New, and already in too deep.

[owax]

Hi all!

I'm 4 months into this hobby!
It all started with a pink toe sling and an LP that molted just a few weeks after bringing it home.
Now i have over 30 of these crazy things and I haven't yet tired of learning, talking or sharing about this new hobby.

This seems like a great forum with many veteran keepers, as well as new fans venturing into the hobby.

I hope to help as much as I can and learn from all of you.

All the best!

 

[khatchet]

Well come to the forum, you can learn a lot here and I am sure you will be able to help so people to.

 

[Kymura]

I think most if not all of us are neck deep, Loving them though ^^
Welcome to the forum ! post lots of pictures ^^

 

[Enn49]

Hi, welcome to the forum. It's certainly an addictive hobby but you've come to the right place to share advice..

 

[MassExodus]

Welcome, and wow...that's a lot of spiders in four months. I forsee you will become a great Jedi Knight, Obi Won

 

[SasyStace]

Hello Owax and welcome to the forum!

 

[Phil]

Hi all!

I'm 4 months into this hobby!
It all started with a pink toe sling and an LP that molted just a few weeks after bringing it home.
Now i have over 30 of these crazy things and I haven't yet tired of learning, talking or sharing about this new hobby.

This seems like a great forum with many veteran keepers, as well as new fans venturing into the hobby.

I hope to help as much as I can and learn from all of you.

All the best!

Welcome to the forum, you certainly have an addiction going on there.....lol. "hello, my name is @owax and I have been an arachnoholic for 4 months, it's been 2 days since my last fix"......lol. This is a great forum, please make sure you post some lovely pics for us all to enjoy☺

 

[owax]

Thank you for the warm welcome! I'm excited to get to know you all better.
The addiction is very real. I have an N. Chromatus and A. Versicolor on the way for this weeks fix!
QUESTION - I would love some help Identifying a T that I adopted from a guy that was getting rid of her.
It was advertised as a Female T. blondi but I think that's incorrect. Based on what I can find I was thinking a Palomino Blonde. He could have easily confused the names I guess. Here is a pic.
This was my 3rd Tarantula. We affectionately named her chestnut because of her big bald...well you know. He said she hadn't eaten for several months, possibly 6 before I got her and that she was about to molt. Being brand new to the hobby, I had no idea what to expect so I patiently waited for 2 months as she refused to eat. I rehoused her and for 5 of the last 6 weeks has eaten. Still no molt though.

Any help or feedback would be great! Thanks!

 

[Phil]

Thank you for the warm welcome! I'm excited to get to know you all better.
The addiction is very real. I have an N. Chromatus and A. Versicolor on the way for this weeks fix!
QUESTION - I would love some help Identifying a T that I adopted from a guy that was getting rid of her.
It was advertised as a Female T. blondi but I think that's incorrect. Based on what I can find I was thinking a Palomino Blonde. He could have easily confused the names I guess. Here is a pic.
This was my 3rd Tarantula. We affectionately named her chestnut because of her big bald...well you know. He said she hadn't eaten for several months, possibly 6 before I got her and that she was about to molt. Being brand new to the hobby, I had no idea what to expect so I patiently waited for 2 months as she refused to eat. I rehoused her and for 5 of the last 6 weeks has eaten. Still no molt though.

Any help or feedback would be great! Thanks!
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Deffo not a T. BlondI. The good thing about have a nice shiny you know what is that when the T is ready to molt the bald patch usually goes dark as the hairs underneath develop so much easier to identify pre-molt. Could well be a dessert blonde or mexicsn blonde but I am no expert. Many others on this forum are though so I am confident you will get a classification soon.

 

[khatchet]

I could be wrong but I think it looks like an Aphonopelma chalcodes.

 

[Hisserdude]

Welcome, you got a really nice collection there!

 

[Phil]

I could be wrong but I think it looks like an Aphonopelma chalcodes.

Yep, one of my thoughts too (aka the desert blonde) ☺ I am trying to get better at identification so I hope this gets further validation by others too.

 

[owax]

Welcome, you got a really nice collection there!

Thank you!

 

[owax]

Thanks everyone for your input here!! I really appreciate it. I think the Aphonopelma chalcodes is safe call moving forward.

 

[Psyrocke]

I'd second the chalcodes or if this species of the Aphonopelma genus still exist the Aphonopelma iodius:

Photo by Peter J. Byrant and taken from here.

 

[kormath]

wow 30 Ts in 4 months, i thought i was bad jumping in feet first with 20 in 6 months lol. Welcome to the addiction and the forums.