Grammostola rosea

[SpiderJoe]

Hi everybody,

I started to think about my rosie and I came to the conclusion that this species has become a "real" pet in the sence of they are incorporated in our families and homes. They are world famous for their character, and many people have had a G. Rosea as their first Tarantula to start with in the hobby.My G. Rosea has a place next to my bed, and every day I wake up next to her. She is a sweet spider, with her own personality. Sometimes I stand before her tank and she just walks up to me, like a way of saying hello. I really love this. Sometimes, like once in a half year or something, when she walks to the door of her enclosure, I open the door and she climbs out of the enclosure... On her own! I don't have to bother her with something to get her out of the cage, that's why I never touch my tarantula's, eventhough that my rosie probably wouldn't mind it sometimes. After a walk on my bed or over my arm, I put her back into her enclosure and she goes back to her log, which looks a bit like a big chair, she sit's on it like she has a huge relaxing chair, how sweet! I got her when I was browsing in a pet shop in another town here in The Netherlands. She misses a piece of her leg, but it didn't bother me. She is a great tarantula to have, gentle, non-agressive, and with her own personality, which all spiders have and make them the more fascinating. G. Rosea sometimes suprises people when they stop eating.Sometimes they do that, sometimes it is pre-molt, sometimes disliking of offered food. I offered my Rosie grashoppers, I thought she would like them 'cause all my spiders love them, but she didn't touch them. Eventhough she had not eaten in several weeks. And sometimes it seems like they are on fast or something. When you are worried about this, just check the abdomen, as long as it stays plump, you don't have to worrie about a thing, because the spider knows what it is doing. At my conclusing I just like to say that this species will suprise you with it's interesting behaviour and it's own personality, this species was my second tarantula, and I'm really happy to have her, she, like the other spiders and animals in my house are part of my family.

So tell me why do YOU love your rosie?


Regards,

Joey

http://www.mytarantula.com/yourpets/euro/joey/rosea7.jpg
My Rosie

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[MANSON]

well, im glad to hear someones G.rosea is not a ... shall i say...little devil. My rose is lucifer himself. Everytime she goes to the top of the tank its surely not to greet me , but too fight some more with my tweezers. Glad to hear yours is so nice, mine would kill me in my sleep if i let it... {D

sean

[Pheonixx]

She(or he) was a "save" from a pet store. When i found it, it was sitting on aquarium gravel, no hide and like 10 crix in a 2.5 gal aquarium. needless to say i had to free her from that hell. I got it home and put a hide in there and a 3 liter pepsi bottle lid for a water dish. Changed the substrate to a sand topsoil mix (rosies are from desert areas sand is common...) and now it has webbed over the hide, the fake plants and most of the substrate, Silk sheets anyone LOL...
here she/ he is...

http://img59.exs.cx/img59/1865/GRosea.jpg

[spidergoddess]

G. rosea was my first. When she died after 10 years, I replaced her with another, and then started with other species. Now have 4 G. rosea among my 50+ tarantulas. Here is a picture of my favorite - got it two years ago as a tiny pink sling, and now it has become a lovely red morph, much to my delight. I rarely hold my spiders, but this one seems to enjoy coming out to sit on my hand of its own accord. I just love the idiosyncrasies of the roseas. Sure do wish my big female would molt or start eating so she could meet my male...

[leiurus]

My Grammostola rosea!
Enjoy



Dom

[spidergoddess]

Argh, that's not the picture I wanted to show. Previous picture was prior to most recent molt. Here's another try to show her color now.

[Socrates]

Here is my Rose "Socrates", and yes, she was my first T as well.

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Wendy
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[Scorpiove]

This is my little girl and her name is Hagrid. :) I love her to death. She use to be weary of letting me hold her but now she even comes to me when she wants to be held. :p She is also the tarantula in my avatar.:)

[Stealth Taco]

Here is my rosey Pinochet. Malevolent lil jerk, he loves doing battle with my tweezers and assuming a threat posture whenever I drop, or take a cricket out. Not that he eats them anyway.

[WayneT]

Here's my Maggie...and she is by no means a sweetheart! She was my second T and in the three and a half years I've had her, I've seen every conceivable quirk from a tarantula from her. Most all of the time, she's a real b***h...and then she'll crawl up on you like nothing's wrong. I swear, if I ever figure these out, I'll write a book!

[pitbulllady]

I currently have 4 Rosehairs, three of them known females and one "probably" female. Each has a different personality, pointing out how difficult it is to generalize when it comes to the temperaments of various species. The largest has the most "Jekyll-Hyde" personality; one day she will be very calm and docile and the next day she will rear up in a threat display just from me walking by her enclosure! One, a medium-sized gal, is currently in an extended Pre-Moult, and is a total bee-atch, ALL of the time! The other two are the sweeties; the smallest is a sub-adult about 2 1/2 inches in diameter, who is very sweet, even though she, too, is in a pre-moult right now. She will run around as if in a panic when I first open her enclosure, but once I put my hand down flat on the floor of the enclosure, she will willingly, without prodding, step up on it. The other spider I just got two nights ago from the owner of an exotic-oriented pet shop I know, for the whopping price of $5.00. This is the one whose gender I'm not sure of, but the guy I got her from, who is pretty knowledgeable about tarantulas, said he believed it to be female. This one has the best color, very pink, and also will willingly step up onto my hand without prodding, even climbing up the wall of its enclosure to do so! In the short time I've had this one, I've gotten quite fond of it, and I will be very disappointed if it turns out to be a male! My first-ever Rosehair, who I traded several weeks ago to the owner of the same pet shop, was one of the most aggressive spiders I've ever seen, bar none! She would literally chase my hand around her enclosure when I did routine housecleaning, lunging and striking with her fangs! If I put anything in her enclosure, such as a pencil, she would immediately attack it, trying to pull it away from me. Oddly enough, though she tries to attack the pet shop owner just as she did with me, his 12-year-old daughter is able to pick up and handle this spider without so much as a slight threat display from it! Five different Rosehairs, five different personalities.

