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 Posted - 01/06/2010 : 18:05:54
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When I was a kid, I was fearless. My parents were always getting on to me about picking up grass snakes, worms, beetles, tarantulas, snails, slugs, caterpillars- basically, any kind of 'creepy crawly' as my mom calls them...and yet, it only takes the tiniest of spiders to turn me into a shrieking, flailing, chair-standing WIMP. I just saw a spider the size of a 5p crawl across the coffee table and nearly went into conniptions.  |
0.1.0 fire corn (Ruby)
0.0.6 lemon tetras (O'Neill, Jackson, Hammond, Teal'c, Quinn, Hank)
0.0.4 siamese algae Eaters (Pogo, Jimmy, Leo, Fatty Ding Dong)
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mozacchio
Sub Adult
Greece
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Posted - 01/06/2010 : 18:11:58
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I hate spiders as well..!
I don't know why..
I guess it's the way they move!
It's creepy..!  |
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Figs
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3319 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2010 : 18:25:36
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I freaked out when i found a spider in my cricket box
i couldnt even open it!
Eurgh - thank god for brothers eh? haha
i used to go out playing with caterpillars and worms and things like that when i was younger too
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herriotfan
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5853 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2010 : 18:29:47
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| LOL. I don't like spiders either. Hubby has to deal with them for me or the dogs! They don't stand much chance in our house with our Ellie (Border Terrier) she soon sorts them out. |
Husband....Very Understanding!!! (Phil)
Son & Daughter (Kevin & Carol)
Granddaughter (Eva)
3.4.0 Cornsnakes Amel (Sidney) Caramel Stripe (Sultan) Amber (Cleo) Carolina (Phoebe) Anery Motley Stripe (Penny) Snow (Lily) Caramel (Holmes)
1.2.0 Royal Pythons(Peeps, Pandora & Pepsi)
1.0.0 Hognose (Hudson)
2.1.0 Dogs (Dillon, Alfie, Ellie)
0.1.0 Senegal Parrot (Peanut)
1.1.0 Bearded Dragons (Bonnie & Clyde)
1.0.0 Crested Geckos (Echo)
0.2.1 Hermanns Tortoises (Ebbie, Rosie & Twiglet)
0.1.0 Guinea Pig (Dolly-Pipsqueak)
0.1.9 Tarantulas (Poppy, Gypsy, Bumble, Insey Winsey, Sonic, Cookie, Raven, Fudge, Titch & Sox)
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Posted - 01/06/2010 : 19:10:13
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| Well, it's nice to know I'm not the only one! For some reason, it's only spiders which are smaller than tarantulas. I expect this is, as I mentioned somewhere else a few days ago, being from Texas...which means finding tarantulas in your house every summer (and in one case when I was about 12, getting a big shock when I woke up and discovered that one had decided to cuddle up next to me in bed O_O). I just feel silly, finding the biggest, fuzziest spiders to be completely delightful when spindly ones of the same size bring me to tears, bahaha. |
0.1.0 fire corn (Ruby)
0.0.6 lemon tetras (O'Neill, Jackson, Hammond, Teal'c, Quinn, Hank)
0.0.4 siamese algae Eaters (Pogo, Jimmy, Leo, Fatty Ding Dong)
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Tatsie-j
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/06/2010 : 19:26:32
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(and in one case when I was about 12, getting a big shock when I woke up and discovered that one had decided to cuddle up next to me in bed O_O).
OMG!!!  actually shivered when reading this i HATE spiders they make me freak out!! |
Anery - Bailey
Amel- Coraline
Normal - Zebedee
Butter Motley - Kitrino
Cats - Danny & Jasper
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Sammysnake
Yearling
United Kingdom
606 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2010 : 20:10:31
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I used to freak out when I saw all but the smallest spider but when my daughter was born I started training myself to not show her my fear, not wanting to pass it on. Now she and daddy collect and investigate all the spiders before returning them to the garden and I've got much better. I only walk away quickly from the really big ones and I don't even shout .
The last time I got really worried was when I found a spider in my box of locusts. It was the quickest spider I've ever seen, literally jumped out of the box and it was really aggressive. It had it's front legs up in the air threatening me. I've seen three of those ones - not nice. |
08 male Carolina Corn ‘Saracen’
09 male Anery Corn ‘Twilight’
08 male Rankins Dragon ‘Keydo’ |
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Sta~ple
qeeun speler
United Kingdom
6129 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2010 : 20:11:03
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I know how you feedl. I use to eat worms and spiders when I was little and one year I can remember catching bee's and wasps and putting them into an old fish plastic tank. I wanted to study bugs and insects when I was little.
