Planning 2nd Tarantula...choices...choices

[hopeful_tarantula]

Hello,
I am now planning to get my next tarantula in the next month or so, but am unsure as to what to get:
I have posted a poll and will go for whatever comes closest...either that or what my parents will allow me to get - which is basically any of the ones in the vote lol.
Have fun!
Julia x

 

[MatthewM1]

It wont let me vote on the poll, but I vote Avicularia versicolor

 

[Poec54]

Everything but the rosea and versicolor. Roseas are famous for mood swings, and Avics have a narrow range of acceptable conditions, and too many beginners lose theirs before they get a feel for them. Hold off on Avics until you master terrestrials. Brachypelma are gorgeous and calm.

 

[HungryGhost]

G. pulchripes or B. boehmei

 

[spidey noob]

its an easy choise get one of each !!!

 

[MatthewM1]

its an easy choise get one of each !!!

Nah pick one and get 5 of em. Keep that female you were hoping for, then sell/trade the rest for your next batch.

 

[tcrave]

Grammostola pulcheripes they get large and grow at a faster rate than other Grammostola sp

 

[hopeful_tarantula]

I must admit I am falling more towards a Grammostola pulcheripes. But I am also falling towards the Grammostola rosea as well...even if it might be one of the mega feisty ones (I love a challenge). Still haven't decided yet, but I have a few weeks to go until I completely decide on the one I like (just got to buy a new mattress first - my feels like sleeping on just a sheet with springs underneath me lol)
Thanks for the votes so far, keep them coming please x

 

[Enn49]

I've gone for B. smithi simply because the 2 I have are always visible.

 

[Entity]

Always visible enn? i havent seen mine in ages. lol

 

[Enn49]

Always visible enn? i havent seen mine in ages. lol

Yes, neither have bothered to burrow nor use the cork bark as a hide. Popo, the smallest at ½'' just sits out in the open whereas Pico, just a little bigger, will sit on the cork or up the side of the container or quite often on the edge of the water bowl..

 

[Entity]

I wish mine was like that. I dont even know what she looks like anymore. lol. I get to watch dirt move around from time to time. Thats about it.

 

[Enn49]

I wish mine was like that. I dont even know what she looks like anymore. lol. I get to watch dirt move around from time to time. Thats about it.

Maybe they'll change their habits as they grow but I have a few others that I never see.

 

[Entity]

Yeah thats what im hoping. still settling in and what not.

 

[hopeful_tarantula]

I am actually hoping to pick up a new little addition tomorrow as I am going into a good tarantula shop in the morning. Still don't know what I want yet, but I am bordering for another terrestrial type...so either G. pulcheripes , B. smithi, G. rosea (porteri). I am so excited and will definitely post if I do get one tomorrow , Already got the name for the newbie, and I shall reveal the name tomorrow if and when I do pick one up tomorrow.

P.S - regarding me getting a mattress - it can wait until if and when I do pick up the little addition lol.

 

[hopeful_tarantula]

OK - first of all, many apologies as I picked up my tarantula on Tuesday, but within half an hour of getting it, I ended up in hospital with stomach cramps.

As I said, I did pick it up, but the choice was completely off from the voting scale as I fell in love with a semi-adult Eauthlus parvulus (Chile Gold Burst) instead. It was sitting finishing off the remains of a cricket, but when it had done, it put its 2 front legs on the glass and was pretty much saying "Buy me or else" lol. It's been named "Truffle" by my SJA Cadets (bunch of 10-17 year olds) and we had a competition of what the best name for it would be and "Truffle" won lol.

I am still interested in buying something off my list, because a) I already need to move it to a bigger tank and b)not until after the 10th March as I have just put a deposit down for a new mattress (my back and side has been begging me for a new one), but I definitely will be getting one off my list after the 10th March.

I am definitely going to post some photos of it on Sunday as I have some free time then and will have time to dig my camera out lol
Julia xx