shan wrote: Hi all.
I am Shan from centurion. Just got myself a G. pulchripes sling about a week ago. ...
WELCOME TO THE HOBBY!
WELCOME TO THIS FORUM!
My canned newbie greeting:
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Ah, ha! Did you hear that? That was the newbie alarm! :lol:
Please don't be offended. Tarantulas have been around for several hundreds of millions of years, and have been evolving and fine tuning their lifestyles steadily, seemingly almost forever. So, we're all playing catch-up here, and in a sense will be newbies for a long time to come.
I strongly urge you to go to the
Spiders, Calgary webtree
and start reading. At least scan through the entire website, picking out topics that catch your attention, but be sure to read the following webpages. (Even experienced aficionados can sometimes benefit from a little review.)
STAN'S NEWBIE INTRODUCTION
. No! You start out with the
RIGHT foot first.
STAN'S RANT
. Read as many of the books mentioned here as you can find.
MYTH WEBTREE
. How did we ever get into this mess?
CARE SHEETS: THE MOTHER OF ALL MYTHS
. How to avoid both going crazy and killing your spider at the same time.
TEMPERATURE
. You may suffer hot flashes or cold chills but your tarantula doesn't.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
. You've been lied to!
GROWING YOUR OWN
. No, we're talking about tarantulas here, not the other "stuff."
SUBSTRATE
. Getting to the bottom of it all.
ADDENDA AND ERRATA
. Changes, additions and
all the material that never made it into the printed version of TKG3.
CARE AND HUSBANDRY OF THE CHILEAN ROSE TARANTULA
. The
pièce de résistance for everybody who has a
Grammostola rosea. This one is necessary only if you already have a Chilean rose or are getting a rose. Otherwise it may only be interesting reading to give you a broader data base. (Also, remember that this webpage was written primarily for Northern Hemisphere enthusiasts. Keeping a Chilean rose in another Southern Hemisphere country should not pose any issues like the dreaded Hemisphere Shift.)
The best news is that 90% of the questions you wanted to ask plus a lot,
LOT more that you didn't think to ask are all laid out for you for
ABSOLUTELY FREE if you read that website and take advantage of your friendly, neighborhood, public library! All you need do is read.
Best of luck. Hope this helps.
