What does everyone have???

[Blackwidow69]

Hi, im new here and was wondering how many of you have T's and how many and what kinds?? Also whats your fav T.. I use to have 59 at one time and then sold some to fund another project.. Now i have just my personal favs. and long time pets down to 12 T's.. I have giant white knees, green bottle blue, texas tan, mexican red knee, Usambara, curly hair, Brazilian salmon pink Indian ornamental and one thats supose to be a Brazilian fire red but i think its something else.. I have been working with tarantulas since i was little and befour there ever was any C.I.T.E.S when mexican red knees was really mexican red legs and you could pick them up for a meer $15.00 bucks. I have had many other types and have breed a few. I had some really intresting goliaths that i will tell you about later.. Are T's addicting YOU BET THEY ARE.. Gota love em.. hehehehehehe!!! :D ;)

[Pixie]

Hi,

I presently only have 2 tarantulas, a mexican red knee and a cobalt blue, both lovely ladies :D You can see pictures of them and their set-ups either in some of the recent threads in this forum or by checking out my gallery (just click on the little camera next to my name).

I am definitely planning on getting some more in the future! Just waiting on some 10 gal tanks to free up and I'll be sure to get myself a b. boehmi and a few more! Just hard on choosing which one I want next sometimes!!!

Would love to see some pics of your T's and other animals :)

Pixie

[fr0glet]

I only keep one mere g. rosea these days, cutie that she is. I've always kept rose hairs since I was a child. I love to visit my friend's office, she works for www.tarantulas.com and they have a HUGE and AMAZING collection!!! :jawdrop:

I also have an emporer scorpion and 2 hisser cockroaches and 2 lobster cockroaches. I also HAD an Australian Giant Walking Stick, she just died of old age but I have hundreds of eggs to remember her by!! Hopefully I will have babies soon. :D

[Conipto]

I've got a few :) 11 now I think

Bill

[Reptscue]

I only have 2 Ts, a pink toe and suntiger.
But, you see, I'm afraid of spiders. This is my way to get over the fear.
I've owned the pink toe for a while and just rescued the baby suntiger.
They are such beautiful creatures.

[Hamster of Borg]

My invert collection:

1 Acanthoscurria geniculata (Brazillian White Knee Tarantula)
1 Aphonopelma bicoloratum (Mexican Bloodleg Tarantula)
1 Aphonopelma chalcodes (Desert Blonde Tarantula)
1 Aphonopelma eutylenum (California Ebony Tarantula)
1 Aphonopelma moderatum (Rio Grande Gold Tarantula)
1 Aphonopelma seemanni (Costa Rican Zebra Leg Tarantula)
1 Aphonopelma stoicum (Yucatan Copper Tarantula)
2 Aphonopelma unclassified sp. (Rio Grande Copperback Tarantula)
1 Brachypelma albopilosum (Costa Rican Curly Haired Tarantula)
1 Brachypelma baumgarteni (Mexican Orange Beauty Tarantula)
1 Brachypelma vagans (Mexican Red Rump Tarantula)
1 Chaetopelma gracile (Turkish Purple Dwarf Tarantula)
1 Chilobrachys andersoni (Burmese Giant Brown Tarantula)
1 Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens (Green Bottle Blue Tarantula)
1 Cyclosternum fasciatum (Costa Rican Tiger Rump Tarantula)
1 Euathlus pulcherrimusklaasi (Ecuadorian Blue Femur Beauty Tarantula)
2 Haplopelma lividum (Cobalt Blue Tarantula)
1 Holothele sp. (French Guyana Dwarf Tarantula)
1 Lasiodora parahybana (Brazilian Salmon Bird Eating Spider)
1 Poecilotheria regalis (Indian Ornamental Tarantula)
1 Pterinochilus murinus (Usambara Baboon Tarantula)
1 Theraphosa blondi (Goliath Bird Eating Spider)
1 Unclassified barychelid species from Tanzania (Smoky Grey Dwarf Tarantula)

1 Schizocosa avida (Wolf Spider)

1 Centruroides gracilis (Florida Slender Brown Scorpion)
2 Hadogenes troglodytes (Flat Rock Scorpion)
1 Heterometrus longimanus (Giant Asian Forest Scorpion)
1 Pandinus imperator (Emperor Scorpion)

1 Damon variegatus (Giant Tailless Whip Scorpion)

1 Galeodes granti (Egyptian Banded Solifugid)

I think thats everyone. :)

Ham.

