What's your most docile tarantula?

[CarsinemiA]

My B. smithi is rather temperamental. Once outside her enclosure she's fine, but I've had my hand slapped more than once. I nearly browned my trousers the first time it happened. Was completely unexpected.

My most docile would have to be my B. emilia. She does like to kick hairs but she never spooks and is easily handled.

Also, my G, pulchripes is great to handle... but, due to it's fairly small size still (about 2.5"), it just bolts for burrow everytime I look at it.

 

[Vaughn]

A. metallica I got from Mark at Animal Magic . She would rather be out of her cage than in it . She would stay on the back of my hand all day if I would let her .

 

[Travis K]

So, what is the most docile Tarantula?




A dead one

 

[skippy]

my 3 G roseas, G porteri, G pulchripes, A avic, A versicolor, new river, A behlei, A iodious and A geniculata are all very handleable. the genic flicked at me a couple of times though and she's pretty fast for such a big girl

 

[the nature boy]

E. campestratus hands down. I usually like them uber defensive but this thing is so docile I can't help but like it. Literally, you can pick it up, turn it upside down, and lift it's fangs up with a fingernail.

 

[skippy]

my campestratus hasn't gotten big enough to manhandle yet but i got it specifically because it was the first T sp that my gf managed to hold... she liked it 'cause it didn't move at all:}

 

[Jackuul]

My best one is the G. porteri I have called Sweetie. My slings are a bit too small now to judge, since they can't really do a whole lot bun run away. The two roses I have are b*tches. "Nyaaar! My waterbowl! Nyaaar! I'll cut you sucka! Nyaaar!"

 

[ranchulas]

My G. pulchra, A. avic, A. versicolors, female B. smithi, and a gray G. rosea are all very handleable. One of my RCF rosea is one of my most aggressive T's . LOL

 

[gambite]

I dont really handle my T's much, but when I want to show them off the A. metallica is the only one I trust enough to handle and allow others to as well. She can occasionally get just a little flighty and jump around (literally), but she has never tried anything aggressive at all, not even shooting poop.

 

[arrowhd]

A. hentzi, A. versicolor, G. pulchripes and G. pulchra.

 

[556A2]

All of my B. albopilosum slings are very docile.

 

[Mattyb]

Well since i'm just getting back into building a collection and i only have two, it would have to be my G.rosea.

 

[Redneck]

Well I just wanted to update on my G. rosea with the egg sac.. I took it from her the other day and she seemed a little upset about it but now she is back to her normal sweet heart little self..

 

[cbeard]

The most chilled out, "friendly" T I've ever had was a GBB, actually.

 

[spiderfield]

I'd have to say my G. pulchra. When I hold her she always seems to just sit like a rock in my hands.

 

[micheldied]

all my 3 B smithiis.
not just docile,skittish too.

 

[Merasari]

Still new to this.. how to delete?? Sorry guys

 

[mmfh]

Lol, I love this question because my most docile T. (G. pulchripes), that as a newbie I handled way more than I should have, is the only one who got fed up with my <edit> one day and tried to bite me. Not highly venomous but she was a good 6" and could have put nice sized holes in my hand. Consequently I no longer believe in docile T's.

 

[Toff202]

That would be my F. catus. Oh no wait, I mean my B. smithi

 

[Chris LXXIX]

Zombie thread but oh well. There's only one thing i know for sure: there aren't docile Theraphosidae. Period. That's a big understatement, purposely created for (however valid) reasons... for draw a line.
So the weak venom, lazy/pet rock, somewhat slow, more hair kickers than bite T's, went under that label. But they aren't docile, at all.
A primitive, perfect predator machine, and the word docile doesn't mix.