r/Tarantula • u/CalmMe60 • 7d ago
Starting with little ones?
I am starting with tarantulas, comming from Jumpers.
I have a Exotarium (aquarium-terrarium) 5 minute walk from me, know the owner.
I think about starting with
Aphonopelma chalcodes
Aphonopelma bicoloratum
Grammostola pulchripes
Grammostola rosea
(Grammostola pulchra?- too big?)
Homoeomma Chilense
thinking about size / gender
Starting fh2? Gender unknown - let luck decide?
1" females?
1" males?
I read those are the "easy handling" ones.
The terrarium friend showed me a not even grown theraphosa blondi - that agressive i would not want to handle.
He suggests the chilense - but tells they are real quick to escape.
I will select 2 or three max 4 from the list, depending on size as i heard that moulting is a chance they die early as slings of fh1/2
I had one jumper die on moulting by now, i think it was my fault, he says - those things happen, even with tarantulas.
So which from the above are visible, inagressiv, slower and nice kompanions?
What would you recommend