Why do you keep them?

[Lori P]

(Snickering and snorting) Now Wayne, that was plain mean. (Chuckle) You really should be ashamed for tormenting Gertie so. (Chortle snort) It's NOT FUNNY. (Falling off chair in mirth)

[Garter_Gertie]

(Snickering and snorting) Now Wayne, that was plain mean. (Chuckle) You really should be ashamed for tormenting Gertie so. (Chortle snort) It's NOT FUNNY. (Falling off chair in mirth)

You are SO BAD! SSSSOOOOOOO BBBBBBAAAAAAADDDDD!!!!!!! You are horrible and ROTTEN!

911!!!!!!!!! 911!!!!!!!!! Call 911! I CAN'T BREATHE I'M LAUGHING SO HARD!

You rotten thing, Lori!

[anji1971]

Gertie, you really should never say "never".
Lori was as terrified of spiders as you are about these snakes, and now she has a tarantula. Who'd of thunk it??

[jitami]

Gertie, you really should never say "never".
Lori was as terrified of spiders as you are about these snakes, and now she has a tarantula. Who'd of thunk it??

Me too, so my dear sweet (p.i.t.a.) mother in law got one for my then four year old son for his birthday. Like a four year old is going to care for a tarantula! I'm not going to say it got a lot of handling but I read everything I could and did the absolute best I could for it. Tank came in handy later for a few different praying mantis and for a short time our garter baby

I have to say, as we speak we have a black widow in a jar on my kitchen counter. It didn't have the typical red markings so we put it in a jar to have a closer look at it. It's been in the jar for a week now and I just told my boys yesterday that either they set up a better home for it and feed it or it needs to be killed. I seriously have nightmares about spiders, but I'm still not going to starve one to death. Squish it, sure, but not starve it.