Katiekooleyes
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When people are curious about T's, what do you do?
Opening this up for friendly discussion, and possible unintended tips for those who end up in similar situations. Of course, we can't win them all. But when curiosity hits, what do you do?
I'll lead by an example.
Have a friend in the same building block (moved recently, hence why I've not been active for a while). Known her for a couple of years. Long story short, she's petrified of spiders. She used to visit me in my previous flat. I'll call her "Z" for now. Anyway, she was pre-warned about my animals when she used to visit. She's fine with snakes, but as I said, terrified of spiders.
When she first ended my previous place, she nearly didn't come in due to Wednesday (P. Ornata) being by the door (she's my lil' guard dog lol). She managed to move past her and settle down. Of course, Wednesday would move. Each time she did at first, my friend would worriedly ask "what's she doing?!" I had to reassure her that Wednesday was simply running her Wednesday errands.
She was nervous about Wednesday for a long time (she was 8cm DLS at the time). However, sher became curious with Effie, my Avic. Sp purple Peru. She was only 1.5cm at the time, and even now is only 3.5cm. However, she began to slowly fall in love with the small enclosure, the fact that she's a scavenger (pre-kills) atm and is small etc (oh, and she's baby pink with black toes lol). She's even got her head around molts and growth because of Effie.
Just the other day, she was comfortable enough (but still a bit nervous) about me lifting the enclosure lid so she can see Ripley (B. albopilosum) fully. She was unsure at first, but managed to lean in for a closer look and be ok with it.
A lot of this has come from the slow introduction of the idea that tarantulas don't give a damn about people, as long as we don't enter their world. And of course, many questions have been put to rest, with the question starting with "I saw a documentary that said..."
So back to you, the patient reader. How have you managed with someone who is trying to understand T's, or T keeping?
On the other hand, I got a friend who isn't keen on spiders (he's not deathly afraid of them, but would rather do without). He has a thing where he sees a big spider in his home, and calls it his "spider bro". The idea being, the bigger spider keeps away the little spiders. I don't know why, but I found that hilarious lol.
Opening this up for friendly discussion, and possible unintended tips for those who end up in similar situations. Of course, we can't win them all. But when curiosity hits, what do you do?
I'll lead by an example.
Have a friend in the same building block (moved recently, hence why I've not been active for a while). Known her for a couple of years. Long story short, she's petrified of spiders. She used to visit me in my previous flat. I'll call her "Z" for now. Anyway, she was pre-warned about my animals when she used to visit. She's fine with snakes, but as I said, terrified of spiders.
When she first ended my previous place, she nearly didn't come in due to Wednesday (P. Ornata) being by the door (she's my lil' guard dog lol). She managed to move past her and settle down. Of course, Wednesday would move. Each time she did at first, my friend would worriedly ask "what's she doing?!" I had to reassure her that Wednesday was simply running her Wednesday errands.
She was nervous about Wednesday for a long time (she was 8cm DLS at the time). However, sher became curious with Effie, my Avic. Sp purple Peru. She was only 1.5cm at the time, and even now is only 3.5cm. However, she began to slowly fall in love with the small enclosure, the fact that she's a scavenger (pre-kills) atm and is small etc (oh, and she's baby pink with black toes lol). She's even got her head around molts and growth because of Effie.
Just the other day, she was comfortable enough (but still a bit nervous) about me lifting the enclosure lid so she can see Ripley (B. albopilosum) fully. She was unsure at first, but managed to lean in for a closer look and be ok with it.
A lot of this has come from the slow introduction of the idea that tarantulas don't give a damn about people, as long as we don't enter their world. And of course, many questions have been put to rest, with the question starting with "I saw a documentary that said..."
So back to you, the patient reader. How have you managed with someone who is trying to understand T's, or T keeping?
On the other hand, I got a friend who isn't keen on spiders (he's not deathly afraid of them, but would rather do without). He has a thing where he sees a big spider in his home, and calls it his "spider bro". The idea being, the bigger spider keeps away the little spiders. I don't know why, but I found that hilarious lol.
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