cross ventilation.
Acanthoscurria geniculata are stunners, too. They grow fast and have strong feeding response. My juvenile basically never hides.
Also, if you're going to get slings let me tell you that Brachypelma are beauties but they're slow growing. Got my B. auratum (Mexican fire knee) in 12 July 2018, it has molted thrice in my care and is still small, brown thing (photo attached)
From genus Bracypelma I also have B. boehmei (fireleg), B. albopilosum, B. albiceps, and B. klaasi. All slings. It's satisfying to wait and watch them sloooooowly starting to show their colouring molt after molt.Caribena versicolor are visually quite stunning even in sling state, and at least mine stays quite often visible next to its web tube. Easy to keep if an enclosure has sufficient cross ventilation.
Acanthoscurria geniculata are stunners, too. They grow fast and have strong feeding response. My juvenile basically never hides.
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Where I go, all the brachys are post juvi, and I'd prefer to grow with the new ones. If they had one I'd be on it. They have a few different avic types and the baboons I listed, and an h gigas. Definitely not the h gigas. I'll spend more time looking into those first.
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I kinda agree with @Arachnoclown
Also, if you're going to get slings let me tell you that Brachypelma are beauties but they're slow growing. Got my B. auratum (Mexican fire knee) in 12 July 2018, it has molted thrice in my care and is still small, brown thing (photo attached)
Caribena versicolor are visually quite stunning even in sling state, and at least mine stays quite often visible next to its web tube. Easy to keep if an enclosure has sufficient cross ventilation.
Acanthoscurria geniculata are stunners, too. They grow fast and have strong feeding response. My juvenile basically never hides.
Patience.... just give it a decade or so and it’ll look like this!
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I agree with @Nunua and @Metalman2004 a Brachypelma or a A.Geniculata would be an excellent choice...as would a Nhandu Chromatus?
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Headed to the pet store now. I'll get a list.I agree with @Nunua and @Metalman2004 a Brachypelma or a A.Geniculata would be an excellent choice...as would a Nhandu Chromatus?
It's so cute and fluffy!
You tried looking into online vendors? They’ll have a much better selection and potentially cheaper aswell
I have, but I'm a little worried that I won't be home. $50 for m balfouri isn't too bad. The store took most of the slings to the fair. So no luck with that list.
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Brachypelma from central America grow faster then the ones from Mexico I've noticed.
Brachypelma Sabulosum "Guatemalen red rump" left.
Brachypelma vagans "Mexican red rump" right. Both came from sacks I pulled a month apart. One year of age.
Brachypelma vagans "Mexican red rump" right. Both came from sacks I pulled a month apart. One year of age.
B vagans is a favorite looking spider.
If you do plan on getting something else, I recommend any Brachys, Aphonopelmas (especially hentzi), A. geniculata or P. platyomma (this particular pamph won't break the bank like others in the genus.
That said, you just got your first two right? If I were you I would hold off for a few months before getting something else. That gives you time to gain more experience with what you already have.
That said, you just got your first two right? If I were you I would hold off for a few months before getting something else. That gives you time to gain more experience with what you already have.
This is a good point. I've been wanting a great kilt for awhile...
