Grammostola rosea

[Iggy22]

My G.Rosea Chuck Norris, who lives up to his name, scratched the heck out of my right hand with his fangs/claws?. There are a few punctures there too. I was holding him on my forearm and my room mate startled him, so he went to town till I got him back to his cage. i didn't want to fling him and kill him, so i endured it a bit. It seemed like minutes but it was only in a few seconds. I think some of it might be from claws?

[AnthrpicDecadnc]

Many years ago, probably like 7 or 8, I had an immature rosie, no idea of the sex. well one day, i was handling him/her and something moved fast near by and she got freaked and climed up the top of my thunb and dry bit me. It hurt. But only because two pointy things jabbing into your digits never feels good. enough to drop him/her. you know the rest.. RIP spider-whom-i-never-named... I ended up getting another one, same species, who ended up being a male, which disappointed me, as females lifespans reign supreme... (this is coming from a book i had, don't quote me). Well, it was at that point in my life, i got involved with the law and landed some time in a DYS facility, then a DSS program. for like 2 years. i put the care of my rosie, emp, and pixie frog in my brothers hands. bad move. my brother thought the pixie would form it's own coccoon like the african bullfrogs from the desert (i MUST own one of those... if you can get one of those monsters, for the love of god please send me a PM). of course, that happened, but it ended up dying from 2 years of neglect. I dont even know the fate of my male emp (very tame). bro said he escaped. right. moving on. heres the part that perplexed me. he completely neglected the rosie. fullt grown adult male rosie. for two years. no food, no water. i come home from DSS to find my scorp and fat frog dead, but the rosie is still alive. the rosie was STILL ALIVE. i swear i'm not lying. 2 years????

[ArachnoDude]

when i got my first rose hair (first ever t) i had picked it up and was holding it, about 10 minutes into this it ran up my arm. i tripped on a shoe and i extended my arm outwards down my side and back up. to try to balance myself right i felt a slight pinch. and taught the spider was tryng to hold on/ i put it back in the tank and i felt alot of itching. i itched a litle bump on my forearm. wich looked like a mosquito bite. but their were 2 little bleeding holes. so i taught to myself... did i just get bit? anyways. it just itched alot no burning. guess it was a dry bite

[samsbugs]

g. rosea with the additude of an "OBT" BUT I HAD TO PLAY WITH IT ANYWAY with surprising speed she nailed me on my left thumb. good grab one fang with deep penetration. the result was small bleading, a sore thumb for less than a day and an eggsack 3 days later.

[olablane]

Got my first T bite today. I have a rather large rosie that ive had 6-7 years. Handle her frequently and never had any problem. Today I was doing routine maintenance when she got pissed. Now, I have severely high bloodpressure, arthritis in hands and am allergic to lots of insect stings..She bit me on the ring finger of my right hand. She bit twice, 4 fang marks. Not much pain, just lots of bleeding due to 5 b.p. meds I take. Hands usually hurt due to arthritis, but shortly after being bitten finger didnt hurt and less stiff. Didnt last long tho,now finger is swollen and real painful. I guess T bites arent an arthritis cure!!. Its been several hours and only minor allergic reaction To the venom. Speaking of venom, she injected enough that it dripped of the end of my finger. LOoks like Ill be fine.

[Eclipse]

My G.Rosea Chuck Norris, who lives up to his name, scratched the heck out of my right hand with his fangs/claws?. There are a few punctures there too. I was holding him on my forearm and my room mate startled him, so he went to town till I got him back to his cage. i didn't want to fling him and kill him, so i endured it a bit. It seemed like minutes but it was only in a few seconds. I think some of it might be from claws?

Ugh, that's the worst I've seen, it looks so gross. I'm getting squeamish.

Well last night, I wasn't bitten, but my friend had a G. rosea for a couple of years and when he handled her, it liked to make threat poses but never struck. That night it was real hot and my friend needed to clean the cage so he picked it up like he usually does and she bit him. Its fangs drove in pretty deep and left a scary looking hole.

Nothing bad happened, just swelling for about an hour and intense itching. He told me the itching and the pain went away by the next day.

