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no 16 37.21%
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never have and dont intend to 10 23.26%
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Old 16-01-2008, 07:43 PM
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ok so do you or have you ever held your t's ?
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Old 16-01-2008, 07:45 PM
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there are situations where I have, but I dont go out of my way to hold them, for example if one is running across the table.
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Old 16-01-2008, 07:46 PM
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there are situations where I have, but I dont go out of my way to hold them, for example if one is running across the table.

yep i get ya i should add "if i have to option "
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Old 16-01-2008, 07:47 PM
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I don't make a habbit of holding mine, but when I fist started with T's and had just the one G. rosea (I remember those days, lol) I picked him up maybe once a week. But now I only hadle for 2 reasons; A) If I need to for some reason, ie. if I need to check for health reasons (but that is VERY rare, or B) When I do a talk on them at schools, Scouts ect, and the only reason I do that is to show them there is nothing to be scared of and that they aint the 'killers' that films make them out to be. When I do this I use a G. rosea (adult female) but NEVER let anyone else hold her, and I make sure everyone knows that it is not a good idea to hold them and I make sure they know that I an very experienced and know what I'm doing.
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The only one out of the four I have that I hold is my chilli but only when I'm cleaning him/her out. The others I don't bother with and I'm about to get a female cobalt blue and I definately don't intend to hold her ever.
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Old 16-01-2008, 09:31 PM
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i do with some of my t's but only to show them to friends or familt properly or cleaning time
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Old 16-01-2008, 09:49 PM
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I've held some of Lekkie's but only so she can take a picture.

I kind of feel like I'm holding a loaded gun though.
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Old 16-01-2008, 09:53 PM
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i never have but i'd like to just once to see what the fuss is all about. And after that i'd probably only handle when cleaning out or if i need to give it a check over
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Old 16-01-2008, 09:59 PM
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Only when I have had no choice, otherwise its pointless and dangerous.
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I held my G rosea once just to make sure I could if I ever needed to, have never done so since
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