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This has to be one of the biggest mistakes I've ever made. Ever since I've started keeping tarantulas, I have always seen people on social media saying that urticating hairs don't affect them at all. It was kinda stuck to me all these years, after getting kicked at by various species and having no affect on me; I started to become careless and even ignoring the fact that you get more vulnerable to urticating hairs, the more you get exposed to them.
Just last week, it finally caught up to me. I touched my T. blondi's most recent exoskeleton with my bare hands, keep note that I already soaked it in water with dish soap to remove all the urticating hairs it was covered with or so I thought. Just minutes after, I felt pain in my hands. It wasn't even itchy, it was painful; it felt like a bunch of needles were poking in to both my hands. Everytime I tried to move them, the pain would just get worse. It lasted for 2 days, on the 3rd day the pain was gone but started to itch like crazy. Almost a week now and it still itches but has considerably lessen. I learned my lesson.
Just last week, it finally caught up to me. I touched my T. blondi's most recent exoskeleton with my bare hands, keep note that I already soaked it in water with dish soap to remove all the urticating hairs it was covered with or so I thought. Just minutes after, I felt pain in my hands. It wasn't even itchy, it was painful; it felt like a bunch of needles were poking in to both my hands. Everytime I tried to move them, the pain would just get worse. It lasted for 2 days, on the 3rd day the pain was gone but started to itch like crazy. Almost a week now and it still itches but has considerably lessen. I learned my lesson.