pitbulllady

[rosehaired1979]

well my husband's 2 roseys think there OBT but mine he is a big eater. Everytime I threw crickets in he would do after and eat them. i never really tested his temperment really. He is at Spiderman2 house matured and waiting to be bred with his female :) Here is a pic of him
http://www.spidertalk.net/SpiderTalk/images/upload/kthornton1979/1775.jpg

[Joe1968]

this is my girl G. rosea named "Rosita", she loves to pose with the boys. :)

[leo3375]

This is Artemis Rose, my 3.5"–4" rosie. I got her over 3 months ago so she's my first T. She's very mellow, laid-back, and quite tolerant of my presence. She never really uses the hide I've provided for her, either, preferring to hang out in the open. She hasn't done any digging in her enclosure but she's webbed it up quite well. I'm hoping she molts in a few weeks so that I can confirm her gender, but from what I could tell, she's probably all girl.

(I apoligize for the blurriness; I will eventually get some ace digital photos of my Ts.)

[pitbulllady]

this is my girl G. rosea named "Rosita", she loves to pose with the boys. :)

I got a real kick out of those picks, Joe! They look like scenes from one of those "B" movie horror flicks from the '50's, about some giant killer spider and the brave military guys going out to do battle with it!

pitbulllady

[Joe1968]

LOL, i luv B movies :D , yeah my rosie is so docile i can even arange her legs for posing. :D

[Stealth Taco]

There is definitly some photoshop potential with crickets, war toys and that rosey....hehe it makes me giggle!

[Scorpiove]

this is my girl G. rosea named "Rosita", she loves to pose with the boys. :)

You're pics are playing with my mind lol. I can't gauge a proper size on the Rose Hair or on the size of the toys lol. It is really mind boggling to look at them. :p

[grammostola1953]

G. rosea is my fave, as well. Was my 1st & now have 6, along with 40+ others. They range from 1/2" to 5", so cute when they're small & beautiful when grown.
3 are females, waiting about 2 yrs for ANYBODY to molt! One of these is Sandi, my "Rose from Hell!". She was not cared for properly, before I "rescued" her, and has still not forgiven the "hand". Perhaps...some day...
Fluffy, the cricket slayer,(kids love her!) has not eaten in 2 mos, but not concerned, one gets accustomed to this, with rosea, as well as so-o-o many others.

leo3375, My A.versi is Artemis, named for her hunting prowess! ;)

[protheus]

My wife just got a mature male. Very good coloration, and he's a real kitten. :) Can't wait until my spiderling gets a little larger.

I was kind of worried about him being a male, because they tend to be more active, but it seems that it's not a problem. She just has an active, friendly tarantula.

Chris

[SpiderJoe]

Fluffy, the cricket slayer,(kids love her!)

LOL! :D {D

[cichlidsman]

i just feed my 1" rosey a green and yellow inch worm. he/she loved it. the little one eats around twice a week, and everything i feed it is the same size(not counting the leggs)as he/she is. the adult that i have never ate in a long time. they are they are like chalk and chesse.

[ShaunHolder]

I too, have much love for my little G.Rosea. I picked him/her up from the local petco a bout half a year ago. I was so fascinated with it, since it was my first tarantula. I had been keeping scorpions for about two years prior to this, and I couldnt belive how much I had been missing out on by holding off on taking care of one. Thier docile behavior and curious nature makes them so loveable. I named the T Winston Churchill, (Winston for short) and we've hit it off ever since. A great T over all, theres a reason why it's always reccomended as a starter T.

Here's a pic of winston smacking around a beatle I tried to feed "him". He was pretty full at the time, so he never ate it. I eneded up freeing the beetle outside. I did got a fun pic out of the ordeal.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/DestroyTheHumans/Tarantulas/Winstonattk.jpg

[cichlidsman]

I too, have much love for my little G.Rosea. I picked him/her up from the local petco a bout half a year ago. I was so fascinated with it, since it was my first tarantula. I had been keeping scorpions for about two years prior to this, and I couldnt belive how much I had been missing out on by holding off on taking care of one. Thier docile behavior and curios nature makes them so loveable. I named the T Winston Churchill, (Winston for short) and we've hit it off ever since. A great T over all, theres a reason why it's always reccomended as a starter T.

Here's a pic of winston smacking around a beatle I tried to feed "him". He was pretty full at the time, so he never ate it. I eneded up freeing the beetle outside. I did got a fun pic out of the ordeal.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/DestroyTheHumans/Winstonattk.jpg


what do you use for substrate? is that a hardshell type bettle? nice spider.

