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Old 06-24-2003, 08:36 PM   #1
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I have great news everybody!!!

I now have a job after a long dry spell. You know what that means.....more Scorpions and Tarantulas!!!
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Old 06-24-2003, 09:31 PM   #2
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Yeah?..........*walks away*
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Old 06-24-2003, 09:46 PM   #3
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Oh boy! Good to see some people are having good news. Why have so many spiders and what not? You got any poisonous ones?
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Old 06-24-2003, 10:20 PM   #4
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Oh boy! Good to see some people are having good news. Why have so many spiders and what not? You got any poisonous ones?
You guys will have to get used to my Tarantula habit because it's my hobby. All Tarantulas have a degree of venom. Some are just more potent than others. Luckily most of the T's I want are not too dangerous. The more agressive Old World spiders I have to be quite careful with because they will not hesitate to bite, especially the African species I have. Although my supposedly docile Costa Rican Zebra Shiva has snapped at me a few times for changing her water. Most iof my New World species kick up urticating hairs from their abdomens. But after all my bills and rent are paid I will be buying some of the breeds of Tarantula and Scorpions on my want list. This is just great for me to have a job because I just won't worry where to get money each month for bills and what have you.
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Old 06-24-2003, 10:34 PM   #5
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Tarantuals are ok, it's the little spiders that are plotting my death, and thus I fear them greatly....
In fact, the more legs it has, the more awful the animal is to me, don't get me going on millipeds and such *shudder*

what kind of job is it?
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Old 06-25-2003, 06:46 AM   #6
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What would happen if you put all of those tarantulas and scorpions in one box together?
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Old 06-25-2003, 07:32 AM   #7
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jobs ya well your just, im gonna you know YA
jobs you needs them....................me
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Old 06-25-2003, 11:35 AM   #8
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What would happen if you put all of those tarantulas and scorpions in one box together?
They'd kill each other.
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I bet that would be funny to watch.
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Old 06-25-2003, 11:51 AM   #10
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I bet that would be funny to watch.
Not if you've paid over 600 dollars total for very rare Tarantulas.
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$600!?! If I had six hundred I sure wouldn't spend it on any of my hobbies. I'd...no wait I would...
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Old 06-25-2003, 12:03 PM   #12
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$600!?! If I had six hundred I sure wouldn't spend it on any of my hobbies. I'd...no wait I would...
I don't know if that includes the price of crickets, enclosures, substrate and whatnot. I can tell you my most expensive Tarantula I paid for was $95. But she was well worth the price. The best thing to do is to buy as many T's as you can because overnight shipping can be $30. So the more T's you buy, the more cheaper in the long run it is when you consider the overnight shipping tab.
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Not if you've paid over 600 dollars total for very rare Tarantulas.
Yeah that wouldn't be so funny.
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Old 06-25-2003, 12:10 PM   #14
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Not if you've paid over 600 dollars total for very rare Tarantulas.
Yeah that wouldn't be so funny.
Especially intentionally killing a rare beauty like my Mexican Blood Leg (Aphonopelma bicoloratum.) She's easily one of my most attractive Tarantulas I posess. But it is pretty amusing to see my Cobalt Blue (Haplopelma lividum) and my Emperor Scorpion (Pandinus imperator) trying to intimidate each other through the protective plastic walls of their Pet Pals.
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Old 06-26-2003, 11:52 AM   #15
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So how many of these Tarantulas do you own? Well if you enjoy them then buy them.
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Old 06-26-2003, 12:06 PM   #16
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Cool hobby.

I don't mind spiders at all either. Of course, unless it's a brown recluse hiding in my boot unawares. (thank goodness he didn't bite me!)

But.. I still prefer my pet rock, the box turtle. Though, I'm sure once the lump sum had been paid for on your Tarantulas, I imagine they're fairly inexpensive to take care of (in comparison to a dog or cat). My turtle's the same way, since she pretty much lves off earthworms.
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Old 06-26-2003, 11:12 PM   #17
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So how many of these Tarantulas do you own? Well if you enjoy them then buy them.
Well......I have 26 Tarantulas total of various ages from barely an inch babies to full grown adults. I also have three scorpions. The Israeli Gold (Scorpio maurus) sadly was DOA, but the guy I bought her from is crediting an Israeli Gold to my next order of Scorpions. But I do love the Afrocan Black Claw (Opisthacanthus rugiceps) that did make it. She's not too shy about using that stinger of hers which she uses to great effect with the crickets she kills. It makes for some very exciting entertainment.
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Old 06-26-2003, 11:16 PM   #18
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That must be expensive to feed them all isn't it?
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Old 06-26-2003, 11:36 PM   #19
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That must be expensive to feed them all isn't it?
Not really. All they need is water a crickets. Of course you don;t need to constantly feed them crickets. The sure sign the poor buggers need food is by how plump they look.
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Old 06-28-2003, 01:58 AM   #20
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Woah... That's an impressive hobby. I don't think I could collect things that are poisonous. Still, I find arachnids to be interesting. As long as they're behind glass.
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