No big deal - tarantulas don't randomly bite the surface they are walking on. I would wager that 90% of all tarantula bites in the hobby are the result of foolish keepers sticking their hands and fingers into enclosures. I have never been bitten while handling my spiders, and my collection comprises exclusively Old World species and I have yet to come across a species that is completely unhandleable.
He has many many inverts and reptiles if I am not mistaken, he also handles all of his species I think. I am not saying I condone it, I am just saying what I have seen. What I do know though is that he is very knowledgeable about Herps, and he has kept inverts from a few years back as far as I know.He wasn't doing a lot more than just handling imo. He's even at one point in the video trying to grab it with his hand which from what I've been told is a big don't do with any species. I too don't agree with the height of where he's handling, could have slipped and died. This video still gets me though, he should have been bitten plenty of times throughout that recording.
+1100% agree!!! Thank you!!! i thought i was the only one that felt this way!!!!!
Peace!!!!
Hi, please excuse me if I'm wrong as I'm new to the hobby and I hope to someday handle my tarantula, but I noticed condensation frost on that deli container in your Hetaroscodra macalata handling vid. It looks like you just took it out of the fridge or freezer. I've read on here of some people cooling down their tarantulas to make them easier to handle but I thought that it wasn't recommended. If I have to do that before I handle my tarantula then maybe I shouldn't handle it at all.No big deal - tarantulas don't randomly bite the surface they are walking on. I would wager that 90% of all tarantula bites in the hobby are the result of foolish keepers sticking their hands and fingers into enclosures. I have never been bitten while handling my spiders, and my collection comprises exclusively Old World species and I have yet to come across a species that is completely unhandleable.
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