Safest tarantula?

[viper69]

When I read questions like this it's further proof that "survival of the fittest" is definitely not at work here, but should be!

I can't believe someone asked this.

I heard tigers are great to cuddle with too!

 

[HungryGhost]

It's questions like this that make me think.
You have to get a license to drive, a license to get married, a license to fish, but you don't need a license to have kids.

 

[pyro fiend]

It's questions like this that make me think.
You have to get a license to drive, a license to get married, a license to fish, but you don't need a license to have kids.

oh God... haha you made about made 3 of my coworkers pee themselvs when i explained this XD

 

[Formerphobe]

It's questions like this that make me think.
You have to get a license to drive, a license to get married, a license to fish, but you don't need a license to have kids.

And, methinks we may be too free in issuing some of the licenses that are required...

 

[pyro fiend]

not sure if i should take that as a crazy driver content... a devorce rates pun or a fish stealing line... eh you got me all snagged on this one [bad fishing pun]

 

[lacrosse5001]

I watched my 3 year old cousin strangle my pet gerbil, so I would advise you not to get a T for it to "pet" while someone else holds it. They don't know jack about animals being mortal beings, and a toddler would probably just grab the T and crush it in their fist. My advice is to sell the kid to Mexico or something and buy a couple T's.

 

[Micrathena]

Since nobody else seems to be helping at all...
Perhaps instead of giving the 3 year old a tarantula your friend could just let her help with feeding and whatnot? That way she gets experience with Ts without ever risking a bite.

 

[ratluvr76]

certainly not ever letting said toddler "pat" the spider. A spider is not a dog, a cat, a hamster or any other such suitable pet that with adult supervision could be "patted". A spider is not cuddly. Nor is a spider "patable, or petable. ffs, get a clue.

 

[skippydude]

Since nobody else seems to be helping at all...
Perhaps instead of giving the 3 year old a tarantula your friend could just let her help with feeding and whatnot? That way she gets experience with Ts without ever risking a bite.

I was just going to suggest this.

I recently gave my 5 year old grandson his first T. He got a 1 1/2" Brachypelma albopilosum from me, for his birthday. He is not allowed to touch the tarantula. He is however responsible for feeding and keeping the water dish clean and full.

There is nothing wrong with getting children involved in the hobby(They are the future of the hobby) Just teach them proper husbandry and this does not include handling.

 

[viper69]

It's questions like this that make me think.
You have to get a license to drive, a license to get married, a license to fish, but you don't need a license to have kids.

Or a license to think either. I wonder if people who ask these things do the more difficult things in life like

1. Look both ways before you cross the street
2. Read poison control labels on house hold products
3. Don't put metal objects into electrical outlets

It just makes me wonder, these are the types of people that shouldn't be able to procreate and pass on their genes to the gene pool.

 

[Micrathena]

I was just going to suggest this.

I recently gave my 5 year old grandson his first T. He got a 1 1/2" Brachypelma albopilosum from me, for his birthday. He is not allowed to touch the tarantula. He is however responsible for feeding and keeping the water dish clean and full.

There is nothing wrong with getting children involved in the hobby(They are the future of the hobby) Just teach them proper husbandry and this does not include handling.

Absolutely. Thank you for that.

 

[CitizenNumber9]

http://www.thebigzoo.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=29615

I want a finder's fee.

That tarantula only has two eyes :'(

 

[ratluvr76]

Skippydude makes some very good points about making the hobby accessible to smaller children. But skippydude does mention the child in question would not be allowed to handle the tarantula's in question even if the child was eventUally allowed to feed one, however, ety32 has given little to no indication that he even comprehends the idea of "responsible" when it comes to this type of pet. Seriously, purchasing maimed scorpions with their stinger removed, then trying to find a tarantula that would be ok for a three year old "pat". Just, yeah, wow. That's all.

 

[laurenkane]

Since nobody else seems to be helping at all...
Perhaps instead of giving the 3 year old a tarantula your friend could just let her help with feeding and whatnot? That way she gets experience with Ts without ever risking a bite.

I agree! This is a great way to introduce a young child to t's and to teach them to respect them. I don't think what the original poster is asking is a silly question. I think we all kind of wish there was a T that would really love us back!

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Absolutely. Thank you for that.

YES. Exactly. TEACH proper husbandry, care, and respect. Nothing is more beneficial to the hobby and to invertebrate species in the wild.

 

[Poec54]

I think we all kind of wish there was a T that would really love us back.

Actually, that's the last thing a lot of us would want. We do not want 'love' from an invertebrate, nor is such a thing even possible. Doesn't happen in the wild, after millions of years of evolution, why have something so unnatural in captivity? That's not what they are.

Along with many others, I much prefer defensive/confrontational tarantula species. They also tend to be more industrious spinning and digging. Kind of boring having a laid-back spider that doesn't do much more than imitate a doorstop.

 

[Peter Parker]

Hystocrates Hercules

 

[freedumbdclxvi]

Actually, that's the last thing a lot of us would want. We do not want 'love' from an invertebrate, nor is such a thing even possible. Doesn't happen in the wild, after millions of years of evolution, why have something so unnatural in captivity? That's not what they are.

Along with many others, I much prefer defensive/confrontational tarantula species. They also tend to be more industrious spinning and digging. Kind of boring having a laid-back spider that doesn't do much more than imitate a doorstop.

Yep. I have my mammals for love, my herps for a cautious trust and my inverts for almost alien observations.

 

[ratluvr76]

I agree! This is a great way to introduce a young child to t's and to teach them to respect them. I don't think what the original poster is asking is a silly question. I think we all kind of wish there was a T that would really love us back!

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YES. Exactly. TEACH proper husbandry, care, and respect. Nothing is more beneficial to the hobby and to invertebrate species in the wild.

Oh, I agree fulheartedly, But after admitting that a scorpion was maimed and essentially tortured by having it's stinger removed all in the name of keeping it's owners and household feel safer with having it around, then making misleading, or at the very least conflicting statements about the situation I tend to be more on the side of thinking the OP is not really willing to learn himself and thus is not in any position to educate others with misleading and misinformation.

 

[ety32]

Since this thread got all messed up....how do you delete a thread? Can't find the option.

 

[lacrosse5001]

Man, you should run for office with that attitude.