Can a tarantula open a lid?

[rvtjonny]

A few pieces of tape could help..
this is a clip of my P.irminia trying to top the top.

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[cavelle]

hahaha that's cute

 

[Anastasia]

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=160896&highlight=openers

 

[presurcukr]

Well they are basically hydraulic jacks. lol Really tho they move by hydraulic pressure changes in their legs

 

[billy28]

I know a lady who had a MM A. iodious lift a lid to a 10 gal that had a 10lb weight on it.:?

 

[Anastasia]

I know a lady who had a MM A. iodious lift a lid to a 10 gal that had a 10lb weight on it.:?

and I put a saddle and ride one to work and to supermarket to buy groceries

 

[robd]

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=160896&highlight=openers

Holy crap man. Look at that photo post by Nerri1029 near the bottom. That sure looks like a Tarantulacages.com screen vent. And a 2 inch B emilia did that???? Not good at all.

 

[VESPidA]

I dunno man, those bigger T's can be pretty strong and they can feel any flex with their sensitive toesies. I wouldn't really put much past a strong, enterprising T. I have a big old E. murinus that earned the privilege of having a large rock on top of her lid. She never got out or anything but she was working on the play in the lid and like, pooping through the gap. I figure better safe than sorry.

omg i just read this and nearly peed myself

 

[shypoet]

I guess I better keep an eye on Suzie now. lol

She has a screen top, but it never crossed my mind that she could get out just like that if she wanted to.

doubt she would though. She spends all her time in her hideout, and only comes out to drink water

 

[shypoet]

while we're on the topic of cages, do any of you have any from tarantulacages.com? I'd love to get one for Suzie someday, but we don't currently have the money. Plus, I'd doubt she could get out of one of his cages. They are totally awesome! I'm looking at http://www.tarantulacages.com/terrestrial.html that link there at the $85 one, which I think would make her very happy.

 

[Draychen]

My B. Emilia ~4" will curl her legs around my fingers as I try to put her back into her cage after handling.. and she will squeeze HARD. The first few times it happened, I was EXTREMELY shocked to say the least! She clung so tightly, I was afraid I'd damage her if I tried to remove her.. so I just kept her out. I would say the ammount of pressure she can exhert would be enough to squeeze a tube of toothpaste empty! I'm sure she could pop the top of a lid quite easily if she were somehow able to push her body against it.

 

[Altair]

My .75" B. smithi was able to pop it's lid off. It was in the same container as rvtjonny's.