KaptinKrunch
Arachnopeon
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Been looking at Singapore Blue's recently. My wife finally allowed me to add another spider to my collection except this morning she said: "If its a cobolt, or singapore blue you have no chance! Pick another".
It looks like I won't be getting one. At least not yet, until I can get her around. She has no problem with species that are not considered defensive.
5 years ago I convinced her to allow me to have a sicarius hahni (six eyed sand spider). She was ok with it because it couldn't climb glass and the enclosure was very secure, even though a bite from one would be potentially fatal. I had it padlocked too because we have a child and I had to take precautions.
Funny story when it came to rehousing the sicarius hahni. Nothing bad happened, but I won't lie, the first time I was crapping myself. I'd read horror stories of them shooting up the tweezers so I was very cautious. It took me a while to compose myself. I ended up doing it in the bath tub so if it escaped it wasn't going to get out around the house. Thankfully all went well and it was a beautiful species to watch. In the 4 years I had her it never once showed any sign of being defensive.
It seems like convincing her to get a singapore blue is going to be tough. Maybe because she knows they are defensive. I don't know. She watches videos like this:
... and then says "nope".
^ That guy is an idiot too. The spider is clearly in a defensive position and he's trying to handle and touch it! Who attempts to hold an OW anyway? That's stupid imho.
Any tips? Maybe I should buy her some new makeup, or clothes and hope she comes around ha ha. We have a rose that gets defensive at times so I don't get it.
It looks like I won't be getting one. At least not yet, until I can get her around. She has no problem with species that are not considered defensive.
5 years ago I convinced her to allow me to have a sicarius hahni (six eyed sand spider). She was ok with it because it couldn't climb glass and the enclosure was very secure, even though a bite from one would be potentially fatal. I had it padlocked too because we have a child and I had to take precautions.
Funny story when it came to rehousing the sicarius hahni. Nothing bad happened, but I won't lie, the first time I was crapping myself. I'd read horror stories of them shooting up the tweezers so I was very cautious. It took me a while to compose myself. I ended up doing it in the bath tub so if it escaped it wasn't going to get out around the house. Thankfully all went well and it was a beautiful species to watch. In the 4 years I had her it never once showed any sign of being defensive.
It seems like convincing her to get a singapore blue is going to be tough. Maybe because she knows they are defensive. I don't know. She watches videos like this:
... and then says "nope".
^ That guy is an idiot too. The spider is clearly in a defensive position and he's trying to handle and touch it! Who attempts to hold an OW anyway? That's stupid imho.
Any tips? Maybe I should buy her some new makeup, or clothes and hope she comes around ha ha. We have a rose that gets defensive at times so I don't get it.
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