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11-11-11, 07:03 AM
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Re: The arachnophobe with 2 new pet T's
I have a rose hair tarantula. Sadly my cobalt died 2 years ago he was a feisty little sucker. The rosie is 8 years old now its a female so I expect another 8 good years with her
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11-11-11, 09:59 AM
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Re: The arachnophobe with 2 new pet T's
Ah I could never own a spider... what do they all eat?
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11-11-11, 10:54 AM
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Re: The arachnophobe with 2 new pet T's
Crickets with gut load that's it
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11-11-11, 05:05 PM
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Re: The arachnophobe with 2 new pet T's
I'm considering it.... I keep going back and forth about it
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11-12-11, 12:13 AM
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Re: The arachnophobe with 2 new pet T's
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Braver than I am. Allergic reaction is another fear of mine, especially after last year.
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Tarantula venom is so basic that you can't get an allergic reaction to it. It hurts like hell but there's no risk of anaphylaxis.
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11-12-11, 12:13 AM
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Re: The arachnophobe with 2 new pet T's
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Crickets with gut load that's it
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Never gut loaded my crix with the T's.....think that's more of a thing with lizards...
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11-13-11, 06:26 AM
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Re: The arachnophobe with 2 new pet T's
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Braver than I am. Allergic reaction is another fear of mine, especially after last year. I was outside with my neighbors talking on the front porch and rested my foot in our mulched flower bed. The next thing I know I feel something bite/sting the side of my leg and feels like it is on fire, then I felt something bite/sting my eye, I'm jumping up slapping at my face and leg like a crazy person!
I was stung 5 times by ground hornets. 3 times in my leg, 1 time on my upper brow line and 1 time on my lower brow line. Thank god for wearing glasses or else it would have been in my eye.
I'm allergic to Benadryl so I bought a different class of antihistamine, well, that was a very bad idea because it turns out I am allergic to ALL H1-blockers (this is when and how I found out).
My face swelled up so bad I looked like I went 5 rounds with Evander and didn't get one punch in. My leg swelled to the size of a softball. Had to go to doc and after she ran a bunch of tests and noted that my blood oxygen levels were extremely low she placed me on steroids and gave me Epi-pens.
Great way to learn what I am allergic to…BLEH Now anything that is venomous and can bite or sting I steer clear of. I have never been stung or bit by anything before…figures the one time I am that I would be allergic to the medication I used to help but ended up making everything even worse!
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Oh no! I thought I had the weirdest allergies ever... but an allergy to benadryl? You poor thing! Glad you got it all figured out without something worse happening.
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8.8 resident corns, 0.2 nicaraguan boas, 1.0 ball python
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11-13-11, 06:29 AM
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Re: The arachnophobe with 2 new pet T's
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Never gut loaded my crix with the T's.....think that's more of a thing with lizards...
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I gut load my roaches but way differently than you would for a lizard. Calcium is not a good thing for T's so calcium gutload would be detrimental rather than helpful. You want high protein basically, so really high protein kitten food is good gutload for T food.
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11-13-11, 07:57 AM
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Re: The arachnophobe with 2 new pet T's
Pardon my ignorance... What does "gut loading" a cricket mean?
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11-13-11, 08:09 AM
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Re: The arachnophobe with 2 new pet T's
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Pardon my ignorance... What does "gut loading" a cricket mean?
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Feeding the cricket before feeding the cricket to your pet. ( filling its gut with goods)
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11-13-11, 08:11 AM
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Re: The arachnophobe with 2 new pet T's
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Feeding the cricket before feeding the cricket to your pet. ( filling its gut with goods)
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I see. What and How do you feed a cricket?
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11-13-11, 08:13 AM
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Re: The arachnophobe with 2 new pet T's
For the most part anything that is good for your pet that you will be feeding the cricket to. I know oranges are commonly used as well as most veggies.
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11-13-11, 08:23 AM
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Re: The arachnophobe with 2 new pet T's
Thanks for the info Kat!
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01-25-12, 03:14 PM
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Re: The arachnophobe with 2 new pet T's
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I'm considering it.... I keep going back and forth about it
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How about this?
how can you possible be scared of a bright blue spider with big feet? 
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Never gut loaded my crix with the T's.....think that's more of a thing with lizards...
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Not at all. Crickets should always be gutloaded no matter what your feeding them to. Pet store crickets are typically kept alive with a chunk of potatoe for their food and water source. Result is a cricket low in nutrition. Animals feeding on a properly/well fed cricket are themselves getting a more nutrious meal both frm the nutrients the cricket has absorbed as well as from what remains in the crickets stomach contents.
Btw, what type of viper is your avatar?
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For the most part anything that is good for your pet that you will be feeding the cricket to. I know oranges are commonly used as well as most veggies.
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Fish flake food is an excellant food source for gutloading.
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01-25-12, 03:18 PM
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Re: The arachnophobe with 2 new pet T's
that's a pretty spider i always wanted a pet spider but Jessica would freak out
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