Uticaring hairs plus moulting

hooferinsane · Jul 25, 2014

Hi, can a moult still causes irritation from
uticaring hairs that were on the T. Reason I ask is that I give my T moults to people at work with small children , ie about 6/7 years for show and tell at school. My P. Regalis female moulted the other day, and handling it made my hand slightly itchy. Just wouldn't want to cause a problem for a young child

Poec54 · Jul 25, 2014

OW's don't have urticating hairs. The hairs on NW sheds have been known to come loose and cause itching.

Hellion299 · Jul 25, 2014

Oh yeah! I have Theraphosa stirmi molts that are worse than the actual females. Lol. I do not suggest getting tarantula molts near your mouth, and eyes.

dementedlullaby · Jul 25, 2014

Yeah I wouldn't give kids a molt from a NW with uricating hairs. Kids are not smart, it will end up somewhere with the potential to cause a hissy fit lol.

cold blood · Jul 25, 2014

Its just a matter of time before some kid will just have to know what it smells like.

Yentlequible · Jul 25, 2014

cold blood said:
Its just a matter of time before some kid will just have to know what it smells like.

This gave me the funniest mental image. I can just imagine the terror that would follow.

edgeofthefreak · Jul 25, 2014

"It smells like burning!"

cold blood · Jul 25, 2014

edgeofthefreak said:
"It smells like burning!"

HAHAHAHA...one of my all time favorite Ralphie lines....epic episode, love the "Lord of the Flies" parody.

Don't eat the oozing red berries.

cold blood · Jul 26, 2014

And technically he says it "tastes" like burning

BobGrill · Jul 26, 2014

hooferinsane said:
Hi, can a moult still causes irritation from
uticaring hairs that were on the T. Reason I ask is that I give my T moults to people at work with small children , ie about 6/7 years for show and tell at school. My P. Regalis female moulted the other day, and handling it made my hand slightly itchy. Just wouldn't want to cause a problem for a young child

You are aware that old world species don't have uricating hairs right? Why do you think they're so fast-moving and are quicker to bite when threatened? They have to make up for it somehow. Also P.regalis (or any pokie or OW species) is not a species you should be handling.

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MatthewM1 · Jul 26, 2014

BobGrill said:
You are aware that old world species don't have uricating hairs right? Why do you think they're so fast-moving and are quicker to bite when threatened? They have to make up for it somehow. Also P.regalis (or any pokie or OW species) is not a species you should be handling.

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OP was talking about handling a molt.

If you keep all your molts in one container there's a good chance it could have gotten U-hairs on it that came off a NW molt.

pyro fiend · Jul 26, 2014

Isnt it believed that some burrowers keep their molt in the hole till hardened (or till they are ready) just incase say a dog or something came by and took a big ol whiff...?

Xp but as said yes they still can....thats why i dont handle my molts tho i do have one ibkept (my first 3"+ molt)

hooferinsane · Jul 27, 2014

BobGrill said:
You are aware that old world species don't have uricating hairs right? Why do you think they're so fast-moving and are quicker to bite when threatened? They have to make up for it somehow. Also P.regalis (or any pokie or OW species) is not a species you should be handling.

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Wasn't aware of that, thanks for info, fairly new to Ts. Don't handle the P.Regalis, (did my research lol) touching the moult is what I meant

BobGrill · Jul 27, 2014

hooferinsane said:
Wasn't aware of that, thanks for info, fairly new to Ts. Don't handle the P.Regalis, (did my research lol) touching the moult is what I meant

Yup, all Old World species lack uricating hairs, as do some New Worlds. Psalmopoeus and Tapinauchenius are two examples of New World genera that don't have uricating hairs. Yet still, the genus Ephebopus have uricating hairs that are located on the pedipalps, rather than the abdomen.

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