Urticating hairs

[James Mullally]

2 days ago I got haired by my gbb. The reaction isn’t bad but the itching is driving me crazy sometimes. Is there anyway to help the itching? I heard don’t scratch it because it drives the hairs deeper but I heard that 2 days too late.

 

[Spoodfood]

There isn’t much you can do for it unfortunately. You can help prevent it by wearing long sleeves and gloves though. I know it sounds overboard but I wear gloves and long sleeves every time I do maintenance or feeding in my T. stirmi enclosure. Your reactions to the hairs will typically get worse the more times you’re exposed to them.

 

[James Mullally]

There isn’t much you can do for it unfortunately. You can help prevent it by wearing long sleeves and gloves though. I know it sounds overboard but I wear gloves and long sleeves every time I do maintenance or feeding in my T. stirmi enclosure. Your reactions to the hairs will typically get worse the more times you’re exposed to them.

Worst part is this is the one time I didn’t wear gloves . Is there any way to get them out or do I just have to wait for my body to deal with?

 

[Spoodfood]

Worst part is this is the one time I didn’t wear gloves . Is there any way to get them out or do I just have to wait for my body to deal with?

You can’t get them out unfortunately

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Showering/washing the affected area with hot/soapy water immediately after being haired usually gets rid of the worst of it for me, an antihistamine cream should help with any residual itchiness.

 

[viper69]

Nothing you can do but wait it out

Some people use tape to try to remove them- never worked for me

Scratching makes it worse

 

[James Mullally]

You can’t get them out unfortunately

 

[James Mullally]

Nothing you can do but wait it out

Some people use tape to try to remove them- never worked for me

Scratching makes it worse

Fair enough I’ll try my best not to scratch it but it can be hard.

 

[James Mullally]

Showering/washing the affected area with hot/soapy water immediately after being haired usually gets rid of the worst of it for me, an antihistamine cream should help with any residual itchiness.

Thank you. Seeing as it’s two days since I was haired I don’t think washing it will help that much but I’m definitely going to try and I can an antihistamine cream on the way home from work.

 

[jrh3]

This was one of the factors on why I keep mainly OW or non urticating NW species. I hate those hairs, way worse than fiberglass.

 

[Edan bandoot]

Meditate

 

[Tarantuland]

I would try a topical steroid cream personally-hydrocortisone etc

 

[Dorifto]

Hot water work best to me. Applying and leaving for some minutes white vinegar helps too as it dissolves chitin, but the smell... no comment