[ShaunHolder]

Substrate is potting soil mix with peat moss mixture, and a layer of peat moss on the top of the potting soil.

Sort of a hard shell beatle. Not as hard as some, but harder than a crickets exosekelton. He's eaten them before, but he just wasnt hungry this time I suppsoe :rolleyes:

[Dreaddinit]

Here is my rose. He was the 1st T ever out of the 2 the other is a versicolor Juvey. Hes the biggest wuss known to man. Kinda like my dog (Lab). Since i gave him a new enclosure he seems to love it and doesnt hide. Just dug a hole in the back corner and stays there alot but hes still visible. I go to get him clean water or to feed him and he runs out like hes gonna attack but then he runs back to his corner like "Oh Sh$# hes really coming in here Ahhh! :p All in all wonderful spider to have. In this pic. I was a little scared and held him way to high but he didnt budge. It was my 1st time holding him.
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/attachment.php?attachmentid=22560&stc=1

[Scorpiove]

I named the T Winston Churchill, (Winston for short) and we've hit it off ever since.

I have an emperor Scorpion named Hitler and a Curly Hair tarantula named Stalin who want to meet this "Winston Churchhill". :p

[ShaunHolder]

I have an emperor Scorpion named Hitler and a Curly Hair tarantula named Stalin who want to meet this "Winston Churchhill". :p

Hahaha. Tyranical dictators vs short tempered British Prime Minister. ;P

[pitbulllady]

My first Rosehair was a real terror. I honestly think she believed she was an Usambara Baboon spider-she was THAT aggressive! NOT happy to just rear up and give a threat display, she would actually actively pursue me! She had spent several weeks as the "guest" of a kindergarten class at a school where I teach, having been abandoned at the teacher's home when her own-the teacher's son-got married and moved away, losing all interest in the spider. The children in the classroom named her "Honey", such a sweet name for such a nasty-tempered creature! The kindergarten teacher who gave her to me told me that both her son and his fiance used to hold the spider lots of times, so I was surprised it reacted to me like it did, and to most everyone else. However, the 12-year-old daughter of her present owner also can hold this spider with no problems, even though the owner himself gets the same treatment I did! I am totally convinced that T's DO recognize individual people, since nothing else can explain this behavior.

pitbulllady

[mouse]

my rosie is the sweetest. i bought her 8 months. she molted 2x since i had her, and the only time she did not like getting picked up was right before she molted the 2nd time. my husband allways picks her up, i hold her occationally, even my daughter holds her ( my son reaches for her, but he'd eat her, he is only 1 1/2 years old).
dianne

[ShaunHolder]

My first Rosehair was a real terror. I honestly think she believed she was an Usambara Baboon spider-she was THAT aggressive! NOT happy to just rear up and give a threat display, she would actually actively pursue me! She had spent several weeks as the "guest" of a kindergarten class at a school where I teach, having been abandoned at the teacher's home when her own-the teacher's son-got married and moved away, losing all interest in the spider. The children in the classroom named her "Honey", such a sweet name for such a nasty-tempered creature! The kindergarten teacher who gave her to me told me that both her son and his fiance used to hold the spider lots of times, so I was surprised it reacted to me like it did, and to most everyone else. However, the 12-year-old daughter of her present owner also can hold this spider with no problems, even though the owner himself gets the same treatment I did! I am totally convinced that T's DO recognize individual people, since nothing else can explain this behavior.

pitbulllady

It could have a lot to do with the way she approached/handeled the T. It's cool she can handle it no problem though. I love how the behaviors of G.Rosea are so diffrent. {D

[tarantula666]

here's my pretty lady called Linda, snacking on her favorite food :)

http://www.home.zonnet.nl/kerstens40/photos/linda.jpg

[Randomosity]

http://img51.exs.cx/img51/9161/grosea.jpg



That be Volkmar, Destroyer of Worlds, Devourer of Souls...feasting on a cricket at the moment of the picture



Bit me once when my roomate dropped her (he freaked out at the last minute) and I caught him/her and he/she sunk it's fangs into me (I guess to stop the fall)...hurt like hell, but I don't think any poison was injected.

Other than that he/she is very friendly and non-aggressive.

[veronyka]

OOhh I love my pretty rosies- one of them always accompanies me to the pet store when I buy crickets :D
There's a shot of one of my 3 rosie's in my avatar but the rest of my pictures are kinda hard to find since I've reformatted my computer 4 times :mad: but anyway.. I just wanted to join in and say I LOVE my rosehairs.. :)

[spidergoddess]

OOhh I love my pretty rosies- one of them always accompanies me to the pet store when I buy crickets :D

And does your rosea get to pick out its own crickets, kinda like choosing a dinner lobster out of a tank as humans do?

[pitbulllady]

That be Volkmar, Destroyer of Worlds, Devourer of Souls...feasting on a cricket at the moment of the picture



Bit me once when my roomate dropped her (he freaked out at the last minute) and I caught him/her and he/she sunk it's fangs into me (I guess to stop the fall)...hurt like hell, but I don't think any poison was injected.

