What Was Your First ?

stiggmatt wrote:G. Rosea was my first then it all spiralled out of control

I now tend to keep the Dark side of spiders

I now want something along the line of phoneutria species but the law won't let me

It will if you get a DWAL or PSL

A G. rosey for xmas.
It was my most unexpected and best prezzie

Muze wrote:

stiggmatt wrote:G. Rosea was my first then it all spiralled out of control

I now tend to keep the Dark side of spiders

I now want something along the line of phoneutria species but the law won't let me

It will if you get a DWAL or PSL

I know but it costs money that i don't have at the moment.

Mine was what is now described as Brachypelma emilia, back in 1994

The first T that I bought was a G,Rosea (a very strange one).

My first was a mature male g. rosea from a petshop and he only lasted about 2 months so i got 2 females which i still have and now i have over 150 spidies lol

Mine was my beautiful Golden Knee - Coco. She was an early christmas prezzie from the lovely Jamie

i started with Pandinus imperator, but that's not a T, so doesn't count lol...
my first T's were C darlingi bought at the BTS as a breeding pair. naturally, both turned out to be mature males, i didn't know what to look for at that stage of newb-ism lol so they lived their days out with me.
a little while later, i fell for a G rosea i saw in a shop, but was convinced to wait as it was £60 i think...ended up with two juves from another pet shop (Cold Blooded in Essex) for £15 total! both turned out to be female and i've still got them, they are nearly adult now!
it all went downhill from there... lol

My first tarantula was a Heteroscodra maculata sling - which I got bit by soon enough. Second? An adult female Pterinochilus murinus. No prizes for guessing what my third was.

Mine was a adult G. Rosea that i was surprised with for my birthday 2 years ago. Before that i had a couple of B. smithi's with my dad when i was 8

2 avic avic. Sadly both deceased. Not had any more since.

mine was a G. Rosea sling that i got around 1996 still going strong. didnt get any more spiders till this year (after my pede died and scorps were sold)

Mine was Avicularia versicolor - still going strong (as well as the other 80ish spids in the shed..

Chile Rose sling from the local pet store was only a fiver so i took it to start off my T collection, followed closely by a Poecilotheria regalis

Mine was my dear Rosie the G rosea NCF. I wanted one for ages and kept going on and on about wanting a rosea, my family bought her as a surprise Xmas present, best present ever.

hi,

i am a newbie, both to this site and to the hobby. got my first baby coming tonight... and trying to find a few others (B.Smithi and B.Emilia are definately on the list )

Went totally against the grain, my first will be a Salmon Pink, 6-7 cms. Totally got the bug and have a HUGE wish list..

Roll on this eve

Hi Crankstar,

First of all welcome to Arachnid Addicts.. we are a small site but are growing and theres a nice atmosphere here

You need any help at all, obviously post here and we shall try to answer your questions asap.. Nice choice btw, they grow quick and to a fair size.

Most I've seen can be sods for flicking hairs though, so just watch out for that

nice one, crankstar! personally i think parahybana's are completely underrated. they are a bit plain when young (though fluffy) but adults have a subtle beauty that is hard to match. combine that with nice size (i've seen an 11 inch one haha), and the occasionally slightly calm specimen, and it's just a great species.
great choice!

L.Para was my first and still one of my favourites.So much confidence when they get big.
Have to watch these,they can eat and eat and eat some more .You will end up with a fat spider if you are not carefull
paul

thanx guys, will take all the advice i can get,, she arrived this evenig as promised,, she is AWESOME !!! About 7cm in length in her normal stance. In the tank she came in she had 3 shed skins,,, WOW!! what a difference between each she really is a fuzzy little thing and in the right light she already has a pinkish 'tinge' to her hairs. Immediately removed the shed skins with 12" tweezers and had to encourage her out of the way as her water sponge was bone dry. All went really well.. not sure if i should have but i caught a juicy old moth in the house. She was Straight on it!! Like a shot!! Wowser, what fangs....

gonna sit for a while and just watch her before bed,,,, hope to get some sleep in a few hours !!! She has me hypnotised will keep you all updated,, thanx again

sounds good! i am a believer in feeding as soon as possible to settle a spider in!
of course there's a risk with moths of pesticide, so dunno if i'd do that very often...but sounds like no harm done!

My first was a G. rosea, then a curly hair which was back in may 09......now have 25 going from G.rosea, to L.Para. with a cpl of rare 1's inbetween lol. 23 are in my bedroom and the the avic avic and avic versicolour in lounge. Good job hubby has got over his arachniphobia lol. I got over mine as soon as I got the courage to hold one in April 09. But hubby has now got to the stage of not worrying about feeding or watering and handling if needs be. woohoo

My AF B smithi that I purchased from a mate for just £15.

Was a chile rose , that turned out to be a male , I so wanted it to be a female but alas wasnt to be ....

mine was a Grammostola rosea