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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nicolas C" data-source="post: 71001" data-attributes="member: 3795"><p>For me, it was a tiny Brachypelma boehmei sling, which was sold to me as a smithi by a local petshop (we discovered the mistake when he began to show his adult colors!). I've always been passionate by spiders, but having a tarantula at home never came to my mind, until my wife asked me: "Why not?" during a visit to the said petshop with my first son (we used to do that to show him animals). We took some weeks to prepare ourselves (bad preparation, as you'll see!), and that was it! Poor guy: he had to suffer all the noobs mistakes you can imagine! The enclosure was an arboreal one (sold to us by the petshop); substrate was wood shavings; we left crickets in enclosures during his first molt, we bought a heating mat that we put first under, then on the side; then we put a light bulb inside the bigger (terrestrial) enclosure we bought for him (so big that we were able to put our adult T strimi afterwards, and there still is room!); he broke twice a leg because he fell from too much height; my wife thought there were two spiders ("Look! He made a baby!!!") in the enclosure after the first molt, etc etc etc.! But he managed to survive everything, turned out to be a mature male after six years and died a good death during sexual intercourses with a madame boehmei. Of course, I learnt a lot during the process, and hope he forgave me for my mistakes. It helps me today not to be too severe with noobs. I was one once, and my memories are still lively!</p></blockquote><p></p>

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