About six months ago I bumped into a friend that I see 2-3 times a year.
In the course of conversation, he realized that he hadn't feed or watered his (one and only) tarantula in "at least 2 months". So he asked me if I wanted to take it. He thought it was called a "red knee. I call it "Tron" though." said he.
He showed up at my house a couple hours later with the T in a 10 gallon tank that looked reeealy scary. As if to issue a disclaimer, he said: "it's kind of old."
Hey, I thought -- a full grown B smithi -- cool!! I showed him a nice smithi that I have.
I searched my memory banks, and remembered that he had indeed bought a tarantula, a loong time ago. "almost 21 years ago" he said. "It was a little bigger than yours when I got it." My "youngster" smithi was three inches stretched out (hefty and healthy). So that makes "Tron" (funny name for a female) how many years old?...
Any other old-timers out there?
In the course of conversation, he realized that he hadn't feed or watered his (one and only) tarantula in "at least 2 months". So he asked me if I wanted to take it. He thought it was called a "red knee. I call it "Tron" though." said he.
He showed up at my house a couple hours later with the T in a 10 gallon tank that looked reeealy scary. As if to issue a disclaimer, he said: "it's kind of old."
Hey, I thought -- a full grown B smithi -- cool!! I showed him a nice smithi that I have.
I searched my memory banks, and remembered that he had indeed bought a tarantula, a loong time ago. "almost 21 years ago" he said. "It was a little bigger than yours when I got it." My "youngster" smithi was three inches stretched out (hefty and healthy). So that makes "Tron" (funny name for a female) how many years old?...
Any other old-timers out there?