Your resident NJ invert enthusiast

[Dianna]

Good evening, everyone.

I'm Dianna. I live in Southern New Jersey, U.S and I'm in my late 20s.

I mainly collect/breed cockroaches, but recently I've started to keep Ts as pets. My first introduction to the T hobby came from Petko of Dark Den, back in 2018. I really enjoyed box opening videos and found he had such a great personality. I loved the way he talked about tarantulas. It wasn't enough to make me want them, however.

I've been afraid of bugs my entire life. It took me two years to get used to cockroaches, but I continued to pursue them as pets because I have a love for all animals, whether I'm afraid of them or not, and my fascination with them eventually over came the fear. I started keeping Ts for the same reason. They're beautiful and unique animals, and I remembered watching Petko's videos which brought me back to his channel, which of course fueled my desire for them.

I currently have a V. chromatus sling, an L. parahybana sling, a K. brunnipes sling, a juvenile male A. avicularia, and a mature male E. pruriens. The chromatus was my first, so I'm quite fond of it.

This may come as a surprise to you, but I prefer male tarantulas. I like that they're smaller, and they're less of a commitment. I'm sure my opinion might shift the longer I keep Ts, but my male E. pruriens, who is incredibly docile, made me fall into even deeper love with males. I find he's very gentle and 'sweet' (as sweet as tarantulas can be).

I'm here to learn more about Ts, seek advice, chat, buy/sell/trade, etc..

As a cockroach hobbyist, if there's anyone here that needs advice on them, I'm your gal. And if anyone is from NJ or nearby, let's please be friends! I attend the Hamburg reptile expo and sometimes the Oaks expo every chance I get.

I look forward to talking to you.

 

[boreece27]

Good evening, everyone.

I'm Dianna. I live in Southern New Jersey, U.S and I'm in my late 20s.

I mainly collect/breed cockroaches, but recently I've started to keep Ts as pets. My first introduction to the T hobby came from Petko of Dark Den, back in 2018. I really enjoyed box opening videos and found he had such a great personality. I loved the way he talked about tarantulas. It wasn't enough to make me want them, however.

I've been afraid of bugs my entire life. It took me two years to get used to cockroaches, but I continued to pursue them as pets because I have a love for all animals, whether I'm afraid of them or not, and my fascination with them eventually over came the fear. I started keeping Ts for the same reason. They're beautiful and unique animals, and I remembered watching Petko's videos which brought me back to his channel, which of course fueled my desire for them.

I currently have a V. chromatus sling, an L. parahybana sling, a K. brunnipes sling, a juvenile male A. avicularia, and a mature male E. pruriens. The chromatus was my first, so I'm quite fond of it.

This may come as a surprise to you, but I prefer male tarantulas. I like that they're smaller, and they're less of a commitment. I'm sure my opinion might shift the longer I keep Ts, but my male E. pruriens, who is incredibly docile, made me fall into even deeper love with males. I find he's very gentle and 'sweet' (as sweet as tarantulas can be).

I'm here to learn more about Ts, seek advice, chat, buy/sell/trade, etc..

As a cockroach hobbyist, if there's anyone here that needs advice on them, I'm your gal. And if anyone is from NJ or nearby, let's please be friends! I attend the Hamburg reptile expo and sometimes the Oaks expo every chance I get.

I look forward to talking to you.

My V. Chromatus is such a sassy girl. She loves to threat pose me on the daily. She’s close to molting so she’s a little lethargic.

 

[Tarantula Trooper]

Welcome Dianna! I have had several male T's I got quite attached to but the problem with males is short life spans. I have a Dubia Roach colony and a hissing roach almost colony as well. Hissing roach nymph's to my surprise are quite the escape artist and I lost probably a generation of them. I need to rehouse them to cut down on escapes. I separated the next set of nymph's ( all I could find) to a small enclosure to raise them in. They are putting on size quickly. Thing that surprise me most is how little the hissers eat. Mine are are full and healthy but don't really eat like I thought they would. Do you keep your hissers on the humid side or dry?? I find that to get them to drink I squirt water at them and they will drink. I seen them drink off one another. Lol! Do you have Emerald roaches?? Can't remember their scientific names but those are the coolest roaches I've ever seen! Anyway, Happy Spoodering and Roaching!!