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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tabitha" data-source="post: 154792" data-attributes="member: 27934">Hi all, to many of you keeping tarantulas was always an easy decision but when you are petrified of spiders it can be a very scary bizarre prospect! I don’t handle any of my Ts and won’t be, too dangerous for me and the T especially but I wanted to share this with you all, especially [USER=29302]@Jess S[/USER] I hope you do get a T, I am a recovering arachnophobe! <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" />I loved your story and description of how you dealt with the fear because I have done the exact same things and more, I wouldn’t enter a room for weeks either if I had sighted a spider! I would remove pages from books if I knew there was a photo of a spider in it!!! LOL!!!I got a jumping spider to try and wean myself into confronting my immense fear, it was sweet and I could cope with looking at it as it was contained and not going to run at me, then I got a red knee and the delight of actually studying them and realising what incredible creatures they are, how they feed and molt, and dig tunnels so now I have 26!  but look........I did this at the weekend at a ‘hold a spider’ table at an invert show!  I wouldn’t normally hold a T, as I say for me personally it’s not necessary but I wanted to do this, from someone who has been terrified of spiders all her life to now keeping 26 tarantulas in her bedroom!!! ( I get so much pleasure in watching these creatures and learning about them, they have been the most enjoyable animals I’ve ever kept, they’ve changed my life and that’s no understatement, they are my most loved things ever! They helped me through bad times and made me focused and happy when it’s difficult to be)....and to holding this, and it was fine and a delight, I wasn’t shaky and loved the experience and it’s helped me. I’m proud of myself which is hard to say...but I did it!!! and my life is happier one with tarantulas and without fear of spiders! [ATTACH=full]38849[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]38850[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]38851[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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