Neville

u call scorpions dangerous, people even keep pythons and anacondas as pets. some people even keep tigers, lions and other animals in their private zoo.

Tom

Do you have a dog? or a largish cat? They both can be very dangerous animals. The insects just use venom since they are so small comapared to anything else and snakes use venom or their strength to kill their prey since they can't exactly hold onto it with arms or legs.
Tom

Sabi

Yeah i know, i guess i wasn't thinking on those lines!

This is the atrax robustus (funnel web) spider one of the most deadly creatures

Tom

Ya, it's cute, but I would never have it as a pet. I would go with a spiderlike a pinked toed tarantula that all I would do is change water and add some food.
Tom

Sabi

Lol! okay,okay i get the point guys! What i was getting at was the creepines and the deadly venom which these animals carry. Look at it this way, you are more likely to be harmed or more critically so, by a snake/scorpion/whatever than by a dog cat. I know however that lotsa ppl keep them and love it too!

Sabi

Ya tarantulas are most commonly kept, they have plenty on the local auction site but they go for big bucks!

Tom

Of course, dog cats don't exist, so it is easier to be harmed by something that exists than by something that doesn't. lol But I know what you are getting at.
Tom

Sabi

And you say Dave is silly, lol!

Tom

Ya, but I also keep myself out of the equation. lol
Tom

Azahara

I know this is an old thread, but . . . theres a pet store in town that has a goliath birdeater that I want so badly. X3

Tom

So go and get it. lol Split the tank with the lizard in your sig and put the spider there. lol
Tom

P.S. This isn't really an old thread, an old thread is one of the first ones ever on this board. lol The last reply was 17 days ago.

Sabi

Will it fit in the tank?

Coryd55

Does anyone know how big of a tank you need to keep a tarantula. Just out of curiosity. I dont really want one ATM.

Dino

Some of the smaller species can be kept in a 10 gallon.

Narcicius

Since when is a spider a fish, i mean this is fishlore.com/fishforum FISH not insect and fish. I think that guy musthave been really bored or something... maybe lost

Drea

Some of us have other pets...horses, dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, guinee pigs, hamsters....and we like to share about them. So if you have no interest in those posts, just skip over don't bother reading them .....and we'll have FUN sharing about our other pets! OK? OK!