Is my tarantula going to die?

[quyen]

Well sage to say you've been chastised and told off enough. All I'll say is good luck and if she's ok after a few days then should be good...Definitely a tough cookie.

Thank you.

 

[Venom1080]

ive dropped a 2.5" C. Marshalli from over a meter up, it hit a desk, bounced off and landed on the floor. where it promptly scuttled under said desk. ive thrown my H. Mac behind my head some 7 feet. (landed on blanket) both are fine and have molted twice since. Ts are more resilient than whats usually said in the books. water access and leave it alone for a few days is probably the best you can do. also, may i suggest not handling to avoid incidents like this?

 

[lalberts9310]

ive dropped a 2.5" C. Marshalli from over a meter up, it hit a desk, bounced off and landed on the floor. where it promptly scuttled under said desk. ive thrown my H. Mac behind my head some 7 feet. (landed on blanket) both are fine and have molted twice since. Ts are more resilient than whats usually said in the books. water access and leave it alone for a few days is probably the best you can do. also, may i suggest not handling to avoid incidents like this?

Remember that the C. Marshalli was only 2.5", and that your H. Mac is an aboreal. Slings, small juvies and aboreals are more resistant to a fall than a large, fat terrestrial. I've seen a adult T. Blondi/stirmi fall only a few inches, rupturing it's abdomen.

 

[Venom1080]

Remember that the C. Marshalli was only 2.5", and that your H. Mac is an aboreal. Slings, small juvies and aboreals are more resistant to a fall than a large, fat terrestrial. I've seen a adult T. Blondi/stirmi fall only a few inches, rupturing it's abdomen.

granted, granted. trying to be hopeful. she did say her rosie was 3" tho, not too much bigger than my Marshalli if shes right about the size.

 

[quyen]

ive dropped a 2.5" C. Marshalli from over a meter up, it hit a desk, bounced off and landed on the floor. where it promptly scuttled under said desk. ive thrown my H. Mac behind my head some 7 feet. (landed on blanket) both are fine and have molted twice since. Ts are more resilient than whats usually said in the books. water access and leave it alone for a few days is probably the best you can do. also, may i suggest not handling to avoid incidents like this?

Thank you.
That is what I had planned to do and I have learned from this incident, causing me to no longer handle these tarantulas, only when needed. And may I ask you why you had thrown your tarantula behind your head??

 

[Crone Returns]

ive dropped a 2.5" C. Marshalli from over a meter up, it hit a desk, bounced off and landed on the floor. where it promptly scuttled under said desk. ive thrown my H. Mac behind my head some 7 feet. (landed on blanket) both are fine and have molted twice since. Ts are more resilient than whats usually said in the books. water access and leave it alone for a few days is probably the best you can do. also, may i suggest not handling to avoid incidents like this?

Why did you throw the H. mac seven feet behind you? Yikes!

 

[Venom1080]

Thank you.
That is what I had planned to do and I have learned from this incident, causing me to no longer handle these tarantulas, only when needed. And may I ask you why you had thrown your tarantula behind your head??

lol yeah. i was rehousing it into her current cage because she had gained a fair bit of size and needed a bigger enclosure, as i was prodding her out into a catch cup she bolted and started running up my paintbrush. i, startled, dropped it. she jumped onto my hand and began to run up my wrist, all that went through my head was: bad venom, excruciating pain, defensive spider. i then reflex flung her backwards, stopping myself a second too late. 30 frantic minutes later, i found her next to my bed on my blanket.

 

[Crone Returns]

lol yeah. i was rehousing it into her current cage because she had gained a fair bit of size and needed a bigger enclosure, as i was prodding her out into a catch cup she bolted and started running up my paintbrush. i, startled, dropped it. she jumped onto my hand and began to run up my wrist, all that went through my head was: bad venom, excruciating pain, defensive spider. i then reflex flung her backwards, stopping myself a second too late. 30 frantic minutes later, i found her next to my bed on my blanket.

That's soooo funny. But you know I would have screamed like a banshee soiled myself and my dogs would have heart attacks and the world as we know it would end and Ts WOULD RULE THE WORLD!!!!

 

[crlovel]

lol yeah. i was rehousing it into her current cage because she had gained a fair bit of size and needed a bigger enclosure, as i was prodding her out into a catch cup she bolted and started running up my paintbrush. i, startled, dropped it. she jumped onto my hand and began to run up my wrist, all that went through my head was: bad venom, excruciating pain, defensive spider. i then reflex flung her backwards, stopping myself a second too late. 30 frantic minutes later, i found her next to my bed on my blanket.

Admit it - you shrieked like a girl when you chucked your H. mac, didn't you? CONFESS!

 

[BorisTheSpider]

Just don't handle them . They aren't hamsters . They get nothing from being handled , except stressed or dropped .

 

[quyen]

Just don't handle them . They aren't hamsters . They get nothing from being handled , except stressed or dropped .

Got it.

 

[Lander9021]

Did it make it through the night?

 

[TarantulasWorld]

This is why I have never handled any of my Ts (unless they tried making a run out of their enclosure or packaging and I had to stop them). Ts are unpredictable, even the most docile of rosies. I hope nothing serious happened to your T and hope this is a lesson for you in tarantula care.

 

[Venom1080]

Admit it - you shrieked like a girl when you chucked your H. mac, didn't you? CONFESS!

Not much of a screamer honestly. I almost never scream. Not that much of a beginner that I freak out when a spider walks on me.

 

[Crone Returns]

Not much of a screamer honestly. I almost never scream. Not that much of a beginner that I freak out when a spider walks on me.

Hey! Be nice! Some of us are recovering arachnophobes!!

 

[quyen]

Did it make it through the night?

She did actually and honestly, she actually does seem fine because she's isn't scrunched up or isn't in any curl form or anything, just hanging around on her substrate. But I am still going to leave her alone for a couple more days. Thank you for caring!

 

[quyen]

This is why I have never handled any of my Ts (unless they tried making a run out of their enclosure or packaging and I had to stop them). Ts are unpredictable, even the most docile of rosies. I hope nothing serious happened to your T and hope this is a lesson for you in tarantula care.

Thank you, and I sure did learn from this incident.

 

[Sam_Peanuts]

It's the right time to make this kind of mistake and learn from it while she's still young and when her abdomen isn't too big since they're much more resilient from falls then. I had a C. schioedtei around the same size fall from twice as high and act as if nothing happened.

They're unpredictable creatures so the sooner you learn to prepare as much as you can for the unexpected around them, the better.

Glad to hear she's still ok.

 

[quyen]

It's the right time to make this kind of mistake and learn from it while she's still young and when her abdomen isn't too big since they're much more resilient from falls then. I had a C. schioedtei around the same size fall from twice as high and act as if nothing happened.

They're unpredictable creatures so the sooner you learn to prepare as much as you can for the unexpected around them, the better.

Glad to hear she's still ok.

Yeah, I am very glad and lucky I was able to learn from this mistake early. Thank you for caring!

 

[crlovel]

Yeah, I am very glad and lucky I was able to learn from this mistake early. Thank you for caring!

Has anyone told you yet, never handle your spider? And have you learned from this incident?