Biggest tarantula keeping pet peeve?

[basin79]

Either form of the word can be used, love.

@Mojo288, I disagree. Lol. The example I gave had far more than one error.

Maybe. But only one is right.

 

[Venom1080]

Keepers that jump into the hobby and buy 50+ spider in a month.

Deaths without a clear cause is probably the most annoying thing, buy fortunately rare.

 

[basin79]

Keepers that jump into the hobby and buy 50+ spider in a month.

Deaths without a clear cause is probably the most annoying thing, buy fortunately rare.

You've also got those who buy 5 little slings who then buy 10 more without thinking about the same 15 adult tarantulas take up.

 

[JoshDM020]

I disagree. Lol. The example I gave had far more than one error.

I think he was referring to old-school morse code telegrams.

Id have to agree with newbies that ask a question and argue with a good answer. If you know the answer, whyd you ask?
Doesnt even have to happen to ME. I see it happen to OTHER people and it bugs the fire out of me.

 

[nicodimus22]

The deathmatch people on youtube that throw various animals into a box with a tarantula to see who would win a fight to the death. These people are mentally ill, and are likely developing serial killers who are warming up for killing people.

 

[campj]

People belting out advice that they've read on Arachnoboards but have little to no firsthand experience with whatever they're giving advice on. I hate that.

 

[Paul1126]

Only the genus name is capitalized! The species name is never capitalized

Guilty of this but then again I type on a phone and my fat fingers always do mistakes.

 

[Rowdy Hotel]

People belting out advice that they've read on Arachnoboards but have little to no firsthand experience with whatever they're giving advice on. I hate that.

This. People giving advice they are not qualified to give.

If I had to think of another it would be the anthropomorphism that goes on with tarantulas or their other animals.

 

[KezyGLA]

'Cross-breeding' discussions

 

[Matoutou]

The deathmatch people on youtube that throw various animals into a box with a tarantula to see who would win a fight to the death. These people are mentally ill, and are likely developing serial killers who are warming up for killing people.

I love my tarantulas, yet I'm far more disturbed by dog fights. The Japanese bug fights annoy me but they don't break my heart.

 

[Mojo288]

Either form of the word can be used, love.

@Mojo288, I disagree. Lol. The example I gave had far more than one error.

@Leila I didn't mean to say it didn't have errors lol, just that I couldn't see them , i use run-on sentences ALL the time lol hence the embarrassed face .

Im pretty sure this counts as one too...

 

[Lunitar]

People belting out advice that they've read on Arachnoboards but have little to no firsthand experience with whatever they're giving advice on. I hate that.

This is #1 for me.

 

[Ellenantula]

What's your biggest pet peeve you commonly see in the world of arachnoculture? ... For example "This is my Grammostola pulchripes (Chaco Golden Knee) names Rosco!" Like, why are you using common names if you know the scientific name? No serious keeper uses common names!

I know what you mean, Hagrid, my Grammostola pulchripes (chaco golden knee tarantula) is my biggest pet peeve -- he will use his fat rump to drag in substrate to write messages; like 'need water' (guessing?) -- but he can't spell! (wail) How am I supposed to be sure what 'Nede watr' means??? Frankly, I'm not refilling anything until you ask me properly. A 'please' wouldn't hurt either.

So, what are your little pet peeves you see all the time?

Newbies who post multiple new threads on basically the same T with the same problem ... why not update original thread?
Better: newbies who don't check the boards before creating a new thread -- and we've all just covered the exact same question -- 8 threads lower on the same forum page.

Also, newbies who want you to do all the research for them. Who buys a pet without researching first? 99/100 we can find a completely relevant thread that would have answered all their questions.

Finally -- "My T moulted" -- we have a thread for that already -- we don't need individual threads unless something is special/went wrong with moult.

I am working on my tolerance. Honest.

 

[truecreature]

Hmm there honestly aren't very many things about the invert hobby that bother me (reptiles on the other hand...). Though it is irritating when there are people who think owning tarantulas makes them all edgy and bad*** and they try to show off by doing things like letting their Brachy crawl over their face. You don't look tough, just dumb. And you're going to be very itchy very soon.

Also bothers me when some keepers look down on those of us who choose to give our spiders names, as if we're somehow stupid or childish for doing so. I like to name my pets, that's just how it is. My bearded dragon and blue tongue skink don't recognize their names either, but nobody ever criticizes the practice of naming lizards.

 

[ShyDragoness]

Its not really keepers that annoy me, more people when they find out you have T's. The questions never end.

 

[14pokies]

We haven't found a species that is built and coloured like a Poec or a Psalmo that's the size of a capuchin monkey..

 

[Ellenantula]

Its not really keepers that annoy me, more people when they find out you have T's. The questions never end.

Nice when people show a positive interest though. Other than T boards, most people reply with "Oh, I'd have to burn down my house" or "I'd by some Raid" etc..

The hate is real. And like most hate, it comes from ignorance.

 

[Rowdy Hotel]

Nice when people show a positive interest though. Other than T boards, most people reply with "Oh, I'd have to burn down my house" or "I'd by some Raid" etc..

The hate is real. And like most hate, it comes from ignorance.

Their hate may not be solely from ignorance. According to some, a fear of spiders may be a "functionally distinct set of adaptive responses which have been selected for during the evolutionary history of the human species."

This suggests it could be an adaptive fear and an instinct and doesn't solely stem from ignorance. Let's face it, there are A LOT of arachnophobes out there!

This is actually what I tell people when they found out I keep spiders and when they tell me they're afraid of them. It also helps some of them overcome their fear knowing they may have been born with it and can be irrational.

I recently had an outing at work and we had to tell a group something interesting about ourselves and I happened to mention I have many tarantulas. My boss and others were somewhat incredulous, however, they were more blown away when another coworker said they own 200 pairs of sneakers and is one of those "sneaker-heads" which put a smile on my face. Clearly they think he is more crazy than I.

 

[Ellenantula]

According to some, a fear of spiders may be a "functionally distinct set of adaptive responses which have been selected for during the evolutionary history of the human species."

Yes, your quote was by Graham Davey at City University London who completed a study on arachnophobia with 118 test subjects (students) back in 1991.

We get these debates from time to time here on arachnophobia: nature vs nurture. Good people weigh in on both sides of discussion.

But I was actually referring more the hate in making such a remark to someone who shares they keep Ts as a hobby.
I may not care for some pets others keep; but I don't suggest killing their pets or burning down a home.

 

[Rittdk01]

People being annoyed that newbies use common names.