Not quite up to 40 yet =p currently 33. I dabble in selling T's and have breeding plans for the near future so the number is always changing lol.

I agree with you on almost every point FrogFan89.

Cleaning a T's enclosure once a year is more than necessary. Theres essentially no reason to ever do a full clean out of an enclosure. Just spot clean leftovers and clean poo of the walls of arboreals. Changing substrate for a T is like rearranging a blind persons furniture.

WC T's are a necessity to bring new species to the hobby. But I agree that some species are over collected. The pet trade has raped the wild population on Grammostola rosea and porteri, I'm not going to be surprised when they get a CITES listing just like Brachypelma.

The price range can be pretty crazy, even more so here in the US. Species like Harpactira pulchripes slings go for a few hundred dollars a piece.

I find #4 and #5 on your cons list are pros =p

But I agree completely with the hair kicking. Gets annoying lol. Much easier to avoid fangs than clouds of hairs.