[digalotty]

as they say some people look like their pets

[scabs]

Watch it.

[Bluedave]

Glad to hear the spiders OK mate.

My Dad has always kept spiders so we got used to them as kids. We had a Red-knee that died at about 12 years! Was massive when she died.

I can't have them as my Wife is petrified of them (although she does alright when we visit my mum and dad.....).

Dad currently has three - 2 Mexican red Knees and a colombian Bird eater.

Great pets!

Probably teaching you to suck eggs, but if they do get cut then you can make a paste out of flour and water and apply that. Works a treat.

[scabs]

Not heard that before... I'll remember it, cheers!

Is your dad a member of the BTS? If so, I've probably met him way back!

[Bluedave]

He was a member way back but we moved to Germany in about 1991 and lived over there a few years, when we got back he never bothered getting back in touch to be honest.

[scabs]

Yeah, it's possible that I may have met him... I was a member from 1990 until about 95.

Germany, eh... Big on Ts over there, they are.

[Bluedave]

Think you would have joined just as he was leaving - he didn't get to any meets in '90, was a bit busy!

Didn't realise they were that nuts about spiders in Germany, well no more than over here?

[susan - happy hens]

Hi, So I've seen  my hens eat the odd spider - a weird wee black one on Sunday - but I think Princess Laya would run the other way if faced with Sydney! Good luck.

[tode]

What do you feed em on, Scabs   . .  mice ?

[titch]

lovely spiders scabs - got a bit of a soft spot for them - we had a lot at one time, used to raise baby ones for a bloke  in scotland and then ship them back when they were a bit older - took hours to feed them and used to get hatchling crickets in the post and have to use a insect tube sucky thing to pick them up- not good when you get one in the mouth.  Had some cobalt blue babies that were a devil to feed - the minute you opened the film pot they would be out crawling over you and they jumped too - used to leave them til last - had a few escape when feeding time was up.............. fascinating to watch the moulting process whcih is the point of my reply but thought i would share the spider history with you as well will get hubby to dig out some pics, got some nice ones of a moult happening too

we had a spider fall once (was climbing up the side of the viv, landed on a peice of bark awkwardly and start to 'bleed' - we covered the wound with some cornflour - no need for water as the haemolyph fluid blends with it and it dries to form a crust - removed at the next moult if not before - but it does make the spider look a little like an iced bun for a bit..............

glad yours is ok, a spray during a moult always helps
i love the red knees after a moult the colours are so rich

[Bluedave]

couple of pics of me Dads current crop  for you Scabs:

[Jellyhead]

Lovely What do they eat???

[sunshineband]

What gorgeous spideys Bluedave.

Did laugh at the image of the iced bun though 

[titch]

Lovely What do they eat???

ours used to eat crickets, they came in the post 

our german shepherd dog gemma was a right toad tho - she loved crickets and on a few occaisions decided to bust open the plastic tub they came in  :blink:- crickets everywhere for weeks, chirping under the fridge with her going nuts for them

[Jellyhead]

mmmmm you see this is my problem, 9 year old son would love a Spider or Lizard, he loves animals and insects but there lies the problem you see he WONT feed an insect or animal dead or alive. He just cant get his head around it. This is a boy that got upset when daddy tried to kill a huge hornet the other day I had to explain what evil b******* they are and that they are killing the lovely bees etc. he understood but still got upset cos a living creature was going to be killed. I knew I had taught him well about not killing things but hornets are a tad extreme (them and wasps) are about the only thing I will kill but if I can shoo a wasp out of the house rather than kill it I will