Spiders & T Owners

[Bisque]

I'm finally ready to jump back into the world of owning another spider.

Would love some stories & advice on what to get. Looking into the standard sub adult Chile/Red Chile Rose or pushing it a bit a Brazilian Pink which is a fair bit more expensive & bigger.

Any advice would be awesome. I know I won't be disappointed with a Chile, no idea what tarantula I had when I was in Malaysia but it was brown, docile & about 4" leg length.

Also where is best to buy from as with any pet I would be willing to travel to get decent service & advice.

[kaosmark2]

The best pets are the pets you can eat if you realise you don't love them, like rabbits, or puppies.

[Bisque]

The best pets are the pets you can eat if you realise you don't love them, like rabbits, or puppies.

I love rabbits & puppies. I've lived in SE Asia & recently been to Vietnam so have eaten them all.

[kaosmark2]

I love rabbits & puppies. I've lived in SE Asia & recently been to Vietnam so have eaten them all.

How does spider compare?

[Bisque]

How does spider compare?

Fine although I was nervous about eating the abdomen but they shrivel up after death/cooking so was fine. They were prob 6" tarantulas. Tastes nicer than an emporer/big scorpion.

Anyway I was looking on advice for a pet not a BBQ.

[Katster]

You need worm/cultseeker for this subject. He keeps spiders!

[windy_miller]

I don't understand people who keep spiders! I can't think of anything worse than having a tarantula loose in my house!

[kaosmark2]

Anyway I was looking on advice for a pet not a BBQ.

Can't help in afraid, never had a pet.

[fred quimby]

Can't help in afraid, never had a pet that I haven't eaten within a week

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

What about getting one of these?

[kaosmark2]

A duck is always food.

[Bisque]

I don't understand people who keep spiders! I can't think of anything worse than having a tarantula loose in my house!

Rather have a spider than a load of mossies & flies. Not that my flat has either.

Snake takes up too much room & my flat mate won't look after a bearded dragon so thought I'd get another T. Means I can go on holiday & not have to worry about it except if it's moulting.

[Katster]

I had a pet snake. They make fantastic pets in my opinion!

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

I had a pet snake. They make fantastic pets in my opinion!

Hello Katster.

Why do they make fantastic pets? I'm at a complete loss to understand. I'm very much mongoose on this one.

[midnight]

Rather have a spider than a load of mossies & flies. Not that my flat has either.

Snake takes up too much room & my flat mate won't look after a bearded dragon so thought I'd get another T. Means I can go on holiday & not have to worry about it except if it's moulting.

That is an excellent quality in a pet!

I shall watch this with interest, as my son will probably want a pet some time soon, and he quite likes creepy crawlies, particularly spiders.

Can't offer any advice, though, sorry.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Means I can go on holiday & not have to worry about it except if it's moulting.

That's what I think about my pet leper.

[windy_miller]

I had a pet snake. They make fantastic pets in my opinion!

Snakes and Reptiles I can understand. In fact a pet Chameleon or Iguana would be pretty cool. Spiders though... bleurgh!

[Katster]

Hello Katster.

Why do they make fantastic pets? I'm at a complete loss to understand. I'm very much mongoose on this one.

Cheap, quiet, no fur (I'm asthmatic) and very easy to look after (I was 16). They are not unlike a gerbil or other small pet like that in that if you take them out of their cage (vivarium) they want to explore. Mine used to love going out in the garden in summer and he would also curl up on my lap for a sleep. He never bit me but he did bite others so he definitely knew who I was and he was so tame I could put my hand in and he would slither up to say hello. I was gutted when he died and I will probably keep another at some point in my life.

We are restarting our aquarium today, I had it all ready and cycled before Willow made her arrival but we decided to turn it all off and empty it again as it was running with no fish in and costing us for no reason. It's probably a good job because we'd naively placed a 170 litre tank on a flat pack build it yourself Ikea cabinet.....

M

[windy_miller]

They are not unlike a gerbil

Except gerbils don't eat gerbils!

[Katster]

Except gerbils don't eat gerbils!

Neither did mine. He was a very strict pescataerean with the odd worm and tadpole thrown in...

[midnight]

The one thing that freaks me out a bit about the big spiders is that I've read you have to feed them "the odd pinky" (euphemism for baby mouse). I don't think I have the nerve for that.

[feral chile]

Cheap, quiet, no fur (I'm asthmatic) and very easy to look after (I was 16). They are not unlike a gerbil or other small pet like that in that if you take them out of their cage (vivarium) they want to explore. Mine used to love going out in the garden in summer and he would also curl up on my lap for a sleep. He never bit me but he did bite others so he definitely knew who I was and he was so tame I could put my hand in and he would slither up to say hello. I was gutted when he died and I will probably keep another at some point in my life.

We are restarting our aquarium today, I had it all ready and cycled before Willow made her arrival but we decided to turn it all off and empty it again as it was running with no fish in and costing us for no reason. It's probably a good job because we'd naively placed a 170 litre tank on a flat pack build it yourself Ikea cabinet.....

M

I think I could cope with a snake, though it depends how it feels as I've never handled one. I didn't know I was scared of stick insects until I had one on me, and as an arachnophobe, it felt like I always imagine spiders would feel in my worst nightmares.

Spiders - I can't think of them as having paws, no matter how furry they are.

[Bisque]

Ok I'm either going to get a Chile Rose sub adult from The Spider Shop or keep checking Gumtree etc so I can get a second hand full set up, hopefully it will have been handled a lot so will be tame.

[Bisque]

Decided to get a Northern Gold female. Hoping the it will be docile enough to be able to clean out the viv without removing her or worrying about a hand strike.