Got myself two new pets

jibbajabba

Pictures are a bit blurry (iphone doesn't really do good close ups), but I think you get the picture

This is big mama (Red Knee Tarantula) :

And this is "big" papa (Chili Rose) :

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jamesleecoleman

:O I am sooo lucky that I didn't start running out of my room screaming.
I'm not fond of spiders.

Do you have any other pets?

LarryDaMan

Knowing these forums, I was pretty sure your "pets" were going to be routers or something.

I guess not! Not a bad pet though, pretty low maintenance.

laidbackfreak

nice fella

not a massive fan of them as pets always figured they were fairly high maintenance.

I used to work with the RSPCA and rehomed reptiles (mainly snakes but the odd lizard) at one point I had around 50 snakes and a couple of lizards....

I dont have any at the moment for various reason but do miss them.

jibbajabba

jamesleecoleman wrote: »

:O I am sooo lucky that I didn't start running out of my room screaming.
I'm not fond of spiders.

Do you have any other pets?

I used to have cats, but since I moved from Gibraltar to the UK I only have a one bed room apartment so I don't really want to keep anything like that here .. besides, I am not allowed to keep cats or dogs here ..

LOL - My rental contract says "No cats, dogs or birds allowed" ... doesn't say anything about spiders LOL ..

PC509

I've got a pink toed tarantula, myself. And a yellow rat snake. And an emperor scorpion. Two turtles... Then the mandatory cat and 3 dogs (chihuahua, chi-weenie, and Pug). And a guinea pig. And hamster.

You have some beautiful animals there, man. Are they pretty calm as far as handling? Mine is really friendly, but she's just a baby still. Small for a tranny, but still bigger than anything around here (Eastern Oregon).

jibbajabba

The Chili Rose is a gental giant ... very easy to handle .. I did not handle the Red Knee though .. took me 20 minutes to get it into the enclosure .. they like to flick hairs which I don't really want

That is kinda the reason I bgouth two ... one I could handle, and another "looks nice" one

Stotic

Gomjaba wrote: »

LOL - My rental contract says "No cats, dogs or birds allowed" ... doesn't say anything about spiders LOL ..

I guess you were missing something small and fuzzy.

KGhaleon

*walks into topic and reads first post*

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O_O

O_O

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dynamik

KGhaleon wrote: »

*walks into topic and reads first post*

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O_O

O_O

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What's that meme again... Oh yea!

KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!

Actually, those are kinda cool...

undomiel

Whoops! Some threads need warning labels.

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vCole

undomiel wrote: »

Whoops! Some threads need warning labels.

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:shocked: *scampers*

msteinhilber

If you get a half-way decent molt, there's a couple write ups out there on how to put it back together and preserve it so it's fairly real looking. Great way to scare the heck out of people

jibbajabba

Got a nice close-up ... might not be for everyone's stomach (therefore just a link rather than the picture tag)

http://images2host.co.uk/images/624_PIC00353.jpg

Bokeh

Molts? LOL too funny. Had a biology teacher place one on my arm when I wasn't looking, freaked me out. He laughed hard and fell off his lab chair.

jibbajabba

Bokeh wrote: »

Molts? LOL too funny. Had a biology teacher place one on my arm when I wasn't looking, freaked me out. He laughed hard and fell off his lab chair.

People who do such a thing must think about the consequence

Moults are nice looking and most people would try to smash it as a reaction .. so if they want to risk it

mikej412

Gomjaba wrote: »

And this is "big" papa (Chili Rose)

Look's more like a "Fluffy Bear" to me.... but if Spiders are like Cats, you won't know until they actually come (or at least look at you) when you call their name.

jibbajabba

mikej412 wrote: »

Look's more like a "Fluffy Bear" to me.... but if Spiders are like Cats, you won't know until they actually come (or at least look at you) when you call their name.

I think I name them Ronni(e) and Reggie

Alif_Sadida_Ekin

Even after making it through halfway of the "Encyclopedia Dramatica Offended Challenge" (I couldn't finish it), I'm still shuddering after looking at those two pictures. Yeah I don't like spiders. I'd probably scream like a little girl if I saw one of those crawling through my house.

wweboy

put them on strings and when someone enters the front door drop it down

jibbajabba

wweboy wrote: »

put them on strings and when someone enters the front door drop it down

Cheaper to use a $5 toy spider for that

Mrock4

No thanks. I've killed many of your new pets cousins...I'm afraid if those were in my house they'd steal my wallet and tie me up.

PC509 wrote: »

Small for a tranny, but still bigger than anything around here

If I had a dollar for everytime I heard that line in downtown Honolulu.

UncleCid

Anyone for chocolate covered spiders?
BTW, I don't know if "tranny" is a good expression to use for tarantulas. >.>

lol, I have heard that they have one's that are black little sensitive.

jibbajabba

UncleCid wrote: »

Anyone for chocolate covered spiders?
BTW, I don't know if "tranny" is a good expression to use for tarantulas. >.>

lol, I have heard that they have one's that are black little sensitive.

Speaking of black .. I'll be checking out a Mexican Black later on today

Actually wanted one of those but they are very hard to get. Now of course when I bought two, I found a shop

jibbajabba

Gomjaba wrote: »

Speaking of black .. I'll be checking out a Mexican Black later on today

Damn, shop wants $180 for a one year old ...

djhss68

Gomjaba wrote: »

Damn, shop wants $180 for a one year old ...

For something you can't cuddle or converse with, I'd say that's a rip off.

UncleCid

Ooops. I meant Black LIGHT sensitive. ><

My cousin is a collector of exotic pets, and my sister almost bought him one. Thing is that he is deathly afraid of spiders. lol.

dynamik

I came across this cutie while walking around a forest down in Belize:

ladiesman217

Gomjaba wrote: »

The Chili Rose is a gental giant ... very easy to handle .. I did not handle the Red Knee though .. took me 20 minutes to get it into the enclosure .. they like to flick hairs which I don't really want That is kinda the reason I bgouth two ... one I could handle, and another "looks nice" one

I thought it's "genital giant" ... lol

Lee H

Ide love one of them just to scare my kids with, put it ontop of a bowl of cornflakes or something, kodak moment or what!!!!

Tank, Heat mat, sticks and sawdust, is that all u need for one of these?

how much does it cost to feed them, live crickets i expect, how often would u feed them with these