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Hello there Andrew and welcome to the forum...
I also have phobia with other unusual insects and large spiders... But now it lessen, and I know that having T's helps to lessen my fear on huge spiders...
Yeah.... G. Pulchra and B.Albo is best for beginners as well you can enclosed them in a Planted Terrarium...
But for GBB, somehow it can be as long as you have an enough space for your Plant and as well for your T's to roam around...
For B.smithi which habitat is from savanna, scrubland and...
Hi ilMadli and welcome to the forum... I guess you want to have a nice landscapes of your enclosures... On my own opinion, if you like to add those plants, I suggest look for some T's which is from tropical area... There are lots of T's specie from South America and Asia...Check the Brachypelma...
Hi there Gex... First of all welcome to the club... As I read your thread, it seems like now your really getting excited to have another T's... This hobby is really addictive :D... If you like Avicularia, those are also great T's as what I have, they are not that so skittish and once they...
For sure they will be more happier after accumulation... Their mansions has lot of space for them to roam around and later on they will start webbing...
Ouch! That's a sad news... I am observing him/her everyday and it looks well... He/she is eating, I cut all the legs of a small roach and place it in front of his/her mouth... Just waiting for it to molt and I hope those missing legs will regen...
Hi there... I am not a quite sure but let me try to make a guess...
I think it's a Female... because the distance between anterior pair of booklungs is wide apart from one another... And it seems there is a smiling curve... :)
I know the feelings, I can relate much on your situation now... It happens to my P.Cambrigei who got a bad molt and trapped some if its legs... But hs/she's a survivor, and till now it keeps on struggling even in 4 legs and one leg is damage too... Like Therasoid said, put pre-killed cricket or...
Hi there... Well, about taking care of LP, mine was the smallest of all T's that I have and it molted twice already... Here is it's photo... Sorry for the second photo for it is blurred, trying to maximize the macro focus of my mobile phone...
So imagine how tiny they were when I received...
Thanks PamCz... Yeah! That is why I don't want to miss the chance when I see them molting... I quickly grab my mobile phone and take a shot and video...