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Hey,
About ten years ago, I worked at a pet store that carried tarantulas. I know what you're thinking, but bear with me. At this pet store there worked an old man who looked like a goblin, and he knew his ****, but more importantly, he was the guy in charge of training me on the non-mammal section of the store, and I feel like I got a pretty good idea on tarantula care.
Fast forward to this decade, last December my girlfriend and I were at our local petsmart, and I remember remarking to myself now that I'm an adult, how affordable that tarantula is, and then remembered I already knew how to care for them. I had bought that little black spider by the end of the week. By the end of January I had read the tarantula keeper's guide cover to cover, and by March I had 9 Ts under my care (8 currently, I unfortunately lost my Euathlus sp. red).
I currently have (in the order I acquired them, all measurements except Bishop's are approximate):
A. avicularia, (f) 4" named bishop
A. avicularia, (f) 2.5" named The Corsair (she had an interesting color pattern, I had hoped she was mislabeled at the store)
A. seemanni, (?) 4.5" named Spooky. She was sold to me at a reptile show, the breeder had her labeled as "brazilian skeleton tarantula", which is where she gets her spooky scary name
P. metallica, (suspected f) 2" named Violet. She was probably 3/4" when I got her, from the same vendor I got Spooky from. They grow up so fast
B. smithi, (f) 4" named Taco, missing half of her back two right side legs
B. smithi, (m) 2" named Chico. He's engaged to Taco
GBB, (f) 5" named Big Momma Blue. The girlfriend kept mishearing "green bottle blue" and started calling her that, I call her blue for short
G. rosea (f) 3.5" named Rose. Probably the least imaginative name, it was another pick by the girlfriend
The late Euathlus sp. red, (f) 2.5-3", named Red. She was such a sweat spider, I had her for a month to the day before she passed, not sure what killed her. Preserved her in an alcohol gel matrix
Here's an imgur gallery of them all, taken before I got a phone with a good quality camera, so if anybody wants to see a clearer shot of any of them, just ask, I probably have one on my phone already.
http://imgur.com/a/ta046
About ten years ago, I worked at a pet store that carried tarantulas. I know what you're thinking, but bear with me. At this pet store there worked an old man who looked like a goblin, and he knew his ****, but more importantly, he was the guy in charge of training me on the non-mammal section of the store, and I feel like I got a pretty good idea on tarantula care.
Fast forward to this decade, last December my girlfriend and I were at our local petsmart, and I remember remarking to myself now that I'm an adult, how affordable that tarantula is, and then remembered I already knew how to care for them. I had bought that little black spider by the end of the week. By the end of January I had read the tarantula keeper's guide cover to cover, and by March I had 9 Ts under my care (8 currently, I unfortunately lost my Euathlus sp. red).
I currently have (in the order I acquired them, all measurements except Bishop's are approximate):
A. avicularia, (f) 4" named bishop
A. avicularia, (f) 2.5" named The Corsair (she had an interesting color pattern, I had hoped she was mislabeled at the store)
A. seemanni, (?) 4.5" named Spooky. She was sold to me at a reptile show, the breeder had her labeled as "brazilian skeleton tarantula", which is where she gets her spooky scary name
P. metallica, (suspected f) 2" named Violet. She was probably 3/4" when I got her, from the same vendor I got Spooky from. They grow up so fast
B. smithi, (f) 4" named Taco, missing half of her back two right side legs
B. smithi, (m) 2" named Chico. He's engaged to Taco
GBB, (f) 5" named Big Momma Blue. The girlfriend kept mishearing "green bottle blue" and started calling her that, I call her blue for short
G. rosea (f) 3.5" named Rose. Probably the least imaginative name, it was another pick by the girlfriend
The late Euathlus sp. red, (f) 2.5-3", named Red. She was such a sweat spider, I had her for a month to the day before she passed, not sure what killed her. Preserved her in an alcohol gel matrix
Here's an imgur gallery of them all, taken before I got a phone with a good quality camera, so if anybody wants to see a clearer shot of any of them, just ask, I probably have one on my phone already.
http://imgur.com/a/ta046
I have either a cross breed or A metallica bought at a petco labeled as a A avic. I'm waiting to see how large it gets. Its already larger than an A avic. Too bad I can't positively ID it. Welcome to the forum Underclock.
