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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whitelightning777" data-source="post: 231502" data-attributes="member: 26980">No. Pokies aren't communal. I keep all mine separately. The vast majority of tarantulas aren't communal. Pokies are fast and the venom is medically significant. They are also arboreal not terrestrial which adds to the difficulty. Look at bite reports from members of a genus & start with a sling or young juvenile, not an adult if you're an amateur and want to begin with a more "difficult" species, especially a larger member of the genus. That way you can grow with the spider.A terrestrial old world dry spider might be easier if you insist on an old world. M balfouri is such a spider and they are trustworthy as communals.However, old world species aren't usually recommended as good first spiders at all.Probably the best good first spiders are larger slings or smaller juveniles of lasiodira genus like L klugi or acanscuria genus such as A geniculata. Just don't ever handle them!!Both are colorful, get huge, grow fast & are very hardy. They are new world species. Watch out for the hairs!!</blockquote>