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jp4m2 · 08-07-2007, 02:01 AM

Debra, thanks for all the info, we'll be making some changes as you suggested, if she's here we might as well do the best we can for her.....

As soon as I saw your spider the Rosea like ours I was thinking,wow her's is pink, then I saw your explanation as to why. lol....Those Brachypelma's are actually pretty the colors look so glowing, very nice....He never named his, and he always assumed it was male, fooled him

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A while back my son was looking on the internet for another one and asked if he could get one of those Asian ones ( I think) when he told me it could jump 10-15 feet I had to put my foot down

......you are correct, the Rosea we have is very docile, she barely moves, the kid that had her before us used to handle her, but I haven't gotten to that point yet....

WOW!!....That picture you posted is absolutely beautiful, you have wonderful talent as a painter!!..I've always envied people who can paint like that....I hope your putting it to good use because your phenomenal !!!

011011 · 08-07-2007, 03:40 AM

Absolutely beautiful,good for you guys to be raising them .I love spiders and snakes.Hubby will not even let me and the kids get a grass snake..
He would not allow me to get a spider either for I am the spider patrol here I usually pick them up and take them outside when we find them in the house,I try not to kill them.

time2go · 08-07-2007, 04:19 AM

Geez, I wish I would've skipped those pics! I hate spiders, HATE spiders, and now I feel like my skin is crawling and my feet aren't touching the floor either.

Yorkiekids · 08-07-2007, 04:54 AM

One I could handle, but 70 I'm not coming to visit you unless I want to have nightmares.

Betty'sMom · 08-07-2007, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by HighlandYorkies

Yep....a Grammostola....looks like a Rosea, they have a Pink carapace, and pinkish/ brownish legs, but the leg stripes confuse me...that looks like a Grammostola Aureostriata....mine are babies, about half grown, so will get hubby to confirm, but the Rosea is the most favourate to start off with....I brought FLUFFY home first, and she is a Grammostola Rosea. She was sub-adult 5 years ago, but moulted to adult just after we got her. You also get a Red colour form now too, it is rarer, and we have a female and have just bought a male to breed her.
The Aureostriatas are nice - they are mine(just half grown females) - Kenny got them for me as I like the VERY GENTLE Grammostolas ! A lot of people will handle those, even kids, and they are timid beasties with not a bad bite, if they EVER do which is rare.

She is a very big beautiful female anyway !
(Large abdomen - males have much smaller one)
She is fully grown and mature !
She will go without food for long periods, although you do get the hungry ones. Our Fluffy never eats - only rarely, but the red colour form is a greedy so and so.
They are a fab spider to have, though you do get the snobs who say oh it's just a Rosea, trying to sound big, as they have the more dangerous Asians. Don't listen to them - you can be sure that they started off with a Grammy themselves and just don't admit it !
My hubby is onto more species now, but he still likes Fluffy ! He is planning a mate for her too ! She is smaller than yours. Yours looks quite big.
She will live about 15 years !
I will still get Kenny to answer in a few hours.
Luv Debra x x x Grammy lover, hee hee....nice, slow, ...and gentle !
p.s What's her name ?

OMG!!! Fluffy?

celstu1 · 08-07-2007, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by jp4m2

We only have one in our home, it was going to be discarded by someone so we took it, I really didn't expect it to survive long since we had never owned one before, but here we are 5 yrs later & he's still here...

A couple of years ago we thought he was lonely and he needed a friend, so we bought one for him...the next day he was all alone again

.....I don't think he'll be getting another friend....

celstu1 · 08-07-2007, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by time2go

Geez, I wish I would've skipped those pics! I hate spiders, HATE spiders, and now I feel like my skin is crawling and my feet aren't touching the floor either.

OMG! Me too!!! My feet are up cuz I cant see whats in the deep dark corners of under my desk at work! AAARRRGGGG I have the heebie jeebies soooooo bad now! LOL

I really do admire you though Highland! I couldn't do it but Im glad there are people like you and your hubby that are going to make a difference in saving a species, despite my feelings, it would be a shame if they went extinct. I live in New England and we don't get any dangerous or big spiders up here thank god!

Snakes Im fine with though! No problems, catching, holding .. nothing! Spiders... whole 'nuther story! I usually get my boys (yorkies) to eat them up when I find them in the house... thats how much I hate them to be in my house or outside. The other day my dexter brought me a HUGE wood spider all dead and mangled, dropped it at my feet! soooo disgusting and once he saw I didnt want it, he proceeded to eat it! I was GAGGING!!!!! My beautiful adorable sweet baby ate a disgusting gross horrifyingly ugly BUG! HAHAHAHA

stephluvsangel6 · 08-07-2007, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by RoxyJosMom

I am just having all kinds of images of late night tarantula meetings - planing the great escape. Legs, you grab a ladder. Blackie, you grab a rope. Spike, get the paper for the slide. Harry, grab all the crickets you can carry - we're gonna get hungry before we all make it outside.

OMG you are hilarious that was so funny i thikn every one here thinks im crazy

we had a tarantulaa he was so nice and awesome he would crawl all over us and it felt funny

ARCHIE · 08-07-2007, 10:42 AM

Spider's huh, Yuck!
I know they all have a very important role to play in our environment but
Yuck!
It's a good thing we have people like you and your hubby to see that they
continue to breed and save them from extinction. I think the webs that
spider's make is truly magical. All the sides are so perfect.
Yet, I don't like them. Yuck again.