Other than that he/she is very friendly and non-aggressive.[/QUOTE]

I have noticed that many T's, especially the bigger ones, use their fangs for climbing and holding onto irregular surfaces much as a parrot uses its beak. I've had them grip the edge of my hand with their fangs as they pulled themselves up and over, and it is a little bit freaky-feeling! I've had a couple, my
Grammostola aureostriata and my biggest Brachypelma albopilosum actually leave impressions on my skin with their fangs while climbing, but this is quite different from an aggressive reaction. It's just one of those little things I've had to get used to.
You are very fortunate that you were able to catch your T when it fell, bite or no bite, since that could easily have ended with a dead spider!

pitbulllady

[veronyka]

Hehe yeah that rosie gets first pick at the juicy crickets :D

[mouse]

here is rosie and my daughter cece
and rosie next to her coffeecup...my husband got her hooked on nascar.. :D

[tarantula666]

I got a real kick out of those picks, Joe! They look like scenes from one of those "B" movie horror flicks from the '50's, about some giant killer spider and the brave military guys going out to do battle with it!

brings back memories :) , i got into tarantula's after seeing "Kingdom of the spiders" the story is a complete rip-off of the old hitchcock movie "Birds"
only the birds were replaced with tarantula's
must have been one of "beam me up scotty" shatner 's first movies :D

[8leggedrobot]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/berrytarantula/G_Rosea_BB.jpg

There's my new rosie, just bought it yesterday and although you can't really tell from this picture it is very malnourished. :( I'm feeding it and setting up a 10 gallon for it, they actually gave it to me in the 1/2 gallon kritter keeper they displayed it in so I'm leaving it in there for the next few days until the tank is ready. This is my second rosie, still unnamed, unsexed and untested, but it seems to be very calm and not scared of people. (Touch wood -- we shall see.)

My first rosie was named The Dogfaced Gremlin (after the pro wrestler Rick Steiner's nick name, hehe) and he was a sweetheart!! I held him with ease, never once felt concerned he wanted to bite and I could even hold him near my face right on my throat/neck. Now, this was before I knew a thing about the irritating hairs, mind you -- got him at a pet store when I was 15 and had a generic book about pet tarantulas from like, the 70s and NOT A WORD about the hairs. I know better now guys so don't freak. :p

Anyway, I've been dying to get back into keeping Ts and have been researching them almost daily for over two years. :( I just love thinking about them and looking at them... money and space made me wait, now I have plenty of both so I'm finally ready again. ;)

[leo3375]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/berrytarantula/G_Rosea_BB.jpg

Okay, the first thing you should do is throw out those bark chips and replace them with dry soil or a dry soil/peat moss mix. I use cactus soil for my G. rosea because it's very coarse and dry, the way she likes it. Bark chips could contain pesticides that can be harmful to your T.

[Immortal_sin]

here is rosie and my daughter cece
and rosie next to her coffeecup...my husband got her hooked on nascar.. :D

at least she has good taste in NASCAR drivers ;)

[8leggedrobot]

Thanks leo3375, I've got peat moss and potting soil in the tank, this is actually what they had the T in at the store. :( Wood chips... what did they think it was a hamster? :p

I'm tired of calling it an "it", too... ;) Need to try and sex this t when it gets moved tonight after work. :D

[cichlidsman]

today i fed my 1" rosea, now his/her abdmon is so big that the light in the room shines off of it. i am suprised that it can get around.

[Spydra]

Here is a pic of my dearly departed male, he was away in florida on a breeding loan and got nailed by one of the females :(

Renee

[Brian S]

I guess I am in the "Rosey Club" now. I just purchased a beautiful speciman while I was in Springfield today. It is also calm and will sit on my hand. I will try to get some pics in a few days.

[cichlidsman]

welcome to "the rosey club" Brain S. the long fast just ended. my adult rosey just ate a cricket(1/2 hour ago). i will try her again tomorrow. i put a cricket in her tank and watched for a second to see if she was interested, first the cricket walked in front of her and the spider moved to face the cricket, so the cricket just stoped(for around 5min or so), and the spider stoped, and i never moved a muscle. and then the cricket started to move its antinna's, and then the wait was over, bamb! the cricket was lunch. i hope she eats again tomorrow, i love watching her eat.

[JacenBeers]

I definitely think this belongs in the Grammastola Rosea appreciation thread. Although I am thinking that my riend Paul didnt appreciate the G rosea in this picture and she didnt appreciate him.

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/attachment.php?attachmentid=1625&stc=1

[cichlidsman]

watch out, sometimes they borrow

[JacenBeers]

Here is a better view:

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/attachment.php?attachmentid=1626&stc=1

[behemoth]

What do they borrow?

[cichlidsman]

welcome to "the rosey club" Brain S. the long fast just ended. my adult rosey just ate a cricket(1/2 hour ago). i will try her again tomorrow. i put a cricket in her tank and watched for a second to see if she was interested, first the cricket walked in front of her and the spider moved to face the cricket, so the cricket just stoped(for around 5min or so), and the spider stoped, and i never moved a muscle. and then the cricket started to move its antinna's, and then the wait was over, bamb! the cricket was lunch. i hope she eats again tomorrow, i love watching her eat.
she ate again today. i wonder if she is benging for a molt soon.

[Brian S]

Here is a better view:

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/attachment.php?attachmentid=1626&stc=1
You should teach it to say no to crack {D {D {D

[cichlidsman]

My 1" g.rosea stoped eating today. so im hoping it will molt soon. I wonder how big it will become.

