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    I have had many e-mails in the past few weeks asking for info on sexing pokie's and How I do it. Well first off I couldn't sex a single pokie if it was not for my good friend Simon Goldsborough. I have been learning alot about pokie's from him so I must give credit to him. Before he showed me how to sex them right I thought ventral sexing pokies was impossible he showed me wrong time and time again.

    So I have put together a diagram to show you exactly how to sex pokies with practice you can sex them 99% I would say 100% but most would say not. So I will just say out of a 100 you'll get one wrong.

    Now I would like to point out that when sexing pokie's the younger the easier this in I would say best time too sex is when they are 1.5" inch up to 3"in The bigger the males get the more fuzz the get over the triangle which can make it harder to see it for sexing.

    That is why I think so many have such hard times sexing pokie's is because they are trying to ventraly sex to old pokie's and they get it wrong. younger better.

    So I hope this helps some of you out with sexing your pokie's. If you must challenge me then go ahead but there are rules

    Rule 1 The photo must be clear.

    Rule 2 The photo must be on slight upward angle ( so looking from the spinerets up and only slight angle)

    Rule 3 only pokie's

    Rule 4 please name of specie and size

    Rule 5 now go grab your pokie's and find out how easy it is and have fun this is a hobby right.
    Cheers

    Last edited by Mark Pennell; 25-01-08, 07:18 AM. Reason: profanity
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    Excellent EXCELLANT research Toran, much appreciated!
    PS dont the males have little red 'bulbs' on their palps when they mature?
    Oli

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    • #3
      Hi
      So you are basicly saying follow the article by Mark R Hart and apply it to Poecilotheria species?

      I mean this article :-
      wonderful tarantula (Theraphosidae) images curated by arachnologist Rick C. West. Hundreds of tarantula pictures of well-known and incredibly rare species


      All the best
      Chris

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Chris Sainsbury View Post
        Hi
        So you are basicly saying follow the article by Mark R Hart and apply it to Poecilotheria species?

        I mean this article :-
        wonderful tarantula (Theraphosidae) images curated by arachnologist Rick C. West. Hundreds of tarantula pictures of well-known and incredibly rare species


        All the best
        Chris
        Another excellent article, thankyou Chris.
        Oli

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Chris Sainsbury View Post
          Hi
          So you are basicly saying follow the article by Mark R Hart and apply it to Poecilotheria species?

          I mean this article :-
          wonderful tarantula (Theraphosidae) images curated by arachnologist Rick C. West. Hundreds of tarantula pictures of well-known and incredibly rare species


          All the best
          Chris
          OH I am sorry CHRIS you find this thread unneccesary and useless let me fix that for you. Mark pennell could you close this thread and erase it. As CHRIS pointed out it is useless.
          "The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?"
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          • #6
            Rule 5 now go grab your pokie's and find out how easy it is and have fun this is a hobby right.
            Cheers
            ok so how do i go about grabing my 2in l.s pokie, without getting bit or hurting the little thing
            chris
            if you like my photos then post a repy.,
            it makes it worthwhile to me,if you dont like ,still post a reply esp if you can tell me where i went wrong


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            • #7
              Originally posted by Toran Tanner View Post
              Mark pennell could you close this thread and erase it.
              No sorry Toran the thread will remain open, its useful and instructional, not everyone knows of this, nor Mark Harts original article.

              There are those who swear by this technic and others that prefer sexing buy studying the exuvium. The latter being my preferred way of doing things

              This forum is for sharing knowledge.

              Regards
              Mark

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              • #8
                Originally posted by chris king View Post
                ok so how do i go about grabing my 2in l.s pokie, without getting bit or hurting the little thing
                pretty sure that was s figure of speech.
                cheers Toran! i'll attempt to sex my pokies ASAP, didn't realise they could be done at such a young age. maybe i'll be wrong, but it'll be fun and educational.
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Toran Tanner View Post
                  OH I am sorry CHRIS you find this thread unneccesary and useless let me fix that for you. Mark pennell could you close this thread and erase it. As CHRIS pointed out it is useless.
                  Chris was quite right to point out the original source of the knowledge and work Toran.

                  As for ventral sexing, I'm with Mark, and much prefer to sex from exuvium.

                  Originally posted by chris king View Post
                  ok so how do i go about grabing my 2in l.s pokie, without getting bit or hurting the little thing
                  You don't need to hold them, just have a look when they're on the side of their enclosure

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                  • #10
                    i have been gendering from the exuvium from 2nd moult slings for years, i have recently been having a go at ventral gendering and in my oppinion i find it very sucessful (not got one wrong yet, in my collection).
                    i have even heard people say that they can ventral gender nymphs at stage 2. as soon as i get some i will ahve a look to see if i think it possible for me to do to.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Toran Tanner View Post
                      OH I am sorry CHRIS you find this thread unneccesary and useless let me fix that for you. Mark pennell could you close this thread and erase it. As CHRIS pointed out it is useless.
                      I'm sorry but I am almost lost for words for once in my life!!!

                      When and where in hells name did I say it was unneccesary?
                      When and where in hells name did I say it was useless?

                      Do I know if you have seen that article or not?
                      Jesus christ all bloody mighty I only wanted to direct you and others to a little more indepth information on this method of sexing spiders!
                      I thought this was the point of a forum?

                      Its people like yourself that make me think twice about shareing any information that I could add to or provide, or helping out others when it is needed when I am in a good position to help.

                      I know not to from now on though.

                      Cheers
                      Chris

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                      • #12
                        Hi Chris, don't get upset there are lots of us out here who really appreciate all the extra knowlegde that people like you feed into the threads. Thats how we learn. So keep posting.

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                        • #13
                          Perhaps something you could both discuss over a pint at the lectures since your both attending.

                          All infromation is relevant it depends on how you interpret it.

                          I beleive that Chris was pointing out an article that assists your post Toran.

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                          • #14
                            keyboard warfare is never good...you can always read some tone or implication into another person's post that they may not have intended...
                            i can see both perspectives, and both reasons for over-reacting.

                            Ray's suggestion of a pint at the lectures is a great one!
                            wish i was going too
                            Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Ray Hale View Post
                              Perhaps something you could both discuss over a pint at the lectures since your both attending.
                              Your jokeing arn't you? At 3 quid a pint I hope he's buying then as I'm as tight as a ducks ass!

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