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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dryinidae1" data-source="post: 242998" data-attributes="member: 51201"><p>Many on Arachnoboard questioned my first choice when I introduced myself there, but I really have a well thought out plan.  I was hoping to beat the odds and end up with a female( I read 70% +/- of slings are male and it makes sense given their life cycles).  As luck would have it, I did(kudos to “Fear Not Tarantulas“)!!  I just bought two more slings of the same spp.  How unbelievably unlucky could I be now to get two more females!!  Just got a 18X12X12 tall enclosure for my female and am currently looking for a piece of wood with a hollow about 12” off the ground.  Despite everything I have ever heard or read of this spp being photosensitive, mine is not and since it’s last molt and rehousing it is out of its tunnel most all day and night chilling on a log.  Does have a f… you attitude though!!  I figure a year or so raising the next slings and attempting a pairing when one matures. I will never have more than a couple of them and will probably always be Old World. I’m leaning large arboreal again. I have enough issues with itchy eyes and skin rashes that periodically flair up.  F… the urticating hairs.  Image from about 9/20 just after the fourth molt. Saturation was slightly adjusted to bring out the purple as this was the first time I actually saw color on it.</p></blockquote><p></p>