This was my first tarantula. Went to Petco to get dog food and saw the tarantula being treated so poorly. Kids smacking the glass. So I bought her. Best spider ever!
This was my first tarantula in 1989. Survived my college years and my marriage. She passed away in 2009. She was great. I just got back into the hobby this year.
Hello Dave and Sweet Camera Lady! My son has a Grammostola Rosea, and her name is Luni. She is old, and we think she is at least 17 to 18 years old. She had a previous owner before my son. Luni is a kind creature, but we don't handle her more than necessary! She can be lightning fast when she wants to, too! They can be fuzzy eaters and fast for long periods as you stated, but a nice, easy spider to keep otherwise. We have seasonal changes, but she seems to thrive here in Sweden with living in a normal apartment both during the winter and summer. Normal apartment temperatures during winters here are between 21 -23 degrees. Summers can be warmer, of course. Luni loves her waterbowl ( and she drinks ), and when she feeds she can eat very well and do her happy dance! She seems to be content with her life as a house pet, and we love her! She taught me not to fear spiders when my husband and I cared for her in our home when our son couldn't do it.
To indulge in a touch of anthropomorphizing: the algorithm sent me to one of your Brazillian jewel sling retrieval videos, and I couldn't stop giggling. If a very focused man was chasing me around with a paint brush, promising a great deal on an apartment in cork, I'd also run back to hide in my mom's basement 😆
My a. Chalcodes fell 😢… abdomen burst …. But I coated him with copious amounts of cornstarch and HE LIVES! And eats and is completely healed …. Which is a miracle considering how much blood he has lost so sometimes they do survive. He is my saint spider
I have around 300 spiders and if my house was burning down, and I could only grab one, it would be my rosea! She not the rarest or most expensive, or even the most colorful, but I just love her little personality! She’s only 2.5” so it’s possible I’ll have her well into my 70s! 😁 Everyone should have a rosea in their collection!
My first spider was G.rosea NCF Charlotte 2007 or 08, and my 2nd spider was a rosea RCF Saffron ❤ they cost 15 or 20 quid each when i bought them as adults! Charlotte was super chill, any time i went to do anything in her tank she would come for a nosy and would happily volunteer to be handled occasionally, she passed 2 or 3 years ago now and i still miss her 😢 Saffron was mostly chill but would throw threat postures regularly and was a bit more temperamental, she passed last year, they both would've been 25+ years when they passed. I now have little 1cm NCF sling and it so far seems to have a pretty chill temperament, it runs when i first open pot but then it comes back out to see what's going on 😊 I'm glad they're gaining popularity again!
what fine looking spider PROFF the colour is amazing,. another great information video on this spider to help the hobby. CAMERA LADY you managed to capture some fine images. well done. interesting for the future project list. many thanks guys and take care
Beautiful. Some amazing camera work from our wonderful Camera Lady. In some shots you can see coppery pink and peacock blue tones on the carapace. Amazing.
What an absolutely beautiful lady she is! I didn’t realise that they weren’t so popular these days, as I clearly remember them being very popular as a beginner spider years ago, just as you said. ❤
This brings back memories! Back in 1980 I got my first 3 tarantula at 20 years old. I lived in Palo Alto, California, fairly warm to hot most of the year (especially recently). There was a pet store in Mountain View that sold me a "Chilean Rose" female, a "Chilean Flame" male, and a friend gave me his 15 year old "Mexican Red Knee" female. I was advised to buy each spider a "hot rock" that had to be plugged in electrically, and each in a former glass fish tank. The only food bugs sold were crickets or meal worms. There were only 4 books printed back then for a Hobbiest Spider keeper and I bought them all as well as the University text book on spiders. A hot rock - like they were lizards.... When I look back at how little information was available along with the myths passed around I am kind of sad. By the time the Chilean Flame molted out as a mature male, I was moving far away to university and gave them to a close friend. She had the 2 of the spiders for several more years. But each one was beautiful and had such bright coloring.
Absolutely brilliant Dave and as you said, they're a wonderful species of spider 🕷 and hopefully there will be more bred in captivity, anyway Dave that's another super job by yourself and camera 📷 lady Dave.
Hi Dave, nice to see a G. rosea in your collection. I have two, and my old female is know nearly 30 years old and on of my faves in my collection. Such wonderful spider!!!
i Started my Tarantula hobby about 12 years ago but the first time i came in contact with this topic was in a library about 20 years ago or maybe more , i found this Book about Tarantulas and on the Cover was a Grammostola Rosea , today there are so many different tarantulas in the hobby the most exotic looking ones , giants or dwarfs, beautiful colors and patterns ..... , but my mind is still on the Rosea because this is the first Spider i knew about , unfortunately i never had one , i am thinking on buying a sling , 7-10 years until adulthood is a chapter in your life , no matter what other people say it's not easy to keep slings , i also noticed how they got much more expensive than in the past , they were among the cheapest Tarantulas you can get but no more , even a sling is more expensive than a subadult or adult female .
I remember growing up when malls had pet stores and there would occasionally be a tarantula to see. I wonder if it was one of these that I saw then. This channel has informed me about how much the hobby has evolved.
One of the first tarantula I saw up close, one of my school friends dad had one. 😎 Great looking spider and good video Dave, hopefully we see some more of her in the future. 😉👍
Remember it well guys add these in the 80s Love the videos you do ,keep me going and at 70 I need to be kept going and stop bullying the camera lady👍😂😂🕸️🕷️🕷️
Morning Dave & Camera lady wot an amazing video as always I used to have a Chilean rose called Tupac he was so amazing he lived for about 7 years but passed away
my very first tarantula was a Rosie, she was an absolute dream and lived to be 30! (I took her in from a school who originally kept her as a classroom pet), looking back there's plenty I would do different about her enclosure, but it was many years ago and there weren't as many accessible tarantula resources are there are these days, would love to get another one some day
Hi Dav She is a very pretty tarantula. Very nice views of her camera lady. That may be an older enclosure, but it i. s a very nice glass one. You are very creative with your enclosures, so the tarantula will enjoy it. Nice close up of her on your desk top. Cindy USA
Our Brachypelma Klassi is surprising us with how often she has molted and the jumps in size that she has taken. We don't overfeed at all. Our Aphonopelma Anax pair are growing faster than what was expected too
Was my very first spider 26 years ago I bought her from a pet shop that was keeping her on bark and I felt so sorry for her. She’s still with me today on a fast (again) longest I’ve had her refuse food is 14 months and she’s been absolutely fine
Love Grammostolas 🥰 I have a Grammostola rosea sling/juvie. She's always out, moves quite alot and seems to be very curious when I open her enclosure 😍
Another Pantene spider, you could make millions from that company especially when all of your spiders look so shiny and beautiful! I really did like that enclosure it looks amazing I would say that it is one of my Favourite enclosures, it looks very naturalistic, I love hearing about the hobby when you were a young man it has certainly changed! Great video thank you! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Ok, I'm not that old I guess 🙄🤭 1995 when I was 17 my ex wanted emperor scorpions. I refused because of the cats so we got bearded dragons. Little did I know I would end up living the life I have now 😬🤭 I now have a snake room and a room for myself and my spiders, and a life with horses, and just a lot of animals ❤️ I bought a Grammostola 'porteri' sling last month (I keep calling them porteri)
I love my G rosea, she’s a mature female who has retired from the acting industry and I called her Miss Greta Garbo, she does have an agent so any bits of work here and there she’s available 😂😂, another great video guys, she is stunning btw love the red 🫶
I managed all the animals at a pet store wholesaler and think it was around 1994 that Chilean goverment stopped almost all exports. One of the most common spiders we got in were Chilean pink toed tarantulas and would often have like a hundred of them at a time. Most would be very young, like one inch long (2 1/2 cm?) but would also get some up to about 3 or 4 times that size
It's about time you did a video on this Tarantula! LOL I've kept many species of Tarantulas but I've had more of these and they've lived longer than any ones I've ever had, with most of them living 25 years or better. I only have one tarantula currently and it is the Grammostola rosea. I've had her since 2006. A friend gave her to me and I've had her for 18 years as of the 04/10/24.. I had another that passed on around the beginning of this year and I had her for 23 years. I had yet another one that passed last year or the year before and I had for at least 25 years. They are the same size of yours there. Such beautiful Tarantulas. Mine just sits in the same spot most of the time. I ordered 100 extra large Dubia roaches to start a colony with (I know it'll take some time and I watched your video on setting up a colony) and offered her 1 and although she kinda tried to find it, she just walked over it and went her way. I took it back out for now but will give her another one soon to see if she'll eat. Thank you so much for making this video on the Grammostola rosea. I have read a lot about them but I prefer to hear your advice on how to keep them. You're my go to on Tarantula care!
I actually recently bought a terrarium of a person whos B. smithi died at 40 years. She bought it as a sling. G. rosea maybe could also easely reach over 30 years.
Wooow 🥰 finally one for my conditions 🎉 resistent to coldish and dosn't need huge humidity neither 💪 now back to watch the rest of the vid 😂 already wondering about a prices 🤔 Really beautifully rusty 😍 ps. yep, prices just made me change my mind 🤦🤣
Yes Dave, I started with one..£15 from every garden centre and pet shop in Essex. I believe there was a ban on importing them a few years back and now they fetch top dollar!👌🏻
My A. geniculata female is in a similar setup and so far no problems at all. Then she moulted out 3 weeks ago. And last Sunday I came to look after my pets, just to see she had managed to push the top lid aside, which got stuck somehow and stayed open a bit. So she spent the night with webbing up the outer frontside and the top and then went back in. When I saw what happened, she had a drink and looked awesome as usual. Now I have covered the top with a weight. Its unreal how strong those animals really are.
What a sweet girl. She was definitely posing for her close up. Just beautiful. I would love to have one. I did hear you say they were a beginner. She was so calm and well behaved. Thank you for sharing her with us. Think she may be my be favorite. Don't tell my curly hair lol
Just try to buy one now !!!!! I’ve been tying to get a red one for ever. In Cali your looking at between 3 & 5 hundred for a 3 inch spider 😳 You can get slings with not too much effort. Awesome Vid !! 😊
Definitely my first spider back in the 80’s, the guy I got mine from called her a Grammostola cala - he had a spider shed next to the mobile home he lived in with his free roaming green iguana 🦎
Hi Dave and Camera Lady, hope you’ve been well. Isn’t she just perfect, an absolute sweetheart 🕷️ Lovely rehousing video, with Camera Lady being on point as usual 😊😊 Not very often we see you manoeuvre a spider using your hand and not your trusty paint brush. I do realise she’s very calm and friendly enough for that. Love her new home. And thank you for sharing. Take care and have a fantastic new week ahead 💙💕😜😜 Xxxx
We bought our female back in 2002, she was 2.5 inches then. Considering the slow growth rate we estimate her to be 25+ years old. Still growing strong and feeds well.
Hey guys! Never had a G rosea, but they look really nice. My slowest growers so far are my 3 sazimai Ts. At about 2" now, haven't molted for almost 6 months. 😂 Cheers!
Wow, her carapace looked like it had a rosy metallic sheen in some of those clips! Nice work Camera Lady, that was lovely footage you got of her sitting on the desk. I think she must have enjoyed sitting there listening to you tell us how stunning she is Dave 😉 Yet another one to add to the wish list! 😱 Great video as always Dave and Camera Lady 💖
❤ really nice showcase of an amazing spider my late mother use to keep those and she stirred me into eventually keeping spiders. Another fantastic video dave and camera lady she's a stunning lady if I win the lottery twice I'm going to get one 😂
Had one of these back in 1993 lol. She got out and got under my moms living room sectional. I would lift a section and she would run to the next section lol.
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I know it's anthropomorphizing but I swear once she learned what the door was my Chalcodes now sits in front of it and "wants to come out". LOL Last time I opened the door she just walked right out..hehe. Good thing I have been watching your videos and always have a catch cup ready. It is tempting to handle her but I worry about exactly what you said. I would hate to freak out and hurt her.
do find the higher temperatures help the aphonopelmas too? They are known slow growers too, but definitely my favorite genus. Looking to pick up a few slings soon.
That Rosea is so calm. I imagine it is thinking “be calm, be gentle, and love your human”.
Nice enclosure! That spider looks like it needs a trip to the hairdresser. 😁
This was my first tarantula. Went to Petco to get dog food and saw the tarantula being treated so poorly. Kids smacking the glass. So I bought her. Best spider ever!