Now I am so freaked out by them! I hate all bugs and insects now, it's kind of embarrassing... I kind of do the thing where a chicken gets scared and sort of squat down, close my eye and sort of stamp my feet :/ they just... creep me out. I don;t like the idea of them touching me!
There's a massive spider on the garage sat on the snake bedding T.T I hope he's alive and scuttles away soon... |
   
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reptiledanny
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1809 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2010 : 21:45:02
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i have always hated spiders, if i find one in the bedroom or bathroom i will not go in there until someone has removed it. but if someone doesn't remove it and it goes it creeps me out even more as i don't know where it is i want to hold a tarantula really bad to try and get over my fear but think i would chicken out at the last minute or if i did get it on me i might scream and drop it so have to think of the spider spiders and bees/wasps are the only thing that freaks me out. when i went on a school trip last year the bathroom had about 10 spiders per cubicle i didn't go toilet in 4 days |
1.1 royal pythons 0.1 hog island boa 1.0 corn snake
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Posted - 01/06/2010 : 22:12:45
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| i like spiders. the OH on the other hand doesnt so i being a lovly gf will gladly deal with them, we currently have one living on the ceiling of our living room im not allowed name her as he said we cant keep her. her name is sally :D . my aunt has a huge fear of spiders when she was a kid if she saw a spider in her bedroom at night she taped it to the wall or ceiling so they wouldnt crawl in her mouth when she was asleep lolz. |
 
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Kehhlyr
ǝʞɐɔ sǝʌoן
United Kingdom
8173 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2010 : 22:41:18
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Spiders should be genetically crossed with chickens.
We'd either get Massive feathered spiders that lay tasty eggs, or we'd get chickens with 8 legs!! 8 drumsticks off 1 chicken FTW.  |
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Tatsie-j
Hatchling
United Kingdom
209 Posts |
Posted - 02/06/2010 : 00:05:57
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Originally posted by reptiledanny
i have always hated spiders, if i find one in the bedroom or bathroom i will not go in there until someone has removed it. but if someone doesn't remove it and it goes it creeps me out even more as i don't know where it is i want to hold a tarantula really bad to try and get over my fear but think i would chicken out at the last minute or if i did get it on me i might scream and drop it so have to think of the spider spiders and bees/wasps are the only thing that freaks me out. when i went on a school trip last year the bathroom had about 10 spiders per cubicle i didn't go toilet in 4 days
OMG danny r u my long lost twin this is me!!! when i lived with my parents i used 2 wake my dad up 2 get spiders out my room sometimes at 2-3am b crying until it was moved n screaming dont drop it!! lmao now the oh gets it instead cant have them near me |
Anery - Bailey
Amel- Coraline
Normal - Zebedee
Butter Motley - Kitrino
Cats - Danny & Jasper
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qeeun speler
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/06/2010 : 00:06:10
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Originally posted by Kehhlyr
Spiders should be genetically crossed with chickens.
We'd either get Massive feathered spiders that lay tasty eggs, or we'd get chickens with 8 legs!! 8 drumsticks off 1 chicken FTW.
But you would never be able to pick a chicken with 8 legs up :o they kick enough with 2! Imagine 8! Then I would never be able to force my hugs upon my chickens XD
Spider eggs might be tasty already :p I imagine it's like a dryer caviar. |
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Tatsie-j
Hatchling
United Kingdom
209 Posts |
Posted - 02/06/2010 : 00:07:42
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Originally posted by Kehhlyr
Spiders should be genetically crossed with chickens.
We'd either get Massive feathered spiders that lay tasty eggs, or we'd get chickens with 8 legs!! 8 drumsticks off 1 chicken FTW.
i think ill choose the chickens with 8 legs plz but still sound slightly scary!! but not as bad as massive feathered spiders |
Anery - Bailey
Amel- Coraline
Normal - Zebedee
Butter Motley - Kitrino
Cats - Danny & Jasper
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LittleMick
Yearling
United Kingdom
563 Posts |
Posted - 02/06/2010 : 00:10:03
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Originally posted by Kehhlyr
Spiders should be genetically crossed with chickens.
We'd either get Massive feathered spiders that lay tasty eggs, or we'd get chickens with 8 legs!! 8 drumsticks off 1 chicken FTW.
K, have you ever thought about seeking psychiatric help? Lol. Mind you though, 8 drumsticks would be handy for larger families though
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1.0.0 Carolina Corn Snake(Elijah)
0.0.1 Emperor/Imperial Scorpion (Abbi)
2.0.0 Roborovski Dwarf Hamsters (Micro & Chippy)
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Tatsie-j
Hatchling
United Kingdom
209 Posts |
Posted - 02/06/2010 : 00:21:28
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For those that haven't visited, you want to pop over to TR and check out some of the arachnids we have.
