gobey
Arachnoknight
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- Jun 20, 2014
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Ok so I've fallen hard for tarantulas quickly. And I went from 1 to 7 in 8 weeks. :/
But it all started with my rose hair "Dee". Whom I suppose is my favorite. She's my only T with a name and Is very dear to me. A few weeks ago after I impulsively bought 2 juvenile L.P.s that are already the same size as her I started to think I went overboard and should get rid of a tarantula.
My friend offered to take Dee to breed her. And I just couldn't let her go, even though her and I have a somewhat troubled relationship these days. And here comes my question now.
At first Dee was a very calm spider and was docile as can be. Then in a span of 6 weeks I rehoused her twice. Poor girl was my first T and bore the brunt of my rookie mistakes and took a LOT of crap from me. Well upon her 2nd 're housing she took a fall and turned her cranky switch on. Since then she has not been a nice spider at all. Which saddens me. Although I decided a while back not to handle the tarantulas anymore, I still don't want them to be angry lol. But I felt like a calm rose hair was just a ticking time bomb and I was going to have this moment.
Well lately Dee has taken to venturing beyond her log and out to her water dish. Whcih she has every right too. But I had to change her water dish. and knowing she's a grumpy spider now I didn't really feel like getting my fingers chomped. So I open the lid of her enclosure to which she raised one leg and both of her pedipalps, and stayed in that position. but it didn't quite look like a threat posture just like she was stuck in a flinch. So I decided to use the tongs to test the ground near her to see how she'd react.
She quickly turned and scurried towards the tongs. I did this 2 more times until I manipulated her away from the water dish to be able to change it.
But she never kicked a hair. She never gave a threat posture (which she did when I pissed her off in that rehousing)
She just quickly leapt at movement near her. Real quick movement and then she sat in whatever pose she stopped in. She didn't go back and attack when I changed her dish and when I filled it. And now she returned to standing up and just chilling in her spot.
So anyways long story, is this My Rosie being grumpy and mean? Or just thinking food is nearby?
I've seen some truly evil rose hair videos, and I've never quite been scared of Dee, but properly apprehensive of her when need be. I respect these creatures and am fascinated by them even if part of that is I guess still a little bit of nervousness.
But it all started with my rose hair "Dee". Whom I suppose is my favorite. She's my only T with a name and Is very dear to me. A few weeks ago after I impulsively bought 2 juvenile L.P.s that are already the same size as her I started to think I went overboard and should get rid of a tarantula.
My friend offered to take Dee to breed her. And I just couldn't let her go, even though her and I have a somewhat troubled relationship these days. And here comes my question now.
At first Dee was a very calm spider and was docile as can be. Then in a span of 6 weeks I rehoused her twice. Poor girl was my first T and bore the brunt of my rookie mistakes and took a LOT of crap from me. Well upon her 2nd 're housing she took a fall and turned her cranky switch on. Since then she has not been a nice spider at all. Which saddens me. Although I decided a while back not to handle the tarantulas anymore, I still don't want them to be angry lol. But I felt like a calm rose hair was just a ticking time bomb and I was going to have this moment.
Well lately Dee has taken to venturing beyond her log and out to her water dish. Whcih she has every right too. But I had to change her water dish. and knowing she's a grumpy spider now I didn't really feel like getting my fingers chomped. So I open the lid of her enclosure to which she raised one leg and both of her pedipalps, and stayed in that position. but it didn't quite look like a threat posture just like she was stuck in a flinch. So I decided to use the tongs to test the ground near her to see how she'd react.
She quickly turned and scurried towards the tongs. I did this 2 more times until I manipulated her away from the water dish to be able to change it.
But she never kicked a hair. She never gave a threat posture (which she did when I pissed her off in that rehousing)
She just quickly leapt at movement near her. Real quick movement and then she sat in whatever pose she stopped in. She didn't go back and attack when I changed her dish and when I filled it. And now she returned to standing up and just chilling in her spot.
So anyways long story, is this My Rosie being grumpy and mean? Or just thinking food is nearby?
I've seen some truly evil rose hair videos, and I've never quite been scared of Dee, but properly apprehensive of her when need be. I respect these creatures and am fascinated by them even if part of that is I guess still a little bit of nervousness.