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WigWamBam · 27/04/2007 12:05
Why the devil not?
No worse than any other animal, kept in the right conditions, and safer than a lot of more common pets. Easier to keep away from the children when necessary than something like a dog as well.
And I would bet that the kids love to watch it.
The outstanding OFSTED report would be enough for me, spider or no spider.
fryalot · 27/04/2007 18:38
I used to have a tarantula as a pet and I can tell you that they make excellent pets for the lazy (honestly) You rarely need to clean them out, you don't need to take them for walks, or even get them out if you don't want to, they just lurk, and you only feed them once a month.
There is nothing dirty or dangerous about large pet spiders, it is just the thought of something so big and hairy with so many legs that puts people off.
(sorry, forgot which word we're supposed to use instead of spider, so I used the word spider)
wannaBeWhateverIWannaBe · 27/04/2007 18:58
if it escapes it's going to hide - it won't lie in wait behind a door ready to jump out on you/your dd. You probably have dozens of spiders in your house that you don't even know about.
and if your dd decides she wants one there's a simple answer - no.
I hate spiders and am not that struck on snakes/other reptiles and I have moral objections to them being kept as pets but that's a discussion for another topic, but it wouldn't bother me if my ds went somewhere where someone else was keeping one as a pet.
Califrau · 27/04/2007 18:59
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