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<blockquote data-quote="MattB78" data-source="post: 214752" data-attributes="member: 38190"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>This is literally me! I spent 38 years of my life scared to death of spiders. However that led to fascination, which I put down to 'Know thy Enemy'!</p><p></p><p>I then started watching you tube videos and saw how almost predictable they can be. Mainly slow moving, beautiful and gentle. After a while I noticed that I wasn't as scared of a random house spider. So I bought a sling!</p><p></p><p>I picked up a Nicaraguan Curly Hair from a spider show, after getting very close to big spiders all day, and not running away! </p><p>She was slow and gentle when I rehoused her, a teddy bear, exactly as hoped. Plus I didn't panic. Sadly that was it. I was bitten by the bug. (Not the spider, the hobby)!</p><p></p><p>I now own 5 tarantulas! Love them all. But I can highly recommend the You Tube channel Dave's Little Beasties. </p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqVprXU16Ly1MH4If5hx6uQ[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Be calm, be gentle and love your spiders!</p><p></p><p>Enjoy,</p><p>Matt</p><p></p><p>P.S. I'm still scared of house spiders. Unpredictable little buggers!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MattB78, post: 214752, member: 38190"] Hi, This is literally me! I spent 38 years of my life scared to death of spiders. However that led to fascination, which I put down to 'Know thy Enemy'! I then started watching you tube videos and saw how almost predictable they can be. Mainly slow moving, beautiful and gentle. After a while I noticed that I wasn't as scared of a random house spider. So I bought a sling! I picked up a Nicaraguan Curly Hair from a spider show, after getting very close to big spiders all day, and not running away! She was slow and gentle when I rehoused her, a teddy bear, exactly as hoped. Plus I didn't panic. Sadly that was it. I was bitten by the bug. (Not the spider, the hobby)! I now own 5 tarantulas! Love them all. But I can highly recommend the You Tube channel Dave's Little Beasties. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqVprXU16Ly1MH4If5hx6uQ[/URL] Be calm, be gentle and love your spiders! Enjoy, Matt P.S. I'm still scared of house spiders. Unpredictable little buggers! [/QUOTE]
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