[Blue_Blood]

I think cichlidman meant burrow...
and here's one of my rosea... ;P

[cichlidsman]

My 1" g.rosea stoped eating today. so im hoping it will molt soon. I wonder how big it will become.
I was right. went it the animal room today and there it was on its back and looks like its going to molt. he(i hope) webbed up the little cage and made a little bed in the coner witch it is lieing on. I was lucky it never got hurt because it is on top of my iguana cage and he(diablo) got out(he is good at it) and climbed to the top and knocked over some stuff that was next to bush(the molting rosey). Bush is aroud 1" right now. How big do you think that it will gorw? This is the first time it molted in my care. I am so excited, this is the first molt that i was able to see( all my others were at night).

[cichlidsman]

how long is this going to take? it is still on it's back with to change(or movement). I have never seen any spider molt before.

ps- i don't know how long it was on its back before i seen it there.

[luther]

Laying on the back, before splitting the skin can last a few hours. Once it starts to separate from it's old exuvium it will take about an hour before the T is free. It's very interesting to watch. Enjoy!

[cichlidsman]

Laying on the back, before splitting the skin can last a few hours. Once it starts to separate from it's old exuvium it will take about an hour before the T is free. It's very interesting to watch. Enjoy!
It is around half way out now. Seems like it is going to double in size. The fangs are twice the size anyway.

[Lilija]

Yay! I can post on this thread now!

http://www.bakasoft.net/lilija/Pris1.JPG


Here's my new baby :D (which I'm sure you guys are all tired of hearing about by now, hehe)

[cichlidsman]

Yay! I can post on this thread now!

http://www.bakasoft.net/lilija/Pris1.JPG


Here's my new baby :D (which I'm sure you guys are all tired of hearing about by now, hehe)
nice furball.

[eksong]

Here is mine... still don't know if it's male or female =[

[cichlidsman]

Here is mine... still don't know if it's male or female =[
how big is this one?

[cichlidsman]

how long is this going to take? it is still on it's back with to change(or movement). I have never seen any spider molt before.

ps- i don't know how long it was on its back before i seen it there.
he/she is finished now. seem to be fine.

[eksong]

how big is this one?

I am not sure. It was purchased as (my only) wild caught. It was in a pretty awful condition when I first got it, but it has always been very nice and recently quite piggy =]

[MeteoRa]

All of you have very nice Rosea... :D

[JJJoshua]

http://www.night-fall.net/spiders/pic15.jpg
http://www.night-fall.net/spiders/pic62.jpg

[Socrates]

Well - for the longest time I was wondering WHAT had happened to my Socrates, my very first T, my sweet Chilean Rose.

Today I solved the mystery.

HE had burrowed himself for his ultimate molt. When I gently undug him and he came bursting out, I immediately knew what had happened. His front legs are now REALLY long, his carapace is a very rich pinkish red - he is simply stunning. He has his "boxing gloves" and his spurs, WHAT a tranformation. :eek:

Here is is - in all his manhood.

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Wendy
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[JJJoshua]

Here's my rosie with her new molt.
http://www.night-fall.net/spiders/rosie14.jpg
Here she is telling me to bug off.
http://www.night-fall.net/spiders/rosie12.jpg

[cichlidsman]

Well - for the longest time I was wondering WHAT had happened to my Socrates, my very first T, my sweet Chilean Rose.

Today I solved the mystery.

HE had burrowed himself for his ultimate molt. When I gently undug him and he came bursting out, I immediately knew what had happened. His front legs are now REALLY long, his carapace is a very rich pinkish red - he is simply stunning. He has his "boxing gloves" and his spurs, WHAT a tranformation. :eek:

Here is is - in all his manhood.

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Wendy
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WoW he sure is nice. Are you going to breed him to a lucky female?

[cichlidsman]

Do G.rosea kick hairs? I am asking because last week my baby rosey(bush) molted. Today i tryed to feed it ( it never ate), and it rubbed it's back legs on its abdomen.

[Socrates]

WoW he sure is nice. Are you going to breed him to a lucky female?

Thank you - and yes I am. Socrates (yeah, that's my Rose's name) will be heading to California on Monday (MizM) where 4 lovely ladies are awaiting him. :D

I will miss him terribly - he was the T that got me started back in March. :(

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Wendy
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[cichlidsman]

Thank you - and yes I am. Socrates (yeah, that's my Rose's name) will be heading to California on Monday (MizM) where 4 lovely ladies are awaiting him. :D

I will miss him terribly - he was the T that got me started back in March. :(

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Wendy
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good luck, and i wish you many babys(spider babys)

[JJJoshua]

Do G.rosea kick hairs? I am asking because last week my baby rosey(bush) molted. Today i tryed to feed it ( it never ate), and it rubbed it's back legs on its abdomen.

Yep, I think rosies actually have two different kinds of urticating hairs. That's what the different colored patch of hairs on thier abdomen is.

You can kind of see it on my rosie I posted above..

[cichlidsman]

Yep, I think rosies actually have two different kinds of urticating hairs. That's what the different colored patch of hairs on thier abdomen is.

You can kind of see it on my rosie I posted above..
I can see it. right in the center. I seen these spots on slings( I thought they were soft spots or something), but never noticed on adulds before. Thanks for the reply.

