Seekeroftruth
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- Jul 24, 2020
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- 18
People claim that owning T's has cured their arachnophobia. This makes no sense to me since tarantulas are so different than most spiders. Especially the mature T's seem more animal like rather than insect like appearance wise. Maybe owning spiderlings could help a little since they are still so small?
I would never go outside and pick up a wild spider even if i knew it was harmless, even though I'm not scared of my T's. There are exceptions of course... Some jumping spiders are super cute.
Im scared of a lot of insects, especially the gross looking and creepy looking ones. Even more so if they fly or jump high. Keeping feeder insects has not helped this fact, although I stick to the ones im more comfortable with to begin with. I would never use grasshoppers or locust for instance. I use red runners and mealworms mostly as feeders btw.
The only bugs I like besides T's are rollie pollies, earth worms, some jumping spiders, lady bugs, some caterpillars, some moths, some butterflies, and similar stuff. Cellar spiders have never bothered me and I've never killed them if they are in my house.
I was just curious though, has owning T's really helped other people be more comfortable around other types of spiders or bugs? This seems so strange to me and I don't see how it works.
I would never go outside and pick up a wild spider even if i knew it was harmless, even though I'm not scared of my T's. There are exceptions of course... Some jumping spiders are super cute.
Im scared of a lot of insects, especially the gross looking and creepy looking ones. Even more so if they fly or jump high. Keeping feeder insects has not helped this fact, although I stick to the ones im more comfortable with to begin with. I would never use grasshoppers or locust for instance. I use red runners and mealworms mostly as feeders btw.
The only bugs I like besides T's are rollie pollies, earth worms, some jumping spiders, lady bugs, some caterpillars, some moths, some butterflies, and similar stuff. Cellar spiders have never bothered me and I've never killed them if they are in my house.
I was just curious though, has owning T's really helped other people be more comfortable around other types of spiders or bugs? This seems so strange to me and I don't see how it works.