[HighlandYorkies]

Originally Posted by RoxyJosMom

This is so funny. I mean the image I have of a beautiful living room with wall to wall spiders - really big squishy spiders. That's 560 super hairy legs! I love my animals, but I have to be honest here and say tarantulas have never been way up there on my "I want this pet" list, lol. I like to watch them, but I'd be afraid to handle them. I mean, I wouldn't mind them walkin on my hand, but I'd be so afraid of accidently jerking and hurting them, or dropping them. I'm sure they are a little tougher than they look, but, jeeze, they got no bones! And they must tickle when they walk on you. Does he breed them? Are they different types? Are any of them poisonous? Well, at least they're quiet.

Lol....this is so funny I am taking it to the off topic discussion....see you there !


Lol....thought I'd share our funny conversation with others !
Kenny has 70 Tarantulas as a "feature" in our livingroom....no nice glass cabinets full of my china....no, that is all packed away, just two huge cabinets holding 70 tanks of TARANTULAS !....people don't visit us anymore !!!

No, we don't handle them....but some we do, and the wee ones tend to have a walk about when you try to feed or water them anyway !

Yes we have lethal ones, (Asian) but most are nice and from your neck of the woods, or south from you - hence why my hubby wants to be offered a holiday over there, ha ha, to come back with more of them !

It'a all my fault I took the first one home......and he fell hook line and sinker for them !

Yes he breeds them......he is part of a circle of experts in the world trying to save them from extinction from the Amazon Rain Forest and the other one can't renmember just now, before they chop it all down and ruin their habitat....and yes, we do need to keep them, as they may hold the key to strength (webs) and their venom could save lives......

Debra x x x x