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<blockquote data-quote="Tortoise Tom" data-source="post: 132258" data-attributes="member: 27883"><p>I spent about an hour searching older threads, but thought I'd pose the question more specifically. My daughter is loving our new tarantulas and wants one of her own. As I was reading the older threads, one thing that was apparent was that different people wanted different things. I intend to get a Lp and L klugi on my next order, because both of those satisfy <em>my</em> criteria in what <em>I</em> want in a spider: Big, fast growing, super appetite, bold and not hiding all the time. I have no interest in handling them.</p><p></p><p>My daughter's criteria are a bit different. She's 11 and has been handling all sorts of animals since she was a toddler. She wants something dog tame, handleable, large and pretty too. I've eliminated G rosea and A chalcodes because of their propensity for fasting. It stresses <em>me</em> out when a spider won't eat for months. That won't be fun for a kid. I eliminated Brachypelma because of their willingness to kick hairs. I've raised a dozen over the years, and all of them were quicker to kick hairs than other species.</p><p></p><p>We've narrowed it down to three species, but I'd love input from people who know these three species better than I do, and more suggestions of other species, or why I'm wrong about any of the above points.</p><p></p><p>Top picks so far are:</p><p>Grammostola pulchripes</p><p>Aphonopelma seemanni</p><p>and Eupalaestrus campestratus</p><p></p><p>Please advise and correct me if I'm wrong on any of the above.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tortoise Tom, post: 132258, member: 27883"] I spent about an hour searching older threads, but thought I'd pose the question more specifically. My daughter is loving our new tarantulas and wants one of her own. As I was reading the older threads, one thing that was apparent was that different people wanted different things. I intend to get a Lp and L klugi on my next order, because both of those satisfy [I]my[/I] criteria in what [I]I[/I] want in a spider: Big, fast growing, super appetite, bold and not hiding all the time. I have no interest in handling them. My daughter's criteria are a bit different. She's 11 and has been handling all sorts of animals since she was a toddler. She wants something dog tame, handleable, large and pretty too. I've eliminated G rosea and A chalcodes because of their propensity for fasting. It stresses [I]me[/I] out when a spider won't eat for months. That won't be fun for a kid. I eliminated Brachypelma because of their willingness to kick hairs. I've raised a dozen over the years, and all of them were quicker to kick hairs than other species. We've narrowed it down to three species, but I'd love input from people who know these three species better than I do, and more suggestions of other species, or why I'm wrong about any of the above points. Top picks so far are: Grammostola pulchripes Aphonopelma seemanni and Eupalaestrus campestratus Please advise and correct me if I'm wrong on any of the above. [/QUOTE]
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