No thanx im really happy here with the snakies |
Anery - Bailey
Amel- Coraline
Normal - Zebedee
Butter Motley - Kitrino
Cats - Danny & Jasper
Location : Lancing, West Sussex |
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crazy JJ
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2326 Posts |
Posted - 02/06/2010 : 00:50:53
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lol my mum has 4 tarantulas and there fine cos i know they cant get out.. i have 2 spiders that live in my room (which i havnt named yet)
yet im scared of spiders... well small ones im ok with but when it comes to the big black things... thats when i dont care how much pain im in with ma knee... i leg it... i always seem to get attacked in the kitchen... like they come out to eat me or something
hmmm feathered spiders... lol sounds great haha :D |
2.5 corns 2.0 cali kings 1.0 tange hondo milk 1.0 apricot pueblan milk 1.0 royal (overgrown slug) 0.1 tarantula 1.0 chinchilla chico, 0.1 goldfish tigger 0.0.4 minows 0.2 cats fudge and porsha and 0.3.2 tarantula’s that are my mummys
r.i.p to the lil ones that i and mummy have lost recently |
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reptiledanny
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1809 Posts |
Posted - 02/06/2010 : 09:53:39
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Originally posted by reptiledanny
i have always hated spiders, if i find one in the bedroom or bathroom i will not go in there until someone has removed it. but if someone doesn't remove it and it goes it creeps me out even more as i don't know where it is i want to hold a tarantula really bad to try and get over my fear but think i would chicken out at the last minute or if i did get it on me i might scream and drop it so have to think of the spider spiders and bees/wasps are the only thing that freaks me out. when i went on a school trip last year the bathroom had about 10 spiders per cubicle i didn't go toilet in 4 days
OMG danny r u my long lost twin this is me!!! when i lived with my parents i used 2 wake my dad up 2 get spiders out my room sometimes at 2-3am b crying until it was moved n screaming dont drop it!! lmao now the oh gets it instead cant have them near me
same. even the smallest ones were scary, i am now not scared if the small ones (about the size of your thumb nail  ) but anything bigger gets killed. |
1.1 royal pythons 0.1 hog island boa 1.0 corn snake
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Mouse
Yearling
United Kingdom
958 Posts |
Posted - 02/06/2010 : 23:25:31
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| I'm fine with house spiders etc. I read a book on Aussie spiders (my gran has a passion for botany and insects and has loads of amazing books!) and was like WTF is THAT??? there are luminous seethrough green ones etc.......I think the UK ones I can handle, I won't run screaming from bigger ones if they're pets and under control, but might flinch if they move!!!! |
 
1.0.0 - Gobo - Snow Corn (RIP)
0.1.0 - Sprockett - Normal/hypo/het snow Corn
2.0.0 Anery Hatchlings
0.1.0 Amel Hatchling
0.1.0 Normal Hatchling
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stotty01
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1168 Posts |
Posted - 02/06/2010 : 23:36:54
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| ive got no problems with holding maggots, caterpillar crislis, catapillars or anything then when it comes to spiders O_o freak me out alot |
my aunties, bestfriends, hairdressers, friends boyfriend had a snake and it stretched out to measure him to eat him......true story.....
1.0.0 tortoise
1.0.0 sinaloan milk snake
1.0.0 jack russel
0.1.0 anery corn medusa
1.0.0 snow corn abomninable
0.1.0 royal python priscilla
http://www.youtube.com/user/stotty01 dads youtube channel
Tail n scales, Linton, Cambs, CB21 4XN, Tel no 01223 893 508 http://www.tails-n-scales.co.uk/
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Scarlett
Hatchling
United Kingdom
363 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2010 : 21:03:04
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| I held a chilian rose tarantula on a school trip to get myself to stop being so afraid of spiders. I won't go in and pick one up to throw out of the house, but I'll get the bug catcher thing and take it out. My OH, who's 6"10 and stocky, screams like a girl when he see's a spider or bug. I'm the one who has to get rid of them, all 5"2 of me. Psh, men these days lol. |
 
0.0.1 Amel Corn -Ember.
1.0.0 Bloodred Corn - Loki.
0.0.1 MBK - Apollo.
1.1.0 Cats - Moggy and Pretty Girl.
0.0.1 Royal Python - Odin R.I.P 20/6/10.
Wishlist = Pied Sided Bloodred, Anery Stripe, Coral Stripe, Bloodred, Green Blotched Snow,
Strawberry Snow Stripe.
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