Sri Lankan Ornamental ?

[Randy]

hey .. u now .. my OBT is getting very boring now, hids itself till now.. anyway my local pet store has a new tarantula, it is written "sri lankan ornamental" .. its about 4 inches in size, what do u guys think? heard of it before?

 

[Arachnoking]

Sri lankan ornamental (Poecilotheria ornata) or (Poecilotheria fasciata)

both very nice Ts and one of the bigger Poecilotheria species

 

[leiurus]

Its a Poecilotheria spp.. Maybe regalis.

 

[Randy]

The pet store owner told me itwould kill my dog if it escapes and bit my dog.. is that true? is it more toxic than other Ts ?

 

[Arachnoking]

these are only guesses because common names especialy in the hands of pet shop owners can be very miss leading

 

[Henry Kane]

Sri lankan ornamental (Poecilotheria ornata)

very nice T and one of the bigger Poecilotheria species

Well, i feel kind of silly correcting a common name but "Sri Lankan Ornamental" refers to P. fasciata. At least from what I have seen.

Take care.

Atrax

 

[versus]

IMO, I think they have more potent venom from other tarantulas.... oh yeah, how much does it cost.???

 

[usumbaraboy]

one thing is that they dont sell t's with enough venom to kill us or dogs i think but im not sure cause when people get bit by a pokie iv herd u might be out for a week but its not life thretening. but im not sure about dogs if they would be thertened. but the only reson it would bite it is if its bothering the t. but im not sure.

 

[sektone]

^^^

put it this way it could easily knock you out , so chances are itcould do a bit of damage on your dog..

but if you feel uncomfortable about maybe avoid it. It is in no way a species for amatuers.... or so ive been told..

i read an interesting story once about a peocilotheria bite.. ill go find the link an pst it here in a bit

 

[metallica]

most prob. Poecilotheria fasciata

 

[sektone]

heres the link... pretty interesting and in a way scary story... just adds a little caution when dealing with this species



http://www.bighairyspiders.com/poec.html

 

[Randy]

i live in malaysia so i dun quite know the exchange rate.. its about malaysian dollars $250 if its in US dollars its 250 divided by 3.8

 

[usumbaraboy]

i have been told that having an obt is worse then having a pokie. but i think thats wrong since pokies are more vemomous then obts i think. but i think having a pokie is the risk of it running out when u have the lid off. so i think if u want it u have to be ready just incase it runs away lol. so i think having a pokie is worse then having an obt

 

[Henry Kane]

i live in malaysia so i dun quite know the exchange rate.. its about malaysian dollars $250 if its in US dollars its 250 divided by 3.8

If you live in Malaysia, you have native, wild inverts that would rival (or beat) the effects of a pokie bite.

Atrax

 

[Arachnoking]

Pterinochilus murinus "red colour form" in my experience are more aggresive than Poecilotheria species and there are much faster spiders out there than any of the "pokies" the only pokie i have found to be even remotely aggresive was P.ornata.

thats my experience but im not saying thats gospel for all pokies

 

[Scorpiove]

Aggresiveness aside the pokies are worse for their more potent venom. Id rather be bitten by an obt over a pokie anyday of the week.

 

[Bearskin10]

Aggresiveness aside the pokies are worse for their more potent venom. Id rather be bitten by an obt over a pokie anyday of the week.

So is this something you know from personal experince or are you just making a guess by what you have heard or read? Greg

 

[Arachnoking]

this is all speculation regarding T venoms. not enough research has been done on tarantula venom to make these sort of comments. pokies dont deserve there reputation as far as aggresion is concerned though.

 

[Joe1968]

okey guys after reading this thread, it gets a lil confusing, i wanna try to striaght things out, thats why i hate using common names, people tend to make up diff common names , it irates me so bad.

first off;
the sri lankan ornamental is Poecilotheria fasciata.

fringed ornamental is Poecilotheria ornata.

indian ornamental is Poecilotheria regalis.

oh and another thing, i dont think it would kill your dog.

 

[Steven]

If you live in Malaysia, you have native, wild inverts that would rival (or beat) the effects of a pokie bite.

Atrax

such as ? :?