What Makes A T Skittish?

[Bipolar Rocket]

Is it over-time that they become skittish? I've had my B. albopilosum for a year now, and today, it acted pretty aggressive towards me. Today I fed it two crickets, and then after it was done, I decided I wanted to handle it. I've had it for a year and have never gotten the courage to pick up the T (trying to get rid of arachnophobia). So to get it ready, I grabbed a paintbrush and went to touch the side of its leg and it just turned towards it rapidly and bit it, I think. It attacked it in someway. That basically turned me off from ever trying to handle Ts again, oh well, I don't know if that step was necessary in the recovery process anyway...

I don't feed it that often, could that be a factor? Or do some Ts just act out sometimes? It was done eating, so I don't think it was under that much stress... I only add water about once a every other week... is that not enough humidity?

 

[Kuruku]

Well, it could be because you fed him just earlier that day. Same thing happened to me where I tried to handle my G. Rosea after she'd just finished eating.

I got haired :8o

 

[Mushroom Spore]

If you were randomly poked by a giant paintbrush out of nowhere, would YOU be happy about it?

 

[Drachenjager]

If you were randomly poked by a giant paintbrush out of nowhere, would YOU be happy about it?

i dont know, sort of depends on who was poking at me i suppose...

 

[REAL]

Why is it such a big mystery? They're just not meant to be handled in the first place. That's why they act the way they do.

I don't think it was in nature's plan for us to end up keeping them as pet not to even mention trying to play and pet them.

The way things are....is the way things are. Maybe try another day but its up to you. Even though they are our pets doesn't mean they're SUPPOSE to be pets in the first place. They're that way because thats how they're suppose to be.

 

[jeff1962]

Why is it such a big mystery? They're just not meant to be handled in the first place. That's why they act the way they do.

I don't think it was in nature's plan for us to end up keeping them as pet not to even mention trying to play and pet them.

The way things are....is the way things are. Maybe try another day but its up to you. Even though they are our pets doesn't mean they're SUPPOSE to be pets in the first place. They're that way because thats how they're suppose to be.

Very well said ! :clap:

 

[Bipolar Rocket]

Why is it such a big mystery? They're just not meant to be handled in the first place. That's why they act the way they do.

I don't think it was in nature's plan for us to end up keeping them as pet not to even mention trying to play and pet them.

The way things are....is the way things are. Maybe try another day but its up to you. Even though they are our pets doesn't mean they're SUPPOSE to be pets in the first place. They're that way because thats how they're suppose to be.

I'm less worried about the handling issue, I never planned on handling a T after reading how much stress it causes it/whatever, but I was wondering what would make a T described as being "one of the most docile in the hobby" skittish. I could've left out the story completely, I was wondering what makes Ts skittish.

 

[sgt.batguano]

Why is it such a big mystery? They're just not meant to be handled in the first place.

well said! ive been mauled by geckos, cats, snakes, and a hamster. and i will never handle a spider again since i had this demented primordial nightmare about getting shanked by one.(i actually woke up shaking, which for me is not normal) its just a bad idea, especially if you are the type to switch into "crush the attacker!!" mode instantly. its bloody unfair to the spider.

 

[Brachypelma Rex]

Is it over-time that they become skittish? I've had my B. albopilosum for a year now, and today, it acted pretty aggressive towards me. Today I fed it two crickets, and then after it was done, I decided I wanted to handle it. I've had it for a year and have never gotten the courage to pick up the T (trying to get rid of arachnophobia). So to get it ready, I grabbed a paintbrush and went to touch the side of its leg and it just turned towards it rapidly and bit it, I think. It attacked it in someway. That basically turned me off from ever trying to handle Ts again, oh well, I don't know if that step was necessary in the recovery process anyway...

I don't feed it that often, could that be a factor? Or do some Ts just act out sometimes? It was done eating, so I don't think it was under that much stress... I only add water about once a every other week... is that not enough humidity?

Sounds to me like your T was simply in "chow" mode, given that you'd just fed it, and, in your own words, "I don't feed it that often..." If I were a betting man, I'd wager your T simply mistook your paintbrush for a prey item. Merely a case of mistaken identity rather than a display of aggression or skittishness. Just my 2 pennies.

 

[Nich]

i dont know, sort of depends on who was poking at me i suppose...

Nice.....

If your that nervous about a tarantula bite (yes they can have the potential for complication) I dont think you should hold a T untill you get some...."nerves". Imagine if it darted up your forearm and you flung it into the wall or to the floor....no good for the T. The best way it to suck it up, get it over the bed/soft ground in a container, release it, and let it walk around on you. This would be best with a brachy as you have. Good luck with your hadnling progression.

 

[Mushroom Spore]

I was wondering what would make a T described as being "one of the most docile in the hobby" skittish...I was wondering what makes Ts skittish.

They feel like being skittish. No, seriously, that's about it. Tarantula "personalities" are not carbon copies of one another.

 

[Drachenjager]

Nice.....

If your that nervous about a tarantula bite (yes they can have the potential for complication) I dont think you should hold a T untill you get some...."nerves". Imagine if it darted up your forearm and you flung it into the wall or to the floor....no good for the T. The best way it to suck it up, get it over the bed/soft ground in a container, release it, and let it walk around on you. This would be best with a brachy as you have. Good luck with your hadnling progression.

Nerves of steel : phrase meaning " an adult OBT just ran up my pants and is nestled in my near my crotch and i didn't flinch".

Petrified with fear: See previous definition

 

[butch4skin]

Nerves of steel : phrase meaning " an adult OBT just ran up my pants and is nestled in my near my crotch and i didn't flinch".

Petrified with fear: See previous definition

'Round here we call that an on-the-house vasectomy.

 

[penny'smom]

'Round here we call that an on-the-house vasectomy.

OMG...laughing so hard...trying not to wake kids!!!!!