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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whitelightning777" data-source="post: 136590" data-attributes="member: 26980">Congrats on the new arrivals.So long as you do top notch research and have a strategy for containing and controlling the tarantula, you can succeed with anything.Look at what hobbyists in Australia have to start out with if you don't believe me!!In general in my opinion, terrestrials are easier then arboreals all other things being equal, but the exact behavior of your particular species is much more important then general trends for large regions of the world or genus types.I think it's best to talk to someone who likes the species you want or at least has some in the same genus.  You don't have to reinvent the wheel.Of course, while I'm a skeptic on the whole ladder thing, I think starting with a NW is probably a bit more prudent, less steep of a learning curve if nothing else.</blockquote>