My (pretty boring) First Rehousing Video

[DeathsPyro12]

Haha, yeah I prefer it actually, any NW T with an OW attitude is great by me, its why I bought my P.Cambridgei and P.Irminia. You also said you had to rehouse your H.mac, id say do it kinda like your T.sp. its how I did it for my H.mac .5"/.75" and it went well, actually my P.Cambridgei gave me more problems lol

 

[Teal]

You should have seen me unpack this H mac sling! Up my arm, down my arm, across the counter, back to my arm... before I blinked. Oops. LOL

This should be fun! Though, I have a tried and true method of dealing with slings that I am hoping won't fail me this time

 

[DeathsPyro12]

Haha I know the feeling!! Thats the same thing my C.Marshalli did when I unpacked him/her, out of all the T's it was the only one to do it, go figure.

When I did it I just had a small enclosure of the same size and placed it top to top so when the H.Mac ran to the top all I had to do was slide it over to the new enclosure and wait for him/her to go to the new enclosure. The trick was trying to get it out of the burrow though.

 

[Teal]

I've switched the caps a few times with slings, but mostly I just use a fish net... Haven't had any problems with that theory yet.

Yet...

lol

 

[DeathsPyro12]

I have honestly never tried a fish net, then again I haven't even owned on in years and never though about one for T's. May try it next time, thanks for the tip.

 

[Teal]

No problem

I got a good laugh the last time I bought a fish net, because I was also buying a 2g tank for one of my Ts... the check out lady made the mistake of asking me what I was putting in the tank LOL

 

[Moltar]

Nice work Teal. Funny how all that planning for the worst usually ends up being for naught. I guess that's better than the other way around (Rather have a catch-cup and not need it than need one and not have it) Great job on the rehousing and the video both.

 

[Teal]

Thanks Moltar!

I certainly don't mind looking silly because I over planned, rather than suffering because I under planned!

 

[Moltar]

I've been doing this spider thing for almost 4 years now and they still make me jump sometimes.

 

[Teal]

If there's one thing I've learned from working with animals all my life - it's that no matter how much you learn, you still are human and therefor can't know it all! So I am always respectful and realize that I can do my best and that it works for the most part - but in reality, that animal is really in control.

 

[Smitty78]

Good video Teal.

I would be cautious using a fish net however. Years ago when I was a noob, I had a T drop a leg in a net. I was not using the net to capture the T, but used it in a similar fashion to prevent a fall. Needless to say, it fell into the net, threw a threat display, and dropped a leg. Similar to all the dropping a leg from screen stories you hear. I personally use a piece of plexiglass. This allows you to cover the area above where you are working with the T to prevent climbing escapes like you did with the net. Then you can also use it to cover the transfer cup.

 

[Teal]

Thanks Smitty.

Are you saying the T's tarsus claws got stuck in the net, so when it went to throw a threat display it ripped off a leg? Just trying to understand exactly what happened here.
When I use a net, I don't let them stand in it and then the top is open... I put the net over then, or, in cases like this... use it to cap the end of a container. If I thought Haught was going to bolt into the net, I would have done it differently because he could have fallen... but this T doesn't really move without being asked to do so.
I can't recall using a net with a T I know to throw threat display, while they were in a pissy mood (I used one with Aidan when he was being nice)... but I will take your words into consideration next time.

 

[Smitty78]

Thanks Smitty.

Are you saying the T's tarsus claws got stuck in the net, so when it went to throw a threat display it ripped off a leg? Just trying to understand exactly what happened here.
When I use a net, I don't let them stand in it and then the top is open... I put the net over then, or, in cases like this... use it to cap the end of a container. If I thought Haught was going to bolt into the net, I would have done it differently because he could have fallen... but this T doesn't really move without being asked to do so.
I can't recall using a net with a T I know to throw threat display, while they were in a pissy mood (I used one with Aidan when he was being nice)... but I will take your words into consideration next time.

Correct the tarsus claw got stuck. I used the net to cover a transfer cup just like you did. The T decided to bolt, and fell into the net which highly irritated it, threw a threat display, began striking, and dropped a leg when it tried to bolt again. If I had used a piece of plexiglass, or a plastic lid like I do now, that never would have happened.

The only reason I say this is because I have noticed a few different people saying that they haven't considered using a net, and that they might now do so. I would highly advise against it. Something happening probably does not have a high probability, but to me it's just not worth the risk.

 

[Teal]

Thank you for sharing that information! I'd hate for someone's T to get hurt from using a net after seeing me use one.

Do you think it would be a problem with any fabric net, or just the ones with larger holes like that?

 

[Smitty78]

Thank you for sharing that information! I'd hate for someone's T to get hurt from using a net after seeing me use one.

Do you think it would be a problem with any fabric net, or just the ones with larger holes like that?

I can't honestly answer that, nor am I willing to test it out. I would say any type of mesh type material could potentially pose a risk. Not to mention that fangs can easily penetrate these materials as well.

 

[Teal]

I'm not using the nets as a precaution against getting bit... if I think there is a greater than 50% change (because there is ALWAYS a chance, when interacting with Ts) then I'll use something else. But, for the most part, I "know" my Ts and I know who is a higher bite risk.