We Have A Tarantula In The House
Trudy
Well, we now have a tarantula in Braden's room (he is 5). A son of
some friends is now 17 years old and no longer too interested in it,
so we are now the keepers of it. Not much to it, I guess. We are to
purchase crickets once a month at a pet store, keep a sponge damp so
it can get drinks, and - here's the fun part - transfer it over to
another container once a month to clean out the one he stays it
(YIKES!).
Since my son often fancies himself a warrior, soldier, knight, etc.
and will be in his room with his swords "swishing" through the air, I
did remind him that he now has a container with a tarantula inside
and he wouldn't want to knock that off. The person we got it from
once didn't get the lid latched back down well and woke in the night
to the tarantula crawling on his arm.
Oh, well, one of my sisters lived for years with numerous snakes in
her house as that was my nephews passions while growing up (even had
some loose in the house and unable to find them several times). It
wouldn't surprise me a bit if snakes were the next thing on my son's
agenda.
Trudy Powell
some friends is now 17 years old and no longer too interested in it,
so we are now the keepers of it. Not much to it, I guess. We are to
purchase crickets once a month at a pet store, keep a sponge damp so
it can get drinks, and - here's the fun part - transfer it over to
another container once a month to clean out the one he stays it
(YIKES!).
Since my son often fancies himself a warrior, soldier, knight, etc.
and will be in his room with his swords "swishing" through the air, I
did remind him that he now has a container with a tarantula inside
and he wouldn't want to knock that off. The person we got it from
once didn't get the lid latched back down well and woke in the night
to the tarantula crawling on his arm.
Oh, well, one of my sisters lived for years with numerous snakes in
her house as that was my nephews passions while growing up (even had
some loose in the house and unable to find them several times). It
wouldn't surprise me a bit if snakes were the next thing on my son's
agenda.
Trudy Powell
Kris I
Better a snake than a big spider!!! Yikes! IMO anyway! My daughter disagrees, but spiders are the ONLY pet I will never welcome home! I wouldn't sleep! Good luck!
Kris
In Montana with Bennett (12) and Delaney (9)
Trudy <trudypowell@...> wrote:
Well, we now have a tarantula in Braden's room (he is 5). A son of
some friends is now 17 years old and no longer too interested in it,
so we are now the keepers of it. Not much to it, I guess. We are to
purchase crickets once a month at a pet store, keep a sponge damp so
it can get drinks, and - here's the fun part - transfer it over to
another container once a month to clean out the one he stays it
(YIKES!).
Since my son often fancies himself a warrior, soldier, knight, etc.
and will be in his room with his swords "swishing" through the air, I
did remind him that he now has a container with a tarantula inside
and he wouldn't want to knock that off. The person we got it from
once didn't get the lid latched back down well and woke in the night
to the tarantula crawling on his arm.
Oh, well, one of my sisters lived for years with numerous snakes in
her house as that was my nephews passions while growing up (even had
some loose in the house and unable to find them several times). It
wouldn't surprise me a bit if snakes were the next thing on my son's
agenda.
Trudy Powell
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Kris
In Montana with Bennett (12) and Delaney (9)
Trudy <trudypowell@...> wrote:
Well, we now have a tarantula in Braden's room (he is 5). A son of
some friends is now 17 years old and no longer too interested in it,
so we are now the keepers of it. Not much to it, I guess. We are to
purchase crickets once a month at a pet store, keep a sponge damp so
it can get drinks, and - here's the fun part - transfer it over to
another container once a month to clean out the one he stays it
(YIKES!).
Since my son often fancies himself a warrior, soldier, knight, etc.
and will be in his room with his swords "swishing" through the air, I
did remind him that he now has a container with a tarantula inside
and he wouldn't want to knock that off. The person we got it from
once didn't get the lid latched back down well and woke in the night
to the tarantula crawling on his arm.
Oh, well, one of my sisters lived for years with numerous snakes in
her house as that was my nephews passions while growing up (even had
some loose in the house and unable to find them several times). It
wouldn't surprise me a bit if snakes were the next thing on my son's
agenda.
Trudy Powell
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April Morris
I'm with you on that one! Snakes, lizards, rats....we've have or have
had them all....but nothing with 8 legs allowed! That's my limit....
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~April
Mom to Kate-19, Lisa-17, Karl-15, & Ben-10.
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"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
Gandalf the Grey
had them all....but nothing with 8 legs allowed! That's my limit....
--
~April
Mom to Kate-19, Lisa-17, Karl-15, & Ben-10.