[Mendi]

I've got to add a couple pic's of one of my favorite Ts...

1. Charlotte after her latest molt

2. Storm, who's here on loan from Holley, still going strong, alternating enclosures weekly with his 3 wives

3. T-porn of the 2 shown above... :eek: :o

4. Juvie male Red, my red phase. Can't wait for him to get large enough to really show his color in another 3-4yrs :rolleyes:

5. Here's Storm with wife #2, Rose

[Mendi]

Wonder if I can find a few more of the rest of my G.rosea? Since we are appreciating them in this thread, I need to post the whole rose colored family... :o

1. Here's Rose showing her rose-ness off

2. Storm again, but this is Psycho, #3 in his harem

3. Here's Psycho showing how she got her name. What attitude :mad:

4. Prince, Charlotte's 1st mate...RIP

5. And last, and least (size wise,) is Tara. Back shortly after I got her in my 1st order of slings from Swifty. She's still pretty small and taking her sweet time in growing up. But she's a monster compared to this baby picture


That's it, all my Rosehairs... That is, unless the harem decides to cause a population explosion on a grand scale in the future

[SpiderJoe]

Hey everybody,

I absolutely was stunned by the amount of replies this thread got. :eek: And I think it proves that eventhough many of us started out with a G. Rosea, none of us have lost love for them in our harts... :razz:

And I just went insane of all of them beautiful pictures! :clap:

Thank you all so much! :worship:

Regards,


Joey

[xanadu1015]

Have three rosies in my house. Medusa, our female who was a christmas present for my mom and got her officially started in the hobby (she matches her name with personality sometimes) and two little slings, one unamed and one that is my daughter's named Scooby. So far Scooby is my favorite. "She" thinks she is aboreal. Everytime I open the top of her vial she runs out on the my hand and explores. I hope she stays sweet. The other one is skittish and shy and will stay in her burrow no matter what.

Isn't this fun? :)

Laura

[chique]

Looks like this thread is starting up again so I'll throw in my pennies worth. My boyfriend got his rosie about 10 years ago when he was 13. Moved out. Left her behind (origonally thought she was a he so he called her spike), we met, I adopted her 2 years ago, she now lives with me and the rest of the t family.
As others have said one minute these rosies are all defencive and all 'get out of my space' and other times they almost look like they want attention. Funny how they're thought of being the ideal starter t when they're so unpredictable altough docile? Someone mentioned further down 'do they flick hairs', In my experience YES they bloody do, she points, she shoots I run (okay a bit dramatic) lol.

[bonesmama]

My Rosehair was my first-I've only had her since August, but she is very sweet. Her name is Morticia. I bought her thinking she would be a look-but-don't-touch pet, but her temperment is so good I just can't help picking her up and giving her a big ole kiss every now & again! :worship: lol. Right now,though,she's on a hunger strike and seems to have turned into that "pet rock" that other G.R. owners have complained so much about! :wall: But I'm happy to see that Rosies have so much love. :clap: If she would have been a :evil: Bad**s :evil: , I may not have become so facinated with T's... I've since gotten an A.Seemani and 3 Brachy slings. I'm still waiting on a molt,though!
P.S.--SpiderJoe-what part of de Nederland are you from? I spent a year there and go back every chance I get- I've got lots of Dutch friends! Dui!

Maybe my signature should be changed----
YOU CAN PICK YOUR ROSIE,BUT YOU CAN'T PICK YOUR FAMILY!

[SpiderJoe]

Hi!,

Well I come from a town called Tiel;) it's in the province of Gelderland that's about in the middle-east of The Netherlands:D

I have had my rosie for about one and a half yrs now and she is very sweet, I don't take her out of her enclosure but I know if I need to, for cleaning the enclosure for example, she wouldn't be difficult to handle. She is missing a part of her leg. She hasn't molted yet in my care, but when she does, I hope the part is regenerated. She is in an enclosure right next to my bed, she watches tv with me lol, sometimes I see her sitting in front of one of her side windows looking at the tv:D I think that's really sweet:).

Regards,

Joey

[Rico]

Here is my Keri. Right now she has PMS (Pre-Moult Syndrome) so sometimes she loves me sometimes she hates me.

This particular day she just hung out while I did a lil bit of house cleaning. Some days she'll run and hide, some days she'll gently walk over and tap my hand, and like on this day she'll just sit there and ignore me.

By far the most personality of any T that I have. How can u not love rosies?

[bonesmama]

When I play music 'Tish comes to the front of the tank and puts her feet up to the glass!

[Randy]

i'd say they're indeed very Sweet .. and lovely..


http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/attachment.php?attachmentid=29858&stc=1

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/attachment.php?attachmentid=29856&stc=1

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/attachment.php?attachmentid=29857&stc=1

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/attachment.php?attachmentid=29855&stc=1


And two days ago, she moulted succesfully...

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/attachment.php?attachmentid=30287&stc=1

[cichlidsman]

I was right. went it the animal room today and there it was on its back and looks like its going to molt. he(i hope) webbed up the little cage and made a little bed in the coner witch it is lieing on. I was lucky it never got hurt because it is on top of my iguana cage and he(diablo) got out(he is good at it) and climbed to the top and knocked over some stuff that was next to bush(the molting rosey). Bush is aroud 1" right now. How big do you think that it will gorw? This is the first time it molted in my care. I am so excited, this is the first molt that i was able to see( all my others were at night).
Im thinking that he is going to molt again soon, because its dug a borrow and was in there for about 3 weeks now. Never enen came out for water. he is still alive brcause i can see him form the bottom of the "critter keeper".

