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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brucej" data-source="post: 121602" data-attributes="member: 27155">Hi. For a biginner you prob don't want to get too small of a sling. You will want a more mature spicamen as slings are harder to care for as far as food and temp/humidity is involved.My experience has been that so called beginner tarantulas will vary in attitude.A g rosea. Common first for people can be a demon.I had a smithi that was happy one day and angry the next. Would bite me if I hadn't already had previously experience with others.My Brazilian black was very nice but thought everything that came close was food. So had to be cautious with that one as well. Let it know it was me and not a food source. Once I did that it was fine.Currently have a Chilean flame dwarf sling that I've been raising for a while now it has finally reached an inch. Weirdly from other threads I've read this one disobeys the rules of this species in a way. It eats like crazy and has never been shy of live food. Attacks like a tiger on anything. It does however follow the curious and "happy" nature of the species.So what I'm saying is any beginner species are good just be aware and learn what the attitude is at the time as they change. If they kick hair they are mad, if the turn around when proding them lightly with a brush it may bite. Not trying to turn you off of them just takes time to learn. They are very interesting creatures and as you mentioned very facination. I personally don't recommend a g.rosea as a first but like I said all the beginner ones I've ever owned seem to not quite follow the rules!! LolGood luck and hope you enjoy the hobby as much as I do.</blockquote>

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