Do you want to see my tarantula spiders?

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Here

Can't see them :(

Oh, I haven't done it properly

What do you do?

is this it?

another one here

another one here

and again

Awww, those are very cute - am

What do they eat?
Have you named them anything?

They eat live crickets. I keep two sizes of cricket as I have two small tarantulas.

Popcorn - Chilean Rose
Curly Wurly - Honduran Curly Hair - a little one
Smiffy - Mexican Red Knee
Albie - Honduran Curly Hair - sub adult
Snowflake - Brazilian Black - another little one

They are all friendly and can be handled, but I don't handle them much as I don't think they enjoy it really.

For some strange reason, Albie has glow in the dark eyes

I don't know whether you can see its eyes glowing on this picture.

They are beautiful creatures but I couldn't even contemplate having them near me. Scared shitless of them.

Oh, honestly, they're pussycats They're not really like normal spiders. They just amble around in a fluffy, fuzzy haze and they're not fierce or anything. They don't even hunt, they just sit and wait until a cricket walks past then they grab it. They make carpets of web on the floor of their enclosures. They're really cute and each one is different.

Can I ask a tarantula question? Are they fast like house spiders? And do they move in the same horrifying way? I'm really scared of spiders and want to do an arachnophobia course but a lot of the ones I've read about use tarantulas and I'm not as scared of them as house spiders somehow.

They can get a burst of energy on, but they use hydraulics and not muscles to move their legs, so they have a limited amount of energy. They only run in the wild to get away from danger.

I am scared of them but I appreciate their beauty. I have never touched one, I think I would...so long as they didn't run towards my face.

Ahhhhhh spiders!!

Terrifying! haha

Aw they are beautiful :)

Lucky you!!

Ffs. They are right there. On the thread........

Spiders reduce me to tears. So do kids though and I have too many of them.

i hate spiders but these are lovely. do they bite? do they get used to you? how often do they shed?

I held one once in a friends pet shop. It was fine until it sort of jumped off my hand and went on the flloor ! Then I was scared. But not normally scared of spiders as a rule. It looks a lovely creature though

I think they're beautiful. I'd love to know more about them!