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 Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:40 pm
I don't know if this is the right place to ask this but I need to know. I have a chilean rose hair which is SUPPOSED to be the most docile species. When I first bought her she was easy to pick up. Now she's gotten aggressive-ish and I don't know why, and I'm too afraid to even try now.
I'm not able to handle her that much, so maybe that's the problem with it, but I don't know.
I tried picking her up this summer to examine her and she turned around and struck at me. Usually she gives me a warning and backs off, and I back off, but she actually struck at me.
My dad says sometimes he checks on her by nudging her abdomen a bit, which I do not condone..., to make sure she's still alive and sometimes she turns around and runs after his hand. That's what he said, anyway.
I don't know what to do ): How do I tame her?
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 7:56 am
Honestly I would probably make her a hands off spider. Sometimes getting a more aggressive one is safer for you and the spider since neither have any illusions about each other.
The thing with handling tarantulas is there is so much risk to the spider. Even a couple inch drop can rupture the abdomen on the larger ones. You have to ask yourself if you are holding her and she were to bite you, would you seriously be able to ignore it and gingerly set your hand down to let her off or would you flinch?
If you really want to tame her however I would first stop your dad from poking her in the rump. Her vitals are there and that means it is scary for her to get suddenly prodded there. I would pick up a long small paintbrush. You can then use the bristle side to gently touch one of her back legs. This is how you should always say hi before doing anything with her. Ideally she shouldn't do more than take a step or two forward. Next, I would get a very small fairly shallow container to use for moving her around. Gingerly put the container down so it is turned so she can walk into it like it were a hide and use the paint brush to gingerly coax her forward into it.
Once again you really want to see calm behaviors. If she is skittering forward really fast or acting agitated slow things down. Freeze for a few seconds or even minutes to let her clam down. Once you have her in the container and if you feel it will be safe enough you can then move on to holding her lift the container and tilt it so she is able to walk over the rim and right on to your outstretched palm. It is so much safer to let them walk onto your hand in such a manner versus trying to scoop/grab them up as some people will do.
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