Haha alright guys. I'm pretty new to the T Hobby. So the T's i have are a B smithi sling and a G rosea Juvi. I decided to be pretty adventurous and buy my first pokie! :evil:. so i ordered a 1.5 inch Poecilotheria regalis from Brandon at Captive Inverts and anxiously waited for my beauty to arrive. I Prepared a pill jar for it, filled it with about an inch and a half of substrate. In Government class, i got a text from the Mrs. that said my package had arrived :clap: :clap: :clap:
after class, i rush home, open my package and remove the small vial that is holding my new T. i open the lid, slowly pull out the cloth, but accidentally pull it too hard... the regalis, teleported out and was on the floor... i'm used to terrestrial T's who are pretty slow moving, so i was pretty shocked at the speed of this little devil . so now he is on the floor, and i try to coax him into his Pill jar. he darts away, and crawls in between the space between the floor and the wall. at this point I'm thinking "GOD DAMNIT, I LOST IT!" now the idea of a tarantula with pretty potent venom being loose in my house is on my mind. i grab a piece of paper, slide it under the crevice where he was in...and then he zipped out towards my face, since my face was on the floor while i was sliding the paper, trying to get as much space as possible.he crawled up my cheek, to my shoulder, down my arm and back on the floor. i quickly put a clear tupperware over him. after about 15 minutes of trying, i finally got him in his pill jar and was relieved. this was quite an experience for me i'm glad it happened though ^_^
after class, i rush home, open my package and remove the small vial that is holding my new T. i open the lid, slowly pull out the cloth, but accidentally pull it too hard... the regalis, teleported out and was on the floor... i'm used to terrestrial T's who are pretty slow moving, so i was pretty shocked at the speed of this little devil . so now he is on the floor, and i try to coax him into his Pill jar. he darts away, and crawls in between the space between the floor and the wall. at this point I'm thinking "GOD DAMNIT, I LOST IT!" now the idea of a tarantula with pretty potent venom being loose in my house is on my mind. i grab a piece of paper, slide it under the crevice where he was in...and then he zipped out towards my face, since my face was on the floor while i was sliding the paper, trying to get as much space as possible.he crawled up my cheek, to my shoulder, down my arm and back on the floor. i quickly put a clear tupperware over him. after about 15 minutes of trying, i finally got him in his pill jar and was relieved. this was quite an experience for me i'm glad it happened though ^_^