Help!!! C. thorelli escape!

[kellygirl]

Okay, there is a 1" Malaysian Earthtiger somewhere in my boyfriend's room, probably his closet. We have searched and searched and can not find it.

I can't find any bite reports for this species or genus. So just how potent is this species venom? If the spider has made its way into one of Shaun's shirts, for instance, and he somehow got bitten, what could he expect? He's about 6'3" and medium build.

Where do we go from here? This is the first truly AWOL tarantula I've ever had--those little guys are FAST AS HELL.

-Kelly

 

[Sean]

I had a 2 inch maculata escape, last week, it was gone all day and didnt go far. Its probably closer then you think.

 

[Windycity]

Hey Kelly,

How did he escape? I just got my first earthtiger this week and am a bit nervous about the same thing happening since I have no experience with these guys. Hope he shows up soon.

 

[kellygirl]

I had the container open, thought he had flipped over to molt so I wasn't worried about him bolting. He was not getting ready to molt... and he jumped to the floor and got inside a tiny crevice in Shaun's dresser. I took the dresser apart and could not find him anywhere. Tore apart the whole closet... nowhere to be found.

-Kelly

 

[esmoot]

Not that it helps now but this sp. is the best at finding it's way out of anything. I learned the hard way too.

 

[Vayu Son]

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hi,

to my knowledge there are no reliable bite reports of this species. I believe genera Cyriopagopus shares a sub-family with Haplopelma (that being Ornithoctoninae) so I imagine the potency of that venom would not be far from its relative there. Stromatopelma and Heteroscodra share the sub-family and they have similar venom, therefore I imagine this to be the same. Only a guess though, youd have to speak with steve or such to come up with some facts.

Even so, just check your shoes and socks and you should be fine. This spider is oppurtunistic so it is probably going to find a home at the first comfortable spot it finds. Get your bf to let a few crickets go every now and then and hope it pops up.

-V

 

[rosehaired1979]

I hope it shows up real soon Kelly. If it is in his shirts tell him becareful and don't kill it if he feels something

 

[Arachnopuppy]

You should have kissed that spider goodbye when you had the chance. I have a very pessimistic view of escapes. The way I see it, once they are gone, they are gone.

 

[danread]

why do you think that lam? Plenty of people on these boards seem to have lost Ts only for them to turn up a few day later....

 

[kellygirl]

The escapee has been detained.

-Kelly

 

[Lopez]

Originally posted by lam
You should have kissed that spider goodbye when you had the chance. I have a very pessimistic view of escapes. The way I see it, once they are gone, they are gone.

Why? I found a male Grammostola rosea the same day he escaped, on the floor by the front door of the house.
My girlfriend had a Tapinauchenius purpureus escape through a ridiculously small gap and it was found on her book shelf just a few feet away several hours later.

 

[RugbyDave]

glad all worked out Kelly!!

i know that horrible feeling after a T makes a run for it. Luckily i BARELY know the feeling, but still

it sucks..
but glad you found the little bugger!

goodluck with the avics, too!
later
dave

 

[LCDXX]

Kelly--

I sent you a private message

LCDXX

 

[kellygirl]

Dave--
I appreciate it! It's nice to know where he is, especially because this is one of my top 5 favorite species!

LCDXX--
Got it! I wrote you back.

-Kelly

 

[krystal]

Originally posted by lam
You should have kissed that spider goodbye when you had the chance. I have a very pessimistic view of escapes. The way I see it, once they are gone, they are gone.

er, lam, i am REALLY embarrassed to tell you this, but unfortunately, all of your tarantulas have escaped...

well, not really *escaped*, per se, but they are roaming around in my house somewhere. here, i'll tell you how it happened...

you see, it started when my 3-year-old neighbor kid wanted to hold your rosea. i figured, "eh, what the heck," so i made the kid stick her hand into the spacious $1.00 rubbermaid container i recently purchased for the bigger species you have entrusted to me (don't worry...the rest are being kept in slightly teeny tiny vials...they seem to be doing fine despite their immensely cramped enclosures! i prefer to call the vials "cozy" or "snug," though). I had to poke your rosie with a pencil (again, no worries...i used the eraser-end at first, but when it didn't move much, i had to stick it with the sharpened end) until it was on the 3-year-old's hand. naturally, the kid FREAKED out, jumped, and sent your rosie FLYING through the air (we now have a joke...it goes, "want to see a tarantula fly?" HAHAHA!!!). anyhoo, i was too busy laughing so hard that my face hurt afterward to watch where your rosea landed so i had NO IDEA where to start my search! it was then i decided to let your a. seemanni out in hopes of it tracking your rosea down. your seemanni needed a little nudging, too, so i stomped my foot down REALLY hard right next to it in hopes that it would feel the vibration and run off to find the rosea. the upside is that it DID run off, but hasn't found the rosea as of yet. so i decided to let your b. albopilosum out...and then your p. cambridgei...and so on and so forth...

and contrary to your very pessimistic viewpoint about retrieving escapees, i am CERTAIN that all 14 tarantulas you sent me to care for will turn up any day now, holding hands and walking in a single-file, straight line so as not to lose anyone.

i'll bet they come back tomorrow! but just in case, i've let some REALLY FAT adult female roaches out so they have something to eat on their long journey from wherever they are back into their containers. a few males escaped, too, but i'm not too worried about that...they're probably wandering around in circles since male roaches are kinda stupid!

edit: kelly, glad to hear your tarantula came back! out of curiosity, how many tarantulas did you have to release before they all came back, holding hands, and walking in a single-file, straight line?

 

[Mojo Jojo]

You're awesome Krystal!

Jon

 

[MrFeexit]

That was some funny stuff!!! heheheehehehhehehe

 

[rosehaired1979]

Glad it was found Kelly where was it???

 

[kellygirl]

By the time we found it, it was on the ceiling over his bed.

-Kelly