Missing the point.I dont really get what some people are being concerned that tarantulas live 30+ years... really?(few pages back) They dont get attached to you like dogs or cats...
Missing the point.I dont really get what some people are being concerned that tarantulas live 30+ years... really?(few pages back) They dont get attached to you like dogs or cats...
I'm sure you guys have seen the Classified section of the forum. As far as Ts (and other reptiles) go, they do infact sell pretty easily and will usually go to a good home. On craigslist i have rarely seen any ts other than rosies up there. This point is somewhat irrelevant because I haven't seen may old world Ts up on craigslist, and this thread pertains to oldworld/advanced Ts. And no one can make a 100% commitment to somthing that will live for 30 years.thats why you see so many animals up for "rehoming" on craigslist.. I want it I want it oh I am bored with it, I dont want to clean up after it...ect.
I'm sure you guys have seen the Classified section of the forum. As far as Ts (and other reptiles) go, they do infact sell pretty easily and will usually go to a good home. On craigslist i have rarely seen any ts other than rosies up there. This point is somewhat irrelevant because I haven't seen may old world Ts up on craigslist, and this thread pertains to oldworld/advanced Ts. And no one can make a 100% commitment to somthing that will live for 30 years.
By this logic, then parents should not buy their children large breeds of dog known for aggression, because they can get bitten and put in the H O S P I T A L.Have you read any of the previous posts? T A R A N T U L A S with a bite that can put you in the H O S P I T A L should not be owned by C H I L D R E N. Keep what you want, buy what you want, get bit by what you want. I am not going to keep giving you the same point over and over again until it sinks in! If you are not mature enough { by the way big words dont make you mature} to get the point of the conversation then continuing the conversation is kind of stupid ..isnt it?
the point imo is that you make the commitment to own something that can live for 30 years and most young people dont have it in them to make it. Its more about a loss of interest in a short amount of time rather than emotional attachment.
The clear difference being if your kid gets bored with a dog a cat or parakeet,there is still some enjoyment that a parent can get from them justifying keeping said pet around.Where as if your kid begs for an old world T the parent is then stuck with a pet in most cases they detest. Likely what happens next is an uncared for misunderstood pet that dies.
Boy am I glad my mom and dad didn't subscribe to this theory - otherwise I never would have had a dog, I never would have had a cat, I never would have had a parakeet, I never would have had ...
Oh come on, give parents just a little more credit than that - my mom and dad would never allow an uncared-for misunderstood pet to die, even if it was a tarantula - I doubt yours would either.The clear difference being if your kid gets bored with a dog a cat or parakeet,there is still some enjoyment that a parent can get from them justifying keeping said pet around.Where as if your kid begs for an old world T the parent is then stuck with a pet in most cases they detest. Likely what happens next is an uncared for misunderstood pet that dies.
Then I guess your parents didn't really teach you responsibility, did they?Oh come on, give parents just a little more credit than that - my mom and dad would never allow an uncared-for misunderstood pet to die, even if it was a tarantula - I doubt yours would either.
I think you under estimate just how many suffer arachnophobia to one degree or another.I have a ten year old daughter who has many little friends and I have never had one of the parents walk away from our home with any more appreciation for these beautiful animals than when they walked in.If anything this merely increases the level of animosity towards spiders.It really is a shame but i have no doubt an arachnaphobic parent would most assuredly let an old world T die.They would have to be unusually cool to find it in themselves to overcome this,by all accounts irrational fear and I'm just not convinced most could.Oh come on, give parents just a little more credit than that - my mom and dad would never allow an uncared-for misunderstood pet to die, even if it was a tarantula - I doubt yours would either.
or at least dump its tank out in the yard spider, dish, hide, and alli have no doubt an arachnaphobic parent would most assuredly let an old world T die..
By this logic, then parents should not buy their children large breeds of dog known for aggression, because they can get bitten and put in the H O S P I T A L.
But Rob will attest to the fact that this particular train of logic is bull.
This qualifies as the most asinine commentary ever posted on this forum.Then I guess your parents didn't really teach you responsibility, did they?
I have killed fish, crabs, lizards...because I didn't take care of them.
Learned my lesson.
I do not see where Joe's logic fails. ( plus I corrected your spelling )This qualifies as the most asinine commentary ever posted on this forum.
Did the sonic boom hurt your ears?
Boy am I glad my mom and dad didn't subscribe to this theory - otherwise I never would have had a dog, I never would have had a cat, I never would have had a parakeet, I never would have had ...
Oh come on, give parents just a little more credit than that - my mom and dad would never allow an uncared-for misunderstood pet to die, even if it was a tarantula - I doubt yours would either.