Are P Regalis ' docile " ?

[Chris LXXIX]

tbh how many of us would follow those stupid ignorantly implemented regulations and bans if they did make them. Nobody has died from a T bite. Very few go to the hosptial.
There is a very real reason to ban / Regulate venomous snakes. Get a good rattler bite and you may die, even with a trip to the hospital.

Nobody has died from a T bite. You are right.
But i will not put my hand in the fire, saying "Don't worry, nothing bad will happen, just badass pain" (if an OBT or a Stromatopelma, or a Poecilotheria, just for examples) bites a 5 year child in the neck, to his/her parents.
Yeah, i know.. it's almost "impossible" but not a completely impossible scenario.
I saw a video on YT - the site loved by those who love to play the bad way with their OW T's, handling them like a Nintendo 3DS, bunch of selfish, voyeuristic idiots (they will perform those "Hey, look at me!" gestures without an audience?) that can damage ALL the enthusiasts - of an Haplopelma lividum who literally bolted out of the shipping box, and went under that 15 years (probably) skate looking guy, T-shirt, while his friends started to "lol".
The T didn't bite him just for pure luck.
Politicians and Mass Media waits like a Pelinobius muticus waits for a prey, for news like that, they can make bigger and twist as they wanna, with the general public who give a damn about T's.
I can guarantee you this... Italy BANNED ALL T's, i repeat, ALL T's, and all scorpions, in 2003, for far less (not even a serious bite). Took only one hour of their, well payed, afternoons for write a law who literally "Ground Zero" the hobby loved by few (not more than 150/200 people, more or less, in a nation of 50 millions of "arachno haters").
Enthusiasts must protect and defend the hobby, not working for undermine it with their actions.
That's the reason why there's, not valid, but vital, vital reasons if certain T's are for experienced keepers. A 18 year guy, with his brand new driving license, can't drive a Lamborghini.
Nuff Said

 

[Angel Minkov]

Yeah, and if my ant goes inside me and eats out my liver, then I'd die, sure. Don't you think that a T biting a child on the neck is a little superficial? The kid shouldn't be around the T in the first place. And if the regalis has escaped, the sensible thing the parents should do is call the pest control immediately, or do it themselves. Responsibility and respect are the KEY factors, I'd even go as far as to say they're more important than experience. I've seen people with loads of experience pinchgrab their African spiders and get bit because of irresponsibility. Take Stan Schultz as an example - I think he has more than enough experience, but because he held his Ts he has been bit several times.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

Yeah, and if my ant goes inside me and eats out my liver, then I'd die, sure. Don't you think that a T biting a child on the neck is a little superficial? The kid shouldn't be around the T in the first place. And if the regalis has escaped, the sensible thing the parents should do is call the pest control immediately, or do it themselves. Responsibility and respect are the KEY factors, I'd even go as far as to say they're more important than experience. I've seen people with loads of experience pinchgrab their African spiders and get bit because of irresponsibility. Take Stan Schultz as an example - I think he has more than enough experience, but because he held his Ts he has been bit several times.

You have to ask that to parents, or others, who allow childrens and young kids to their "T rooms" while doing routine husbandry, not to me. The essence of my (long, i know) statement is valid.
However, i have, again in YT, also saw a video where a mother let her young daughter remove the egg sac from her female Psalmopoeus cambridgei enclosure. Sure, she (the mom) was present, but.. that's what i call, in all honesty, superficial, not a bite from a potent venom OW in the neck of a child.
I agree that responsability and respect are everything in this hobby, but so also experience is.

And btw, let me say this clear: in this hobby the word "end" is far to be written, so even people like Stan Schultz or other experts like Poec54 can learn something "new", year after years.

A bite is rare but "shit happens".. but if happens because "you" took the OBT (for instance) out of the enclosure, for handling, sorry.. you are an idiot, no matter if you have 50 years of experience in T's.

In sum, this is not a race against time. There isn't an "elite" who say "No!" to someone else who wanna nothing but the same T's they have.
Everyone who REALLY loves the hobby can own an OW T, just it's right to respect the "step by step" way of things. This is also respect.

 

[MissyMaguire]

They aren't the easiest to find but there is a guy in Michigan whom has imported a few (and is the person I bought mine from). He usually goes to the reptile shows in Taylor, MI and I'll see if I can dig up his contact info as he's the only person I've ran into that consistently has them.

*** Awesome, can you do that? You can PM me anytime. When I'm ready to get "Beginning T's", I would love to have someone reputable. I'm in Columbus OH so, it wouldn't that far for delivery.