How do you sleep at night and other eye-rollers

[HokiePokie727]

Originally Posted by xsyorra

I came down with this nasty cold-bug.....fever, chills, body aches, and the whole nine.....which really knocked me down and out this last week. I also received a bite from one of my Grammostolas the week prior, not realizing I had been fanged until the next day.

When my roommate was handing me his part of the rent he asked, "Do you think that bite you got last week caused it? Cuz I remember you telling me that if you got bit by any of those things, you would get sick."

Swine Flu be damned, apparently I have Theraphosid Fever!!!!

LOL love it

[Venari]

Originally Posted by xsyorra

Swine Flu be damned, apparently I have Theraphosid Fever!!!!

Hmmm....soon we'll have idiots asking if a T bite will give you swine flu.

[7mary3]

The most frequent one I get is:

"So like, you have them just in your room, just walking around?"

Yeah... because keeping free range Ts would be a good idea for either party

[Finntroll86]

It gets to a point where whenever I am asked "are they poisonous?" I just say yes and are extremely aggressive, so they wont stay in the room very long.

[ZergFront]

Originally Posted by xsyorra

I came down with this nasty cold-bug.....fever, chills, body aches, and the whole nine.....which really knocked me down and out this last week. I also received a bite from one of my Grammostolas the week prior, not realizing I had been fanged until the next day.

When my roommate was handing me his part of the rent he asked, "Do you think that bite you got last week caused it? Cuz I remember you telling me that if you got bit by any of those things, you would get sick."

Swine Flu be damned, apparently I have Theraphosid Fever!!!!

Hahaha, I love it!!

I have read on TKG it's possible to get infections from a tarantula bite but only because the skin was broken. If your careful about cleaning the bite wound you shouldn't have to worry. You're just as likely to get an illness from a cut, scrape or splinter as you would a bite.

[xsyorra]

Originally Posted by ZergFront

Hahaha, I love it!!

I have read on TKG it's possible to get infections from a tarantula bite but only because the skin was broken. If your careful about cleaning the bite wound you shouldn't have to worry. You're just as likely to get an illness from a cut, scrape or splinter as you would a bite.

After many years of being a cat owner, cleaning wounds has become second-nature. My cats have caused more damage than either T bite I've received. Now the hair-kickers are a different story altogether!!!

On the upside of humanity, there are some intelligent people out there. My keyboardist came over last night, and had a really valid question for not knowing anything about this hobby. He asked me, "Even though you have all yours seperately housed, aren't there some species that can live together?"

I had to check my pulse before I answered that question, because I think that was the first time I've heard an actual intelligent, and genuinely interested question from a non-arachnophile.