B . Smithi still Popular...or not ?

[miserykills]

I loooooooooove my smithi. I got it as my second T since they're easy to care for and an absolute must-have for any one in the hobby. I bought her as a 2.5" female from a breeder/dealer on here for much much much much more than they were worth a long time ago but I don't mind paying more to get something that doesn't impact the wild population. I hope they stay popular forever, even if they'll never be as popular (especially for beginners) because of the price difference between CB and WC.

 

[ManlyMan7]

They are classic. Not only the first T to start the hobby, but my first T in my first collection, and one of the first 5 Ts in this current collection.

I currently have 20 B. smithis. Two are adult females, and 18 are left over slings I decided to hold onto to sell locally after getting lucky with a sac of 840 this summer. And I discovered how popular they still are when Tarantula Canada said they would take whatever I would sell them, and at a decent wholesale as well. Half the sac went to the male's owner, but Tarantula Canada gladly bought what I would sell them.

I was told during all that that there haven't been any successful smithi sacs in Canada for a few years.

Fingers crossed on my B. emilia now...

 

[viper69]

My AF smithi was the first and only young adult T I bought. Kelly Swift had obtained about 20 or so from someone at a show I was at.
I saw all these orange legs, Ts leg span about the size of a half dollar. He ended up keeping some back.

After about 3-4 yrs I finally obtained one of them at about 4.5" in size by then for a VERY good price.. She was and still is a screaming beauty.

 

[Angel Minkov]

Here, in Bulgaria, people breed B. smithi like mice. Slings cost 5€. I have a B. smithi and its maybe my least favorite T, because it's in its hide all the time and doesnt eat much.