Andrea82
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It means 'TOUCH ME I DARE YOU,MAKE MY DAY!'
Urticating hair.
I kind of want to collect some of it one day.. for purely scientific purposes of course.
The same scientific purpose and reasons which included tarantula urticating hairs in joke itching powder in its early formulas?What kind of "scientific purposes" are you talking about. I wish to know for... reasons... research reason of course.
But them big...That's urticating hair??? I don't own a Theraphosa, so I've never seen anything like it and after seeing it that's another reason not to own a Theraphosa.
The hairs of a stirmi are indeed horrible, but I've never seen that before. Mold was my first thought and snow was my second. I was going to suggest the OP bring the tarantula inside as winter comes early in Kansas.That's urticating hair??? I don't own a Theraphosa, so I've never seen anything like it and after seeing it that's another reason not to own a Theraphosa.
So you dare to disagree with venom1080? How do you even move?The hairs of a stirmi are indeed horrible, but I've never seen that before. Mold was my first thought and snow was my second. I was going to suggest the OP bring the tarantula inside as winter comes early in Kansas.
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When you put it that way... I have heard they get the size of garbage can lids.But them big...
Where's that disagree at!?So you dare to disagree with venom1080? How do you even move?
I have never seen that done to that extent and it is pretty unbelievable. It's an urticating hair suit of armour.My Goliath birdeater, Miss prissy-pants, covered herself in her fuzz before turning over to shed. I’ve never seen any of my tarantulas do this before. She’s been in the same position for about 12 hours. She is responsive but not very much. Humidity is always at 80% and temp at 80. She is over ten but not sure how old. Like always she stopped eating two weeks ago. Do I need to worry??
The plus side is that it's totally avoidable if you take simple precautions like gloves. I got haired because of my rush to action and poor planning - both are likely because I was very green (I'm still green...maybe just a little lighter).I'm really glad to have seen this too - I've heard horror stories about Theraphosa hairs and this just screams a bad time to me! Would still love to have one, but this is definitely something I'll be keeping in mind before I officially make that plunge lol.
Very true. I'll be sure to invest in a hazmat!The plus side is that it's totally avoidable if you take simple precautions like gloves. I got haired because of my rush to action and poor planning - both are likely because I was very green (I'm still green...maybe just a little lighter).
Purely curious here, but the mentions of hair flying everywhere when removing Theraphosa molts got me thinking: have you ever tried wetting down the area with the hairs before removing the molt? I would think that would make them clump together and less likely to become airborne...The plus side is that it's totally avoidable if you take simple precautions like gloves. I got haired because of my rush to action and poor planning - both are likely because I was very green (I'm still green...maybe just a little lighter).
I wet down the enclosure entirely when doing substrate changes or cleaning up...rubber gloves as well. Baby powder on arms when changing substrate out helps too, it blocks your pores. Learned that from installing insulation.Purely curious here, but the mentions of hair flying everywhere when removing Theraphosa molts got me thinking: have you ever tried wetting down the area with the hairs before removing the molt? I would think that would make them clump together and less likely to become airborne...
Haven't heard about this one yet,is worth a go. Not sure if baby powder is safe to use around a spider though...Baby powder on arms when changing substrate out helps too, it blocks your pores. Learned that from installing insulation.