Introductions!

[chris carter]

Hi all

Hi all

I have collected Tarantulas for 15 years, in the summer of 1994 i took my children to london zoo, in the insect house they got out a Brachypelma smithi to show the public.

All the way home on the train my 10 year old son gave it the can i have one dad over and over again.

To my wifes horror i finally gave in and we bought him an adult Aphonopelma seemanni for his birthday and an adult Grammostola rosea ( cala at the time) for christmas.
After a few months he got into Ninja turtles and lost interest in the tarantulas and i took over thier maintenance. As you are all aware the bug takes over and i now own over 180 tarantulas, several Scorpions,
Millipedes and six colonies of Cockroaches. The rosea died last year well into her twenties, but my first tarantula "Maxie" the seemanni is still alive if a bit threadbear now

I run Invicta arachnid club of which i have been chairman for the last ten years, i spend most of my time running our IAC forum and editing the newsletter which is why it has taken so long for me join this community, although Matt Spooner our webmaster is a prolific contributer to the bts forum.

Now i have finished boring you if anyone wants a chat i look forward to talking to you.

Chris

[Mrs Linda Street]

Hi Chris, welcome to the forum

[chris carter]

Thanks linda

[clive wooby]

Hello everybody........i'm new to this in every way imaginable....just bought my first T...a gorgeous 3" brachypelma boehmei female(so im told)...called her Sheila.....not sure of her age.
Look forward to chatting with y'all and hopefully gaining some knowledge on T's as i go.

[Alistair Kennington]

Hi Clive & welcome

Hi clive & welcome its great here i only just got into the hobbie as well there a great bunch of people on here,i started with one and now ime on 9 when my next three come this week lol,you soon lern any thing you need to no,just ask like i do .....enjoy it here mate and look forward to reading your posts ect

[Mrs Linda Street]

Hi Clive, welcome to the forum, as Alistair say's always lots of help and advice on hand, but beware, collecting T's is an addictive hobby lol.

[Hazel Duffy]

*waves*

*peeks from behind the computer screen*

Hiya everyone.

Another newbie to add to the growing list. I've only been keeping t's for going on 6 weeks now. I have 0.1.0 A.purpurea (georgous lil girl when she comes out of hiding) 0.1.0 G.rosea (another gentle soul who roams her tank) [both of these I've had for the full 6wks *w*] 0.0.1 A.versicolor (nice wee sling who weaves wonderful webs) and 0.0.1 B.smithi (who dances around it's tub)[both have had a week in my care]

I do agree with the person above (Linda) that they are addictive, as I have another two slings coming hopefully friday and I find my self daily researching and checking out the Classifieds (yanno, eager beaver n all that.) It's amazing to see how they each interact with their surrounding and their food. My wish list has another four species (none of which are reported as aggressive, cos well ... hrmph, just not ready for those yet lol)

So yeah, thats me. Hope all are well

H

[Alistair Kennington]

Hi hazel & others new to the site

Hi hazel i also have only been keeping T's a short time there great and so interesting ,enjoy it here same go's out to the others just joined...cheers Ali

[Mrs Linda Street]

Hi Hazel, welcome to the forum.

[Craig Mackay]

Welcom everyone. Hope you enjoy th forum. Hazel, I'm a fifer too. Where about are you? I grew up in Methil.

[Hazel Duffy]

I currently bide where you are from Craig lol ... Oh n I'd like to make an ammendment. My A.pupurea has turned out to be a Avic sp "Peru purple" heh

[Peter Lacey]

Welcome to all the new visitors.
Hi Hazel, hope you enjoy your beanweavils

[Craig Mackay]

I currently bide where you are from Craig lol ...

Alloa or Methil? Small world!!

[Hazel Duffy]

Hey there Peter, I sure am looking forward to the Bean Weavils. Got a few hungry mouths to feed *g*

Methil, Craig heh

[Craig Mackay]

Hey there Peter, I sure am looking forward to the Bean Weavils. Got a few hungry mouths to feed *g*

Methil, Craig heh

Ah cool, thats a shame. It'd be nice to meet some like minded people in my own town.