Squirting spider?!

[Ryoga]

I was showing off my juvie P. metallica a few weeks ago. I had it out on my hand when it emitted what appeared to be a very deliberate, possibly aimed squirt of clear liquid out of it's abdomen. This didn't appear to be a normal defecation; it raised it's abdomen deliberately, and the stream was like a squirt gun, shooting a clear fluid in a clean shot that went a few feet and hit the person I was showing the spider to in the chest.

Has anyone observed this phenomenon before? Is this a well-documented behavior that I'm just unaware of? Or is this something totally new that I should publish a thesis on to earn an honorary degree in arachnology?

 

[DrAce]

Sounds like poo to me.

 

[Talkenlate04]

Yep it's T poo. Avics and pokies when overly excited will shoot poo. Avics tend to be better at aiming first before they shoot lol. And they have pretty good distance too. It's common, don't worry she is not sick or anything.

 

[Ryoga]

I wasn't worried, as it's in fine condition, and even molted two days ago! (Will hopefully know sex soon. ) I was just curious, as I hadn't seen this happen before.

 

[ballpython2]

I wasn't worried, as it's in fine condition, and even molted two days ago! (Will hopefully know sex soon. ) I was just curious, as I hadn't seen this happen before.

You were holdin it two days after it molted?.....Doesn't need to recover from the molt 100% before you mess with it?

 

[Ryoga]

No no, I was holding it a few weeks ago. It molted two days ago. I don't touch them for at least a week after they molt!

 

[Arachnotized]

"shooting a clear fluid in a clean shot that went a few feet and hit the person I was showing the spider to in the chest."

Hahaha....

 

[funnylori]

You have just witnessed the phenomena known lovingly as the "Arachnopoo canon."

Always make sure your face is out of the line of fire whenever showing an Avic or pokie because their aim is sure and true.

 

[Ryoga]

Heheh, I'll keep that in mind! I was pretty surprised when it happened, as was the target!

 

[AneesasMuse]

And I thought it was bad for my cornsnake to unload on me whenever I was showing her off for educational purposes

Do they make diapers for T's? ..I'm just kidding!!!

 

[Merfolk]

You have just witnessed the phenomena known lovingly as the "Arachnopoo canon."

Always make sure your face is out of the line of fire whenever showing an Avic or pokie because their aim is sure and true.

And, most of all, don't yawn!!!!

 

[Bosing]

And, most of all, don't yawn!!!!

ewww... I could only imagine... haha

 

[julesee]

my versicolor did this to me a while back..hah, it kind of smells like...tuna-ish? i thought the odor was kind of odd, not your normal ol' fecal odor.

 

[Rochelle]

.....*hystericallaughingcoffeeshootingfrommynoseandchoking*....
OMFGLOLOLOLOLOL
Welcome to the hobby.

 

[STAC]

Was just watching my St Andrew's Cross spider make a snack of a chinch bug. When finished, she dropped the carcass, then casually shot a clear liquid nearly a foot away. New to the hobby, still--I should have wondered about elimination--everybody does it

 

[ShyDragoness]

This thread is over 10 years old.. Thank God! Zombie thread

 

[krbshappy71]

Old threads show up under Similar Threads, I keep running into them myself and wanting to comment...only to see its from 2010....2002....Sigh!

 

[Vanessa]

Using the search function is constantly being stressed on this forum and, as a result of using it, old threads will sometimes be resurrected.

 

[STAC]

What is wrong with responding to/reviving old threads? This site seems a good one, with a lot of information. Would you characterize its interactivity as largely positive and helpful, or aimed at squelching newbs?

 

[ThorsCarapace22]

ewww... I could only imagine... haha

It's not so bad after you have been in plumbing for a while lol ya kinda get use to getting the poo shoe. Or the REAL stank eye if you know what I mean

2007.....oh.....this is embarrassing...