Got a GBB... What Next?

[mrbonzai211]

I have an amazing GBB sling (unsexed, 2 inches). It's absolutely beautiful, but now I'm left with a dilemma.... What do I get next!? Is there anything out there more beautiful than a GBB that also isn't a pokie? I will eventually get a pokie, I'm just ill equipped to deal with their venom and speed at the moment and I would like to wait until I get my own apartment. I know it's a lot to ask, but pics to go along with your suggestions would be incredibly awesome of you guys.

[gumby]

If you like color get a Avicularia fasciculata they are fantastic! I thought to myself "self get one and like many others it wont look as cool in regular light but it will still be cool" I was so wrong this is the most awesome looking T. ever so beautiful and in regular light you dont need a camera flash to dress her up.

[stevetastic]

you could get another GBB. I have 2 and i'm (hopefuly) getting one in a trade next week.

[Jwwjr]

lol i got myself a pokie first then the gbb... if you want something simple get a G.pulchra or maybe something from the avic species if you want something docile, with pretty colors yet can be somewhat fast.

sidenote the pulchra will take forever to grow, avics i hear are a faster growing species

[gumby]

Ok check out this thread to get an idea of what a Avicularia fasciculata looks like:
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=64351

[johnharper]

What about a suntiger or a signapore blue? Can't believe no one said these two.

John

[joshuai]

Pseudhapalopus sp Blue Rump verry cool blue butt instesd of orange! just ordered one (rare to)KTBG got some

[burmish101]

Pokies are actually pretty simple, just a bit skittish. I've never had a regalis rear up at me yet, tbh the 1-2" parahybana slings I have are jumpier by far lol. Lasiodora are fun spiders if youd like to give those a try, or Acanthoscurria geniculata are nice too.

[bamato]

Nobody mentions S Rubronitens Imagine a pulchra, but with a hairy red butt. Little more skittish but manage-able.



Or how about a E Cyanognathus? Get one as a sling they are beautiful! Slow growers, but so gorgeous even at a young age! They have BRIGHT blue fangs very irridescent coloring. A little seclusive, but when they do come out it's a real treat

[aracnophiliac]

Heteroscodra maculata. I just orderd one and they are aboslutly B-E-A-U-tiful

[scottyk]

I would second the suggestion of P. irminia (Suntiger), especially if you eventually want to get a Pokie. In fact, P. cambridgei and P. pulcher are also beautiful t's from this genus.

All of the above are fast moving defensive arboreals, but without the potent venom of a Pokie. Work with these guys for a year or so without getting bit, and you'll be ready....

[the nature boy]

Jump in headfirst and get whatever you really want. You'll be fine--in fact you'll probably be more cautious than you need to be.

[burmish101]

My 2nd T after having a G. rosea was Poecilotheria pederseni, I can 2nd that I was rediculously cautious as it was worlds different than the rosea lol.

[Alex080]

I say get a pokie not as bad as people make them out to be

[CRX]

Get an H mac, an A behlei, or a P cambridgei. They're my 3 favorite Ts, but I like the H mac especially. Simply stunning-