possoms

Me, DollyDaydream and GinaUK are off to London Zoo tomorrow to cuddle some spiders.

Wish us luck :scared:

Phoenixuk2oz

For gawds sake...don't pull their legs off :scared:

Only kiddin ya. Good luck

DollyDaydream

Will phone you later....

We'll be fine....Frieda bring in on!!!!!!!

D D

Phoenixuk2oz

Course you'll all be fine

It's the poor spiders that are crappin themsens

Anastasia Beaverhausen

Good luck with that, you are a braver woman than me.

bridiej

Hope someone is taking a digital camera, would love to see a photo of you all with your hair on end, like this :scared:

possoms

OK remember if I'm engaged its cos I'm on here, only got a wind up puter no broadband in the sticks

The A Team

OMG I can't believe you're going through with it!!! :scared:

Seriously though I have so much respect for you. Would like to see the photos but that's as much as I can cope with right now.

possoms

I want to see the photos as well, its the only way I'll believe I've done it

lucyb

:scared: OMG! Respect to you all! I wish I had the balls to do that....we have discussed it ......let us know how it goes! Im VERY impressed!

DollyDaydream

Well, Kay, Gina & me did it!!!!!

Here's me getting up close and personal with a tarantula...



Can't say I've got rid of my fears....but I can now catch them and touch them. We had a really chunky one in the breakfast room this morning. It was on the ceiling so a bit difficult to get so MrDD caught it, I had a good look at it and then we put it in the garden. Usually, it would have to be completely annihilated!! MrDD said how differently I acted, normally I'd be p***ing myself until someone would get it but he said my facial expression was completely different (less sheer dread/maniacal but rather my expression didnt change at all!!). I will still get that initial 'holy crap' feeling when I see one (which most people get) but it's the reaction after that that has changed. The one on the ceiling I could have easily left to wander without worrying about it...so to me the programme has been a complete success. You don't come away thinking that you love them like a fluffy bunny but what you do come away with is knowing that you can accommodate them and lessen your fear....I hope my confidence continues.

Now how I'll cope with a huntsman I can't honestly say (AND sorry folks but the pic I posted a while ago with a huntsman on the loo roll - well I took it with me and was told it was a genuine photo of one ...so the size was correct (he thought it may have been a pregnant female).

Thanks to Kay and Gina for coming...it really did help having someone there that I knew and gave me the impetus to touch the spiders and capture one. I even let a large house spider run over my hand.

It's a brave new world.......

D D

bridiej

Glad it helped, you are all braver than me cos no way I'd have done it!!

Respect for you all!

Jonahs_mummy

OMG! Rather you than me! Steve is trying to get me to go to one at Roundhay Park Tropical house in Leeds :scared:

nightnurse2

You are all so brave!

Does anyone know if they have that kind of programme here in Perth?

Tracey

sonictigger

Brilliant idea...I think I'll look at the spider from behind a cushion!!!