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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Taylynn" data-source="post: 25175" data-attributes="member: 2781">Hi there! My name is Taryn and I've spent the majority of my life absolutely terrified of spiders. As I aged, I realized that my fear was misplaced so I began working to overcome it. The last year has been awesome. I started catching spiders in my home and releasing them instead of killing them... and I started becoming more interested in tarantulas. The more and more I researched, the more I saw a fuzzy 8-legged creature that had some personality and uniqueness. Pictures and articles and reviews finally pushed me to my breaking point: I had to see if I could handle a tarantula. So I headed over to the local pet store and explained my plight. The guy was thrilled to help and he led me back to a fairly large desert blonde. He held her out to me and with butterflies in my stomach, I held my hand up to her. She came right over to me, slowly, and came to rest in my palm. As I studied her, I felt like she was doing the same to me. And then she started to slowly explore my hands and arms. It felt like little q-tips and before I knew it, I had fallen in love with her.I'm not ready to own one yet. It's an investment both time wise and financially and I want to do it right the first time. It's also why I'm here on this forum. I can't wait to pick your brains and when its time, share my very first T with all of you. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />[ATTACH=full]5274[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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