Reason you got into spiders POLL

[TTstinger]

I just want to filter something out of my system

 

[Sr. Chencho]

Poll.

Haven't I seen this type of thread posted before? Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Fred

 

[Fingolfin]

I was just fascinated with spiders growing up, I would catch all the ones I could and feed them, trying to grow them bigger. Then when I discovered tarantulas, wow! So I have been interested in them in one level or another for a long while. They don't bother or scare me, rather, they are so different from people, they are almost like aliens or something, and its very, very interesting to deal with, study, observe, and read about.

 

[Ricky ortiz]

i picked other, i got into T's due to the fact that spiders freaked me out! but now i love em and own 7 of em.

 

[ahas]

I got into them because I love animals in general. I only wanted 2 but realized that they are so easy to take care of. I thought that snakes were easy to take care of but Tarantulas are way easier to feed,clean, etc...and don' t need alot of space.

 

[munkey]

Ever since I took acid for the first time I've loved spiders. They seemed to be the "theme" of the trip that night.

 

[fartkowski]

I just love animals in general.
I am especially facinated by spiders. They have been around for millions of years and yet we still don't know everything about them.
What's not to like?

 

[TTstinger]

Ever since I took acid for the first time I've loved spiders. They seemed to be the "theme" of the trip that night.

there is an answer LOL I know there are other posts like this but they do not contain what I am looking for. This way I get what I am looking for.

 

[spartybassoon]

Other

I always held them in awe, but I never thought about actually owning one until I got into college and out of the house. So, now I'm hooked.

 

[thirtysixwood]

I've wanted T's for as long as I remember, i would ask fo one all the time and was never aloud to have them. I remember looking up Ts when I was older, dont know how I learned about goliaths, but I started looking them up on e-spiderworld and a few other places a long time ago, then I went to a pet store, Regals to be exact, and I purchased my first T, back in early 03, I've had them ever since, now I have around 25 or 30... I got a whole bunch of new guys coming this week so look for my post cause theres going to be a lot of pics, and a lot of rare hard to get species.

 

[Calucifer]

I never liked spiders. In fact, they always freaked me out, and I NEVER even thought about having one as a "pet".
But the thing is, i'm studying zoology ( my first year ) and I've made a friend ( also a member in these forums ) who has a lot of spiders and snakes. So, he gave me my first spider, a G.rosea, and i'm starting to... feel some kind of respect for her/him. So! i'm going to investigate more about spiders and i'm willing to adquire more of them!

 

[Norsken]

I bought my first T back in 1999 to get rid of my fear of them, so today i have 55 of them and still counting.............

 

[Water spider]

I have had spiders as long as I can remember. I caught them outside (or inside) and kept them in candy-boxes or just observed them in nature when I was little.

When I grew up, I started reading books about them, and finally, when I moved out of my parent's house, I was able to buy my first tarantula.

 

[WRXspecR1]

Mom never wanted to buy that big spider at the petshop when I was a kid. ;P

 

[phil jones]

i visited a reptiles / amphibians / spiders / ect / show in 1999 and the spiders attracted me :clap: :clap: :worship: :worship: so as soon as i could i got all i needed for them and some books to i got 2 B - ALBOPILOSUM and that was it :razz: ~~~~ PHIL

 

[Drachenjager]

I just love animals in general.
I am especially facinated by spiders. They have been around for millions of years and yet we still don't know everything about them.
What's not to like?

actually we know almost nothing about anything ...

 

[Poolnymph]

If someone told me 2 years ago that I would actually own T's and love them - I would have slapped them for being stupid! I'm a born arachnaphobe, but finally got treatment at the end of 2005, as the phobia was making it impossible to live normal life. In the beginning of 2006 I held my first T......I was intrigued, fascinated and quite chuffed with myself. I eventually decided to get 1....just 1, to ensure that the phobia doesn't come back......well, I'm now on 17 and counting I'm still not crazy about true spiders, but I love my T's!

 

[christin]

If someone told me 2 years ago that I would actually own T's and love them - I would have slapped them for being stupid! I'm a born arachnaphobe, but finally got treatment at the end of 2005, as the phobia was making it impossible to live normal life. In the beginning of 2006 I held my first T......I was intrigued, fascinated and quite chuffed with myself. I eventually decided to get 1....just 1, to ensure that the phobia doesn't come back......well, I'm now on 17 and counting I'm still not crazy about true spiders, but I love my T's!

That's wonderful! :clap: I wonder how many people on here have or have had a fear of spiders. I bet it's significant. I wouldn't say that my fear was dibilitating, but keeping T's has been wonderfull for me as well. I think there's alot to be said about acknowledging what makes us uncomfortable, and then purposly bringing those things closer in order to understand them.

 

[rosehaired1979]

I never was really into them till I got married and hubby wanted to buy one. Well after awhile of taking care of the few Ts we had we found out about ordering online. Well I decided to order 1 and thats all she wrote

 

[peterspiderling]

i had a HUGE PHOBEA all my life of all spiders, untill by change i was intided to see a new snake that a friend of a friend ownned, and he also keeped tarantulas! i was shiting my self, then on the way out he told me he was selling them, so my girlfriend bought one of off him 2 weeks later knowing that i had a phobea of them (shes like that) and since then i have been hooked, just by learning sooo much about them and all the different types and everything really helped my phobea, now im quite happy to take my OBT out to move it in to a new home. these days i go to priamy schools to teach the kids about them and to shed the fear of spiders in them and let them shere my interest and achevment over the last few years.

pete