HighlandYorkies · 08-07-2007, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by HighlandYorkies

1. Brachypelma Smithy
2. Brachypelma Baugarteni
3. Brachypelma Amelia
4. same as 3

All Mexican ! Nice chappies !
Remember no posting yet....more to come, lol......

Oooops ! Getting a row here for my wrong spelling.....should read :

1. Brachypelma Smithi
2. Barchypelma Baumgarteni
3. Brachypelma Emilia

I am laughing at your replies by the way, LOL !

HighlandYorkies · 08-07-2007, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by RoxyJosMom

They are beautiful! So is your pic. You are very talented. I see webs in one of the cages. I always thought they were webless. Is that something special on a certain species? Why would they need webs, anyway? They have shear size and scariness on their side, lol?

Kenny says any specific questions to pm, and he'll happily reply....so just send "Webs?" to my pm, and I'll remind him to tell you ! I think he's too shy to go on the open forum, hee hee !

chachi · 08-07-2007, 11:06 AM

Oh super yuck I dont like spiders at all. It was interesting looking at their pictures and reading about them though

IluvLucy · 08-07-2007, 02:20 PM

OK - the thought of you living with all those tarantulas just tears my nerves up

All I can think about is the spiders we get here - brown recluse, black widow, scorpions, etc. Every one I've seen is now dead.

Sorry - I just can't handle spiders.

PuppyLovinNurse · 08-07-2007, 07:55 PM

I would seriously consider divorcing my DF if he came home with one of those things, let alone a billion of them

I'm going to have the heebie jeebies for the rest of my life after all those pictures lol

I'm TERRIFIED of spiders.

The one that grows the size of a dinner plate...oh hell no. I didn't know you could get those as ...uhh... pets? lol I saw those on the discovery channel once. One of them ate a BIRD.

08-07-2007, 02:01 AM	#31
jp4m2 Love my Boys Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: w/ my boys Posts: 5,056	Debra, thanks for all the info, we'll be making some changes as you suggested, if she's here we might as well do the best we can for her..... As soon as I saw your spider the Rosea like ours I was thinking,wow her's is pink, then I saw your explanation as to why. lol....Those Brachypelma's are actually pretty the colors look so glowing, very nice....He never named his, and he always assumed it was male, fooled him .... A while back my son was looking on the internet for another one and asked if he could get one of those Asian ones ( I think) when he told me it could jump 10-15 feet I had to put my foot down ......you are correct, the Rosea we have is very docile, she barely moves, the kid that had her before us used to handle her, but I haven't gotten to that point yet.... WOW!!....That picture you posted is absolutely beautiful, you have wonderful talent as a painter!!..I've always envied people who can paint like that....I hope your putting it to good use because your phenomenal !!! __________________ B.J.mom to : Jake J.J. Jack & Joey, momma misses you..... The joy found in the companionship of a pet is a blessing not given to everyone. The two most powerful words when we’re in struggle: me too..

08-07-2007, 04:19 AM	#33
time2go Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: TN Posts: 192	Geez, I wish I would've skipped those pics! I hate spiders, HATE spiders, and now I feel like my skin is crawling and my feet aren't touching the floor either. __________________ Chena

08-07-2007, 04:54 AM	#34
Yorkiekids Piper & Sebastian Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: florida Posts: 14,495	One I could handle, but 70 I'm not coming to visit you unless I want to have nightmares. __________________ Susan, Piper ,Harley & Suiki

08-07-2007, 11:06 AM	#42
chachi I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Posts: 37,147	Oh super yuck I dont like spiders at all. It was interesting looking at their pictures and reading about them though __________________ Chachi's & Jewels Mom Jewels http://www.dogster.com/?132431 Chachi http://www.dogster.com/?132427

08-07-2007, 02:20 PM	#43
IluvLucy Lovin' Lucy & Rebel Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 4,438	OK - the thought of you living with all those tarantulas just tears my nerves up All I can think about is the spiders we get here - brown recluse, black widow, scorpions, etc. Every one I've seen is now dead. Sorry - I just can't handle spiders. __________________ Kim , Rebel ,and baby Dixie RIP my sweet Lucy

08-07-2007, 03:40 AM	#32
011011 YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: minnesota Posts: 1,432	Absolutely beautiful,good for you guys to be raising them .I love spiders and snakes.Hubby will not even let me and the kids get a grass snake.. He would not allow me to get a spider either for I am the spider patrol here I usually pick them up and take them outside when we find them in the house,I try not to kill them.

08-07-2007, 10:42 AM	#39
ARCHIE No Longer A Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NEW YORK Posts: 16,218	Spider's huh, Yuck! I know they all have a very important role to play in our environment but Yuck! It's a good thing we have people like you and your hubby to see that they continue to breed and save them from extinction. I think the webs that spider's make is truly magical. All the sides are so perfect. Yet, I don't like them. Yuck again.

08-07-2007, 07:55 PM	#44
PuppyLovinNurse Chloe's Mommy! Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cornwall, ON Posts: 1,968	I would seriously consider divorcing my DF if he came home with one of those things, let alone a billion of them I'm going to have the heebie jeebies for the rest of my life after all those pictures lol I'm TERRIFIED of spiders. The one that grows the size of a dinner plate...oh hell no. I didn't know you could get those as ...uhh... pets? lol I saw those on the discovery channel once. One of them ate a BIRD. __________________ Sara & Chloe