tarantula

[bobtheturkey]

have any of you ever had one as a pet? i would like one, they are clean, happy in their own company and only need fed once a week, good place to hide my car keys as well

[helliebobs]

You can only have one when you get to a certain age bob!

[bobtheturkey]

yes 31 is perfect i believe

[helliebobs]

31, that's the bunny!!!!!!!!

[Barmaid]

Not very cuddly though are they bob?

[bobtheturkey]

do i strike you as the cuddly type barmaid :)

[cazzz1975]

http://www.ambrosiasw.com/~jchamplin/blog/Tara ntulaGirl.jpg

I would get that one

[Barmaid]

I thought that you had a cuddle in there somewhere Bob!

[Octavius]

Did you know that a fall could be fatal to your tarantula, the rump is very fragile, and can easily bust, causing the tarantula to bleed to death.

Makes a right mess of the Axminster.

[imhotep]

Yes,we got plenty of indoor pets.Not the tarantula type though!
I mean the ones that make their hard to reach webs in the top corner of the room...Lol

[Barmaid]

Octavius, if one of those bleeders came anywhere near me, falling would be the least of its worries.

I have a shovel handy, just in case.

[Jafi]

you might scare off the maid if you got one.

[krollonskye]

I fear it would eat the bunny!!

[Kleiber]

Sensible answer (coming from me, that's a first!) - I had 2 as pets, a Mexican Red Knee and a big brown, hairy thing from S. America (can't remember what she was at this moment) - they were lovely. Octavius mentioned that a fall can kill them - that's absolutely true, so it's best not to handle them too much. My S.American lass was called Octavia, btw! She lived for 10 years. Should've been longer, but I had some guests who were a bit over the top with their spray deodorant and poor Octavia died (she suffocated), so beware & don't use aerosol sprays around your pet spider.