Yay, my lividum finally came!!! :D

[Peter_Parker]

Teh heh, it took like 1.5 weeks for my payment to get there, and then my bratty little sister decided not to sign for the package so I had to drive up to the post office during rush hour to get the package before it closed :razz: , but my female cobalt blue (which I bought from Dean at Northwest Inverts) is finally here, and she's a beaut'! Now that I have my favorite spider, I'm gonna get some more pretty (yet, less expensive ;) ) T's. Any suggestions? l8r :D

[YouLosePayUp]

less expensive?? Psalmopoeus irminia, Cyclosternum fasciatum, Aphonopelma seemani (blue).

If you want cool markings you could go heteroscodra maculata, any pterinochilus sp., Pokie regalis.

and if you win the lottery Cyriopagopus sp. (blue), Pocilotheria metallica.

happy hunting

[Cheshire]

Any pokie, B. Smithi, B. auratum (sp?), B. Vagans any avic, I like the hystereocrates genus, but some people think they're ugly brown spiders, P. Murinis, I'll post more when I have time.

Great T

[Peter_Parker]

Less expensive, e.g college student affordable ;) Those sound like good choices, I'll look into them. Just because a spider's brown doesn't make it boring, not to me anyway... It's its behaviour too that I like. Cobalt blues have nice color and all, but I like them mainly because of their no B.S attitude. I've had enough handleable, happy go lucky T's, it's time for something with more pep :D

[DavidBeard]

Enjoy your soon-to-be pet hole! lol ;)

[Peter_Parker]

heh heh, I will, thanks! :D

[xWARxPATHx]

Congrats before I got into this hobby I wanted to get an H. lividum and an E. murinus and now I have both.

[cloud711]

nice lividum you got there. if your interested in old world t's try to get a thai zebra. they are beautiful t's in my opinion. :)

[xgrafcorex]

p irminia, cambridgei, c cyaneopubescens, b vagans, pokies, Avicularia hurriana, and a versicolor all come to mind

[Peter_Parker]

Congrats before I got into this hobby I wanted to get an H. lividum and an E. murinus and now I have both.

Yep, H. lividum was always my fav, and now I have one. I want E. murinus too, but is the skeleton pattern yellow, white, or does it vary from specimen to specimen? can't really tell from the net' pics I've seen. :D

[Cheshire]

Less expensive, e.g college student affordable ;) Those sound like good choices, I'll look into them. Just because a spider's brown doesn't make it boring, not to me anyway... It's its behaviour too that I like. Cobalt blues have nice color and all, but I like them mainly because of their no B.S attitude. I've had enough handleable, happy go lucky T's, it's time for something with more pep :D

If you like that attitude, then you'll love H. Gigas. Same personality, only grows to 8 or 9 inches. Will actually flip on it's back in a threat display :eek: Check out C. Crawshayi. My favorite T, up there with P Regalis on my want list.

Maybe if you're lucky, P. Metallica breeding will take off, and those will become more affordable.

Speaking of: I know P. Metallica is new in the hobby, but I've also heard that they breed readily. So why isn't there more of them?
I know there's only four bloodlines (ok...for the sticklers: hemolymph :D ) That probably has something to do with it.

[Peter_Parker]

I'd really like a crawshayi, but I hear they take forever to grow... Wouldn't mind getting one eventually, I have a huge one in my preserved collection, but I like the living ones better ;) Oh look, more pics! :D She doesn't seem to be very interested in burrowing, just hanging out on the side of the tank, or sitting by the log...

[taorchard1987]

once i finally brought a female H.Lividum i wnated something else, just like you. I would say either go for a Brazilian Black (G.Pulchra) or a king baboon (C.Crawshayi)

[Peter_Parker]

I guess it's the same with just about every hobby. When I first got back into spiders I was like "well, I'll get a Rosea and a cobalt, and that'll be it". But now I've been sucked in and I keep wanting more! bwahahahahahahaha!!! :wicked: I'm getting a ton of miscellaneous spiders probably tommorow or friday (all true spiders e.g orb weavers, widows, etc.) It wouldn't be so much about the money if I was buying slings, but they kinda have a tendency to like dying when I keep them, so all mine are gonna be adult females (I might get a blondi sling cause they tend to be bigger, right?).

[homeskillet_96]

I also just got a H. lividum and she hung out on the side of the glass for about three weeks before it burrowed. Now I haven't seen her in about three weeks and I am loving my new pet hole.
Sam

[Peter_Parker]

I also just got a H. lividum and she hung out on the side of the glass for about three weeks before it burrowed. Now I haven't seen her in about three weeks and I am loving my new pet hole.
Sam

yep, I haven't seen mine in a while now. At first I didn't think she'd make a hole, she kept hanging out on the side of the glass. now I just toss crickets down the hole and they're never seen again..... bwahahahahahahahaha! :wicked: Here's a picture of her now:

[K MUELLER]

:rolleyes: Yeah maybe if you are real lucky,you can check late at night,with your red light,and see your ''pethole'' in the open,good luck and enjoy!!!!! later-Karl

[Pennywise]

Mine comes out almost every night. I can tell by the peat moss particles
she tracks into her water dish.

[big-n-hairy]

if you want one with as you put it, a no B.S. attitude, go for H. minax. dark as midnight and it will take no crap. mine is pure evil :evil:

[Peter_Parker]

Mine comes out almost every night. I can tell by the peat moss particles
she tracks into her water dish.

Yeah, I think the resident of my pet hole comes out on a nightly basis, too. I can tell because some of the peat is moved around and there's more webbing on the sides of the tank now. I'm gonna stay up all night with a red flashlight and watch for her! :wicked: