>>I appreciate your response! What type of idiosyncrasies do the rose hairs exhibit? I'm getting 2 captive bred A. chalcodes slings on Monday and am SO excited!

You're getting slings, hope you have patience! They grow very, very slowly. I had one that grew particularly slow and was 1/2" stil at 2 yrs old. But my others are just over 1" at 2 yrs old. It has been estimated that the females can live 30-40 yrs. I have a male and female right now (both about 1-1.5" that I'm hoping I can breed (in about 5-10 years when they mature, lol).

OK, let's see, idiosyncrasies of the G. rosea. Basically 99% of all questions that nebies come out and post about their G. rosea, saying "Help, my tarantula is acting strange", end up being normal behavior. This includes things like not eating (for extended periods of time), not moving from a single spot in their cage (for weeks), spazzing out, rearing up ("I thought all roseies were docile", webbing themselves up in their hide, not using thier hide, burrowing/not burrowing, etc.

My first spider was a G. rosea and it didn't eat a single thing for 9 months. That can really frustrate a new owner when folks tell you that they feed theirs one cricket a week and that is normal.
-----
KJ Vezino
My Gallery
Missouri Tarantula Enthusiasts Group

[ Show Entire Thread ]