Most formidable tarantula?

[Veles]

Goodness gracious! Note to self: steer away from tropical Scolopendrae!

You can not even begin to comprehend what kind of pain they can cause.

 

[Leila]

Sorry for being late and all, but hahahahahaaaaaaaaa!!!! Hahahaaaaa!!!

@Moakmeister, this thread gave me cancer too. But then....it gave me a belly ache from laughing so hard!

 

[Veles]

Sorry for being late and all, but hahahahahaaaaaaaaa!!!! Hahahaaaaa!!!

@Moakmeister, this thread gave me cancer too. But then....it gave me a belly ache from laughing so hard!

Guilty pleasure: threads like this.

I know should have been more clear about my question.

 

[mconnachan]

Sorry for being late and all, but hahahahahaaaaaaaaa!!!! Hahahaaaaa!!!

@Moakmeister, this thread gave me cancer too. But then....it gave me a belly ache from laughing so hard!

As you said what a hulabaloo - the OP just would not let up, I'm replying and he's like err no....lol - how are you anyway pal, not seen you around lately.

 

[Leila]

@mconnachan, oh, I'm around. Lurking. lol.

Ok, Sorry, sorry.. for derailing. You guys carry on with your conversation. I will sink back into the shadows for a bit.

 

[mconnachan]

@mconnachan, oh, I'm around. Lurking. lol.

@Leila glad to hear you've not fallen off the face of the earth, just not seen you post much lately, speak soon honey, and you take care!

 

[mconnachan]

Most idiots get bitten multiple times, by various specimen How is it possible that some keepers say "I keep tarantulas for 20 years, never been bit" while others say "OBTs? Yeah, I got tagged 4 times by those".

I must be a good keeper then as most of us are, I have never been tagged by any of my T's, I've got too much resect for them, to even get into a situation that would require the T to tag me....to those who have - how did it happen, was it your own stupid fault or was the spider just too defensive on that particular day, answers on a postcard to @mconnachan haha. Seriously though any anecdotes you'd like to share, feel free to post.

 

[Andrea82]

@Veles if I ever got tagged?! No freakin way. Not that I am her keeper for a long time, she's six months in my care now, but you can bet I take every precaution to not get bitten. By any of my eightlegged fuzzies.
I do know I was scared shitless when housing her. She was only 7cm DLS, but that meant 7 cm of undiluted fierce and angry. I remember the seller saying, mwah, she's pretty calm. Yeah right. If she started dripping more venom I think she would be spitting it to me.
Love her though. Most of the time

 

[Veles]

@Veles if I ever got tagged?! No freakin way. Not that I am her keeper for a long time, she's six months in my care now, but you can bet I take every precaution to not get bitten. By any of my eightlegged fuzzies.
I do know I was scared shitless when housing her. She was only 7cm DLS, but that meant 7 cm of undiluted fierce and angry. I remember the seller saying, mwah, she's pretty calm. Yeah right. If she started dripping more venom I think she would be spitting it to me.
Love her though. Most of the time

Thats great man,i have not been biten by any of my tarantulas but as you might have read i got pretty screwed up by my S.gigantea.By the way how old is she?

 

[Andrea82]

Thats great man,i have not been biten by any of my tarantulas but as you might have read i got pretty screwed up by my S.gigantea.By the way how old is she?

Woman.
I have no idea how old she is. Considering this species grows like a glacier, she could be anywhere between two to five years, depending on temps and feeding.
Age is less important than size, since some species grow like weeds (L.parahybana of A.geniculata for instance), and others grow slow, even when kept and fed the same as those aforementioned species.

 

[Nephila Edulis]

Wait Portia slings can be bought?!
Where did you find that?

A site called Minibeast wildlife. They sell lots of weird things, but you won't be able to get one shipped outside of Australia because restrictions . Unless you want to go on a field trip to a few south East Asian islands you probably won't be able to get one

 

[Nephila Edulis]

Most good keepers don't get bit.

I've only ever been bitten once and that's because my first T was an OW (not much else to buy here). I still have her and she's much more passive than she used to be

 

[Veles]

A site called Minibeast wildlife. They sell lots of weird things, but you won't be able to get one shipped outside of Australia because restrictions . Unless you want to go on a field trip to a few south East Asian islands you probably won't be able to get one

Thats not so bad given that i will be going to australia in a few months.

 

[Veles]

I've only ever been bitten once and that's because my first T was an OW (not much else to buy here). I still have her and she's much more passive than she used to be

That happens even to the best keepers.

 

[mconnachan]

I've only ever been bitten once and that's because my first T was an OW (not much else to buy here). I still have her and she's much more passive than she used to be

What sp. and what were the circumstances @Nephila Edulis - just curious, this could be a great thred to start, informative and yet could be funny as well, as long as they're were no serious bites.

 

[mconnachan]

That happens even to the best keepers.

No I have to disagree there, most keepers don't get tagged, they're too careful to be in those situations, it happens yes, but not often, in fact very very rarely!

 

[Veles]

No I have to disagree there, most keepers don't get tagged, they're too careful to be in those situations, it happens yes, but not often, in fact very very rarely!

No no you misunderstood my post,even the best keeper may get tagget once by one of his tarantulas,not frequently.

 

[Nephila Edulis]

What sp. and what were the circumstances @Nephila Edulis - just curious, this could be a great thred to start, informative and yet could be funny as well, as long as they're were no serious bites.

A sub adult Phlogius. This was my first T and this was before the internet was a widespread thing in my area. I had no idea of how fast and aggressive OWs were, I didn't even know what an OW was. Every book I had read said "tarantula venom can't hurt you" and "tarantulas are slow and clumsy". It was a painful experience

 

[mconnachan]

Every book I had read said "tarantula venom can't hurt you" and "tarantulas are slow and clumsy". It was a painful experience

Well what a crock of nonsense that turned out to be....you obviously know that's not the case, thankfully, I was always told ah it's only as bad as a bee sting, maybe a NW. but those fangs are a sure fire way to dismiss that assumption.

 

[Nephila Edulis]

Well what a crock that turned out to be....you obviously know that's not the case, thankfully, I was always told ah it's only as bad as a bee sting, maybe a NW. but those fangs are a sure fire way to dismiss that assumption.

Exactly. Centimetre long fangs as bad as a bumblebee? Yeah... nah