Got my first Tarantula

[janelc]

Perhaps tarantulas are the gateway pet!!! Once I got hooked on t's I started buying all the "weird" and WONDERFUL pets like snakes and lizards and frogs......

[jen1302]

I began with 1 my Rose and now i have around 26 various species from docile to very aggressive and 2 dwarf species 1 Elegan & 1 Trap Door and soon hoping to get 3 juvinile emperors and more Ts & spider's as what i have ain't enough lol.

[sinflspeed]

How goes the tarantula rearing?

[GoliathBirdMuncher]

aright people! Got to say login that pic of yer Chilean rose! I was going to buy one just the other day when I was in buying rat food, but I resisted to do some research on 'T's first! I read and read for hours and even watched some clips on You-tube, after all that I have decided to go to the hardest level and I have orderd a W/C Theraphosa blondi a.k.a Goliath Bird Eater! I know people say they are for experienced owners only but the harder the better! I'm the sorta guy that thinks about buying a jack russel and goes and buys a Rottweiler and a Doberman (TRUE) any way does anybody have experience with these 'T's and if you do give me some ideas how you befriend one and hand feed them? Thankyou! rward1988@yahoo.co.uk

[sinflspeed]

I really have never hand fed my T's only because thecan be very jumpy. I am not sure how the Goliath demeanor. My Lasiodora parahybana (pink salmon birdeater) is small at this pont but is very quick. My Aphonopelma anax (Texas Tan) is very shy so to speak. I handle her but she eats in solitude. She only feeds in the dark. Arachnoboard is a good source for better stories. Keep me posted I love to hear about your blondi. Chose the parahybana over the blondi. Just my preference.