[fr0glet]

:jawdrop:

[Blackwidow69]

:cool: Wow , very impressive collection ya got there Ham, nice nice nice.... Out of all those whats your fav.????;)

[Hamster of Borg]

Thats like asking a parent which of his kids is his favorite. I love them all. :)

Rav

[Blackwidow69]

:D Hehehehehe!! I got ya there bud.. I know just what ya mean.. LOL!!!! But i still have my fav's.. Hey Rav.. Hows that Galeodes granti (Egyptian Banded Solifugid) ? Whats the size of yours?? How long ya had it?? Just curious... hehehehe!!!:D

[Hamster of Borg]

I got him about a month ago. He's about 2.5" or so. Really quick, and loves to shred crickets. :)

http://www.ravnos.org/photos/bugs/sietch.jpg

Rav

[Blackwidow69]

:cool: Rav, hes just way to cool looking.. sounds like you have fun with that one.. awsome pic!!!!;) I really like those little guys to bad they just dont live longer...:(

[Tim and Julie B]

I only have 1 right now. My wife is terrified of them. It started off as no spiders and now it's up 2 max. The only one I have now is a Salem Orna-mental! He or she is not to friendly.

[Matt]

0.1 skeleton tarantula....not really into the tarantulas yet...but slowly getting there :)

[OttawaChris]

Wow... you started out with a skeleton eh? Thats a big bite to take as a first spider... I always refer to those as a NW spider with an OW attitude problem.

As for my collection... I have scaled back slightyly

5 G. Rosea (my first and still my fav)
2 A. Avicularia (docile little cuties)
1 A. Versicolor (gorgeous spiders)
9 B. Albopilosum (one of the most under-rated species in the hobby IMO)
9 C. Fasciata (real lookers! Still fairly new to Canada)
2 T. Blondi (the big bad *** of the spider world)
1 H. gigas (an adventure every time the lid is open... mean little biatch)
1 P. terror (aka Usambara baboon... needs anger management therapy)
1 M. Velvetosoma (very rare now)
1 A. Moderatum (my favorite blonde)
1 B. Anitha (spunky for a spiderling)
1 H. Minax (the only spiderling to ever challenge me to a fight)
1 H. Lividium (permanent case of PMS)
1 C. Paganus (lightning fast and always pissed off)
2 A. Seemani (my other happy couple)
1 G. Aureostriata (my biggest sweetheart... I can hand feed her)
5 B. Smithi (cost me a damn fortune but well worth every penny)
1 C. Thorelli (can already tell this baby will be a bad kid)

Hmm... I think thats all for now... always buying new goodies though!

[Matt]

nice collection chris, i think my next will be a vericolor
ive heard skeleton bites are real bad....im being carefully around her :)

[MoreliaMike]

Here's what I have:
1 gravid B.smithi
1.1 Phormictopus cancerides
1 female Ephebopus murinus
1 A cantosurria geniculata
1 Avicularia aurantiaca
2 Avicularia versicolor
2 Avicularia purpurea
2 Brachypelma ruhnaui
1 female Haplopelma schimdti
1 female Brachypelma klaasi
2 Cyriopagopus thorelli
1 Citharischius crawshayi
1 Grammostola pulchra
1 Hysterocrates hercules
1 Lasiodora parahybana
1 Nhandu coloratovillosus
1 Poecilotheria penderseni
1Poecilotheria smithi

-Mike

[Blackwidow69]

:cool: Hey Chris and Mike, wow very nice collections ya got and i do say very impressive to.... Now arent they very addicting..LOL!!!!!! I just love my T's..;) :D Mike how do you like your G.Pulchra??? Thats one of my fav's..

