I'm new and cant own a tarantula just yet

[elektragrl]

Hello everyone,
I'm alley and I still live at home with my mom and its this little fact that keeps me from having any T's. I know she would kill them at any means necessary. So I have started to look for a new home and made a wish list of maybe 3 T's I want. Anyone have breeds they just love to look at? Not big on handling!

 

[TheJuicyFruit]

Everyone loves Curly hairs! (Brachypelma albopilosum), and they tend to make great first t's from what I hear.

EDIT: My second T is gonna be a curly hair :3

 

[elektragrl]

Thank you for your input hope your having an awesome day

 

[Enn49]

I agree with TheJuicyFruit about the curlies. I got one free with an order and fell in love with it, I now have 3

 

[elektragrl]

Awesome so what made you two fall in love with them?

 

[Tongue Flicker]

Welcome aboard!

 

[Therasoid]

I agree with TheJuicyFruit about the curlies. I got one free with an order and fell in love with it, I now have 3

I agree with B. albopilosum, out in the open, very hardy, good eaters, and mine thinks she's a bulldozer.[emoji4]
I suggest a B. sabolusom, also a Grammostola pulchra as great ones to have starting your collection. Later, maybe add a B. smithi, B. emilia for their coloration, followed by a G. pulchripes. Any of the Aphonopelma would make a fine addition. All are easy to care for and very hardy, stick with NW terrestrial species. Get the basic husbandry skills down before advancing to the faster, more defensive species.
Happy T'ing and welcome to the forum.[emoji106]

 

[elektragrl]

That's a good list to work from thank you and B. Smithi is best to get as a juvenile sexed female right?

 

[Therasoid]

That's a good list to work from thank you and B. Smithi is best to get as a juvenile sexed female right?

That would be correct.

 

[Morgan94]

Another good investment before you get T's in my opinion would be Stan Schultz's Tarantula Keepers Guide

 

[elektragrl]

I will have to check that one out thank you Morgan94

 

[Morgan94]

Your welcome.. A lot of keepers refer to it as the tarantulas keepers bible. It has a ton of great information in it.

 

[Entity]

B. smithis and GBBs. But i might be a little bit bias.