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[Sonny1318]

It reminds me of when I use to keep arachnids, I found myself being a cricket farmer. Spent more time with them then I did the spiders and scorpions. Lmao, nice job as always young lady. Thanks for sharing.


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[zina10]

It reminds me of when I use to keep arachnids, I found myself being a cricket farmer. Spent more time with them then I did the spiders and scorpions. Lmao, nice job as always young lady. Thanks for sharing.


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The one good thing about the Dubias...they don't make noise! They don't smell bad! And if one gets loose, it won't drive me crazy for days chirping somewhere in the house, LOL!!

[Sonny1318]

The one good thing about the Dubias...they don't make noise! They don't smell bad! And if one gets loose, it won't drive me crazy for days chirping somewhere in the house, LOL!!

Talking about it makes me wish I had my emperor scorpions back, I really miss them, I never see them anywhere anymore. But I kinda liked the chirping from the crickets, it relaxed me, lol.


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[zina10]

Talking about it makes me wish I had my emperor scorpions back, I really miss them, I never see them anywhere anymore. But I kinda liked the chirping from the crickets, it relaxed me, lol.


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Yeah, I'm deathly afraid of spiders and scorpions creep me out , too I've tried to get over that fear and planned on getting a Tarantula once. So I forced myself to research them. The whole time I felt sick just looking at the videos and pictures. I just couldn't do it.. But perhaps one day

A bunch of crickets chirping nonstop is not bad and kind of soothing, but back when I had a Bearded Dragon I had the odd cricket get loose in the house. When it is just a single one that decides to chirp here and there, it is VERY annoying. Esp. if you can't find it, LOL!!

[Sauzo]

Yeah, I'm deathly afraid of spiders and scorpions creep me out , too I've tried to get over that fear and planned on getting a Tarantula once. So I forced myself to research them. The whole time I felt sick just looking at the videos and pictures. I just couldn't do it.. But perhaps one day

A bunch of crickets chirping nonstop is not bad and kind of soothing, but back when I had a Bearded Dragon I had the odd cricket get loose in the house. When it is just a single one that decides to chirp here and there, it is VERY annoying. Esp. if you can't find it, LOL!!

Me too. I get the heebie jeebies when i look at spiders espcially big ones like tarantulas or bird eater. I saw one on FB and so i wanted to learn more. I googled them and read about them and then i made the mistake of looking at the pics and videos on goggle and oh man, i kept feeling like something was crawling up my legs haha. Scorpions arent too bad but i wouldnt want one in my house.

And you are braver than me saying 'perhaps one day'. For me, there is no way on gods green earth a big spider is going to be living in my house. I literally would not be able to sit around or sleep lol.

[zina10]

Me too. I get the heebie jeebies when i look at spiders espcially big ones like tarantulas or bird eater. I saw one on FB and so i wanted to learn more. I googled them and read about them and then i made the mistake of looking at the pics and videos on goggle and oh man, i kept feeling like something was crawling up my legs haha. Scorpions arent too bad but i wouldnt want one in my house.

And you are braver than me saying 'perhaps one day'. For me, there is no way on gods green earth a big spider is going to be living in my house. I literally would not be able to sit around or sleep lol.

Yeah, when I say "one day", it means most likely never.

Every so often I see a post about a spider and read it, and people seem so attached. It makes me think maybe I can do it. But I can't.
Its funny at the horse barn. Whenever people see a snake, they scream bloody murder and then holler for me to come and identify or remove it.

When I scream bloody murder everyone knows there must be a spider around. I have this weird thing, its like a toilet cleaner brush head only bigger, on a long stick. I mean long. You can extend that thing to 15 feet, LOL. That is what I use to clean cobwebs in the stall. Even then, the whole time I have the feeling of stuff crawling all over me. I want a hazmat suit for cleaning cobwebs. A bite proof one.

I was washing my horse once and felt something tickle the back of my shoulder. I kept waving my hand around, thinking its a fly. It kept tickling so I looked over my shoulder and a BIG FAT widow is sitting there. Those big round ones (females?). Oh yeah. I think THAT scream was probably heard throughout the hemisphere. I screamed and slapped at it after throwing the horse brush into blue yonder. My poor mare. Already quite sensitive, she got a heart attack, broke loose and ran away, thinking the world was coming to an end. The big fat spider fell on the ground and I stepped on it (sorry spider lovers, it was instinctual). The whole time I was shaking and feeling sick, thinking it must have bit me. But I guess it didn't. We have brown widows all over there, supposedly they are more venomous then the black ones, but less aggressive?

We also have huge spiders out there, fat and hairy, too, UGH.

Spiders! (shiver)

[Sonny1318]

Yeah, I'm deathly afraid of spiders and scorpions creep me out , too I've tried to get over that fear and planned on getting a Tarantula once. So I forced myself to research them. The whole time I felt sick just looking at the videos and pictures. I just couldn't do it.. But perhaps one day

A bunch of crickets chirping nonstop is not bad and kind of soothing, but back when I had a Bearded Dragon I had the odd cricket get loose in the house. When it is just a single one that decides to chirp here and there, it is VERY annoying. Esp. if you can't find it, LOL!!

I agree about the noisy lone wolf cricket driving you crazy, but I think you’d probably like the emperor scorpions. I truly did, they weren’t aggressive at all. With spiders I kept Rose hairs and Pink toes, and a couple of other of the less agggressive species.

[Sauzo]

The one good thing about the Dubias...they don't make noise! They don't smell bad! And if one gets loose, it won't drive me crazy for days chirping somewhere in the house, LOL!!

So true. They also dont bite like crickets so if you lose one in the cage, they wont eat your lizard.

I had a male escape once as they do fly/glide. I was watching TV and saw this huge 747 go flying by and land on the wall. I was like "Holy Jebus!! What was that??!" I thought it was some weird huge animal/bug that got in my house. Grabbed a shoe and was ready to beat some butt. I walked over there and there was a huge male roach sitting on the wall lol.

The thing i like about them is if you get an escapee, they dont do well in the winter without heat so they will die.

[zina10]

So true. They also dont bite like crickets so if you lose one in the cage, they wont eat your lizard.

I had a male escape once as they do fly/glide. I was watching TV and saw this huge 747 go flying by and land on the wall. I was like "Holy Jebus!! What was that??!" I thought it was some weird huge animal/bug that got in my house. Grabbed a shoe and was ready to beat some butt. I walked over there and there was a huge male roach sitting on the wall lol.

The thing i like about them is if you get an escapee, they dont do well in the winter without heat so they will die.

I can see how that would go when I have my mom visiting..oy !!

Esp. when I would scream at my brother not to crush it with a shoe, its my $5 breeder cockroach.