Tarantula's and spider's hygiene

[nicodimus22]

Your original point was that dogs may be cleaner because they eat processed food and not wild prey. I'm simply pointing out that they also eat their own poo and lick their butts. If you think that makes them cleaner animals than Ts thats fine by me

I'm not talking about cleaner overall animals, I'm talking about cleaner bites. I said that back in post #11.

 

[Jeff23]

Dogs will also chew on a bone they buried in the yard for a week earlier as well. The mouth could be pretty nasty if it bites someone.

I still feel fairly confident that a tarantula that doesn't eat as often as other animals will naturally have a little less opportunities to get the worst possible bacteria for a bite. But to fairly analyze this I suppose we would have to do lots of research on the prey and other cohabitants living nearby for different living creatures since availability of the worse type of bacteria is the key.

 

[MetalMan2004]

I'm not talking about cleaner overall animals, I'm talking about cleaner bites. I said that back in post #11.

And I'm saying that a dog that bites with his mouth might have poo stuck in his teeth because he forgot to floss after eating his last bowel movement.... sounds like a pretty dirty bite to me.

 

[D Sherlod]

One of the reasons most animal bites cause infection is the bacteria in there mouths. The reason for that is really simple, A mouth is a closed , warm and moist environment. Exactly what bacteria needs to flourish. Not just grow but flourish.
A tarantulas fangs are not in a closed environment but out in the open, therefore less chance of growing bacteria.
Having said that all deep puncture wounds should be treated as if they are infected.

 

[patriotgator]

I see my Ts groom themselves after they eat and they keep they're cages pretty clean.

 

[ediblepain]

My great pyrenees loves rolling in dead animals. I'm pretty sure Ts don't roll in corpse juice for fun.

 

[GingerC]

My folks have a cat that gets more wild birds for food than it does cat food. But it doesn't help that a bird bath is in their yard making them a perfect target.

Make that "responsibly owned" pets, then.

 

[GingerC]

A tarantula fang probably isn't the best place to culture bacteria, given that it's basically just a syringe full of venom rather than a mouth. Anything that goes on the fang goes inside the tarantula, so if they can indeed accumulate a significant amount/arrangement of bacteria, they most likely have some method of cleaning them; perhaps by rubbing them with the pedipalps? My jumping spider tends to do that after eating.

 

[Leila]

My folks have a cat that gets more wild birds for food than it does cat food. But it doesn't help that a bird bath is in their yard making them a perfect target.

My cat never seems to consume the birds he catches- not saying this to discredit your above text. He brings them to me as 'gifts.'

Exhibit A: Maybe I am simply using this opportunity as an excuse to show off Luna's gorgeous green eyes lol

 

[Moakmeister]

I got some good footage of Regina wiping her little baby face <3