Least Favorite Part

[creepa]

The worst part of the hobby are those damn common names...!!

 

[Jones0911]

What's your least favorite part about T keeping if anything?

Me Personally, I hate it when they kick a bunch of hairs then they have an ugly bald spot on them then take forever to molt. Ugh that drives me nuts!

I hate the wait between molts and the slow growth of some species

 

[Misty Day]

The misinformation is annoying also, but I suppose that's in every hobby.

Every time I hear people saying they don't give their slings waterdishes because "they'll drown" I internally cringe.

 

[Realevil1]

Urticating hairs, and teleportation like speed.

 

[Travis21v4]

When t's mature into males

 

[mistertim]

The fact that its going to easily be the most annoying/difficult part of my move to a new place in about a month.

 

[KezyGLA]

The arboreals mess on the glass. The boluses in waterdishes. The stench of crickets.

Apart from the afore mentioned it is the dream.

 

[Estein]

Every time I hear people saying they don't give their slings waterdishes because "they'll drown" I internally cringe.

I externally cringe

 

[volcanopele]

The strong desire to murder every last MM cricket I can find. I really don't like chirping crickets. I have no problems with MF or immature crickets. But of course, those are the ones that get fed off because the males are usually both too small or too big.

 

[scorpanok]

not having enough enclosures to house every thing I want.

 

[Trenor]

The boluses in waterdishes.

This is my least favorite part so far. I don't mind much else but crap in the water dish in a 80ish F degree room for a day is nasty.

 

[14pokies]

I don't like finding Ts on there back right before bed! Damn M.balfouri!!!! I wont be able to sleep untill I know it is done molting

 

[Garth Vader]

Putting prey in the enclosure that gets turned down. Then I have to fish it out. Ugh. And I worry about the Ts not eating.

I'd like to have at least one t that is a ravenous eater.

 

[EulersK]

Ah, I got another one.

Modifying enclosures. I've gotten pretty decent at it out of necessity, but I don't enjoy it. Especially when you're excited for your expo plunder, only to have it dampened by being forced into the garage to work for awhile.

 

[Walker253]

Top 10:

10) The premolt fast.
9) My P regalis that hides for months on end.
8) My lack of space for more enclosures
7) Unexplained death
6) Shipping costs
5) A bank account lacking funds when the one you've been looking for his the classifieds.
4) Crickets that think they can swim
3) Hiding new T purchases from the other half
2) Explaining (lying) to the other half that the new T cost much less than the amount you actually paid for it.
1) The term "Birdeater"

 

[Andrea82]

Top 10:

10) The premolt fast.
9) My P regalis that hides for months on end.
8) My lack of space for more enclosures
7) Unexplained death
6) Shipping costs
5) A bank account lacking funds when the one you've been looking for his the classifieds.
4) Crickets that think they can swim
3) Hiding new T purchases from the other half
2) Explaining (lying) to the other half that the new T cost much less than the amount you actually paid for it.
1) The term "Birdeater"

Lol, I pull off number 2...a lot.
'no dear, it's only 13 euros'
'tells about the shipping only '

 

[BorisTheSpider]

Having to explain to people why I keep Ts . Then after giving a clear concise explanation about my genuine appreciation for them people just shake their heads and say that I'm crazy and that Ts should be stomped on . Don't knock my hobby because you don't understand it .

 

[Moonohol]

Putting prey in the enclosure that gets turned down. Then I have to fish it out. Ugh. And I worry about the Ts not eating.

I'd like to have at least one t that is a ravenous eater.

Get a Lasiodora! Eight-legged cricket disposals, all of them!

 

[EulersK]

Having to explain to people why I keep Ts . Then after giving a clear concise explanation about my genuine appreciation for them people just shake their heads and say that I'm crazy and that Ts should be stomped on . Don't knock my hobby because you don't understand it .

Agreed. I legitimately don't understand how this is any stranger than collecting dolls or records. People spend thousands on something to stick on a shelf and gather dust. We spend a few hundred on a living creature, and we're the weird ones. Not to mention, this hobby easily has the potential to pay for itself. How many hobbies can say that?

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Lasiodora hairs.
MM crickets.
My G. pulchripes' need to bury his water dish under a pile of substrate any chance he gets.
Finding a subadult/adult female of a species I'm after for sale when I'm skint