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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ajbeardow" data-source="post: 173952" data-attributes="member: 32499">GBBs are very heavy webbers, and semi arboreal, so if webbing is something that triggers your phobia, they might be one to avoid. They can also be quite skittish, and have a fast prey response, so could make you jump. That being said, they're often docile, and are absolutely beautiful as slings and adults. I would recommend a GBB personally. I've just got a GBB sling myself. Also, to share my experience, I had severe arachnophobia for most of my life; but after holding a tarantula in my teens, had no fear of them. I still continued to be reluctant to go near "true" spiders up until last year, and while I didn't mind tarantulas, I never intended on owning them. After watching some Youtube videos late one night (Exotics Lair, Dark Den, TSC), I became fascinated by tarantulas. I watched more and more videos, and then one day thought "screw it", and bought a pair of acanthoscurria geniculatas. Since getting them, I'm less and less phased by true spiders every day. My personal phobia trigger was cellar spiders, which I now keep two of (until they mature, then I'll let them go) on my desk next to my Ts. I've always said the same thing to my friends who struggle with arachnophobia: - Give them a name- Speak to them. Ask them how the kids and wife are doing- Acknowledge that they're trying to keep irritating pests away from you- Ask them daily when they're going to start paying rent, because you're sick of them eating all the food in the house and still haven't got a job. F*ck you Jeremy, you freeloading son-of-a-*****.</blockquote>

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