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<blockquote data-quote="ExMember" data-source="post: 166462"><p>Thanks for the responses! I think it's interesting that when someone's cat or dog or even hamster passes away most people acknowledge the grieving process. But most wouldn't care about spiders scorpions etc. Hence the reason I posted this thread. </p><p></p><p>Thanks for this \m/</p><p></p><p>I think that there is definitely a switch in thinking as the invert collection expands. It gets hard to think of them as individual pets over the collection as a whole. I get asked how many spiders I have. When I say 20+ most people react negatively. If I had 20 cats (would be awesome eh?) I would be recognized as some kind of hoarder. But 20 spiders is a drop in the bucket. I could easily double that and still look after them with no problems. But to the uninitiated it seems like a lot. </p><p></p><p>When stuff like this happens my instinct is to question the husbandry. But in this case I am pretty sure that was a non issue. But live and learn I guess.</p><p></p><p>And having Chong grow and do well will probably help in the long run. My plan was possibly breed them if luck blessed me to have the breeding pair but I guess that wasn't in the cards atm. </p><p></p><p>Thanks again for all the advice and condolences. Means a lot to me <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ExMember, post: 166462"] Thanks for the responses! I think it's interesting that when someone's cat or dog or even hamster passes away most people acknowledge the grieving process. But most wouldn't care about spiders scorpions etc. Hence the reason I posted this thread. Thanks for this \m/ I think that there is definitely a switch in thinking as the invert collection expands. It gets hard to think of them as individual pets over the collection as a whole. I get asked how many spiders I have. When I say 20+ most people react negatively. If I had 20 cats (would be awesome eh?) I would be recognized as some kind of hoarder. But 20 spiders is a drop in the bucket. I could easily double that and still look after them with no problems. But to the uninitiated it seems like a lot. When stuff like this happens my instinct is to question the husbandry. But in this case I am pretty sure that was a non issue. But live and learn I guess. And having Chong grow and do well will probably help in the long run. My plan was possibly breed them if luck blessed me to have the breeding pair but I guess that wasn't in the cards atm. Thanks again for all the advice and condolences. Means a lot to me :) [/QUOTE]
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