How do you sleep at night and other eye-rollers

[Mack&Cass]

As T keepers, we all get those annoying questions from non T keepers. What are some of the worst that you get?
(btw this is a light-hearted thread, I'm not complaining about those poor ignorant souls, just having fun)
I'll start it off with the one that we hear the most:
"How do you sleep at night?"

 

[tjmi2000]

"Are they poisonous?" It never ends! I don't even bother explaining the difference between poisonous and venomous anymore, I just say yes.

 

[joshuai]

I get the "dont they creap you out?"

 

[Helix]

Do you keep them all togeather ? (in same enclosure)
and second after I say no... - What would happen if you did?

 

[Kris-wIth-a-K]

"you are suppose to pull the fangs off so they won't bite you." :wall:

 

[ysera]

"why do u keep a spider for a pet?!"

 

[cricket54]

yesera, thats the one I get the most. People, men and women, just don't understand my interest, especially because I am female and 55 yrs old. I get so that each time I've moved, I just don't tell people. Now if they come to my house and see all the tanks, I admit I have a "couple" tarantulas and scorpions. Don't show them to anyone unless they show an interest that they like that sort of think. Screw those who don't understand. Been doing this for yrs and I even have black widows. They are the most docile creatures, but no one would understand me having them even more, but some like them better because they are small compared to my old geniculata, "giant whiteknee".

Sharon

 

[Helix]

What do they do? (tarantulas)

 

[Steve Calceatum]

"Do you know that in some countries these are considered pests?"
(Do you know that in this country they're considered "pets?")

"Will they fly out and eat my face off?"
(Well if you're looney enough to piss off my S. cal, you may have a good chance of seeing it happen in person!!!!)

"Do they bite?"
(Nope...that OBT just wants a hug....I'm pretty sure he likes belly-rubs too.)

While staring at the "+MEAN+" warning label I put on the enclosure face: "Is this one nice?"
(I don't know....why don't you go and find out for me.)

"Why are they called Pokies?"
("It's because they're slow-poke spiders that love being poked at while playing poker and poking fun at each other's polka-dotted dresses.")

 

[thumpersalley]

I have printed up my own fact sheets for Ts & acorpions. I just hand that to them, they seem to be more interested in them after that. I also have most of mine set up as display Ts & scorpions so they can actually see them & not the "pet hole" Kim

 

[flamesbane]

"Why are they called Pokies?"
("It's because they're slow-poke spiders that love being poked at while playing poker and poking fun at each other's polka-dotted dresses.")

LOL! That was excellent.

 

[Tapahtyn]

Do you keep them all togeather ? (in same enclosure)
and second after I say no... - What would happen if you did?

that is the most one I get

 

[Ariel]

Repeating a couple:

"Do you keep them together?"
"Are you going to breed Bullet (MM A. avic) with that other one...Marik? (Poss. female B. smithi)" and more recently..."with that orange one?" (Zeni, my female P. murinus)
"Are they de-fanged?"
"Can't they kill you?"
"Ew, why would you keep something so gross?"

Most of them come from my grandmother who refuses to ever think differently of anything, she also thinks ALL pitbulls are vicious, and that snakes are "gross and slimey cause thats how they look"

 

[Chaika]

My favourite so far is 'What do you keep it in? Does it escape?' usually from people coming to stay the night (the only spare room we have for guests also houses my MM Avicularia and a really big scorpion ;P. It's quite funny really how, as soon as people see a big spider, they immediately forget that the purpose of an enclosure is to keep things enclosed,.. so that they don't escape...

We did once, for fun, consider the implications of letting my MM Avic 'George' loose in the house but decided that it was a terrible idea and too dangerous . For him not for us, (he's a gentle, dear little soul), my hubby thought that it would be too easy to step on him or squash him in the night...

 

[Audrey16]

Quote: Originally Posted by Helix
Do you keep them all togeather ? (in same enclosure)
and second after I say no... - What would happen if you did?


Lol so true!!

 

[ZooRex]

"Are they defanged?" is the most common.

One lady honestly thought I had them out and running around in a room untill I told her otherwise.

By far the most common when dealing with snakes is "are they posionous?" - it never fails. I will reach into a tank, pull out a yearling corn snake and as I hand it to a friend, the first question is inevitably whether or not it could kill them...:wall: lets just think about that one for a while...

 

[sean-820]

Can it jump at me? (like a couple feet vertically)
Are they poisonus?
I constantly too get can you keep them together and what would happen if you did.

 

[Tindalos]

i got asked if you keep them together
today for the first time
and do you ever fight em?
i just say no.

why would anyone want one as a pet?
i replied it cheaper than a cat or dog
dont stink nor vet bills
prettier
oh and provide safer protection.
how you ask? well people still rob
houses with guard dogs,
but if they hear you got
a spider bigger than your face

they wont even go near the same block

 

[tin man]

heres one i heard recently.
what if they escaped outside and populated your yard.
also note that I happen to live in Alaska lol

 

[MissChelly]

i got asked if you keep them together
today for the first time
and do you ever fight em?
i just say no.

Fight them? Like put them together to fight eachother?? O_O

If that's what they're asking, you should say "hell yes... I put the Star Trek "Amok Time" fight scene music on too for good measure!"

(For those who don't know: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyhhFzE5O5U )