Help me please. Dropped my tarantula help

Okay so i was holding my g.rosea sling. he is about 3/4s of a inch. HE fell on my granite floor about 6 inches.. i checked him and there is clear liquid coming from his spinneret. i just got him so I'm very worried (( he is moving but I'm very worried

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the liquid has appeared to have stopped coming out.

a little dab of dry cornstarch on the wound (LITTLE!) will cause the fluid to congeal, like a fake scab. be careful not to gunk up its booklungs!

thank you so much i was careful not to get any on the book lungs. i was unsure where the wound was to be exact so i put a little in the general area of the abdomen. ya I just got into tarantulas. Ive kept mostly Centipedes and reptiles.

While I don't endorse handling, if someone wants to occasionally handle a more docile specimen that will tolerate it, I don't see anything wrong with that. However a sling of that size should never be handled. They're just too delicate at that size and a small fall could easily kill them. I'm not going to scold you for something that I have no control over, but I really think you need to wait until it reaches 2 inches to start handling it. Since its a Rosie, that wont be for an eternity, but that's why I don't purchase slow growing species as slings. Anyway I hope everything turns out OK.

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While accidents do happen, you need to do everything you can to minimize the risk. I personally do not handle any T's because I believe the risk is simply too great. As long as you learn from the experience, this can be beneficial. A while back I had an LV sling get spooked while I had the lid of its cup off and it ran right out of its burrow onto my counter and went flying off the counter onto my carpet. I was lucky it was carpet... Now, whenever the lid needs to come off, the enclosure is in the bathtub with a cup over the drain. It all goes back to learning from the experience and minimzing the risk.

dredrickt said:

While accidents do happen, you need to do everything you can to minimize the risk. I personally do not handle any T's because I believe the risk is simply too great. As long as you learn from the experience, this can be beneficial. A while back I had an LV sling get spooked while I had the lid of its cup off and it ran right out of its burrow onto my counter and went flying off the counter onto my carpet. I was lucky it was carpet... Now, whenever the lid needs to come off, the enclosure is in the bathtub with a cup over the drain. It all goes back to learning from the experience and minimzing the risk.

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Very much so, I learned my lesson about opening T cages on high surfaces early, my C.darlingi got spooked and ran out of her cage and almost fell to her death but I cupped her with my hand while she was falling with no harm to either of us. I now do all my maintenance on the floor where they won't kill themselves.

In regards to the OP, I hope the sling survives and god forbid if it didn't, you still learned a lesson and your future pets will hopefully be safer with your new wisdom.