Rose-Hair (3 month old)

Just got this little thing a month ago. Finally got around to snapping a picture. Once it molts I will find out what sex it is and name it :D

http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/a...0/100_3585.jpg

Brave. Cool!
I once kept a rose hair tarantula. I couldn't sleep so well when I had it, so I rehomed it. Maybe it would've helped if it wasn't when I was a teenager and had to keep it in my room. LOL

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Originally Posted by CA cowgirl

Brave. Cool!
I once kept a rose hair tarantula. I couldn't sleep so well when I had it, so I rehomed it. Maybe it would've helped if it wasn't when I was a teenager and had to keep it in my room. LOL

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lol you should get another one :D

I used to be very scared of them also. So I know hwat ya mean.

Looks good :gj:

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Originally Posted by Boanerges

Looks good :gj:

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thanks dude :gj:

I can't wait till this beefs up. I have never held larger rose hair before. I have heard people say that as they get older and larger, they get a lot calmer. Is this true? I know my share of info about these animals but I am no expert.

I'd believe the school of thought that they settle down with age and size. Same goes for kingsnakes, ratsnakes, cornsnakes, and the like. Lots to fear when little, less to fear with experience and size. :)

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Originally Posted by CA cowgirl

I'd believe the school of thought that they settle down with age and size. Same goes for kingsnakes, ratsnakes, cornsnakes, and the like. Lots to fear when little, less to fear with experience and size. :)

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Yeah it makes sense. I mean I havn't been bitten by mine yet, and it's never really aggressive, but honestly sometimes it scares me because it gets startled easily and it takes off running really fast to another part of his enclosure.

It's kinda funny.... I scare him, he scares me.... Both of us think we are going to harm each other. lol

It's about a 50/50 chance. He will either run off fast away when I nudge his back leg, or he will walk slowly and have no problem beind held.

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It's kinda funny.... I scare him, he scares me.... Both of us think we are going to harm each other. lol

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:giggle: This is the truth and seriously funny!

Me, I do have concerns of the fangs being sunk into my skin, but more so of the hairs being thrown from their rump... the thought of that tenses my body!

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Originally Posted by CA cowgirl

:giggle: This is the truth and seriously funny!

Me, I do have concerns of the fangs being sunk into my skin, but more so of the hairs being thrown from their rump... the thought of that tenses my body!

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hahaha yeah thats pretty extreme. just imagine if us humans could shoot out our hair if people really make us mad....

I'd probably be bald by now though :weirdface

Very pretty! But if that spider is 3 months old, I'll eat my shorts. I have one about 7 months old that is about 1/4 that size (actually it's about the size of a quarter, lol), this species isn't a particularly fast grower, you couldn't get one to that size at 3 months even if you powerfed the crap out of it. Most of them mellow out into very calm adults, just don't let him scare you and you'll be fine; remember it's a cycle, the tarantula twitches, you jerk, the tarantula jerks, etc etc. Move slow and calm and she will too!

Badass!

I'm getting two tarantulas really soon from a friend of mine that also goes on this forum. One of them is an Avicularia Avicularia and the other is a Avicularia Versicolor:D

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Originally Posted by PurplePython

lol you should get another one :D

I used to be very scared of them also. So I know hwat ya mean.

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I have a fear for them as well, I LOVE looking at them and watching them move around, hunt, do what they do, but I can't for the life of my touch them.

Wierd eh?

I love tarantulas, they do really make awesome pets. I really want a Rosehair as well, I think I may just get one soon enough.

All I have right now is an A. Avicularia and she's great, she just is pretty fast:O. I've learned to not be scared though, she hasn't bitten me yet (knock on wood) but after her first molt with me and from being handled she has settled down some. I should also be getting an A. Versicolor really soon, which I'm completely excited for!

How is keeping a Rosehair? Like is the husbandry pretty simple? Are they arboreal or mostly terrestrial? Do they like higher humidity levels? I'd really like to know, they really fascinate me.:)