[Shagrath666]

Well i got my first bite, it was from my male G. rosea. He is about 3-3.5" and most of the time he is as sweet as can be. I ussually use a cup or flower pot to pick him up in before he goes on my hand cause he can be grumpy leaving his enclosure but once he's out he's fine. Well i went in to get him out to take some nice pics and was coaxing him into the pot, my first clue should have been the very very brief threat pose ( i thought he was just startled) he, quick as lightning ran on top of the pot and caught my thumb right UNDER the nail which needless to say hurt a lot. Lucky for him he was very close to teh bottom of the cage because out of being startled i dropped the pot. after i got over the adrenaline and had a couple ciggs to calm damn i looked at it and saw clear sticky vemon on the end of my thumb. took some anti-histamine and went too sleep. I think the scare it gave me was worse than the bite, it hurt a little for the next few days. Now he is docile as can be as long as i dont touch the flower pot, then he gets angry.

[robd]

I am just now realizing that 2 weeks ago today I received my first bite when I was at a reptile expo. I bought a subadult G rosea from the expo, mainly cause I really liked the custom wood/plexiglass enclosure that someone who used to own it made for it. Except, looking back I see now why this person might've opted to rehome their T. I was just looking at my wrist at where I remember having some itchiness after picking the T up and letting it crawl over my wrist. Looking closely, there are two little bite marks.

I am kind of hesitant to tell this story now to my wife and friends because I want them to be comfortable with the idea of possibly handling one of my T's. Perhaps just not that one.

[DamoK21]

so i was asked by my step dad to get the rosey out so he could have a look at her (he doesnt live with us) and i said yea sure why not. He also asked has she ever bitten me and i said "Noooo what her never she gentle, docile, and very friendly" NOT TODAY lol

i opend the enclosure and as usaul she greets me by comming out of the hide then try and climb the side to come out and i just gave her a little help by putting my hand behind her and helping her get grip (BAD IDEA) usauly she wouldnt do this but she span round to about a 35 degree angle and tagged me just bellow my wrist ...... i gatherd by the love bite she didnt want to no so i just left her be ......

Pain wise wernt that bad felt abit worse than a bee sting localized pain itching bit of bleeding tiny bit of cramping

that lasted no more than a day ......

a few days later i checked in on her got her out she was fine =]

this aint the first time iv been bit because of my tactics on checking the mood of my tarantulas they bite me garenteed every time lol most people will use tweezers or a paint brush to check the temperment of there T at that time I DONT (idiot i no) i use my finger bad idea trust me but i dont mind taking a bite from any tarantula itll hurt but itll heal =]

if you are going to handle tarantulas or true spiders handle with this in your mind "im most likely will be bitten" expect to be bit least then when it happens it dont come as a suprize any way she only ever bit me once never happend again =]

[OBT1]

Yesterday was a regular day...I was cleaning my G. rosea's cage.Usually he is by his sperm web just sitting there.But yesterday he was a little more active than he usually is.I thought nothing of it...then I paid for it.HE RAN UP AND BIT ME ON MY THUMB!!! I don't know what I did but I know it was something because well he bit me.


Symptoms- it was a dry bite so no pain unless you count the actual bite.

[seacowst]

i got bit by a rosie on the shoulder cus she bolted up my arm i tried to get her down but she bit me instead and hurt till the next day. it swelled a lil and then nothing after

[aLDoDarK]

my first bite is from my adult female rosie. she gave me 4 holes on my right hand. But I'm still not sure if it's somekind like a bite, she stayed calmly on my hand and she tried to grab my hand with her fang like she wanted to grab a substrate. and nothing much I can do, just let her do it and she did try it for 2 times. Oke time for me to move on, and I use a brush to push up her mouth away from my hand. and it succeed.

There's no effect, no swelling, no itch at all. only the redness. and it looks much better after 2-3 hours. So I'm guessing it was a dry bite

[Fuzzy]

My female bit me a while back, but I definitely deserved it. She had always been docile and easy to hold. Anyways, she started sitting outside of her hide with it's head touching the ground, it looked like she was eating soil. So I got the bright idea of picking it her up and flipping her over to inspect her mouth since I had a tarantula die like the before and it ended up being caused by nematode worms.

I flipped her over two or three times, and obviously she didn't like it too much. But since I was naive and thought there was no way that gentle thing could ever bite me I kept going... After the the third time she sank her fangs into my hand without rearing or anything. I got the picture and put her back, she hasn't been too keen on being handled since then. It ached all night but not much swelling. I'm guessing that there wasn't much venom involved.