Quote Originally Posted by EAllen84 View Post
I love all things... except spiders. I have such an irrational fear. The picture makes me nervous. I want to change that. Hopefully I'll work up the nerve to hold one some day.
cool to T Alexandra,im thinking about getting one as soon as my fish leaves his 10gl and into his 55gl ill have a 10gl wasting space.

i felt similar towards scorpions.i loved to watch em but the first time i felt one crawl upside down on the bottom of my hand at a pet store years ago i had a "get it off,get it off" reaction and dropped the poor bug.he/she didnt fall far from the substrate and walked away unscathed.that incident bothered me for years.i felt bad for the critter and upset with myself for being such a sissy and putting it in harms way.
i broke down and had to get over my uneasiness with them so i recently got two emperor scorps and i dont mind holding em or hand feeding them.my skin doesnt crawl and im over it.i enjoy keeping them as company.one day you will get over the unknown and love it as well.