how to over come

[louise f]

just be sure its not in a cluttered room ;P [not speaking from experience.. for a change lmaoo]

Haha yes. i never keep them in a cluttered room. But adult sizes never worries me though. they are easy to find.

It is the small or juvies that i hate. Once we had to seperate hour table, because a juvenile P.striata decided to crawl inside, and sad and laugh at us in there. What a oop:

Like i said. ADVENTURE :biggrin:

 

[pyro fiend]

Haha yes. i never keep them in a cluttered room. But adult sizes never worries me though. they are easy to find.

It is the small or juvies that i hate. Once we had to seperate hour table, because a juvenile P.striata decided to crawl inside, and sad and laugh at us in there. What a oop:

Like i said. ADVENTURE :biggrin:

pretty sure you mean oop: for bad oop: or maybe he was a:
oop:
but hah i thought you was the one who had that happen to them lmao!

 

[louise f]

Yeah maybe. perhaps haha.

 

[scott99]

I think that keeping yourself level and calm is the majority of the solution.

easier said than done.

 

[Spiderella]

So I would reccomend "the scoop" its where you gently but quickly scoop them out with a cup and put them in there new home.Simply!

 

[Ellenantula]

So I got a P cambridgei last week, and boy was it a eye opener. If going to be honesty I'm kind of scared of her. Its not like I'm arachnophobic it just I'm scared to rehouse her. What should I do? She's not defensive she just SOOO FAST. How do I over come this fear?

I was amazed at the speed of my P Cambri as well. Luckily, he/she went where I wanted him/her to go on first housing; but it honestly did feel like it teleported instead of running.
I think I have another molt or two before rehousing again.
I am thinking of trying a catch cup at burrow opening and prodding from behind -- we'll see how quick I can get a lid on catch-cup.
Or, I may try the bag method (which was an epic fail when tried with my OBT) but I think I understand the bag method better now.
As others suggested, if it gets loose -- re-catch and try, try again.

 

[gobey]

I was amazed at the speed of my P Cambri as well. Luckily, he/she went where I wanted him/her to go on first housing; but it honestly did feel like it teleported instead of running.
I think I have another molt or two before rehousing again.
I am thinking of trying a catch cup at burrow opening and prodding from behind -- we'll see how quick I can get a lid on catch-cup.
Or, I may try the bag method (which was an epic fail when tried with my OBT) but I think I understand the bag method better now.
As others suggested, if it gets loose -- re-catch and try, try again.

Oh man... I don't ever want to have epic fail go along with anything related to my OBT.

 

[scott99]

Question: I have yet experienced a T running out of the cage.

Lucky, I only have 2 tarantulas and they both have ran out of their enclosure's at one time or a another.

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after getting a p cambridgei , I do not want to get a OBT.

 

[Shrike]

Only in your imagination. Batman wasn't afraid of spiders.

But perhaps he should be?

http://www.reddit.com/r/whowouldwin/comments/2the1d/batman_vs_a_spider/

 

[scott99]

Batman has taken on way more powerful people than Spider-man and won. People who say Spider-man would win have not read the comics, like in Batman: Court of the Owls, he goes without food for 8 days then fights a talon (a super-human assassin with enhanced reflexes) and wins without any gadgets.

 

[Ellenantula]

Oh man... I don't ever want to have epic fail go along with anything related to my OBT.

Bag method was the epic fail -- and it was mostly user error -- there are several bag methods and I used the wrong one.
OBT was fine, was at all times contained, unharmed, and no bites.
I was not as fine. It was stressful first-time OBT re-housing, where attempt after attempt kept failing -- finally asked here on AB for assistance.

If I had a do-over, I think the proper bag method is an excellent option.
Hint: don't use youtube guidance for bag methodology - lol

 

[MrDave]

Batman has taken on way more powerful people than Spider-man and won. People who say Spider-man would win have not read the comics, like in Batman: Court of the Owls, he goes without food for 8 days then fights a talon (a super-human assassin with enhanced reflexes) and wins without any gadgets.

Would have been a lot easier if batman had had a catch cup handy, I'm sure.

 

[BobGrill]

I like Batman as much as the next guy, but what the heck does any of that have to do with his P.cambridgei?

OP: it sounds to me like you may have gotten in a little over your head. I'm curious to know what species you've owned before this one.

 

[lalberts9310]

I like Batman as much as the next guy, but what the heck does any of that have to do with his P.cambridgei?

OP: it sounds to me like you may have gotten in a little over your head. I'm curious to know what species you've owned before this one.

I remember him starting a thread a while back asking about P. Cam, he got a lot of useful advice including advice telling him it's not a beginner specie, I myself said so.. can't say he wasn't warned tough.. typical example why jumping into the deep end is a bad idea...

 

[awiec]

I remember him starting a thread a while back asking about P. Cam, he got a lot of useful advice including advice telling him it's not a beginner specie, I myself said so.. can't say he wasn't warned tough.. typical example why jumping into the deep end is a bad idea...

Which a psalmo is not the worst thing in the world to accidently jump into but if I recall the OP is 15 or so and his parents won't let him have potent spiders (and rightly so, it's their house) so a psalmo is the most "advanced" thing he can have. I think most of his collection were grammostola and some other calm NW species, really I think a phormic or pamph or some of the more defensive avics would have been a better stepping stone. Though there are two choices really, either he re-homes it or just works with the spider.

 

[BobGrill]

Should've gotten a Green Bottle Blue. They're quick but nowhere near as fast as a Psalmo and while skittish, are not usually defensive.

 

[assidreemz]

easier said than done.

No dip................

 

[pyro fiend]

No dip................

What no dip? Awh man! and i just got back with more chips, pretzles and the good beer...

 

[lalberts9310]

Should've gotten a Green Bottle Blue. They're quick but nowhere near as fast as a Psalmo and while skittish, are not usually defensive.

Or some NW tropical terrestrial.. that and GBB will prep well for a aboreal.

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Which a psalmo is not the worst thing in the world to accidently jump into but if I recall the OP is 15 or so and his parents won't let him have potent spiders (and rightly so, it's their house) so a psalmo is the most "advanced" thing he can have. I think most of his collection were grammostola and some other calm NW species, really I think a phormic or pamph or some of the more defensive avics would have been a better stepping stone. Though there are two choices really, either he re-homes it or just works with the spider.

Yeah not the worst, but bad if you're not prepped well for a fast T.. now OP has a T that he's afraid of..

+1 he should either give or sell it to someone with the experience to keep it, or he should work with the spider..

 

[scott99]

Should've gotten a Green Bottle Blue.

If you want to buy one for me, be my be guest. I don't have that kind of cash laying round. Beside I'm still planning on keeping my psalmo.