This was my first tarantula in 1989. Survived my college years and my marriage. She passed away in 2009. She was great. I just got back into the hobby this year.
Hello Dave and Sweet Camera Lady! My son has a Grammostola Rosea, and her name is Luni. She is old, and we think she is at least 17 to 18 years old. She had a previous owner before my son. Luni is a kind creature, but we don't handle her more than necessary! She can be lightning fast when she wants to, too! They can be fuzzy eaters and fast for long periods as you stated, but a nice, easy spider to keep otherwise. We have seasonal changes, but she seems to thrive here in Sweden with living in a normal apartment both during the winter and summer. Normal apartment temperatures during winters here are between 21 -23 degrees. Summers can be warmer, of course. Luni loves her waterbowl ( and she drinks ), and when she feeds she can eat very well and do her happy dance! She seems to be content with her life as a house pet, and we love her! She taught me not to fear spiders when my husband and I cared for her in our home when our son couldn't do it.
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To indulge in a touch of anthropomorphizing: the algorithm sent me to one of your Brazillian jewel sling retrieval videos, and I couldn't stop giggling. If a very focused man was chasing me around with a paint brush, promising a great deal on an apartment in cork, I'd also run back to hide in my mom's basement 😆
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My a. Chalcodes fell 😢… abdomen burst …. But I coated him with copious amounts of cornstarch and HE LIVES! And eats and is completely healed …. Which is a miracle considering how much blood he has lost so sometimes they do survive. He is my saint spider
Sweet 😊
The more you look at her the prettier she gets
Very much enjoying the frequent videos 😊👍🏻
😊 thank you
I have around 300 spiders and if my house was burning down, and I could only grab one, it would be my rosea! She not the rarest or most expensive, or even the most colorful, but I just love her little personality! She’s only 2.5” so it’s possible I’ll have her well into my 70s! 😁 Everyone should have a rosea in their collection!
My first spider was G.rosea NCF Charlotte 2007 or 08, and my 2nd spider was a rosea RCF Saffron ❤ they cost 15 or 20 quid each when i bought them as adults! Charlotte was super chill, any time i went to do anything in her tank she would come for a nosy and would happily volunteer to be handled occasionally, she passed 2 or 3 years ago now and i still miss her 😢 Saffron was mostly chill but would throw threat postures regularly and was a bit more temperamental, she passed last year, they both would've been 25+ years when they passed. I now have little 1cm NCF sling and it so far seems to have a pretty chill temperament, it runs when i first open pot but then it comes back out to see what's going on 😊 I'm glad they're gaining popularity again!
what fine looking spider PROFF the colour is amazing,. another great information video on this spider to help the hobby. CAMERA LADY you managed to capture some fine images. well done. interesting for the future project list. many thanks guys and take care
So nice of you
Beautiful. Some amazing camera work from our wonderful Camera Lady. In some shots you can see coppery pink and peacock blue tones on the carapace. Amazing.
What an absolutely beautiful lady she is! I didn’t realise that they weren’t so popular these days, as I clearly remember them being very popular as a beginner spider years ago, just as you said. ❤
Pretty spider
This brings back memories! Back in 1980 I got my first 3 tarantula at 20 years old. I lived in Palo Alto, California, fairly warm to hot most of the year (especially recently). There was a pet store in Mountain View that sold me a "Chilean Rose" female, a "Chilean Flame" male, and a friend gave me his 15 year old "Mexican Red Knee" female. I was advised to buy each spider a "hot rock" that had to be plugged in electrically, and each in a former glass fish tank. The only food bugs sold were crickets or meal worms. There were only 4 books printed back then for a Hobbiest Spider keeper and I bought them all as well as the University text book on spiders. A hot rock - like they were lizards.... When I look back at how little information was available along with the myths passed around I am kind of sad. By the time the Chilean Flame molted out as a mature male, I was moving far away to university and gave them to a close friend. She had the 2 of the spiders for several more years. But each one was beautiful and had such bright coloring.
I'm curious ...did your spiders actually use those hot rocks. ?
Back in the day knowledge was limited as was technology. No thermostats to speak of. Used a very low wattage bulb in an old bean tin, late 70s.
