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WELCOME TO MY MINI SPIDER WEB SITE

I have just started keeping Tarantulas so I have a lot to learn.  I have done a lot of research into keeping them on the internet and have found many useful, informative and amusing sites on the subject.  Visit my LINKS page for some of the best sites I have found, more will no doubt be added..

Believe it or not I used to be arachnophobic.  Small spiders were OK but I had a problem once they reached much over an inch so I decided to take steps to get over it.  My friend Rachel suffered from the same problem so we got some therapy!  We attended The Friendly Spider Program at London Zoo in early June 2000 and are now cured!   The afternoon involves discussions, a hypnotherapy session and optional critter handling.  By the end of the day we were both happy to hold Debbie, a Mexican Red Knee in our hands and my new pets are proof that I am now perfectly comfortable with them.

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Me, Debbie and some peroxide.  

This mini site is split into 2 parts - Sensible Spiders that I have as my own pets and Psycho Arachnids for those people who feel confident enough to take on more of a challenge.

* Although I have included factual information,  not everything on this site should be taken seriously *

 

 

SENSIBLE SPIDERS

 

 

PSYCHO ARACHNIDS

 

 

 

Many thanks to Phil Messenger @ The Tarantula Store for design inspiration and kind permission to use pictures and factual information.

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