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| Mort13 |
Posted - 19/03/2013 : 19:35:28
Picked up this lovely docile girl on Sunday. She's named Marjorie after my gran :-D
In the naughty corner:
Just before the 'Oh poo, how do I get her off me?' moment lol
Now, are you prepared for Aragog. **Fantabulous drumroll**
Tada!!
(Have you found him yet lol! 
Closer pic 
Size comparison next to my little finger:
Looks like he'll be getting a visit from the Kraken. He has the black spot!!  
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| Mort13 |
Posted - 20/03/2013 : 22:07:10
House spiders are the bane of my life, I HATE HATE HATE the damn things  Although in my strange mind a large hairy tarantula is just about ok, any other spider from 7mm upwards is a threat to my life lol  Hopefully little Aragog will help me deal with that side of things  |
| lupi lou |
Posted - 20/03/2013 : 20:17:37
Mort are you like me where you can deal with T's now but the house spiders still scare the bejesus out of you? |
| Slink |
Posted - 20/03/2013 : 19:59:07
Well mort13 I take my hat off to you, to manage to overcome your fears enough to own tarantulas (especially when you previously couldn't even look at a picture of them) is something I have wanted to do myself for a long time now but still can't even bring myself to pick up a small house spider! Hopefully in time I will find the courage and at least handle a tarantula. |
| Mort13 |
Posted - 20/03/2013 : 19:09:05
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Originally posted by Slink
Love the picture of aragog! Will he get as big as Marjorie? Also how do you decide that you are going to get a let tarantula?! I have a fear of spiders but would like to overcome it but have you always been ok with spiders or did you get over the fear by getting them as pets?
Cheers, he's so cute bless him Yep he'll get as big as Marjorie. You're going to laugh now, I've always been scared of spiders....and still am! I held a tarantula about 4/5 years ago (cried afterwards haha),after that I thought about getting one to try and combat my fear. It took another 3 odd years for me to take the plunge after I threw a wobbler over a house spider at someones house and scared my kids in the process, what made it worse was I threw a second wobbler over a dead one 5 minutes later 
So I decided enough was enough and got Ruby last year. Unfortunately she's not the friendliest of tarantulas but I am slowly getting better. At one point even pictures of them scared me!
Aragog would have scared me a year ago, but I now think he's cute
Scottishbluebird - I know exactly what you mean. He looks so delicate, just hope I don't kill him. They grow faster as spiderlings but it takes years for them to get to adult size, so he'll be a titch for a fair while really |
| Moppet |
Posted - 20/03/2013 : 18:28:16
They're gorgeous! I love tarantulas, shame OH doesn't feel the same way  Little Aragog is soooooo cute! |
| Slink |
Posted - 20/03/2013 : 16:24:46
Love the picture of aragog! Will he get as big as Marjorie? Also how do you decide that you are going to get a let tarantula?! I have a fear of spiders but would like to overcome it but have you always been ok with spiders or did you get over the fear by getting them as pets? |
| scottishbluebird |
Posted - 20/03/2013 : 15:57:18
How long do they stay that diddy for? i would hope not long, something that small, i would be scared to do accidental damage |
| Mort13 |
Posted - 19/03/2013 : 23:13:17
Eeeeek! Tarantula on your back, I think I would die 
Scottishbluebird - I still have the Chilean rose Ruby and she's still a psychopath lol! She has stopped pouncing on her water bowl so no tug o war video I'm sorry. However I did test her temperament out the other day by touching a back leg with a paintbrush and BAM, she spun round and did her super duper ninja moves on it!! Nutter..
Aragog (yep, the names from Harry Potter) is the same type of spider as Ruby, a g.rosea (once classed as red phase Chilean rose) and Marjorie is a g.porteri (once classed as normal phase Chilean rose). |
| Figs |
Posted - 19/03/2013 : 23:02:32
Totally just worked up the courage to click this after reading the name "Aragog" and knowing exactly what to expect
He's actually pretty cute - in a 'as long as its only behind the screen' kind of way...
Marjorie is just huuuuge! And fluffy
What flavours are they? |
| Callazagy |
Posted - 19/03/2013 : 22:58:18
Lol only handled mine once, I had that same moment when it ended up on my back. My sister named mine Aragog, after the one on Harry Potter? |
| lupi lou |
Posted - 19/03/2013 : 21:15:27
where was the spider warning!! strangely I'm more freaked by the diddy little one?! Marjorie is sorta of nice though, what type are they both? |
| scottishbluebird |
Posted - 19/03/2013 : 20:47:03
Poor Aragog, omg i laughed soooo hard on seeing him!!!!! (but not in a mean way!)
wow you are getting brave! How are you coping with the chilean rose, still not sure about keeping her, or has she calmed down any? still waiting on the water changing vid......!!! |
| Falice |
Posted - 19/03/2013 : 20:45:45
I'm not usually fond of tarantulas but I actually like how hairy Marjorie is, It makes them less creepy for me for some reason And aragog is soooo tiny and kind of sweet! |
| Blackcat |
Posted - 19/03/2013 : 20:34:46
Aragog is so tiny and Marjorie is very hairy - no way any spiders making their way into my collection |
| smart bunny |
Posted - 19/03/2013 : 20:19:16
Ha ha, genuine LOL at Aragog! And yes I found him - but son and hubby needed the close up! Funnily enough I was just wondering this morning what baby spiders would eat in the wild...
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| Mort13 |
Posted - 19/03/2013 : 19:43:20
Very tiny! I was worried he wouldn't feed. But he's been happily sucking away on a cut up roach nymph lol |
| ScalySituation |
Posted - 19/03/2013 : 19:38:05
TINY SPIDEY!!!!!!! |
