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<blockquote data-quote="Whitelightning777" data-source="post: 140902" data-attributes="member: 26980"><p>The best first T is a small one, namely a juvenile or larger spiderling sized 1.5" to maybe 2.5", 3" at the most.</p><p></p><p>At that size, they can eat regular crickets and mealworms etc from the pet store and they aren't super delicate. They aren't also super scary either.</p><p></p><p>The benefits are, less upfront money for the tarantula, the enclosure, time to grow with the tarantula and watch it change colors and behaviors in many cases as it grows.</p><p></p><p>You also want something that is still not to nasty when it gets bigger, something that has a great feeding response and grows rapidly. This gives lots of positive feedback to a new keeper.</p><p></p><p>In my opinion, terrestrials are a little bit easier in most cases.</p><p></p><p>Therefore, I'd start with any Lasiodora species. If you have previous experience with keeping moisture dependent plants or other cold blooded animals that need moisture to thrive, you can try one of the more affordable Pamphobeteous species. These are sexually dimorphic and you won't know the sex of your spiderling. I have one of each of these.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]33617[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]33618[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>A geniculata and any others in the genus are equally awesome. So is brachyopelma vagans. I don't have these but I've yet to see anyone really say anything bad about them and most people adore them.</p><p></p><p>Grammostola iheringi is on my bucket list. It's also medium to fast growing and has a great appetite.</p><p></p><p>These aren't easily handled, but that's ok because you should minimize or avoid handling anyway. Getting a species that lets you get away with it now will set you up for trouble later.</p><p></p><p>If you insist on an arboreal, look no further then C versicolor, best would be 2 to 3 inches in size for starters. These guys are a dry spider. The only moisture that they need is an elevated water dish.</p><p></p><p>These are among the most beautiful spiders in the entire world, literally.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]33619[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>NO misting or extra humidity allowed!! The older caresheets with this on them are WRONG.</p><p></p><p>C versicolor may walk on you, but they are prone to taking the "great leap of faith" on frequent occasions.</p><p></p><p>The fix for that to put them into a larger then normal cage and drop feeders directly into the web. If the feeders are refrigerated first, they'll wake up slowly and begin to move gradually which gives the tarantula plenty of time to notice them.</p><p></p><p>Handling is by far way to over emphasized. Tarantulas are like salt water fish, display animals 99.9% of the time.</p><p></p><p>Pouncy spiders make great feeding videos and will impress you as they get older and blitz their food. These guys are just slightly challenging and they'll teach you a good foundation for the more, let us say, "exciting" species. As slings, they also won't break the bank like decent sized slow growing species can.</p><p></p><p>Having said that, remember there are dozens of genuses with hundreds of species that are excellent choices.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whitelightning777, post: 140902, member: 26980"] The best first T is a small one, namely a juvenile or larger spiderling sized 1.5" to maybe 2.5", 3" at the most. At that size, they can eat regular crickets and mealworms etc from the pet store and they aren't super delicate. They aren't also super scary either. The benefits are, less upfront money for the tarantula, the enclosure, time to grow with the tarantula and watch it change colors and behaviors in many cases as it grows. You also want something that is still not to nasty when it gets bigger, something that has a great feeding response and grows rapidly. This gives lots of positive feedback to a new keeper. In my opinion, terrestrials are a little bit easier in most cases. Therefore, I'd start with any Lasiodora species. If you have previous experience with keeping moisture dependent plants or other cold blooded animals that need moisture to thrive, you can try one of the more affordable Pamphobeteous species. These are sexually dimorphic and you won't know the sex of your spiderling. I have one of each of these. [ATTACH=full]33617[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]33618[/ATTACH] A geniculata and any others in the genus are equally awesome. So is brachyopelma vagans. I don't have these but I've yet to see anyone really say anything bad about them and most people adore them. Grammostola iheringi is on my bucket list. It's also medium to fast growing and has a great appetite. These aren't easily handled, but that's ok because you should minimize or avoid handling anyway. Getting a species that lets you get away with it now will set you up for trouble later. If you insist on an arboreal, look no further then C versicolor, best would be 2 to 3 inches in size for starters. These guys are a dry spider. The only moisture that they need is an elevated water dish. These are among the most beautiful spiders in the entire world, literally. [ATTACH=full]33619[/ATTACH] NO misting or extra humidity allowed!! The older caresheets with this on them are WRONG. C versicolor may walk on you, but they are prone to taking the "great leap of faith" on frequent occasions. The fix for that to put them into a larger then normal cage and drop feeders directly into the web. If the feeders are refrigerated first, they'll wake up slowly and begin to move gradually which gives the tarantula plenty of time to notice them. Handling is by far way to over emphasized. Tarantulas are like salt water fish, display animals 99.9% of the time. Pouncy spiders make great feeding videos and will impress you as they get older and blitz their food. These guys are just slightly challenging and they'll teach you a good foundation for the more, let us say, "exciting" species. As slings, they also won't break the bank like decent sized slow growing species can. Having said that, remember there are dozens of genuses with hundreds of species that are excellent choices. [/QUOTE]
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