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Message: <blockquote data-quote="newtots" data-source="post: 39227" data-attributes="member: 3236"><p>last night i went to feed my tarantulas and on closer inspection i realized one was missing... i have them sitting on my shelf and always have my door closed. at some point through the day someone opened my door and our newest cat(7 months old) thought it would be fun to sit on my shelf. she knocked my lasiodora parahybana (3/4") into my garbage that i use when i'm drawing and doing art. anyone who knows an artist knows that the garbage is a scary place, i had huge chunks of old clay and paint bottles and way too much stuff that could very easily hurt a tarantula..needless to say i panicked. the tarantula fell over a foot into my garbage (EEEK!!!) i spent over an hour very carefully dissecting my garbage and fearing the worst. i found him among all my old clay thankfully still alive. i checked on it this morning and it's still alive and just as fast and defensive as it's been since i opened the container when it came for the first time. i have no idea how it survived such a fall but i'm so relieved! the cat will not be going in my room from now on.. lesson learned</p></blockquote><p></p>