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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NorseDad" data-source="post: 201474" data-attributes="member: 30858">I am very interested in possibly getting a Poecilotheria with my upcoming T order.  I'm lucky enough to have a local breeder friend who has nearly every variety available as slings. (I'm interested in a rufilata.)I am still a little unsure if I have enough experience to handle the speed and the venom potency.  I have a collection of about 26 species.  Many of them are terrestrial new world slings.  I do have a juvenile OBT, C. marshalli, and H. pulchripes.  The larger Ts in my collection include a 6" T. apophysis, 5" A. seemanni, a 6" P. auratus, a 4" A. avicularia, a 4" A. chalcodes, a 4' GBB, and a 4" A. geniculata.  I definitely have a gap in experience with a faster arboreal species.  I've heard some people say that a Psalmopoeus might be a good stepping stone, which is fine since I planned on getting an irminia and victori eventually anyway.  What do you all think?</blockquote>