I remember those days
We have progressed a lot from them days its how we all learned ❤️👍
Absolutely brilliant Dave and as you said, they're a wonderful species of spider 🕷 and hopefully there will be more bred in captivity, anyway Dave that's another super job by yourself and camera 📷 lady Dave.
Thank you 🙏
I remember these been commonly sold everywhere for next to nothing. Same when I had my first T.Blondi sling for £3 lol.
she looks gravid, beautiful
Hi Dave, nice to see a G. rosea in your collection. I have two, and my old female is know nearly 30 years old and on of my faves in my collection. Such wonderful spider!!!
Wow, i didn't know spiders could live that long.
Lovely creatures.
Hit the like 👍🏻 button and subscribe!! Dave and camera lady work hard and deserve it❤😊
Aaaaaah. Mammories. 😊
I wish i had a friend like Dave
She's beautiful Dave! Whay a good girl.
i Started my Tarantula hobby about 12 years ago but the first time i came in contact with this topic was in a library about 20 years ago or maybe more , i found this Book about Tarantulas and on the Cover was a Grammostola Rosea , today there are so many different tarantulas in the hobby the most exotic looking ones , giants or dwarfs, beautiful colors and patterns ..... , but my mind is still on the Rosea because this is the first Spider i knew about , unfortunately i never had one , i am thinking on buying a sling , 7-10 years until adulthood is a chapter in your life , no matter what other people say it's not easy to keep slings , i also noticed how they got much more expensive than in the past , they were among the cheapest Tarantulas you can get but no more , even a sling is more expensive than a subadult or adult female .
I remember growing up when malls had pet stores and there would occasionally be a tarantula to see. I wonder if it was one of these that I saw then. This channel has informed me about how much the hobby has evolved.
One of the first tarantula I saw up close, one of my school friends dad had one. 😎 Great looking spider and good video Dave, hopefully we see some more of her in the future. 😉👍
What a beautiful classic was my first ever tarantula I ever bought aswell mine fasted for a whole year without feeding and she was good sized too 😊
Remember it well guys add these in the 80s Love the videos you do ,keep me going and at 70 I need to be kept going and stop bullying the camera lady👍😂😂🕸️🕷️🕷️
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I remember those days. We had to make cassette mix tapes for our spiders.
Such a beautiful spider
This species is in my wishlist. Thanks for the great videos! Love watching them here in Ohio, USA.
You do love your autumn colors Mr Dave hahaha awesome video guys!
Hello great video information and rehouseing Dave
Thanks 👍
I currently have a little G. Rosea RCF about 3/4". It loves to dig! Beautiful tarantulas 😀
Morning Dave & Camera lady wot an amazing video as always I used to have a Chilean rose called Tupac he was so amazing he lived for about 7 years but passed away
my very first tarantula was a Rosie, she was an absolute dream and lived to be 30! (I took her in from a school who originally kept her as a classroom pet), looking back there's plenty I would do different about her enclosure, but it was many years ago and there weren't as many accessible tarantula resources are there are these days, would love to get another one some day
Hi Dav She is a very pretty tarantula. Very nice views of her camera lady. That may be an older enclosure, but it i. s a very nice glass one. You are very creative with your enclosures, so the tarantula will enjoy it. Nice close up of her on your desk top. Cindy USA
Our Brachypelma Klassi is surprising us with how often she has molted and the jumps in size that she has taken. We don't overfeed at all. Our Aphonopelma Anax pair are growing faster than what was expected too
Was my very first spider 26 years ago I bought her from a pet shop that was keeping her on bark and I felt so sorry for her. She’s still with me today on a fast (again) longest I’ve had her refuse food is 14 months and she’s been absolutely fine
Wow, she's beautiful ❤
I just got one of these slings yesterday so i came back to this video on how to house and care for it your videos are very useful.
Great vid Dave of a smashin calm T .
Love the stripes!
Lovely spider, lovely video. Thanks Dave and Camera Lady.❤
It's a very beautiful spider. I really like the markings on its legs, which remind me of Ephebopus murinus ! 😀
Great video guys thank you so much beautiful spiders thank you very much xxxx
Love Grammostolas 🥰 I have a Grammostola rosea sling/juvie. She's always out, moves quite alot and seems to be very curious when I open her enclosure 😍
She’s a beauty ❤
OMG she is just gorgeous !!
