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Today I picked up my new Pinktoe, after some fuss involving an uncooperative spider. The lady at the pet store tried to take one of those little round plastic containers to coax the spider out of it's display case. Well, it seems the spider was just a tad annoyed at being smooshed against the glass, and bolted up the lady's arm! She wasn't being threatening in the slightest, but just wanted to get away.
So the lady shakes her arm and the spider hops onto a lower cage lid. The capture attempt continued with the little plastic container, but "Pinky" wasn't having anything to do with that and hops to the floor, runs under the display stand, up the wall behind the displays and hides behind a poster taped to the wall.
So we end up moving a few cages, and the lady lifts the poster. I'm now armed with one of those rectangular pet containers with the vented plastic lids, which I place against the wall under the spider. Some GENTLE coaxing with my finger and the spider slowly moves into the container... Finally! At this point I closely inspected the spider for any injuries, and found no signs of any.
Now that she(?) is home, she seems VERY non-schitzo. I had to get her out of the container to get it ready for her occupancy, and once again she responded to gentle nudging slowly and predictably. I think when she's settled in she will make a nice "hold me" T.
Here's a pic. I measured her and the longest span of her legs in the pic is 3". She sure is a pretty little thing.
So the lady shakes her arm and the spider hops onto a lower cage lid. The capture attempt continued with the little plastic container, but "Pinky" wasn't having anything to do with that and hops to the floor, runs under the display stand, up the wall behind the displays and hides behind a poster taped to the wall.
So we end up moving a few cages, and the lady lifts the poster. I'm now armed with one of those rectangular pet containers with the vented plastic lids, which I place against the wall under the spider. Some GENTLE coaxing with my finger and the spider slowly moves into the container... Finally! At this point I closely inspected the spider for any injuries, and found no signs of any.
Now that she(?) is home, she seems VERY non-schitzo. I had to get her out of the container to get it ready for her occupancy, and once again she responded to gentle nudging slowly and predictably. I think when she's settled in she will make a nice "hold me" T.
Here's a pic. I measured her and the longest span of her legs in the pic is 3". She sure is a pretty little thing.