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[Coleslaw007]

If you wife wants to talk to me, please feel free to send me a PM. I am the mom of a now 18 year old daughter. My little girl, at three, fell in love with tarantulas and I was terrified of all spiders. By the time she was five she convinced us to let her have her first pet tarantula and we still have "Fluffy" all these years later (along with quite a few others). Because I got over my fears my daughter grew up with a wonderful hobby experience. We homeschooled and her study of spiders became the focus of our curriculum. Between the ages of 8 and 10, she also did the "talk show circuit" and was able to spread the word about her hobby on National television, an experience which lead to her wanting acting lessons, which taught her poise, diction, etc. My daughter graduated at 16 and is in college on multiple scholarships. She grew up reading about spiders, studying them, and designing her own research projects. She'll be presenting the findings of an important research paper at a conference this summer. Because I was able to put my fears aside my daughter is growing into a beautiful, competent, and confident young scientist.

The point is, there is so much that your kids can learn by keeping and breeding reptiles. If you decide to breed your guy down the line, think of all of the genetic's lessons alone!

That's awesome. I get the newsletters from the Phoenix Tarantula rescue and I believe they featured a video link about your daughter at one time.

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That's awesome. I get the newsletters from the Phoenix Tarantula rescue and I believe they featured a video link about your daughter at one time.

They probably did. There are a lot of articles/stories floating around about her. I'm not trying to hijack your thread, but I think this might be genuinely helpful to her, especially if you explain to her that I was the most arachnophobic person on the planet. We tend to fear what we don't understand and what happened to me with spiders can happen to others with snakes.

Chet, show this video to your wife. My daughter was about 16 here. It might help your wife change her mind about more BPs if she sees what an educational benefit it can be:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4He2F68wCWA

and show her this link:
http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Amazing-Animal-Updates/4