OMG I did it!!!

[tigerlily]

Definitely an awesome thing to hear someone getting over their fears. That's so great. Eh. I'm not sure about owning or holding one either, though. The little black jumpy spiders in Texas are so much smaller in comparison.

Thanks. I never thought I be at this point in my life... EVA!!

I did start out keeping a little wolf spider (which I was NOT going to hold!), and had more fun than I thought I would keeping it for a couple weeks. Next thing I know the husband says it's okay to get the little T and bammo! Who knew?!

[Laooda]

GO GO Christie GO! I'm SO proud of you...

Was it as bad as you thought it would be?

BTW... that is one FAT lil'-pider!

[STORMS]

Girl you are too crazy! (I am sorta proud of you though...MUAHHHH!!!!!)

One of these days I will have to follow in your footsteps....just not anytime soon

[Boanerges]

If you can post a pic of the underside of him or her. You can get a pretty good idea most of the time by looking at the epigastric furrow (vent between the top book lungs). If you can get a picture of her (like crawling on the side of the tank if you don't want to pick her up for a underneath shot) I can probably give you a good idea of gender, then when he/she molts you can see if I was right

[tigerlily]

GO GO Christie GO! I'm SO proud of you...

Was it as bad as you thought it would be?

BTW... that is one FAT lil'-pider!

Thanks Laura. The little sling does seem a bit fat. I think it is due to shed sometime here soon. If it doesn't it won't explode will it? It only gets 2 little crickets a week.

Since I did suprisingly survived the experience, it wasn't as bad as I though it was going to be. Although I was a bit shocked to see how much my hands shook afterward. It really was VERY difficult for me to take this step, but one that I felt I needed to take.

Girl you are too crazy! (I am sorta proud of you though...MUAHHHH!!!!!)

One of these days I will have to follow in your footsteps....just not anytime soon

HEE HEE!!

I felt if I could brave Chuck E Cheese for my son's birthday party (on a Saturday no less) then a teensy spider was nothing.

I know if I can do it, then you can too. Baby steps girl... baby steps.

If you can post a pic of the underside of him or her. You can get a pretty good idea most of the time by looking at the epigastric furrow (vent between the top book lungs). If you can get a picture of her (like crawling on the side of the tank if you don't want to pick her up for a underneath shot) I can probably give you a good idea of gender, then when he/she molts you can see if I was right

I will see if I can get a picture of the underside, but I not quite ready to pick him/her up just yet. I'm still very shaky on the whole let it walk onto my hand thing.

In fact, I have some time to kill while I bake some cookies so I think I might try and get them here in a minute. Wish me luck on getting a good picture.

[Patrick Long]

Damn that thing is FAT!!!!

How often does it eat?

[tigerlily]

Damn that thing is FAT!!!!

How often does it eat?

I was thinking that too. It eats one cricket twice a week. Sometimes only one cricket a week.

Okay for all you spider people, I managed to get one good picture of the underneath. So hopefully you guys can tell me what sex it is. If not I can always try again. What say you?

[STORMS]

I don't see the flap "thingy"...Male? But of coarse I most definitely could be wrong....

[OhBalls]

*SHIVERS* You're a brave woman! Pretty little fuzz tho!

[tigerlily]

I don't see the flap "thingy"...Male? But of coarse I most definitely could be wrong....

I don't see any flap thingy either, but then again I don't really have a clue of what to look for.

*SHIVERS* You're a brave woman! Pretty little fuzz tho!

Thanks. It's an adorable little guy. It didn't seem too happy with me this time when I got it out. It had it's butt high in the air, which made me think it was going to flick some hairs at me. But again, I'm new to the whole spider behavior too.