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To all seven people who own this species, how do you care for this species, such as enclosure requirements, humidity requirements, etc. also what's the temperament like?
Harpactira pulchripes
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--and which internal organ did you trade to get one?
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John, if you know of any dealers accepting internal organs as trades for H. pulchripes, pm me.
Poec54
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Not that those seven people are experts in how to care for them.
I'd keep them like other baboon spiders from that area, like Ceratogyrus, Augacephalus, and Pterinochilus. Dry substrate, good ventilation, cork slab to hide under and a water bowl.
I'd keep them like other baboon spiders from that area, like Ceratogyrus, Augacephalus, and Pterinochilus. Dry substrate, good ventilation, cork slab to hide under and a water bowl.
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I'm thinking about getting a credit card just so I can get one or two lol.
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I still have all of my organs and blood lol, I just want to know how to care for one when they become cheaper.
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That's going to take at least three or four years...... After raising and breeding these guys I bet they will still be approx. $250. In six or seven years they will be affordable.
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freedumbdclxvi
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Contact Michael Jacobi. Didn't he import the originals? And I am not sure if he's on here or not, but I think Lee Beck in the UK bred them.
awiec
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Best bet there, plus you will have enough experience to properly care for said sling (which will still be a few hundred dollars). If you were to kill it on accident I'd cry for you. But I think I could spare one of my kidneys for a few of them. I talked to a breeder who bred others in the genus and you keep them like any other baboon: Nice amount of sub and keep them fairly dry with a water dish.
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Organ:spider, spider: organ.... Hmmm, think I'll keep my organs and hope H. pulchripes become affordable within my lifetime. 
awiec
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I still have another 60 years so I imagine I will be able to get one eventually, just even looking at P.metallica it was 150 when I first got into the hobby and now has dropped to 80-90 so there is hope that maybe in 5-6 years H.pulchripes will drop down to a more reasonable price.Organ:spider, spider: organ.... Hmmm, think I'll keep my organs and hope H. pulchripes become affordable within my lifetime.
I'm wanting a few of these as well. They aren't worth $400 each to me though just to be one of the first to have it. The main reason being advice available on specific care. If I accidentally killed a $400 sling, I'd feel compelled to hold a funeral for both the spider and my bank account. There are also a ton of Xenesthis species I'm hoping make it over here from Europe. mainly the sp White, sp Blue, and Intermedia.
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Eh, I don't need 2 kidneys anyway.
freedumbdclxvi
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Made the same call with P everettis, and they have come way down. Though I am no novice, these rare and new beauties (and I mean all rare ones and not just these) when introduced should be in the hands of the best of the best to get them prolific in the hobby.Organ:spider, spider: organ.... Hmmm, think I'll keep my organs and hope H. pulchripes become affordable within my lifetime.
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Do you think I'd be crazy enough to buy a 3/4-1" T that costs about half as much as a used car? Maybe.......
Only kidding.
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Still waiting a reply from Paul if he'd accept a portion of my liver. That would go for a pretty penny right?, I don't even drink much so should be good for resale lol.
-JohnD.
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So I'm guessing I wasn't the only person who saw these as Coming Soon on a certain site. :3 I'm sure the first batch (or two or ten) are going to be prohibitively expensive--they might even put P.ultramarinus sling prices to shame--but it's exciting that they may soon be available.
Edit: Nevermind, I see another already has some for sale. Yep, very prohibitively priced. o-o
Edit: Nevermind, I see another already has some for sale. Yep, very prohibitively priced. o-o
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I have to get some too. wow. so beautiful!
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Last night I found them for sale and spent the night rethinking every life choice and unnecessary purchase I ever made. It took me a good twenty minutes to leave the page because I wanted to get one that bad. I decided that no, if I accidentally killed it I would probably end up the same way because of my family's anger at me. still.. they're a pretty tarantula. maybe some more staring at that $400 price tag will make it go down...:coffee:
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Again, the tarantulas beauty and the desire to appreciate it in person is kind of cancelled out when a puny sling of it costs about as much as the iPad I'm typing this on.