She is pretty. I am watching from the hospital.
I hope everything is OK with you. Nothing too serious. God bless you.
@@janicehonea7613 Thank you. I am getting better.
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I was watching a YT video the other day (HD Arachnids) of a Chilean Rose tarantula celebrating it's 30th birthday!
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One of my first too. Had her for 15yrs. Had a couple of smithi, and an avics avics but thats all i could get at the time. Very nieve times tbh.
Another Pantene spider, you could make millions from that company especially when all of your spiders look so shiny and beautiful! I really did like that enclosure it looks amazing I would say that it is one of my Favourite enclosures, it looks very naturalistic, I love hearing about the hobby when you were a young man it has certainly changed! Great video thank you! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
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Your videos are really making me consider getting into getting some tarantulas so thank you 😊
Ok, I'm not that old I guess 🙄🤭 1995 when I was 17 my ex wanted emperor scorpions. I refused because of the cats so we got bearded dragons. Little did I know I would end up living the life I have now 😬🤭 I now have a snake room and a room for myself and my spiders, and a life with horses, and just a lot of animals ❤️ I bought a Grammostola 'porteri' sling last month (I keep calling them porteri)
I love my G rosea, she’s a mature female who has retired from the acting industry and I called her Miss Greta Garbo, she does have an agent so any bits of work here and there she’s available 😂😂, another great video guys, she is stunning btw love the red 🫶
I managed all the animals at a pet store wholesaler and think it was around 1994 that Chilean goverment stopped almost all exports. One of the most common spiders we got in were Chilean pink toed tarantulas and would often have like a hundred of them at a time. Most would be very young, like one inch long (2 1/2 cm?) but would also get some up to about 3 or 4 times that size
It's about time you did a video on this Tarantula! LOL I've kept many species of Tarantulas but I've had more of these and they've lived longer than any ones I've ever had, with most of them living 25 years or better. I only have one tarantula currently and it is the Grammostola rosea. I've had her since 2006. A friend gave her to me and I've had her for 18 years as of the 04/10/24.. I had another that passed on around the beginning of this year and I had her for 23 years. I had yet another one that passed last year or the year before and I had for at least 25 years. They are the same size of yours there. Such beautiful Tarantulas. Mine just sits in the same spot most of the time. I ordered 100 extra large Dubia roaches to start a colony with (I know it'll take some time and I watched your video on setting up a colony) and offered her 1 and although she kinda tried to find it, she just walked over it and went her way. I took it back out for now but will give her another one soon to see if she'll eat. Thank you so much for making this video on the Grammostola rosea. I have read a lot about them but I prefer to hear your advice on how to keep them. You're my go to on Tarantula care!
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Our Curly Hair is off food for three months now and she looks fine. Always does that in Spring.
I just rehoused my Brachypelma emilia yesterday!😃 She is also very sweet-natured.
After 3 hours...she put substrate in her water dish!!😂😂😂
I actually recently bought a terrarium of a person whos B. smithi died at 40 years. She bought it as a sling.
G. rosea maybe could also easely reach over 30 years.
I just love every Grammostola variations. They are so calm and "sweet" and are so always beautiful.
Hi Dave and Camera Lady. Nothing like waking up to another great Beasties showing. It's 7.25 in Adelaide South Australia. Love your shows xxxxx
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Very beautiful spider💙
Wooow 🥰 finally one for my conditions 🎉 resistent to coldish and dosn't need huge humidity neither 💪
now back to watch the rest of the vid 😂
already wondering about a prices 🤔
Really beautifully rusty 😍
ps. yep, prices just made me change my mind 🤦🤣
She’s absolutely beautiful!!!
A rosie was my 1st T, back in the mid 90s. “Her” name was Alex, since I didn’t know if she was a she or a he. Loved that T!!!
Yes Dave, I started with one..£15 from every garden centre and pet shop in Essex. I believe there was a ban on importing them a few years back and now they fetch top dollar!👌🏻
My A. geniculata female is in a similar setup and so far no problems at all. Then she moulted out 3 weeks ago. And last Sunday I came to look after my pets, just to see she had managed to push the top lid aside, which got stuck somehow and stayed open a bit. So she spent the night with webbing up the outer frontside and the top and then went back in. When I saw what happened, she had a drink and looked awesome as usual. Now I have covered the top with a weight. Its unreal how strong those animals really are.
