Why do you keep them?

[infernalis]

I clicked on that link to the spider thread, I remember reading that as a "lurker" last winter.

I would have done the same thing

[Garter_Gertie]

Lori, I read all 13 pages. You did a wonderful humane thing. I applaud and respect you.

Will pm you for your address should the same ever happen to me. It'll come to you as I AIN'T GONNA KEEP IT!

[Lori P]

LOLOL... ok, but any tarantula you send me must be accompanied by the garter of my choice!!!

[jitami]

Gertie, you really should never say "never".
Lori was as terrified of spiders as you are about these snakes, and now she has a tarantula. Who'd of thunk it??

Me too, so my dear sweet (p.i.t.a.) mother in law got one for my then four year old son for his birthday. Like a four year old is going to care for a tarantula! I'm not going to say it got a lot of handling but I read everything I could and did the absolute best I could for it. Tank came in handy later for a few different praying mantis and for a short time our garter baby

I have to say, as we speak we have a black widow in a jar on my kitchen counter. It didn't have the typical red markings so we put it in a jar to have a closer look at it. It's been in the jar for a week now and I just told my boys yesterday that either they set up a better home for it and feed it or it needs to be killed. I seriously have nightmares about spiders, but I'm still not going to starve one to death. Squish it, sure, but not starve it.

[Garter_Gertie]

N-e-v-e-r.

[jitami]

Lori, just read all 13 pages of Tatiana's thread. You're such a kind caring soul. Good for you for getting over your fear of holding her. I never did hold our Itsy. Thankfully someone mentioned that males only live a few years. I was starting to worry that I had done something wrong since he was only with us for a couple of years. He was wild caught and definately a male, so... whew... I probably didn't cause his demise!

[Spiritwolf]

My present "garter gang" and hopefully soon to be added garter gang as well as my corn crew and Feisty who until I manage to find her a mate, is a little loner, I can blame on JC!