sezra
Arachnosquire
- Joined
- Apr 23, 2012
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- 62
Ive had my G. Rosea for about 4 years now, possibly longer, and in all this time she has never shown any form of defensiveness. No threat postures, no hair flicking, nothing. She has been a well mannered T, and typically the one I will show to friends and family in an attempt to win them over, in order to convince them that spiders arent the terrible man eaters the media makes them out to be.
My cleaning routine is always the same and im lucky enough to have a few empty enclosures, so I can set the new one up before hand. this means its just a matter gently coaxing my T's out of one and into the other, which in turn is less stress for them. Yesterday was different... When it came to actually moving her i proceeded as normal by giving her a gentle "push" on the bum with a plastic pipet. This is normally an easy and gentle way to get her to move in the direction I want her to and the whole operation lasts no more than 10 seconds.... normally.
Well imagine my surprise when suddenly I get a face full of urticating hairs. I just stood there and said out loud "are you actually kicking hairs at me?" I tried again... more hairs!
She eventually moved the massive 10cm required to be re-housed and that was that.
Honestly, it reminded me of getting a teenager out of bed :biggrin:
Just a reminder that even the most docile T's can be grumpy some times!
My cleaning routine is always the same and im lucky enough to have a few empty enclosures, so I can set the new one up before hand. this means its just a matter gently coaxing my T's out of one and into the other, which in turn is less stress for them. Yesterday was different... When it came to actually moving her i proceeded as normal by giving her a gentle "push" on the bum with a plastic pipet. This is normally an easy and gentle way to get her to move in the direction I want her to and the whole operation lasts no more than 10 seconds.... normally.
Well imagine my surprise when suddenly I get a face full of urticating hairs. I just stood there and said out loud "are you actually kicking hairs at me?" I tried again... more hairs!
She eventually moved the massive 10cm required to be re-housed and that was that.
Honestly, it reminded me of getting a teenager out of bed :biggrin:
Just a reminder that even the most docile T's can be grumpy some times!