What a sweet girl. She was definitely posing for her close up. Just beautiful. I would love to have one. I did hear you say they were a beginner. She was so calm and well behaved. Thank you for sharing her with us. Think she may be my be favorite. Don't tell my curly hair lol
Just try to buy one now !!!!!
I’ve been tying to get a red one for ever. In Cali your looking at between 3 & 5 hundred for a 3 inch spider 😳
You can get slings with not too much effort.
Awesome Vid !! 😊
Definitely my first spider back in the 80’s, the guy I got mine from called her a Grammostola cala - he had a spider shed next to the mobile home he lived in with his free roaming green iguana 🦎
She is beautiful, I feel like I day that quite a lot. So do you Dave so that makes me feel better saying it. 😍
Wonderful Dave
I really enjoy Your narrative of things
Great work
Many thanks!❤️❤️❤️
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The Denver Zoo has one too and they are such a beautiful species. Great video❤
Hello, what a stunning spider Dave I wish we had some of your spiders over here ..best regards two you both...
Hi Dave and Camera Lady, hope you’ve been well.
Isn’t she just perfect, an absolute sweetheart 🕷️
Lovely rehousing video, with Camera Lady being on point as usual 😊😊
Not very often we see you manoeuvre a spider using your hand and not your trusty paint brush. I do realise she’s very calm and friendly enough for that.
Love her new home. And thank you for sharing.
Take care and have a fantastic new week ahead 💙💕😜😜
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Nice to see a Rosea video i have 2 fine girls guess they are around 16 years old
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We bought our female back in 2002, she was 2.5 inches then. Considering the slow growth rate we estimate her to be 25+ years old. Still growing strong and feeds well.
Thank you espacially for this Video. I really love the G.rosea.
Awesome video and a beautiful species
Hey guys!
Never had a G rosea, but they look really nice. My slowest growers so far are my 3 sazimai Ts. At about 2" now, haven't molted for almost 6 months. 😂
Cheers!
Wow, her carapace looked like it had a rosy metallic sheen in some of those clips! Nice work Camera Lady, that was lovely footage you got of her sitting on the desk. I think she must have enjoyed sitting there listening to you tell us how stunning she is Dave 😉 Yet another one to add to the wish list! 😱 Great video as always Dave and Camera Lady 💖
Stunning spider - Grammostola genus is my favourite
so happy when a new video like this comes out, i love your work here on this platform and your approach at the T world. Love you
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She's a cutie for sure.
Wonderfully done camera lady 😊, and thanks Dave
Lovely t 😍, yeah i remember when there were only four or five different tarantulas to choose from, we are so spoilt these days.
So much wisdom, thanks for sharing it with all of us Dave. I’m a huge fan
Thank you 🙏
❤ really nice showcase of an amazing spider my late mother use to keep those and she stirred me into eventually keeping spiders. Another fantastic video dave and camera lady she's a stunning lady if I win the lottery twice I'm going to get one 😂
Had one of these back in 1993 lol. She got out and got under my moms living room sectional. I would lift a section and she would run to the next section lol.
Gorgeous! 🕸️🕷️❤😊
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Which Tarantula Was The Biggest Tarantula You Ever Seen Tarantula Person Put One On Me I Was Calm I Could Feel it's ❤️ Heart pumping Dave My Buddie I Like You And Her Very Very Much I'm Always Calm Gentle I Love My Tarantula's Like Where Telling Me
She is positively gorgeous ❤❤
I like glass over acrylic 1s .. just a better material
I know it's anthropomorphizing but I swear once she learned what the door was my Chalcodes now sits in front of it and "wants to come out". LOL Last time I opened the door she just walked right out..hehe. Good thing I have been watching your videos and always have a catch cup ready. It is tempting to handle her but I worry about exactly what you said. I would hate to freak out and hurt her.
do find the higher temperatures help the aphonopelmas too? They are known slow growers too, but definitely my favorite genus. Looking to pick up a few slings soon.