Angel Minkov
Arachnobaron
- Joined
- Aug 3, 2014
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So, it was a normal afternoon, just finished watching Mission Impossible, the first part, when I went to check up on my Ts when I saw that my regalis was a bit on the dry side. I picked up his enclosure (quite tall, about 25 cm., the male was in its burrow) and decided to spray once or twice on the side, to dampen a little part of its substrate. On the second spray, the male penetrated a sheet of webbing it had sprung, bolted out of the enclosure (15+ cm. to the lip from where the webbing was). I was holding the enclosure at the bottom, with my palm and it made it to there in less than a second, continued running through my hand and then jumped about 30+ cm onto the floor. During these 2 seconds, I froze, trying to refrain from any movement to minimize the chance of a bite, although the male is small (about 3''). When on the floor, it didn't stop even for a second and CONTINUED running behind a shelf, where it stopped right behind the corner. I got a long stick to make it go out in the open, after which it sprinted another 1 meter+ where it hid behind a box. I had 2 small cups which I bought from a store yesterday when shopping, so I cupped him and then returned him to his enclosure. No visible ruptures on the abdomen or wounds, though the abdomen flattened a bit.
I'm not a person who is going to tell somebody what to buy on every topic, but I am against amateurs buying OW Ts. I'm posting this for every newbie who is thinking of buying an OW - please, re-think your choice... A person who isn't ready could've easily panicked and thrown the enclosure in the air as well as flung the spider to its death. Try to understand everyone's viewpoint when they try to encourage responsible ownership, because this was just a small male and no bites, a large female like my metallica or miranda, if they had bit me, could have easily caused me days of pain, swelling, muscle spasms (which may last months), fever etc. Think your choice through and really ask yourself if you're ready and how you would react in such a situation.
I'm not a person who is going to tell somebody what to buy on every topic, but I am against amateurs buying OW Ts. I'm posting this for every newbie who is thinking of buying an OW - please, re-think your choice... A person who isn't ready could've easily panicked and thrown the enclosure in the air as well as flung the spider to its death. Try to understand everyone's viewpoint when they try to encourage responsible ownership, because this was just a small male and no bites, a large female like my metallica or miranda, if they had bit me, could have easily caused me days of pain, swelling, muscle spasms (which may last months), fever etc. Think your choice through and really ask yourself if you're ready and how you would react in such a situation.