Tarantulas and Spiders

[Mike41793]

I don't keep tarantulas, but I do look at this thread a lot. I think spiders are absolutely beautiful. :-)

Ticks scare me because of lyme disease.

I've had lyme disease i survived lol

You should get a tarantula!

[kat_black181]

I've had lyme disease i survived lol

You should get a tarantula!

I saw that documentary... Under our Skin. Woah. Lyme disease is scary stuff!!!

I'm not very well versed on T keeping. Lol

[BFE Pets]

No worries you have a ton of tech support right here! Get one or 50. Lol

[carlson]

Haha listen to damon if you keep looking youll get one. And as far as hissers climbing goes I never see mine on the glass of the tank. I put petroleum jelly around the rim ages ago but haven't seen them ever climb an the adults are big they seem to lazy to climb.

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[Himitsu]

I love wasp and bees!!! I really want to keep a wasp colony and if I had land I would do hives.

Not so much a fan of wasps, but my dad keeps honey bees. What's really cool is he used to have an observation hive in the shop (only 2 layers thick) so you could pretty much see everything. We'd also go down and look for the queen. She was quite noticeable because of her size. That hive isn't there any more because it costs too much to heat the shop room through the winter for them, but it was cool while we had it. :)

[kat_black181]

No worries you have a ton of tech support right here! Get one or 50. Lol

50?! I don't know about all that... LOL

[Mike41793]

I went from 1 to almost 15 in just about 6months haha :p

[kat_black181]

I went from 1 to almost 15 in just about 6months haha :p

Do they bite you???

[Mike41793]

Do they bite you???

No. I don't really hold any of mine. The only time i'll hold them is during a transfer or unpacking/packing them. And thats only if i feel like the T is calm enough and is a species/size that wouldn't hurt lol.

I don't own them to hold them, i don't have a reason to interact with them really. I like them for 3 reasons:
1. Some are just really cool looking and really pretty. I'm simple minded so i like shiny/pretty/fast moving things! :p
2. I like watching them eat. Same way i like to watch my snakes eat. Its cool to see them hunt/ambush/overpower their prey. I don't feel too bad for the roaches because they live a great life with the goods i feed them.
3. I like observing their antics. They're very immature like a bunch of little two year olds. They make messes of their enclosures building randomn forts and tunnels, they snatch their food like a kid would grab a cookie, and they'll bite you if you get them too worked up. Some are calmer, some are more hyper. Just depends on the kid. I mean T... :p

[3skulls]

Not so much a fan of wasps, but my dad keeps honey bees. What's really cool is he used to have an observation hive in the shop (only 2 layers thick) so you could pretty much see everything. We'd also go down and look for the queen. She was quite noticeable because of her size. That hive isn't there any more because it costs too much to heat the shop room through the winter for them, but it was cool while we had it.

That's awesome.
On cool mornings I go out and look for wasp. Here are a couple of repost.