Why Tarantulas?

“WHY TARANTULAS?”

pros:

1. You don’t need to walk a tarantula in the morning and at night.

2. No need to give it a bath. NEVER.

3. Tarantulas don’t shit on the floor and to anywhere else but inside their enclosure. You won’t even notice that they shit.

4. They don’t make loud noises. They don’t smell.

5. It’s OK NOT to feed your tarantula up to a month. Just leave them with a source of water.

6. Tarantulas don’t have lice and ticks though they are prone to mites. But mites are just fine in controlled population.

7. You don’t have to give them vitamins nor take them to the Vet.

8. Tarantulas don’t take up much space in your house. Good pet suggestion for yuppies, busy individuals, and for those who have a small residence like me.

9. Very low maintenance. You don’t have to clean their tanks regularly.

10. Fulfilling.

cons: (just to be fair)

1. ADDICTING. Once started, you will then start dreaming of having all the species available around which will lead you to impulse buying.

2. Impulse buying will surely minimize the “life span” of your pay check.

3. Keeping tarantulas means keeping (breeding) different kinds of insects like crickets (males’ chirps are irritating when place inside the house); roaches (some roaches really stink like B. Lateralis); and worms (which will make your mother and sister scream) because it’s not practical spending a lot of money to buy feeders every week, or worst, everyday.

4. Tarantulas won’t love you back. They won’t cuddle you nor play fetch with you.

5. You can’t train your T’s to do tricks like “sit”, “play dead”, or “kill him”.

6. Won’t guard your house not even your room.

7. You will unconsciously be an instant ”basurero” when you have a lot of T’s in your captivity. You will collect gravy dishes; tissue rolls; deli cups; tree barks; branches; broken terra cotta; leaves; rocks; pebbles; even plastic spoons because there will always be a possible use for those junk. Yes, there will always be.

8. You wouldn’t allow anyone spray insecticides and air fresheners near your room. Good luck to mosquitoes and house roaches.

9. Your girlfriend, wife, or any special partner will be jealous to your inverts weeks after your first purchase.

10. People will avoid you because they’ll think you’re a weirdo.

 

-Pit :)