Quote Originally Posted by NYDragon View Post
I've done that and yes, I really really hurts It felt like a needle in my eye for over a week!

Have you ever seen RobC's videos on youtube?
Search under tarantulaguy1976 (that's his user name). He has a bunch of Ts that he breeds and he's absolutely hilarious to watch. Plus his love and enthusiasm for Ts has gotten me over my fear of them. I now find the variety of colors beautiful. Maybe I'll get one someday
I saw a couple videos and man he has some beautiful tarantulas!! Zilla is amazing, I'd love to handle a spider that big.

Honestly, I never thought I'd own one. I never thought anything bad of them and I wasn't scared to hold my first one at the reptile expo. She was a 7 year old Curly Hair Tarantula and was extremely calm. Probably a good 5 inches too.

I got my A. Avicularia (pink toe) from my friend and she's still a little spiderling. She is very cute and gets calmer each time I handle her. Avicularia seem to be pretty fast spiders but they are gorgeous. You'll probably see in the near future that I own 4+ tarantulas, but I'm trying not to get too many. I'd love to have a Rosehair and Mexican RedKnee!