i used to breed mice and zebra finches, have just been given 3 zebra finches and a beige finch but dont hold out any hope of them breeding they seem to swop nest boxes at a drop of a hat lol, i dont mind spiders and snakes, i thought i didnt have any phobias untill a tortoise wandered into my garden, although i could look at it and try to feed it i just couldnt pick it up i ended up putting a bucket over it and got a neighbour to deal with it lol, then last year in barbados while i was laughing at my sisters antics over shooing crabs of the steps we had to use to the beach, i freaked out a huge crab that blended in with the sand trying to grab my leg with its claws everytimei moved it moved and tried the harder, the little ones i coped with they were more scared of me than me them but this particular one was adamant to have a chunk of me lol, back to tortoises i dont understand why im scared of them as i swam with turtles last year in barbados and three of them were massive over 100 years old the youngest being 15 years yet i wasnt 1 bit scared