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05-25-04, 08:20 PM
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Join Date: May-2004
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Where to buy the P. Metallica Spiders??
I just saw photos and they are so beautiful! I have a tropical reef tank and a Green Tree Pythion and this is the first time I have ever wanted to own a spider...
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05-25-04, 08:24 PM
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Join Date: Jan-2004
Location: Toronto, On.
Age: 38
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Bruce at Arachnophyliacs or Martin at Tarantulas Canada.
Aidan
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05-25-04, 08:30 PM
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Join Date: Aug-2003
Location: Thunder Bay Ontario
Age: 42
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I hope you are rich
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05-25-04, 09:00 PM
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Join Date: Sep-2002
Location: near Windsor
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Hello.
Actually, you don't have to be rich. Compared to what some pay for other herps, spiders are quite affordable.
What should be pointed out, is that P.metallica isn't yet available on seller's lists. It was recently discovered, and only a few specimens smuggled out of their country. The ones available are in the hands of people who are attempting to establish them in captivity. will take a while for them to be bred in numbers, and for the price to come down enough to keep them merely as single pets.
They are very nice, but in the meantime, there are other tarantulas worthy of getting!
Try looking up:
A.versicolor
C. cyanopubescens
C. fasciatum
B. boehmei
for starters. You may be pleasantly surprised at how much color is out there!
Good luck
D.
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05-27-04, 07:21 PM
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Join Date: Jan-2004
Location: Edmonton, AB
Age: 43
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Quote:
Originally posted by Dragoon
What should be pointed out, is that P.metallica isn't yet available on seller's lists. It was recently discovered, and only a few specimens smuggled out of their country. The ones available are in the hands of people who are attempting to establish them in captivity. will take a while for them to be bred in numbers, and for the price to come down enough to keep them merely as single pets.
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Actually Poecilotheria metallica was described in 1899 originally, however, the species seemed to disappear until recently. There were a few Europeans who managed to "remove" some adults from India, and the result was a few hundred CB (or Captive born, anyways!) spiderlings of this never before offered species. Here is a recent picture of one of my 2" specimens.
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05-27-04, 11:04 PM
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Join Date: Aug-2003
Location: Thunder Bay Ontario
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Wow you are lucky Andrew
"this is one of my 2" specimens"
How many do you have?
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It's not that I'm lazy; it's that I just don't care.
-Peter
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05-28-04, 04:01 PM
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Join Date: Jan-2004
Location: Edmonton, AB
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Well, I have 2.
The one in the picture is growing faster than the other which is only about 1.5" and one moult behind.
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05-28-04, 04:07 PM
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Join Date: Jan-2004
Location: Toronto, On.
Age: 38
Posts: 677
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Does anyone know Bruce's phone number?
Aidan
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05-29-04, 05:02 AM
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Join Date: Dec-2003
Location: Cobble Hill, B.C
Posts: 542
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i do
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05-30-04, 10:52 AM
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Join Date: Jan-2004
Location: Toronto, On.
Age: 38
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Haha, Manville, could you perhaps PM it to me please? Thanks very much bud.
Aidan
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