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Message: <blockquote data-quote="2moons" data-source="post: 7056" data-attributes="member: 473">Howdy everyone-<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Just joined your forum and thought I'd jump right in.This is my 2nd go-round owning T's. Back in the '80's I had several including about 60+ baby A. avicularias I was raising for my "T connection".  Back then I didn't know dit, except for what I could learn from the T person I was getting mine from. In 1985 I had to re-home my collection because my Dad got ill and came to live with me, but  the love for the hobby never left. I talked about my spideys a lot over the years, and then this last summer, a lil neighbor girl, convinced she was deathly afraid of spiders, gave me the reason I needed, to jump back into the hobby. I was hoping I could show her through observation and the knowledge available online that T's were something to  revere and not the creature that 'myths' made them out to be. (It's been a slow process with her but at least she's been willing to learn about them...)But, for me, it's been AWESOME! As of yesterday, (added 5) my collection is up to 17 and will be 18 when my male Aphonopelma schmidti (Mineral Mntn Blonde) arrives. I am top heavy in Avic. and a good portion of my collection is from this genre. I have m/f A. avic., m/f A. metallica and 2 1" babies, a 1" A. versicolor, a 1 1/2" A. azurklaasi and a 1 1/2" A. braunsmausoni. (Hope I spelled those right). Then there's my mf Min. Mntn, a baby Brachy Red leg, a 1 1/2 P. Pulcher, a baby N. Chromatis, a baby 1" Curleyhair, a baby Chaco, a 1" GBB and a baby  A. gen. (whiteknee). Ok now that I've bored you with my list, lol... I joined the forum, because you guys "love" T's and the posts I've read have already helped me learn more about my brood plus others I'd like to add, and gives me a place to come to when I need help with something I can't find much info. on. I do tend to spend hours looking on line for T info and have really tried to give the T's I have a good place by learning about each sp. and their needs, temperament etc. Every T I have, for different reasons, is my favorite and hope to not drive ya crazzzy with post. LOL I love watching them, feeding them, etc.  and am interested in trying to do some breeding, cuz. "I love babies?" ya...but I also find it an interesting challenge. I also feel it's important to make sure we don't lose our T's to mans progress. I'll do my best to add to the forum but I still consider myself a novice and won't post unless I know what I'm posting is truthful and useful. Thanks to all of you and looking fwd. to meeting and making "spidey" friends.</blockquote>

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