T shedding

[Sean]

Now do T's shed there hair?Like when i pick up my parahybana(which i dont do very often)she dosent kick hairs but after i pick her up my hands start to get little patches of these little tiny itchy bumps, i picked my parahybana up at the spider party here in phoenix last weekend and my hands are itching like crazy, so do they shed like a dog like alittle bit of hair will fall off here and there or what?

 

[Code Monkey]

Yes, even if the T isn't deliberately trying to hair you, during handling it's normal for some of the urticating hairs to come off and wind up on you. It's always a good idea to immediately rinse off with hot, soapy water after handling for that very reason.

 

[phoenixxavierre]

Some people have reactions to their tarsi alone for some reason. My wife has a reaction from B. boehmei when they walk on her arm. She breaks almost immediately with little bumps where the feet were stepping on her. B. smithi can do that to me as well. In this instance I don't believe it's the urticating setae, but some kind of reaction from the tarsi digging into the skin. Weird.

 

[Sean]

well i found it kinda weird cuz i think have the most docile LP ever i took her out at the spider party for like a minute to show my cousin and let my dad take a pic and it didnt flcik hairs nothing it just sat there next day i have the biggest itching sensation i have every had it was like under my finger tips and around where the spider was, very annoying