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DimensionX
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Re: I got my first Tarantula [Re: tpihkal]
#9787472 - 02/12/09 08:56 PM (15 years, 12 days ago) |
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tpihkal said: chills of repulsion.
Eck
lol i know what you mean. I wonder why bugs have this kind of effect.
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Re: I got my first Tarantula [Re: DimensionX]
#9787569 - 02/12/09 09:11 PM (15 years, 12 days ago) |
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DimensionX said:
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tpihkal said: chills of repulsion.
Eck
lol i know what you mean. I wonder why bugs have this kind of effect.
same here. ugh just looking at how hairy they are and how many eyes they have. sends chills down my spine. Centipedes are disgusting too.
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Re: I got my first Tarantula [Re: Almond Flour]
#9787739 - 02/12/09 09:39 PM (15 years, 12 days ago) |
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its cuter than i thought it would be
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Re: I got my first Tarantula [Re: Almond Flour]
#9789182 - 02/13/09 05:24 AM (15 years, 12 days ago) |
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I also have had a few tarantulas. Ive breed some also. If you get anymore I dont suggest buying them from a pet store but from independent breeders such as http://www.swiftinverts.com/ . They tend to be grossly overpriced at pet stores and they are usually sick or traumatized because the kids who work their fight them and such. Tarantulas can die easily from stress. Rose hairs are cheap no matter where you go but they sell mexican red knees for $100 in a store I bought mine for $25 from a breeder. Plus its really cool watching them go from the size of an eraser head to the size of your hand rather fast. You got any questions about their care you can ask me.
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Re: I got my first Tarantula [Re: DimensionX]
#9789354 - 02/13/09 07:18 AM (15 years, 12 days ago) |
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Pokies have to be my favorite tarantula. (Poecilotheria) They are gorgeous. Unfortunatly like alot of animals today they are soon to be extinct. So they can cost quite a bit.

Not a pokie but equally as beautiful.

Also you most likely got a female. Males usually die within 5 years as opposed to females you can live up to 20 years so pets shops usually only buy females. But you can always check its molt.
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Re: I got my first Tarantula [Re: Almond Flour]
#9789650 - 02/13/09 09:05 AM (15 years, 12 days ago) |
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Tea said: Ive decided to not make his hide out underground. The guy at the pet store had a good idea, but Ill never get to hold him without destroying his entire house! I also removed that plant that was in there.....it is in fact a REAL plant. I had no idea 
Should I get some kind of plant for him? He still has his little hide out, its just not under coconut fiber anymore, its laying on top of it
If you do not make him an underground place to live, your tarantula will be very skittish and generally not happy. I used to have a Rosehair in my house, and it stayed in its hole most of the time. She spun this huge carpet of web around the entrance to her hole to detect movement of bugs and just hung out by the entrance, waiting for food to walk by.
And do you really think tarantulas enjoy being held often? You don't pet them like puppy dogs! People only hold them because it makes them feel brave to hold a tarantula (even though most tarantula venom is not strong enough to kill an adult human being) and to intimidate other people.
Please, let your tarantula live in peace in its hole. That's what it likes.
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Almond Flour
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Re: I got my first Tarantula [Re: adrug]
#9789951 - 02/13/09 10:21 AM (15 years, 12 days ago) |
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I finally got it out of its cage this morning without much coaxing, it did however get into threat posture a few times on my hand, Kinda made me nervous. After 10 min or so he was completely chill just walking around on my bed and hands And managed to snap a photo, Heres a better picture
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Re: I got my first Tarantula [Re: Almond Flour]
#9791699 - 02/13/09 05:42 PM (15 years, 11 days ago) |
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nice pic! (not the spider) haha.
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Re: I got my first Tarantula [Re: thirdtragedy]
#9792032 - 02/13/09 06:52 PM (15 years, 11 days ago) |
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-------------------- Hippies and Liberals love Pope Francis, so why dont I quote him for you guys. "There is NO SALVATION outside the Catholic Church"
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Re: I got my first Tarantula [Re: Almond Flour]
#9792253 - 02/13/09 07:31 PM (15 years, 11 days ago) |
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Marky Mark!
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Re: I got my first Tarantula [Re: Newbie]
#9792425 - 02/13/09 08:03 PM (15 years, 11 days ago) |
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Newbie said:

Marky Mark!
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Re: I got my first Tarantula [Re: Almond Flour]
#9792428 - 02/13/09 08:04 PM (15 years, 11 days ago) |
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You look like Marky Mark.
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Re: I got my first Tarantula [Re: Newbie]
#9792463 - 02/13/09 08:09 PM (15 years, 11 days ago) |
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Newbie said: You look like Marky Mark.
who's that?
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Re: I got my first Tarantula [Re: Almond Flour]
#9792471 - 02/13/09 08:10 PM (15 years, 11 days ago) |
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Mark Wahlberg.
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Re: I got my first Tarantula [Re: Almond Flour]
#9792473 - 02/13/09 08:11 PM (15 years, 11 days ago) |
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The guy in the picture. 
Mark Wahlberg? Planet of the Apes, The Departed, The Italian Job...
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Re: I got my first Tarantula [Re: Newbie]
#9792501 - 02/13/09 08:19 PM (15 years, 11 days ago) |
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Damn I just googled him.....thx for the compliment
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Re: I got my first Tarantula [Re: Almond Flour]
#9792508 - 02/13/09 08:21 PM (15 years, 11 days ago) |
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Watch some YouTube vids of "Good Vibrations" and you'll take that back.
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Re: I got my first Tarantula [Re: Newbie]
#9793554 - 02/14/09 01:10 AM (15 years, 11 days ago) |
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idk i kind of like him
not a great actor but... entertaining in Max Paine
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Re: I got my first Tarantula [Re: igwna]
#9795681 - 02/14/09 01:24 PM (15 years, 11 days ago) |
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mark whalberg is hot. id taKE It as a compliment...boogie night. haha.
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