[HEEN67]

Hi!
Here mine and it are 4 years old!... :D

[Rourke]

I no longer have a rosea, because I am trying to rid my bug room and house of urticating hair. Anyway, here is the last one I had, when it was about 2.5".
http://www.arachnopics.com/data/500/2221NW1_G_rosea.jpg

[delta]

http://home.arcor.de/black.-.pearl/rosea-netz5-5.jpg

http://home.arcor.de/black.-.pearl/rosea-netz4-4.jpg

http://home.arcor.de/black.-.pearl/rosi.jpg

and with egg sack

http://home.arcor.de/black.-.pearl/egg-sack.jpg

[Vanan]

Nice pics delta!

Rourke, that juvi rosea looks pinker than usual. Insane colours. Did it just freshly moult when the pic was taken or issit just natural variation. Never seen a rosea that young before. any chance it could be a G. cala?

[Rourke]

Rourke, that juvi rosea looks pinker than usual. Insane colours. Did it just freshly moult when the pic was taken or issit just natural variation. Never seen a rosea that young before. any chance it could be a G. cala?
All I know for certain is that it was purchased as a spiderling from either Swift or Hoke (I was buying from both at the time), and it was on the pricelist as G. rosea. But yes, it was a relatively recent molt (coupla weeks past). And I definitely think these guys have better color when they are younger.

Rourke

[shogun804]

here is my G rosea about 3 inches or so maybe a little bit bigger very nice right now im hoping for a molt sometime soon but with my luck i doubt it...G rosea aka storm

[Wolfchan]

My lovely little lady(I hope!), Morrigan...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/wolfchan/aea632ef.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/wolfchan/47dd5e62.jpg

[Crunchie]

Mine... "Buffy"

http://www.onefinfalkirk.com/pets/buffy026.jpg
http://www.onefinfalkirk.com/pets/buffy046.jpg

In her recently done up cage
http://www.onefinfalkirk.com/pets/newcage001.jpg

[cichlidsman]

Nice pics delta!

Rourke, that juvi rosea looks pinker than usual. Insane colours. Did it just freshly moult when the pic was taken or issit just natural variation. Never seen a rosea that young before. any chance it could be a G. cala?
I agree. the g.roseas that i have or had started to get darker or hairer(i think taht is a word), when they get around 1" or so.

Btw, nice spider Rourke.

[HEEN67]

Grammostola at home! :D

[toyotaman]

I called her "Mr. Dizzle"...nevermind
(And excuse the photo quality, im a digi-cam noob!)
http://home.tiscali.de/corolladriver/Dizzle1.jpg
and another one: (Moult was about a month ago)
http://home.tiscali.de/corolladriver/dizzle2.jpg


Greetz

[priZZ]

Grias Di,

(And excuse the photo quality, im a digi-cam noob!)


I see nothing. Just 2 big, red X!

[toyotaman]

@prizz
The pics should work now!
(Habs gerade editiert als du gepostet hast :rolleyes: )

Here`one taken with the cam of my cellphone...sometimes sitting like an arboreal seems to be cool.. {D

http://home.tiscali.de/corolladriver/dizzle3.jpg

[H-D]

This is 'Dee' :worship:

[Crunchie]

excuse my sense of humor :8o

[H-D]

very funny and...way 2 much time

[ORION_DV8]

here she is

[XxxBondagexxX]

Big Bubba aka Shelob
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v113/XxxBondagexxX/bubba.jpg

A teenie girl named mimi I baught recently at a show.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v113/XxxBondagexxX/babros.jpg


My pride and Joy Charlotte My very first and Now I found out shes a he :(
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v113/XxxBondagexxX/charlooe.jpg

My baby Hedwig just shed!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v113/XxxBondagexxX/Hedwig.jpg

Another Juvie just baught at a show named Timmy!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v113/XxxBondagexxX/teenRoseee.jpg

[Bob]

I mated my G.Pulchra last week....had so much fun I just had to mate my G.Rosea. Here are a few photos. The female tilted back so far she fell off the log.........how embarasing.... :8o

[Crunchie]

hehehe I was tidying my room yesterday and noticed that "Buffy" my sub adult female rosie had come out to the front of the tank to watch me. I took her cage out from the shelf and placed it on my bed and opened the lid. She crawled up one level of the cage (there's a ground level and another level above her hide) and then up the corner of the tank. She sat on the top of the cage for a second and so I put my hand on the bed a little away from the cage. She promptly plopped down onto the covers and walked onto my hand :clap:. Its as though she recognises that when she's out of her cage she's always with me, she's such a little sweetie and I love her to bits. I'm so glad I took the plunge and bought her...:drool:

[cichlidsman]

Im thinking that he is going to molt again soon, because its dug a borrow and was in there for about 3 weeks now. Never enen came out for water. he is still alive brcause i can see him form the bottom of the "critter keeper".
Just as i thought he molted last night some time. He is getting some big. I would say that he is going to be 1 3/4". I am glad that he did it last night, instead of in the middle of the week, while im away. I guess the next molt will be in february some time. Seems like the little guy likes to web the place up a lot before he molts.

