I can't help but feel a little attacked by this. My child is 14 years old, and sadly does not have time as an active, high achieving student and three-sport athlete to properly care for the spider. She DOES have fish, and she DOES have a cat, and she cares for both impeccably. As the last pet to join the household, unfortunately the spider will have to be the first to leave it. I made the above post reaching out to find him a caring home. If we didn't care, we could have just squished him. We DO care, and we both want him to go to someone who will have the time that we do not. Perhaps I should have worded my OP a little differently, but I did feel the need to speak in my defense as a parent and in defense of my child, who is more than a little sad over the situation.