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Hey guys,
its been a really long time since ive been on this forum and i have a question.
The other day, i was given a bunch of animals by a friend of mine who was bitten by one of his timber rattlesnakes for the third time. His wife said all the animals had to go. Thrown in the mix of these animals were 2 tarantulas. An usambara(orange baboon) and a cobalt blue.
I do have experience with tarantulas(rose hairs, mexican red knee, and starburst baboon)
My question is, is there anything special i need to know about these two species?
I already know that the cobalt blue needs high humidity, and they are both very fast and aggressive spiders.

Thanks for any additional advice

Both are highly defensive and highly venomous. Very painful if you get bitten by either. The cobalt blue (Haplopelma lividum) is a burrower and will need a deep substrate, and you're right higher on the humidity scale. The orange baboon (Pterinochilus murinus) is a dry loving species and doesn't need much. It is a heavy webber and will rearrange the cage and make web tunnels to its liking. It is often called semi-arboreal, becasue sometimes it acts liek an arboreal and sometimes like a terrestrial. Treat is like a terrestrial and see what it does.
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three times? three times? i could only imagine the medical bills.

yea, hes not the brightest crayon in the box hahaha.
The sad thing is, every time he had been bitten, it was alcohol related. You think someone would know not to be messing with a venomous snake after drinking. Especially not a second and third time.
Another thing is, he got rid of all his animals except for the timber that bit him, and a cobra, and a few other snakes.
Ill probably end up with them too, cause his wife is throwing a fit....I dont blame her one bit!

Thanks for the extra info on the tarantulas too

It's people like this guy who give those of us who want to keep exotics responsibly a bad name. I hope you get the rest of his animals soon before he is a statistic used against us.