How many invertabrate keepers used to have a phobia?

[Pixie]

There are many reasons for not handling a tarantula, the most important in my opinion is to prevent injury. T's a surprisingly fragile especially when it comes to falls, just a fall of a few inches is enough to kill them. It doesn't take much to rupture their delicate abdomens and once that happens, it's pretty much game over unless you're fast enough with superglue (yes, you did read that right!).

Personally I have no opinion on if it should be done or not, I feel that's up to each tarantula owner to decide for themselves. Although it would be cool for me to pick up my pretty 5"+ T, I prefer keeping pretty and safe in her terrarium

Pixie

[Lizzy001]

lol......im the worst person in the world to be freaked by spiders!
once i was in the shower and the tinyest spider was about 5 feet away from me, and i dived out the shower and ran screaming down the stairs. wow i cant believe how sad that sounds/is!!!!

lol


Lizzy xxx

[Kyle Barker]

LOL! try to imagine its just a loose cricket

[Pixie]

A loose cricket, now that's MY nightmare!!! Honestly, I have a very intense phobia of grasshoppers and crickets. If you want to have a blast, just throw one my way and you'll be laughing on your *** for hours, real cheap entertainment! Seriously, if anyone ever tries that... let's just say they'd have a Pixie phobia after!!!

Anyways, I've always loved spiders and thought they were the neatest things. Other bugs... not so much!

[jason h]

this is my little guy(actually a little girl) but dont tell her she might get a complex, any way i other than her and my scorpion im terrified of little house type spiders *shivers*lol

[Kyle Barker]

uhh crickets (funniest thing ive heard, sorry). You dont have many lizards do you? I swear if half of you just stepped inside my house you would prbably have heart failure SOOOO many loose spiders and crickets, i could probably make a small fortune just selling whats loose.

Any other different fears out there? This is actually quite interesting to see what everyone doesnt like.

kyle

[Pixie]

I actually did get my first lizard over the holidays, a leopard gecko. She is fed a nice varied diet of mealworms, silkworms, pinkies and waxworms. I had been holding of lizards for that very reason: crickets. Now that I've discovered that I can still give them a healthy diet without them, I am one very happy camper!!!

[Kyle Barker]

Good stuff. Glad you got some type of lizard.

[katev17]

Hmm... I have a fear of *** masks... (Seriously...)

and moths
EW even spelling the word freaks me out... butterflies too... ahh my hands tickle and hurt from typing that

kate

[katev17]

The only thing I don't like about crickets is that I always think I'm going to squish their eyeballs when I pick them up.. weird eh

[josefg]

Well as for phobias..... I am kind of afraid of all inverts Not really afraid but the thought of something that feels soft probably has a lot of small hairs walking over me keeps me away from them. However I still beleive that they should not be killed. In fact, some weeks ago at university, I saw a daddy long legs (Pholcus phalangioides) spider with a leg span of about 6cm. I decided to make the spider walk on a piece of paper and then let it go outside.....

The problem started when the spider decided to walk off the other side of the paper (the side I was holding the paper from). I ended up throwing the sheet of paper together with the spider.... and having all of my friend laugh at me

Oh well, at least I saved it from being squished.....