It’s really the other way around. You get to learn the personality of the spiders (and may become fond of them).
But yeah, some species are just like that. We had a bunch of Pterinochilus murinus or “OBTs” (orange bamboo tarantula … but also orange bitey thing). They are nasty. Always on edge, no chill. Just feeding them was a pain because you had to open the enclosure and they would come at you.
Feeding those took some real preperation. We first had to seal the room (closing an gaps at the doors/windows) as well as blocking all corners and cranies where they could potentially hide.
Then we stripped. Not kidding.
The first time feeding them one of them ran up my brothers arm and straight into his shirt. It was an absolute pain to get it out of there (and he totally got bitten in the process). From then on we’d take off all loose clothing when opening their enclosures. So yeah, just socks and tight fitting boxer briefs.
I love how these fuckers have a Wikipedia article that’s like: “Yup. Their nickname sums it up. These are fucking motherfuckers that do nothing but look pretty. Do not touch them, do not keep them, they are just mean fuckers.” And they stress that ‘fucker’ part like 4 times.
Tarantular keeper for over a decade here.
No.
Yeah, I had a friend who kept a tarantula. It was a dick.
It’s really the other way around. You get to learn the personality of the spiders (and may become fond of them).
But yeah, some species are just like that. We had a bunch of Pterinochilus murinus or “OBTs” (orange bamboo tarantula … but also orange bitey thing). They are nasty. Always on edge, no chill. Just feeding them was a pain because you had to open the enclosure and they would come at you.
And they survived that encounter? As did your home? I assume the resulting fire would have taken both.
Feeding those took some real preperation. We first had to seal the room (closing an gaps at the doors/windows) as well as blocking all corners and cranies where they could potentially hide.
Then we stripped. Not kidding.
The first time feeding them one of them ran up my brothers arm and straight into his shirt. It was an absolute pain to get it out of there (and he totally got bitten in the process). From then on we’d take off all loose clothing when opening their enclosures. So yeah, just socks and tight fitting boxer briefs.
I love how these fuckers have a Wikipedia article that’s like: “Yup. Their nickname sums it up. These are fucking motherfuckers that do nothing but look pretty. Do not touch them, do not keep them, they are just mean fuckers.” And they stress that ‘fucker’ part like 4 times.
I knew it was a mistake to come in this thread.
You people are insane.
I don’t know what you mean :)
Yes you do and you like it
My orange biting teleporter escaped one night. She went back home quietly, but damn if I wasn’t scared for the cat.
She wasn’t too mean unless you opened her hut,Ya she was a little shit.Your what biting spider??
Spider: [Teleports behind your cat] Nothing personal, kitty.
You see, she was orange, pissed at the world, fast, and some how opened the lid.
I like how it says “defensive and will bite if provoked,” and apparently, according to this thread, opening their cage is sufficient provocation.
Opening the terrarium was fine, lifting the little log hut thingy and messing up the web was a gamble.
Mine just loved to extend their web to include the door.
Why dont they give aggression displays? Normally it would make evolutionary sense to try and scare threats off before you attack them
You sure about that?
50/50 from my experience. She would either ambush from her hiding spot, or stand on hind legs and show off fangs if enough room.
You can tell they are spicy just from their looks.