What is the most difficult tarantula to "handle"?

[JayzunBoget]

I'm not talking about naming your OBT George and loving and squeezing him "handleing", but those truly rare times you HAVE TO. No such thing you say? Well, at my work, I just got done with a 10 day hypodermic injection treatment for a 4-5 inch T. blondi, and later that week I demonstrated the method used to physically immobilize an uncooperative C. crawshayi to examine a lost #4 leg for complications. Here are some pictures of that bit of high blood pressure...

Yep, she doesn't like me...

Ok, maybe she hates me...

I can make her go, but I can't make her go willingly.

Still hating me...

Anyways, you get the idea. If you have ever had to pick up an aggresive T through necessity or lack of common sense (I've done both) let me know.
I hear about the speed of P. irminia and P. murinus, the bite of Heteroscodra or Poecelotheria, and bombadier species that make grown men weep like babies. I would like to know what your opinion is of the worst.
Thanx

 

[GartenSpinnen]

Ive dealt with a large majority of species, but believe it or not, the worst for me was H. lividum. I had a female specimen that was the most defensive T i have ever came across. Tapping its enclosure would send it running out of its burrow in a threat pose. I dreaded just doing simple cage maintenance with this specimen, it was just so spastic all the time. Ive dealt with a lot of P. murinus (kept around 30 specimens at one time) and none of them came close to that one H. lividum. I actually named her lucifer. You can see her on my avatar doing what she did best .
-Nate

 

[Hamburglar]

My female N. chromatus is the most difficult for me... If I were holding the tweezers as you were in the photo she would be up and at me in a second. I cant get anything wider than a toothpick near her or she lunges for it..... I learned this when I was changing her water.. I used long tweezers and reached in when she was turned the other way in her hide.. Before I could really tell what was happening she was tickling my hand with her front legs letting me know she didnt like how I was invading her space.. Now I just pacify her with food first....

 

[SNAFU]

It would be hands down my 5.5" female L.Parahybana. She is fast, very aggressive, and will strike at anything that invades her space and I mean anything. I would never attempt to pick her up at all.....but, thats just me! I know A. Geniculata's too usually have a bad attitude but I have seen clips of people handling big ones. My little 2" Genic kicks hair everytime I take the top off her enclosure.

 

[Nich]

Well, at my work, I just got done with a 10 day hypodermic injection treatment for a 4-5 inch T. blondi

HUH...?:? What was the treatment for?

 

[JayzunBoget]

T. blondi treatment

I will be posting a thread about that in more detail. I have decided to purchase tha blondi in question. The injection was an antibiotic, I believe. The symptoms were varied, but involved a creeping discoloration on the abdomen that was doing damage to the cuticle (skin) as it spread. The injections are over, the discoloration seems to no longer be spreading, but no other change. Prognosis; what else, "either it's going to molt or it's going to die."
Sound familiar anyone?

p.s. that truly sucked. Having only had to do it on two seperate occasions, I can tell you that injecting tarantulas has to be the most technically dificult thing I have had to do at this job.

 

[thedude]

I will be posting a thread about that in more detail. I have decided to purchase tha blondi in question. The injection was an antibiotic, I believe. The symptoms were varied, but involved a creeping discoloration on the abdomen that was doing damage to the cuticle (skin) as it spread. The injections are over, the discoloration seems to no longer be spreading, but no other change. Prognosis; what else, "either it's going to molt or it's going to die."
Sound familiar anyone?

p.s. that truly sucked. Having only had to do it on two seperate occasions, I can tell you that injecting tarantulas has to be the most technically dificult thing I have had to do at this job.

what you inject it w/ ?.....

 

[JayzunBoget]

Do you mean what antibiotic did I inject into her or what did I use to inject her?
The antibiotic I don't know offhand, but look for the thread I am going to start to document her condition and responses and I will list what it was once I have a chance to ask my vet.
As far as what did I use? A standard 1 cc hypodermic syringe.

 

[Rochelle]

Out of all the "hot" T's we have; "Miss Zorro" the H.minax is easily the nastiest tempered. I absolutely dread the day I have to handle her for any reason.
She's superfast; superbitey; superBAD.
And she hates us......
Here's a pic of her running towards the camera ~ to kill it.

 

[ShadowBlade]

The most difficult I've ever tried out of all the mean Haplo's, the quick Pokies, and the itchy blondi's, would actually have to be an adult female Tapinauchenius. I still believe they're the fastest tarantula in the hobby, and are darn quick to jump. I'd say they require the most experience to handle, aggression is easy compared to these guys.

-Sean