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Your T is an absolute superstar (make sure you tell them I said so).

I'm happy you enjoy it! I love recording and taking photos of my T's and I get to observe them a lot, so whenever something interesting is happening or about to happen, I try to record them. Sometimes I miss stuff I wish I had recorded and sometimes I'm greeted with stuff like this.

And the feeling of an absolute amazement and awe during a moment like this, can only be compared to the first day of owning a tarantula, when you stare at it all day and get so excited over literally anything they do. I couldn't be happier that I decided to record it and see what happens :)

I haven't had any issues. The feeding response is fantastic, refuses food only in late premolt (like, a week before molting). She's very skittish, though. Very quick to hide when I come home and turn on the lights or just wake up and start using the keyboard, but usually she comes back after a few minutes after being scared like that. She's definitely the type to come out at night and also works on her nest a lot. Mine burrowed and webbed A TON, each of 3 enclosures she's been in was covered top to bottom in web tunnels mixed with substrate. They are known to do this when they are younger, so I assume she might not web or burrow as much in her final enclosure.

She also (literally) chases after water and generally acts a lot like A. geniculata. One other interesting behavior I observed, is that she will chase and try to attack the air, if I blow on her gently through the ventilation holes. It's very cute to see her trying to pin-point and grab the prey that just isn't there.

However, I've heard and seen many specimens that instead of running to their burrows/nests, prefer to stand their ground, give a threatpose, tap the ground and try to scare you away. Some of them don't like being on display very much. And I guess they could be bolty, especially if you're not gentle enough and if they don't feel very safe in their little house. So I'd always recommend being prepared for this and have a catch cup ready, even if yours doesn't ever bolt. This is a fast species and even though usually she's relaxed and doesn't try to bring any attention to her by moving quick, she might move fast when scared and definitely will move fast when she sense vibrations and she enters the hunter mode. I've seen her being extremely fast about 3 times, "teleporting" kind of fast and that's enough to get you thinking how far could she bolt if she felt the need to, so I'm always careful when lifting the lid, usually give her a tap or two on the wall to let her know that something's about to happen, sometimes she hides and that buys me some time if she were to pounce at the lid (happened once, presumably because her webbing was connecting the lid with the enclosure and I ripped it apart and she might've thought it was some prey)/bolt. I wouldn't necessarily say that's a bad reputation, though and would always recommend this species as a first/second arboreal T.

I haven't had any experience with Avicularia, but as for P. irminia, the species is definitely not boring. They grow very quick and get pretty big, are very active, eat nicely and attack mercilessly. Also flick boluses/substrate/molts out of their burrows, haha. Given you have experience with another arboreal species and are comfortable with sudden tarantula action; you don't panic when a T jumps at the prey and stay cool around them, I'd say you're more than ready for a Psalmopoeus. If you're hesitant, hit me up through DM's. I can provide some videos that may help you decide if it's a spider for you :)