*REACH Homeschool Grp, an inclusive group in Oakland County
http://www.reachhomeschool.com
* Michigan Unschoolers
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/michigan_unschoolers/
*Check out Chuck's art www.artkunst23.com
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
Gandalf the Grey
On 6/20/06, Kris I <bendelmom@...> wrote:
>
> Better a snake than a big spider!!! Yikes! IMO anyway! My daughter
> disagrees, but spiders are the ONLY pet I will never welcome home! I
> wouldn't sleep! Good luck!
> Kris
> In Montana with Bennett (12) and Delaney (9)
>
>
> Trudy <trudypowell@... <trudypowell%40sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
> Well, we now have a tarantula in Braden's room (he is 5). A son of
> some friends is now 17 years old and no longer too interested in it,
> so we are now the keepers of it. Not much to it, I guess. We are to
> purchase crickets once a month at a pet store, keep a sponge damp so
> it can get drinks, and - here's the fun part - transfer it over to
> another container once a month to clean out the one he stays it
> (YIKES!).
>
> Since my son often fancies himself a warrior, soldier, knight, etc.
> and will be in his room with his swords "swishing" through the air, I
> did remind him that he now has a container with a tarantula inside
> and he wouldn't want to knock that off. The person we got it from
> once didn't get the lid latched back down well and woke in the night
> to the tarantula crawling on his arm.
>
> Oh, well, one of my sisters lived for years with numerous snakes in
> her house as that was my nephews passions while growing up (even had
> some loose in the house and unable to find them several times). It
> wouldn't surprise me a bit if snakes were the next thing on my son's
> agenda.
>
> Trudy Powell
>
>
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>
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>
>
>
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Michelle/Melbrigða
On 6/20/06, April Morris <klkb624@...> wrote:
with snakes and rats (although lizards are cool I coul do lizards).
When I was a child we had a pond down by my grandparents house. My
grandmother told me to go down and tell my uncle (who was on the pond
fishing) to come in for dinner. When I went down to the water's edge
I looked down and my foot was right beside a freshly hatched nest of
baby corral snakes!! I truly think my heart stopped beating! And
then a few years ago when Dan and I were going through the divorce I
was renting a small house which was infested with rats. They were
crawling through the walls. The landlord refused to do anything about
it. I tried several different attempts to get rid of them to little
avail. So when I moved out I made an anonymous call to the health
inspector.
Spiders though are cool. I have a small house spider that lives in my
kitchen window. Interestingly I have had such a spider (sometimes a
small jumping spider) that has lived in my kitchen windows since oh,
probably 1985 or 86! I make a deal with them. They don't jump on me
and I won't smoosh them. So far so good. In fact one of my spiders
used to come out and sit on the edge of my African violets when I
would do the dishes. She was always curious as to what I was doing.
I talked to her and like to think she would talk back if she could.
She was my Charlotte. I figure if there is a spider living in the
house then that means there are enough small enough bugs to satisfy
their tastes. I have been known to move egg sacks outside though to
keep an infestation from growing. And we sometimes get the loveliest
orb weavers building nests around the house.
--
Michelle
aka Melbrigða
http://eventualknitting.blogspot.com
[email protected] - Homeschooling for the Medieval Recreationist
> I'm with you on that one! Snakes, lizards, rats....we've have or haveAnd I'm the opposite! Perhaps it has to do with issues I have had
> had them all....but nothing with 8 legs allowed! That's my limit....
with snakes and rats (although lizards are cool I coul do lizards).
When I was a child we had a pond down by my grandparents house. My
grandmother told me to go down and tell my uncle (who was on the pond
fishing) to come in for dinner. When I went down to the water's edge
I looked down and my foot was right beside a freshly hatched nest of
baby corral snakes!! I truly think my heart stopped beating! And
then a few years ago when Dan and I were going through the divorce I
was renting a small house which was infested with rats. They were
crawling through the walls. The landlord refused to do anything about
it. I tried several different attempts to get rid of them to little
avail. So when I moved out I made an anonymous call to the health
inspector.
Spiders though are cool. I have a small house spider that lives in my
kitchen window. Interestingly I have had such a spider (sometimes a
small jumping spider) that has lived in my kitchen windows since oh,
probably 1985 or 86! I make a deal with them. They don't jump on me
and I won't smoosh them. So far so good. In fact one of my spiders
used to come out and sit on the edge of my African violets when I
would do the dishes. She was always curious as to what I was doing.
I talked to her and like to think she would talk back if she could.
She was my Charlotte. I figure if there is a spider living in the
house then that means there are enough small enough bugs to satisfy
their tastes. I have been known to move egg sacks outside though to
keep an infestation from growing. And we sometimes get the loveliest
orb weavers building nests around the house.
--
Michelle
aka Melbrigða
http://eventualknitting.blogspot.com
[email protected] - Homeschooling for the Medieval Recreationist