[becca81]

This is my G. rosea, Archimedes. I bought her for my 6th grade science classroom in late July / early August. She's molted once since I've had her (in October) and has been doing very well. She's a true pet rock (except when I look at her, then she gets an attitude), but I think she's great.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/beccamillott/Archimedes/DSC03042.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/beccamillott/Archimedes/Drinking1.jpg

[cichlidsman]

nice pic of the rosea drinking. I have never seen any of mine roseas do that.

[Tarantula]

Here is my rosea:

Mature female red phase:

http://zoonen.com/res/user/46801/galleri/225807/grammostolarosea5_orig_SE.jpg

Spiderling:

http://zoonen.com/res/user/46801/galleri/198435/grammostolarosea4_orig_SE.jpg



Cheers

[Mustacherose]

:clap: This is Mustache, I got her on October 22'nd 2004. She is aparently a juvi female. :clap:... My digi cam is screwed, just look on the site in my sig for pics :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall:

[Sasa]

Mature male red phase:

http://www.herppi.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10801/ruusu.JPG

[cdxrd]

I love my roseas.. But wow.. I love that red-phase even more! Beautiful!

[shogun804]

i really like my G rosea she/he is awsome always out in the open and does this awsome wierd thing when it relaxes it pumps its legs and then lays on the tip toes all stretched out it does not happen often at all so when i get to see it do this i just LMAO its so cool...

here is a pic of my rosea.

[Brando]

I saw my rosie drink today it was amazing i sat and watched in awe(however you spell it). Still no pics yet :-( , trying to get hold of a camera.

[Arachne]

i really like my G rosea she/he is awsome always out in the open and does this awsome wierd thing when it relaxes it pumps its legs and then lays on the tip toes all stretched out it does not happen often at all so when i get to see it do this i just LMAO its so cool....

My adult male did this too, once!! I didn't get a pic :(, but just stood there observing for a while - it was so adorable! It reminded me of my mom's dog stretching out and relaxin'. :)

Here is my baby, Dmitri. I got him as a birthday present, about a month ago. He's pretty calm and sweet. Likes to dig and just move dirt around. I've seen him drink twice, and it's pretty awesome!

http://www.knottystuff.com/dmitriside2.jpg

http://www.knottystuff.com/dmitrifangs.jpg


And, here is my newest addition, Charlotte. Hopefully, she will turn out to be a girl - otherwise, I guess I'll be calling "her" Charlie! :D

http://www.knottystuff.com/charlotte1.jpg


I love my rosies!!!

:)
Ara

[Brando]

I came home to my rosie in the corner of its cage molesting itself....maybe it was cleaning itself.. dunno it was rubbing itself with like 4 of its legs.

[cichlidsman]

Just as i thought he molted last night some time. He is getting some big. I would say that he is going to be 1 3/4". I am glad that he did it last night, instead of in the middle of the week, while im away. I guess the next molt will be in february some time. Seems like the little guy likes to web the place up a lot before he molts.
Bush molted again. I was'nt much off the "february some time" quess. he/she is 2" and a little better now. I also seen bush drink(the first time i ever seen any rosey do this). I will quess that it will be in june he/she will molt again.

[rhinocricus]

This is my male G. rosea, before he molted in June:

http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/89/533389/1024_3435343765613030.jpg

And now he looks soooo good :eek:

http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/89/533389/1024_6439346339613333.jpg

I'm looking for a girl now :D

[midianholic]

I am not trying to court controversy I just feel Rosies are generally rather plain looking. To me they look like a giant Tegeneria Atrica. There are a lot more beautiful spiders out there.

[rhinocricus]

I am not trying to court controversy I just feel Rosies are generally rather plain looking. To me they look like a giant Tegeneria Atrica. There are a lot more beautiful spiders out there.

I just wanted to show the impressing change (to me..) of colour after the last molt. I know well about other species, I own some :cool:

[Nerri1029]

I had one for 8 years and got her as an adult..

My rosies... now..

Zhaan and Aeryn



http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/attachment.php?attachmentid=29960&stc=1

[Crunchie]

Freshly moulted adult female :}

[midianholic]

I just wanted to show the impressing change (to me..) of colour after the last molt. I know well about other species, I own some :cool:


Please accept my apologies, I was not having a go at you. I was just giving my opinion as a contrast to everyone who was saying how lovely this Spider is.

[becca81]

I am not trying to court controversy I just feel Rosies are generally rather plain looking. To me they look like a giant Tegeneria Atrica. There are a lot more beautiful spiders out there.

Beauty is subjective, of course. I own 2 G. rosea - an adult that was my first T and a sling that was a freebie. Although I do think they possess subtle beauty, I am not as fascinated by them as I am with some of the other species I keep.

[rhinocricus]

@Crunchie

Oh what a beauty :worship: Would be a nice partner for my male :D Anoying you're so far away :(

[stubby8th]

I have recently fallen in love all over again with my G.roseas - you know, if they wern't so cheap and easy to find I think that they would bring some good money! I mean, temperment (mine are usually pretty docile) great looking, hearty - these really have it all going on!
Here are my babies -