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<blockquote data-quote="kormath" data-source="post: 117109" data-attributes="member: 4199"><p>It's all my son's fault. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>I never really liked spiders, not scared of them, just didn't like them unless they were pulp under my shoe, etc.</p><p></p><p>My son has always been fascinated with spiders, used to drive me nuts when he'd walk in the house at 7 yrs old with a wolf spider in his palm going "Dad look what i found!"</p><p></p><p>So fast forward to his 8th grade and freshman year of begging to get a T, and me saying "the only spiders in this house will be dead spiders". Last half of his freshman year he had to pick a study project to last through his high school years. He chose raising and studying a T. He wrote up a good enough project plan for it that he got a grant from the school to order the T and the enclosure and whatnot.</p><p></p><p>So May 13 2015 he receives his GBB "Marley", set's up the enclosure, then brings it home from school. I get home from work and he's all excited, "Dad guess what! i got a T!" and i'm like WTF?!?! then he explained it, so i said fine, it stays in your room or at school. </p><p></p><p>So a month goes by and now it's "Dad school is out, i have to bring Marley home" And i'm like Umm no, but what else can he do right? So now we have a T. First feeding time he brings it into my room just before bed, he told me they were more active then and wanted me to watch it feed. So i'm like whatever, hurry up. So he has me hold the enclosure while he gets a cricket ready. then he drops the cricket in and it fed like the GBB are famous for.</p><p></p><p>And i was hooked.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kormath, post: 117109, member: 4199"] It's all my son's fault. :D I never really liked spiders, not scared of them, just didn't like them unless they were pulp under my shoe, etc. My son has always been fascinated with spiders, used to drive me nuts when he'd walk in the house at 7 yrs old with a wolf spider in his palm going "Dad look what i found!" So fast forward to his 8th grade and freshman year of begging to get a T, and me saying "the only spiders in this house will be dead spiders". Last half of his freshman year he had to pick a study project to last through his high school years. He chose raising and studying a T. He wrote up a good enough project plan for it that he got a grant from the school to order the T and the enclosure and whatnot. So May 13 2015 he receives his GBB "Marley", set's up the enclosure, then brings it home from school. I get home from work and he's all excited, "Dad guess what! i got a T!" and i'm like WTF?!?! then he explained it, so i said fine, it stays in your room or at school. So a month goes by and now it's "Dad school is out, i have to bring Marley home" And i'm like Umm no, but what else can he do right? So now we have a T. First feeding time he brings it into my room just before bed, he told me they were more active then and wanted me to watch it feed. So i'm like whatever, hurry up. So he has me hold the enclosure while he gets a cricket ready. then he drops the cricket in and it fed like the GBB are famous for. And i was hooked. [/QUOTE]
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