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[Accepted]

Hi guys,

I'm kind of surprised to find myself here. *lol* I have always been terrified of spiders ever since I was a kid. A wolf spider surprised me when I opened the garbage in our garage, and I've been scared of them ever since. I was like 10 years old I think, if I remember correctly.

A while back my daughter asked if she could get a tarantula for graduating high school, so I started watching videos on YouTube, etc, and three years later—not as a grad present(she's set to grad this year though)—I bought our first tarantula.

A beautiful juvenile GBB. I'm trying to decide if I've gone crazy. *Haha* We have already had one enclosure blooper where she got stuck in a skull and I, despite my fear, put my hands inside to help her get out. It was a case of she was able to get in but not get out.

I can't wait to keep learning more about them, especially GBBs.

 

[m0lsx]

Hello, welcome to the hobby & the forum.

 

[Yvonne G]

Welcome!

 

[Oursapoil]

Welcome to the forum/family and congratulations on your first T.
You mentioned a juvenile GBB, what is her DLS (Diagonal leg span)?

 

[Accepted]

Welcome to the forum/family and congratulations on your first T.
You mentioned a juvenile GBB, what is her DLS (Diagonal leg span)?

I believe the store said 3 inches, but I don't know how to measure her myself.

 

[octanejunkie]

Welcome to the family!

I believe the store said 3 inches, but I don't know how to measure her myself.

When your GBB is crawling the glass put a ruler up and measure the two farthest the part diagonal leg segments closest to full extension and you'll get a generally good idea

 

[Enn49]

Hello and welcome

 

[Accepted]

Welcome to the family!

When your GBB is crawling the glass put a ruler up and measure the two farthest the part diagonal leg segments closest to full extension and you'll get a generally good idea

Thank you. She isn't up on the wall much anymore, but I'll try that if I catch her. If I had to estimate, she seems to be between 3-3 3/4 roughly.

Thanks for the welcome, everyone!

 

[GreenKnight]

Welcome! Congrats on your first T. I'm one month in on my first and really enjoying it.

 

[Accepted]

Nice Which one did you get?

 

[GreenKnight]

Nice Which one did you get?

G. pulchra. Melted soon after and think it's a female, so named her Cleo.

 

[GreenKnight]

Ugh...Meant molted! Have to add new words to my tablet keyboard! Horrible autocorrect

 

[Accepted]

Welcome! Congrats on your first T. I'm one month in on my first and really enjoying it.

Ugh...Meant molted! Have to add new words to my tablet keyboard! Horrible autocorrect

Cool. I'm unsure when mine will molt. Although she's not super little so I imagine it will be a while.

 

[menavodi]

Welcome to this fantastic forum!

 

[Accepted]

Welcome to this fantastic forum!

Thank you