[MoreliaMike]

Hey BW69,
The brazil black is about 3" and a very nervous little guy. I bought it for my girlfriend. She just doesn't know yet. I'm trying to pull her into the invert world. I'm going to raise it up, then it's hers. My favorite spider of my collection is really the P.cancerides.
Mike

[Blackwidow69]

:cool: Hey Mike what is your P. cancerides classified as ive seen them here under some of the dealers as either Haitian Brown, or Red Island Birdeater?? But a very good choice ya have there none the less.. brazilian blacks should not be skittish at all..:)

[MoreliaMike]

BW69,
The brazil black is still a little guy. No biting, just nervous. The P.cancerides is usually sold as haitian birdeater. It's a misnomer because they occur on both sides of Hispanola (Haiti and Dominican Republic). This is why I don't like common names. Dealers tend to change names just to move animals.
Mike

[OttawaChris]

The G.Pulchra seem to always be nervous until they hit the 3-4 inch mark. Your will probably settle down soon and become the relaxed buddy spider that we all know them as :)

Individual results vary though hehe

[reptilesalonica]

Right now i have 30 herps. Among them just one invert, a semi adult mexican red rump (Brachypelma vagans), but i want to get more T's. I like them a lot! Generaly i like colorful T's such: Haplopelma lividum, Avicularia versicolor, Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens, Theraphosa blondi etc.

[nuno]

I have 0.0.1 Skeleten tarantula and 0.0.1 Green bottle blue

I want a versicolor

[Sunrunner]

I have a brand new Pink Toe (I thought that was good till I read your lists ;) )

[OttawaChris]

Wel all have to start somewhere ;) watch out though... they are addictive! Before ya know it you will have a collection of 20+

[AstroZombie]

A. avicularia
A. moderatum
B. smithi
B. emilia
B. albopilosa
G. rosea
H. lividum
L. cristata
L. parahybana


Hopefully my next T will be a Brazilian Black and White (B. colloratvillosum). Anyone know Canadian pricing on this one?
:D

:skull: Jenn:skull:

[OttawaChris]

Depends which size you want... back in tha fall when I was selling 1 inchers used to sell around 48 bucks... 2 inchers were 72 and large females were selling at 180 (these are all Canadian prices)

These will probably be a little cheaper now that the dollar is stronger and it is springtime.

You would probably love an A. Geniculata? I think they are a lot more spider for the buck.

[AstroZombie]

I was quoted $150 CDN for an adult female, just wondering if it was a fair price.
A. geniculata is definately on my "want list", but they are more readily available ( at least from my observations) than the Brazilian B&W and was just considering jumping on the chance to aquire one while it was locally (yay, no shipping) available.

Thanks Chris
:D

:skull: Jenn:skull:

[OttawaChris]

They have actually now been moved into the genus nhandu instead of brazillopelma... keep that in mind too if you are shopping around.

[Herp Lover]

Here is mine:
2 A.seemanni
1 A.moderatum
1 A.geniculata
2 A.avicularia
1 A.laeta
1 B.smithi
3 P.cambridgei
1 P.irminia
2 Usambaras
1 H.lividum
2 C.cyaneopubescens
2 A.versicolor
1 H.gigas
1 C.crawshayi
1 G.rosea

2 P.imperator

1 Painted Turtle

Thats all for now!


James

[Gregg M]

I now have about 45 Parabuthus trans. 4 of my females gave birth all within 2 weeks of eachother........ Lots of babies...... I had more but some of the babies ate eachother...... I noticed this happens while some are molting.......