Defanging?

sschind

Arachnobaron
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I don't hate them but I can only tolerate them in small doses, kinda like people tbh :rofl:
Just so everybody knows Grym was talking about dogs with that post. Just want people reading my comment to know that. It's not the dogs that bother me its their owners. I visited an old friend today and his dog was awesome. Just sat there and let me pet him when I wanted to and left me alone when I stopped. Tried to entice me to toss his squeak toy a few times but gave up when I refused (the only reason I refused is because we were indoors and I knew he was the type of dog that once you did it once he would never quit.) Some dogs are in your face all the time. My nieces dog will jump up on your lap and literally stick it ass in your face if you are not quick enough. They yell at him but they laugh about as well as if its the funniest thing in the world.

In many ways dogs are like kids. They will do whatever you let them get away with. Its like I told a customer one time after I told her kid a half a dozen times to quit running and pounding on the tanks (she was on the phone all the while) She said "you don't like kids much do you?" I looked her straight in the eye and said "I don't have any problems with kids" and I really emphasized the "kids" she got my point, put her filters down on the counter walked out in a huff and never came back. I'm sure my animals thought I was a hero that day.

People somehow think it's cute to tell me how they've killed tarantulas after I tell them about my hobby. Living where Aphonopelma spp. are common in the wild, I get stories of tarantulas being mutilated, set on fire, or stomped. I've stopped telling people about my hobby. It's beyond me as to why people think I'd like to hear those stories.
Yup, Kind of like the skateboarders when I tell them I like to throw pebbles onto the skate park.

I have to add "What do you do if you get bitten?" to your list.

Normally curse the flipping flip out of the bugger is my reply
My response to that one is "I wish like heck that I hadn't"


Doing this is where most of my scratches come from. This, and when she grabs my hand and kicks at it with her back lag. Best maneuver for me is leave my hand still, either hoping she lets go, or distracting her with my other hand so I can pull out.
Edit: Should probably clarify that I'm talking about a cat...
Glad for the edit. There were posts about spiders, dogs, cats and girlfriends and I wasn't sure which one you were talking about. When you think about each one in context of your reply it does make a difference.
 

Staehilomyces

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I feel like I'll add to this discussion in regards to the questions we invert hobbyists get. Now, I'm more of a centipede guy, but I feel as though you tarantula people will be able to relate to what I am saying just fine. Here is a list of questions I have been asked recently. All you really need to do is substitute "centipede" with whatever inverts you keep.

Q: Why aren't you able to cope with the sight of bugs dying?
A: I'll give you three guesses what I feed to my centipedes.

Q: What would you do if you saw a bird/some other animal eating a centipede?
A: Let it. Circle of life.
Q: What if it was your favourite pet centipede?
A: I would admire the fact that I found a bird intelligent enough to unlock my door with its beak and open a locked enclosure, which it somehow knew housed a centipede while in the meantime ignoring a box of crickets sitting exposed right next to it.

Q: Why do you like them?
A: (depending on how annoying the person is being) either "cause they don't ask stupid questions" or simply "why not?"

Q: What's the point of keeping something that doesn't live very long anyway?
A: They'll likely outlive your dog.

I'm sure you'll relate...
 

SkatesSpidersStories

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People somehow think it's cute to tell me how they've killed tarantulas after I tell them about my hobby. Living where Aphonopelma spp. are common in the wild, I get stories of tarantulas being mutilated, set on fire, or stomped. I've stopped telling people about my hobby. It's beyond me as to why people think I'd like to hear those stories.
For some reason people love to do this regarding even some conventionally-“cute” pets like rabbits. I grew up with pet bunnies and everyone loved to talk about hunting or eating them. People are cruel.
 
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