Boy, did I ever get nailed by my female T. blondi and T. Apophysis today. I changed out the substrate in both enlosures. I wore latex gloves but I still managed to get the nasty little things all over my stomach, arms, hands, and chest. Anyway I think I'll go take a benadryl, just thought I'd share.
Frank
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urticating hairs
fmanda
Nov 19, 2007 09:38 PM
Replies (3)
gride225
Nov 20, 2007 07:43 AM
the hairs suck, i thought i would never experience them since i enjoy T's in the cage, but when i changed my a. genic enclosure i got hit bad. very uncomfortable, kinda funny looking back though i itched for a week!
fmanda
Nov 22, 2007 01:35 AM
Yeah, this is the fourth time for me. Those two theraphosa sp. are killers. I've been hit with L. parahybana and X. immanis before, but these guys are on a whole nother level.
Frank
itzvic
Dec 10, 2007 03:35 PM
I wonder if some people are less affected by the hairs. I own a T. Blondi, and have owned him/her for 3 years, yet have never been bothered by the hairs. Fuzzy tends to stand up rather than throw hairs most of the time, which may be the reason... but I know the enclosure is full of them. I stay out of Fuzzy's space unless I have to do maintence, which is basically removal of digested prey items and I am never affected?
