A Brief Conversation With My Wife About Tarantulas

[Eighth Eye Blind]

So my wife and I just had the following discussion about tarantula husbandry:


Wife: Uh, what's that?

Me: (Staring in amazement at freshly escaped adult A. seemanni crawling under wife's piano.) "Oh wow. That's Rosalind."

Wife: "#$@#!#*#&%#^#%@^# . . . I told you a million times . . . @#^~!*%&$^%!~@~^@!*#%&$^ . . . divorce attorney . . . %$!~@#*^&%$!~^&*#@%!$ . . . you two can go sleep in the garage together . . . !%#$~^&@*%!#$~&%#^ . . . "


We sometimes have similar discussions about the colony of red runners I keep.

 

[Jeef]

I had a red runner colony. Emphasis on had! It took a couple of months for them to stop appearing in the glue traps. I tried absolutely everything to stop escapes, but they didn't seem to care that said measures were supposed to work.

If I see a cup at an expo I might grab them for a treat, but I'll never try a colony again. Dubia roaches at least have a sense of propriety and stay put.

 

[Tarantula Trooper]

I had a red runner colony. Emphasis on had! It took a couple of months for them to stop appearing in the glue traps. I tried absolutely everything to stop escapes, but they didn't seem to care that said measures were supposed to work.

If I see a cup at an expo I might grab them for a treat, but I'll never try a colony again. Dubia roaches at least have a sense of propriety and stay put.

I know better to even try with the red runners but man they got to turn the T's on as spastic as they act?! Lol. I stick with my Dubia though my colony has quite deteriated namely from the weight now of a bazillion Dubia! I read somewhere they need warm temps to breed like 80s , 90s! Complete bull. Lol. 73 , 75 they'll go at it! I can verify. I just gave up and moved them to the T room where it's in the Summer never less 75 degrees. Winter too! Lol.Happy Spoodering!

 

[Tarantula Trooper]

So my wife and I just had the following discussion about tarantula husbandry:


Wife: Uh, what's that?

Me: (Staring in amazement at freshly escaped adult A. seemanni crawling under wife's piano.) "Oh wow. That's Rosalind."

Wife: "#$@#!#*#&%#^#%@^# . . . I told you a million times . . . @#^~!*%&$^%!~@~^@!*#%&$^ . . . divorce attorney . . . %$!~@#*^&%$!~^&*#@%!$ . . . you two can go sleep in the garage together . . . !%#$~^&@*%!#$~&%#^ . . . "


We sometimes have similar discussions about the colony of red runners I keep.

Funny you mention escapes. Seems once your collection reaches enough numbers that an escape becomes more and more likely. Case in point is my female L.P! The right hand door on her Exo Terra would seem to be shut and locked but nooooo! First time she's right in front and cupped her up and back in. Second time ( shame) same thing! Right hand wide open! Giant T gone. Tracked her down again but that right hand door gets triple checked now! Lol. I'm divorced so my only advice there is if things are good then divorce is a awful,awful thing.

 

[Toddjg0609]

So my wife and I just had the following discussion about tarantula husbandry:


Wife: Uh, what's that?

Me: (Staring in amazement at freshly escaped adult A. seemanni crawling under wife's piano.) "Oh wow. That's Rosalind."

Wife: "#$@#!#*#&%#^#%@^# . . . I told you a million times . . . @#^~!*%&$^%!~@~^@!*#%&$^ . . . divorce attorney . . . %$!~@#*^&%$!~^&*#@%!$ . . . you two can go sleep in the garage together . . . !%#$~^&@*%!#$~&%#^ . . . "


We sometimes have similar discussions about the colony of red runners I keep.

I love this i have a similar relationship lol congratulations on finding you spood.

 

[veksmind]

This made me laugh. I'm the wife & spider keeper in this case but while both of us are friends to the spiders, we've had quite a few friends who wouldn't even come over knowing I had one-- safely her tank! People are funny...