Tackling Fears

[black_sun]

Okay, so I'm horrendously terrified of spiders... To the point of which I broke a bone and sprained an ankle jumping off of my loft bed to get away from a tiny house spider once. ...It was going to attack me, I know it.

After 25 years I've had enough of being a complete wuss so I spent some time with a vendor at the White Plains expo and ended up buying a tarantula. She sent me home with what was described as a very "sweet" spider that wouldn't attack me and I could handle if I ever felt inclined to. ...sweet my ass, it has giant dripping fangs of doom!

No, but I actually like the coloration on it and it is rather... soft/fuzzy.

I've held it once... it walked up my arm and I freaked the hell out. My husband found much amusement in that. But anyway, that's my new fuzzy "friend", I named him/her Phobos.

 

[snakeguy101]

haha, nice name. It looks like a Rose hair tarantula, am I right? just be careful with them, they dont bite much but when they do, it is bad. I knew a guy that had to have his arm amputated after a rose hair bite.

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Good for you for confronting your fears. I don't mind spiders really but they're just not for me. Call me old school but I like critters with 4 legs and a backbone.

 

[black_sun]

haha, nice name. It looks like a Rose hair tarantula, am I right? just be careful with them, they dont bite much but when they do, it is bad. I knew a guy that had to have his arm amputated after a rose hair bite.

Yep, it's a Rose Hair. Yea, I was reading up on their bite and vemon. Some people seem to have really adverse reactions to it, but I don't plan on finding out if I'm going to have them as well, lol. I like it best in it's little glass house with the many, many latches and locks.

Good for you for confronting your fears. I don't mind spiders really but they're just not for me. Call me old school but I like critters with 4 legs and a backbone.

Oh, I'll take no legs, multiple legs, backbone or no backbone. But I prefer things that have faces... and it does not have a face. Big fuzzy body, lots of legs, fangs and no face!

 

[snakeguy101]

Yep, it's a Rose Hair. Yea, I was reading up on their bite and vemon. Some people seem to have really adverse reactions to it, but I don't plan on finding out if I'm going to have them as well, lol. I like it best in it's little glass house with the many, many latches and locks.

Nah, I was pulling your leg, their bites are about the same as a large bee sting. Yes it hurts but it is manageable and you will not need anything amputated.

 

[crayfishguy]

But I prefer things that have faces... and it does not have a face.

 

[black_sun]

Nah, I was pulling your leg, their bites are about the same as a large bee sting. Yes it hurts but it is manageable and you will not need anything amputated.

Lol, better that than what I was thinking. I didn't want to write anything that would start a fight so I was sticking with just "adverse effects" as my phrase (I get into enough fights on here as is lmao). I've known people to have had fingers, areas of flesh, etc excised after bites from spiders, reptiles, etc but that was more from bacterial infections that resulted and not the bite/venom itself and waiting too long for treatment. Not that it hasn't happened because of particular venoms, too.

Admittedly though, I did race around through the spider book I picked up, too, going "the vendor didn't say anything about their venom being necrotic!" after you posted that. Not nice to scare the already scared people!

 

[black_sun]

NOT A FACE! Creepy mass grouping of eyes, not a face! lol

 

[fhawk362]

^^^ agreed lol, good job, I couldnt keep one...

 

[crayfishguy]

NOT A FACE! Creepy mass grouping of eyes, not a face! lol

tarantula's thoughts:NOT A FACE!creepy hairless thing with only two eyes,not a face!