Be aware that B. vagans are generally more aggressive and mean than other Brachypelma species. So if you were instructed to "get a Brachy, they're docile", that often doesn't apply to B. vagans. It's the Brachys' crazy uncle.
How about G. pulchripes instead then? They're cheap and very docile with very few exceptions. Good eaters, decent growers and rarely flick hairs.
Alright then, fingers crossed your vagans will turn out to be a sweetheart.Well the trades been done already. There on way to me.
I'll have to find someone that'll want that one.
In the 20 years I've been around tarantulas, that has not been my experience at all. Boehmi tends to be more defensive than vagans, and while my personal collection is not a good sample size, I will say vagans is by far my most docile tarantula.Be aware that B. vagans are generally more aggressive and mean than other Brachypelma species. So if you were instructed to "get a Brachy, they're docile", that often doesn't apply to B. vagans. It's the Brachys' crazy uncle.
If you need to know everything, then your brain might explode. No one knows everything! But, if you want to start off on the right foot, read a few books: Quick and Easy Tarantula Care by Dr. Robert Greene, Tarantulas by Jerry G. Walls, and The Tarantula Keepers Guide by Stanley A. Schultz.Can someone help me with enclosures, and everything I need to know!!??
I am thinking about getting G rosea and a vagan.
Can anyone help?
To say B.Vagans is by far the most docile is a little extreme considering there are many docile species. I hear allot about how docile G.pulchra are so I bought one and so far she seems to have a good disposition. tarantulas are also individuals so others could have completely different experiences.In the 20 years I've been around tarantulas, that has not been my experience at all. Boehmi tends to be more defensive than vagans, and while my personal collection is not a good sample size, I will say vagans is by far my most docile tarantula.
OP, vagans is an excellent beginner species.
If you need to know everything, then your brain might explode. No one knows everything! But, if you want to start off on the right foot, read a few books: Quick and Easy Tarantula Care by Dr. Robert Greene, Tarantulas by Jerry G. Walls, and The Tarantula Keepers Guide by Stanley A. Schultz.
The first two will get you started quickly and you can download them from nook or Amazon. The last one is a little harder read, but take your time and you'll get through it.
Good luck.
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Since you're going to be getting pretty small ones you need, small containers like these below.There going to be pretty small right now.
Okay cool!
That isn't even remotely close to what I said. Don't put words in my mouth. I said that in *my* collection, *my* B vagans is my most docile tarantula. As in the one that I keep. I've been around many over my time though, and they are not by any stretch of the imagination aggressive or even more consistently defensive than other Brachypelma species.To say B.Vagans is by far the most docile is a little extreme considering there are many docile species. I hear allot about how docile G.pulchra are so I bought one and so far she seems to have a good disposition. tarantulas are also individuals so others could have completely different experiences.