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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jenniferinfl" data-source="post: 199270" data-attributes="member: 37398">So- probably the smarter way to do it is to buy several at a time of slow-growing species like brachy and aphonopelma. I have not done it that way because I'm an idiot.. lolAdditionally, be mindful of the sizes you are purchasing. I got excited getting back into the hobby a couple months ago and 'convenience-purchased' quite a few from a local pet shop. These were practically juveniles and as they're molting it turns out they are all male.. lol I kind of think that a breeder grew them out large enough to find the females for their own breeding program. Can't blame them, especially selling to a pet store that is going to end up with a lot of people purchasing on a whim and not knowing much about tarantulas. A lot of pet owners probably feel like a male tarantulas lifespan in those species is plenty to be honest. Realistically, if I was just getting pets, then a male brachy lives a decent amount of time. Right now, I have 34 different species because I bought one of each. I don't feel like I need to buy several psalmo's at once just because they're pretty fast growers and I started with sub 1" a couple months ago and already have 2" that will probably be identifiable without a microscope next molt. My brachy slings meanwhile have put on tiny amounts of growth in two months and I regret buying just one of each.. lol</blockquote>