Handling gentile Pokies & sweet Pterrors :)

[CedrikG]

Poecilotheria aggression is widely overstated, but a bite will sure ruin your day In such an event, don't blame the spider's defensive insticts. It wanted to stay in its retreat

Of course Richard. When I am handling (and its very rare I do) theres no risk for the spider to be injured at all, all the risk are on me and I am always mentally ready for the worst. And if it happens, OF COURSE, I wont blame the spider ... The one who blame its spider after a bite should'nt keep theraphosid ... those are the risk in keeping Ts

This said, all those who say : "Woaw, you're very brave!!"

no ... we're not brave ... Im not brave and I handled all the species i've ... I think its a mix of some stupidity and/or loving to much its Theraphosidae, this said this is not something I necessary suggest

Oh, and I dont handle my Ts FOR TAKING A PICTURE, the picture come after ... I handle my ts because I want to handle them, and then I think : Why not taking a picture. I think that handling a nervous species only for taking a picture is'nt very good because THEN it looks like : Hey look at me, I got a pokes on me!

 

[MarkusGrosskopf]

Pandora, i appreciate your courage, and i think T's have be "tamed", not tamed but the T's can recognize the way u get them, its something like "tame", my thought !
Pan, i have a P. murinus RCF too, and when i touch him, he run untiringly, he have about 3 or 4 cm... can i accustom him ?
can u show me the way i "tame" him ? in russian i understand nothing !

thx... (ps. im undertaker, the guy of icq, bye)

 

[syndicate]

its interesting that your trying to tame these spiders.whats your method?just holding them alot at young ages and they generally get used to it?you should do experiments with different spececies and keep track of all the data.prove all those people wrong who think t's cant be tamed!

 

[Cerbera]

well yes, but the photos...

So, ignoring any misconceptions I may have about the senility of someone handling like this, who is taking the photos, and if it is you, how on earth do you keep them so completely in focus, given that I'd hope that at least 70% of your attention is firmly on what the spider is doing ?

 

[Cerbera]

This is just attempt of art-photo. My adult female P.murinus RCF. Very nice girl!

Absolutely beautiful image. There should be more like this.

 

[CedrikG]

some more lol

I had to try to remove a something on this specimen ... but even there, I coud'nt remove it

 

[Pandora]

Pan, i have a P. murinus RCF too, and when i touch him, he run untiringly, he have about 3 or 4 cm... can i accustom him ?

Yeah, U can tame him I wrote on this thread how to do this. Or U can search all of my message on AB.

its interesting that your trying to tame these spiders.whats your method?just holding them alot at young ages and they generally get used to it?you should do experiments with different spececies and keep track of all the data.prove all those people wrong who think t's cant be tamed!

I repeat: my method was written in this thread. I experimented with all of my spiders, but I don't see the sense for me of taming Grammostola's or Brachypelma's and other calm Ts, coz this is very easy.

So, ignoring any misconceptions I may have about the senility of someone handling like this, who is taking the photos, and if it is you, how on earth do you keep them so completely in focus, given that I'd hope that at least 70% of your attention is firmly on what the spider is doing ?

There nothing terrifying in those photos I can manipulate these spiders like by other (Brachy, Gram, Aphono...), and I put 99% attention to them

I had to try to remove a something on this specimen ... but even there, I coud'nt remove it

Kirdec, U have good photos, but this is my thread with my photos
I'm glad that U can handle these specieses too. This is not difficult, isn't it?

 

[T.Raab]

@Pan, wow you are soooo brave.

<= sorry, couldn't resist

Kirdec, U have good photos, but this is my thread with my photos

hmmm... did you wrote this in the start post, that you want to make a monologue?

 

[CedrikG]

Kirdec, U have good photos, but this is my thread with my photos
I'm glad that U can handle these specieses too. This is not difficult, isn't it?

lol ... sorry ... did'nt want to bother your tread ...

 

[MarkusGrosskopf]

hey pan, i cant find the explanation, only i can remember is you said that u get your T's all day, in 5 min a day, or something like this, only this i need to make ?

 

[CedrikG]

You are not taming your tarantulas. While tarantulas can become accustom to being handled, they do not have the ability to be tamed or trained. The best that you can do is make them react out of instinct, such as blowing on them, but you are not taming them. I do not believe anyone has a problem with you handling your collection, but please do not allow yourself to believe for one minute that you are in control, your not.

Can anyone say Timothy Treadwell. :?

I think everything was said here

 

[MarkusGrosskopf]

i found it, thanx