Do you own a tarantula??

[birdiesunshine]

I was watching Animal Planet last night and it was all about tarantulas. I can't believe how many people keep these things as pets. Not just one per household. A lot of people that have them have multiple spiders. I freak out when I see a daddy-long leg. I couldn't imagine being in the same room as a tarantula.

 

[mommaU4]

Um, no!

 

[monkeyboy]

had one until my Python ate it

 

[Budahman]

I used to have a red-haired throwing tarantula, but was too scared to fee it the cricketts, so I gave it away.

Why did I buy it.? I thought it was cool, until I had to feed it.

 

[lulugirl]

Hell no.

 

[birdiesunshine]

I used to have a red-haired throwing tarantula, but was too scared to fee it the cricketts, so I gave it away.

Why did I buy it.? I thought it was cool, until I had to feed it.

I would have let that sucker starve....oh wait, they said they only needed one meal a week to survive

 

[Cinderella94]

If I owned a tarantula, pigs would be flying.

 

[gr8tpanther]

Hell no.

What SHE said!!!!!

The only GOOD tarantula is the one on the bottom of my SHOE!

 

[SwedishMeatball]

 

[disneynutt1225]

When I was a kid I had a friend who had a pet tarantula in her basement. I used to sleep over her house, but would NEVER go in the basement after I saw the spider because I am very afraid of them. One time I was supposed to sleep over but for some reason we couldn't sleep in her room, so the only option was the basement. I don't think I ever called my mother for a pick up as quickly as I did that night!

 

[scoutsmom99]

Heck no! Even the smallest Spiders give me the heebee geebees!!!

 

[Dakota_Lynn]

Well, I'm allergic to cats and dogs, so I've had no choice but to have "different" kind of pets. So yes, I have had one. I've also had iguanas and other lizards, turtles, a variety of snakes, salemanders, frogs and fish. These things just don't bother me at all. The spider was a bit much when she ate (lord what a grusome sight that was) but other than that I was fine with her. I didn't mind seeing the snakes eat their mice but for some reason the spider's eating habbits made me feel unwell.

 

[gr8tpanther]

 

[birdiesunshine]

 

[birdiesunshine]

o.k. that's weird. We posted the same thing at almost the same exact time.

 

[icebrat001]

Heck no! You are talking to a person that's afraid of ants if there are more than 10. If I saw a tarantula I would probably faint right aside it and get bit. Yikes!

 

[Cantw8]

I used to have a red-haired throwing tarantula, but was too scared to fee it the cricketts, so I gave it away.

Why did I buy it.? I thought it was cool, until I had to feed it.

How the heck did you train it to throw hair ..and why red-hair, didn't it like blondes?

 

[tmt martins]

When younger my best friend 5 door up the street had 1 + a scorpion +rat snake all in his room ( gifts from his older brother ).This was a rowhouse in the middle of baltimore city.

Now his brother put himself through college by going and capturing all kinds for research and zoos.He had blackwidows,alligator (behind the washer/dryer)pythons,boa copperheads .One day we were playing in the basement he called and asked us to clean a tank he would need as soon as he got home .As we waited he dumped his bag and it was a king cobra .

He is now the currator for the Nat.Aqu.in baltimore taking care of all none aquatic animals (Austian and rainforest).

 

[Talking Hands]

I was watching Animal Planet last night and it was all about tarantulas. I can't believe how many people keep these things as pets. Not just one per household. A lot of people that have them have multiple spiders. I freak out when I see a daddy-long leg. I couldn't imagine being in the same room as a tarantula.

Not any longer. It died. But my daughter was given one for her 21st birthday by a friend and we had if for about 2 1/2 years. She was leaving to work in JApan and I was praying that it would die before she left because while I didn't freak with it in the house there was no way I was going to feed, water and clean its terrarium. No way, no how. Well fortunately for me it died a wek before she left.
Not a pet I would choose but I did allow it in the house in a locked terrarium. And never took it out in front of me.

 

[Sparx]

It would send me into convulsions to know that there was a spider that was easly the size of my hand or bigger in my house while I am asleep.