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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ArvadaLanee" data-source="post: 67563" data-attributes="member: 4315">Whoa. No way would I hold a roach with my bare hands. Lol. I'm just trying to work out the best way to work with the roaches to even get one into the enclosure, or maim it, or use chop sticks or whatever to put it in front of Blanche. I want to help her out, but I really don't want a roach to touch me. I'll be honest, I'm not sure if I have it in me to maim a roach. We are going to Wal-Mart soon, and I'm going to get some rubber gloves, and maybe some kind of pinchers. Blanche is cool. I am fine with her touching me, if she so chooses, but her dinner is kinda gross. I haven't seen the roaches in person yet, but I have a feeling, I'm going to be feeling pretty squeamish trying to somehow hold a roach still and mess with it's legs. I will hold a roach with pinchers, or something, but not even in rubber gloved hands. This spider is lucky I am willing to do this for her. Lol. When I got my corn snake I found out that some people feed their snakes by hand, and thought that might be cool. I have no aversion to holding frozen/thawed mice. But once I saw the way he struck the mouse, I realized this was a horrible idea. If the poor snake tags you instead, it could hurt you both, needlessly. I haven't seen the way Blanche eats yet, but I imagine it's somewhat the same with feeding a tarantula. There's no reason to add risk of injury to either one of us.</blockquote>