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- Aug 17, 2013
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Dear God, you have no idea what I just went through in the past hour. I knew rehousing my GBB was going to be difficult, but not THIS difficult. I brought the container downstairs to rehouse it and it was speeding around its container like mad. It opened the container (which was difficult to do cause it had webbed up the lid) and when I went to put it in the catch cup I prepared beforehand, it bolted across the room, under my plant setup, and onto the wall. With some effort, I got it into the catch cup and sealed the lid. My dad came by and decided to help me rehouse it. He took out the yellow storage container and I put the catch cup and the new enclosure in it. This is where it gets bad. I opened the catch cup to let the spider out and it started running up the side of the yellow container. I quickly catched it, only to have run out of the catch cup. This happened a few more times and eventually I got it in the enclosure. I thought it was going to be done, but the catch cup was still in the enclosure. I tried removing it, but the spider ran out once again. This time desperate, I physically grabbed the spider with my index finger, middle finger and thumb and placed it in the enclosure. It ran out once again. I repeated this process. It ran out again. Finally on the third time, my dad and I managed to put the GBB in the enclosure and seal it before it could escape.
The GBB is now walking around the enclosure, trying to get a feel for it. My hand hurts from the hairs that got lodged in my hand and I am frightened at the knowledge that it escaping was a very real possibility and my managing to secure it was more due to luck than anything else. The only good thing about this is that I am now even more dissuaded from buying OWs and fast moving NW species like tappies. You guys keep hundreds of fast movers, so you must have a method on rehousing them easily. This goes without saying, but PLEASE SHARE THEM.
Sorry if I came off as a little harsh with the above rant, I am just really shaken the possibility losing of my most expensive, interesting, and loved T. I am not trying to be mean, but I am still shaken by this experience, so don't take offense please.
The GBB is now walking around the enclosure, trying to get a feel for it. My hand hurts from the hairs that got lodged in my hand and I am frightened at the knowledge that it escaping was a very real possibility and my managing to secure it was more due to luck than anything else. The only good thing about this is that I am now even more dissuaded from buying OWs and fast moving NW species like tappies. You guys keep hundreds of fast movers, so you must have a method on rehousing them easily. This goes without saying, but PLEASE SHARE THEM.
Sorry if I came off as a little harsh with the above rant, I am just really shaken the possibility losing of my most expensive, interesting, and loved T. I am not trying to be mean, but I am still shaken by this experience, so don't take offense please.