What Has Your Pet Put In Your Eye This Time?

For anyone who wasn't around here about a year ago, I will update you on one fact about me. I hate spiders. Loathe them. Question why some cute birds and other animals become extinct yet spiders appear to thrive and reproduce quicker than rabbits.You can imagine how I felt when I read he news article about a man in England who sought medical treatment after three weeks of eye problems. He had experiences redness, watering, and light sensitivity which didn't clear up even after a period of antibiotics.

At this point, doctors examined his eye under magnification and what did they find? About a dozen small hairs which had penetrated the cornea. Once the doctors explained what they had found, the man was not confused. No. On the contrary. He immediately remembered that right before he started having problems with his eye, his tarantula had sprayed hairs into his face and eyes.
Yes, apparently tarantulas can spray hairs at you in an effort to defend themselves.

Now doctors are advising people to wear eye protection if they will be handling tarantulas closely.I don't have a medical license. Or even a medical degree. But I do have some medical advice of my own for these people.

Get rid of the tarantulas. Get a nice, gentle tempered dog, cat or maybe even a goldfish. Something that isn't likely to try to kill you or even blind you. Isn't day-to-day life tough enough? Why do some people want to add in the thrill of pets that can maim or kill?

For me, just driving through town and making it home from the grocery store with all of my limbs in tact is enough adrenaline rush for me.

And spiders still creep me out.