SilverTycho
Arachnosquire
- Joined
- Jul 23, 2012
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- 70
Up until recently, I had a major phobia of spiders. I once came home to a spider next to the door (not even on the door). So, I went to the front door to discover the same problem. So, I sat in my car and waited over a hour for my parents to come home. A few years ago when I moved across state, I realized my apartment had a spider problem. It wasn't a huge problem, but I'd freak out constantly and would have to wait for my ex who was my then bf to take care of the problem. I couldn't get close enough to catch or even kill them. I would have a panic attack. I opened a package that had a DEAD spider in it and couldn't even get near that.
Then, a couple years ago, I went to a reptile store to see the snakes, and I noticed the tarantulas. I was pretty freaked out but over the next few weeks thought about it. I had experience with snakes, millipedes, and even roaches so why not tarantulas? Over the next couple years, I developed more and more interest until my current boyfriend offered to buy me a G. rosea as a birthday gift in July. Best bday gift ever. I have have five T's.
Now, I no longer even care if I see a house spider. I found one a few inches from me and gently put it outside. No fear at all. I'm very comfortable with my tarantulas. I don't handle them, but not due to fear.
I experienced my first molt the other day, and I was so excited (curlyhair sling)! :biggrin:. Tarantulas are so much fun! I even like my defensive B. boehmei lol. Most people who know me don't understand how I can be around tarantulas. My grandmother understands, though! She came to my house just to see them. I asked her if she was scared of them, and she reminded me not much bothers her. Here's proof, my grandmother with my rat she was quarantining:
http://www.belovedfreedom.com/rats/holly/grandmotherholly080805R.JPG
Edit: Oh, and thank you Arachnoboards! All the threads I've read causing me to realize my sling was possibly going to molt. Came in handy since I had a cricket with it and did manage to get it out.
Then, a couple years ago, I went to a reptile store to see the snakes, and I noticed the tarantulas. I was pretty freaked out but over the next few weeks thought about it. I had experience with snakes, millipedes, and even roaches so why not tarantulas? Over the next couple years, I developed more and more interest until my current boyfriend offered to buy me a G. rosea as a birthday gift in July. Best bday gift ever. I have have five T's.
Now, I no longer even care if I see a house spider. I found one a few inches from me and gently put it outside. No fear at all. I'm very comfortable with my tarantulas. I don't handle them, but not due to fear.
I experienced my first molt the other day, and I was so excited (curlyhair sling)! :biggrin:. Tarantulas are so much fun! I even like my defensive B. boehmei lol. Most people who know me don't understand how I can be around tarantulas. My grandmother understands, though! She came to my house just to see them. I asked her if she was scared of them, and she reminded me not much bothers her. Here's proof, my grandmother with my rat she was quarantining:
http://www.belovedfreedom.com/rats/holly/grandmotherholly080805R.JPG
Edit: Oh, and thank you Arachnoboards! All the threads I've read causing me to realize my sling was possibly going to molt. Came in handy since I had a cricket with it and did manage to get it out.