I got home from work around midnight. Came into the computer room to check the mail. Hubby come's home around 1 am, brother in law comes over around 1:30 am. I go out to check on the 8 legged little ones and what do I notice? The cup of water is spilled on the floor :? Hhhmmm, no biggy, just water. The dogs must have done it. As I check each tank and it's resident, everyone makes roll call..., except...., Oh no...., Oh god, maybe it's dug deeper in the dirt (shining the flashlight into the hide)..., nope, no legs. How do I explain this to hubby...., Ok, now I'm gonna pee my pants....
THE T BLONDI IS GONE!!!!
The HUGE 8-9" Male mouse eating machine with 1" fangs IS GONE!!!!
Ok, I'm not panicing.No, I AM PANICING! This is a very large spider loose in the house. It has to be fairly visible right?? So I casually grab the flash light and start looking under furniture, behind the entertainment center. My birds start squaking so I run in there to see if maybe my little budgie has become dinner but no THANK GOD!
So hubby comes over and asks "what are you looking for?" and the horrified look on my face says it all. My heart is pounding in my ears , I can't talk and all I can think of is waking up to a giant tarantula sitting on my chest! :8o He says "ok , which one of your critters has escaped?" and I look over to the largest tank on the shelf. So now both of us have "the Look", you know, when all the blood drains out of your face? So brother in law comes over and hubby tells the brother what happened. 3 people about to panic.
We spread out all with flashlights and I give instructions ( I think I did :? )to the other 2, "DON'T KILL MY TARANTULA IF YOU FIND IT! Just yell (or scream) for me and I'll come and get it" I'm sure I told them but my memory is a bit clouded from the panic attack I was having :8o
We are all looking in every conceiveable corner, hiding spot we can think of. I walk into the computer room, turn on the light and yell "I FOUND IT!". A huge T. blondi calmly walking into the room on the white carpet I run to get my bug net (its a butterfly net) which is the only thing I can think of doing at this point! I toss the net over the very angry T and use a magazine to scoop him up. My brother in law quickly brings over the entire tank from the other room and I gently place Mr Houdini back into his tank. It is 2 am and I must now visit the restroom... :8o
Wonder how he got out? So do I! The lid on the tank is plastic with wire mesh. It has 4 locks on each corner and 2 round 1.5" access holes with lids. These lids have to be turned half a turn before the tabs release. One of the lids was tilted open in the hole. Hubby and I assume he turned the lids and pushed it out to escape. That's the only thing I can think of because I haven't fed him about 3 days and the last time I opened it to give him water was about a week ago. I don't have to open it to mist the tank since it has a screen top. I have since TAPED each of the access holes and double checked the 4 locks. I doubt I'll be getting any sleep tonight though
and I'm a bit itchy....
THE T BLONDI IS GONE!!!!
The HUGE 8-9" Male mouse eating machine with 1" fangs IS GONE!!!!
Ok, I'm not panicing.No, I AM PANICING! This is a very large spider loose in the house. It has to be fairly visible right?? So I casually grab the flash light and start looking under furniture, behind the entertainment center. My birds start squaking so I run in there to see if maybe my little budgie has become dinner but no THANK GOD!
So hubby comes over and asks "what are you looking for?" and the horrified look on my face says it all. My heart is pounding in my ears , I can't talk and all I can think of is waking up to a giant tarantula sitting on my chest! :8o He says "ok , which one of your critters has escaped?" and I look over to the largest tank on the shelf. So now both of us have "the Look", you know, when all the blood drains out of your face? So brother in law comes over and hubby tells the brother what happened. 3 people about to panic.
We spread out all with flashlights and I give instructions ( I think I did :? )to the other 2, "DON'T KILL MY TARANTULA IF YOU FIND IT! Just yell (or scream) for me and I'll come and get it" I'm sure I told them but my memory is a bit clouded from the panic attack I was having :8o
We are all looking in every conceiveable corner, hiding spot we can think of. I walk into the computer room, turn on the light and yell "I FOUND IT!". A huge T. blondi calmly walking into the room on the white carpet I run to get my bug net (its a butterfly net) which is the only thing I can think of doing at this point! I toss the net over the very angry T and use a magazine to scoop him up. My brother in law quickly brings over the entire tank from the other room and I gently place Mr Houdini back into his tank. It is 2 am and I must now visit the restroom... :8o
Wonder how he got out? So do I! The lid on the tank is plastic with wire mesh. It has 4 locks on each corner and 2 round 1.5" access holes with lids. These lids have to be turned half a turn before the tabs release. One of the lids was tilted open in the hole. Hubby and I assume he turned the lids and pushed it out to escape. That's the only thing I can think of because I haven't fed him about 3 days and the last time I opened it to give him water was about a week ago. I don't have to open it to mist the tank since it has a screen top. I have since TAPED each of the access holes and double checked the 4 locks. I doubt I'll be getting any sleep tonight though
and I'm a bit itchy....
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