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<blockquote data-quote="m0lsx" data-source="post: 217956" data-attributes="member: 29323"><p>Tarantulas can move exceptionally fast when they choose to. The term teleport is often used to describe a fast T. One moment they are in their enclosure as you feed them. Milliseconds later they have run up your arm & are now out of reach in the middle of your back. Or they have flown out of the enclosure, across a table, have fallen off that & have dropped onto the floor & are now somewhere in the room. It is surprising how fast even the slowest moving T can move when out of its enclosure.</p><p></p><p>Even when feeding. Always keep the feeding table & area around it clear. Or you will lose a T. </p><p></p><p>Think of tarantulas as water filled balloons. As it is very much what they are like. A fall of more than 2 to 3 inches really can split them open like a water filled balloon. </p><p></p><p>Tarantulas do not enjoy being handled. Some will tolerate it better than others. But they are not a cat, or a dog. They get nothing from us handling them. </p><p></p><p>Several times I have had to take trousers or shirts off to reach a T that was being fed & get it back into it's enclosure. As it was the only way to reach them. </p><p></p><p>During feeding, I always have a capture cup or two to hand & I regularly have to persuade a T back off my hand & back into it's enclosure. And 2 weeks ago I had an Orange Bitey Thing on the loose & furniture being moved to find it, as one second it was out of sight in it's enclosure having it's water bowl topped up & the next it had flown across the table, off the table & had vanished across the floor & behind some bits several feet away. </p><p></p><p>We found the OBT 6 days later on the opposite side of the house, sitting on a window.</p><p></p><p>If you are going to handle try to make sure you have someone with you to help if the T gets into an awkward location on you. Keep the area around you clear & keep it as close as possible to a surface, be that a table or the floor. </p><p></p><p>We do allow people who are arachnophobic to interact & even handle selected T's. But other than accidentally during feeding we do not do it ourselves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="m0lsx, post: 217956, member: 29323"] Tarantulas can move exceptionally fast when they choose to. The term teleport is often used to describe a fast T. One moment they are in their enclosure as you feed them. Milliseconds later they have run up your arm & are now out of reach in the middle of your back. Or they have flown out of the enclosure, across a table, have fallen off that & have dropped onto the floor & are now somewhere in the room. It is surprising how fast even the slowest moving T can move when out of its enclosure. Even when feeding. Always keep the feeding table & area around it clear. Or you will lose a T. Think of tarantulas as water filled balloons. As it is very much what they are like. A fall of more than 2 to 3 inches really can split them open like a water filled balloon. Tarantulas do not enjoy being handled. Some will tolerate it better than others. But they are not a cat, or a dog. They get nothing from us handling them. Several times I have had to take trousers or shirts off to reach a T that was being fed & get it back into it's enclosure. As it was the only way to reach them. During feeding, I always have a capture cup or two to hand & I regularly have to persuade a T back off my hand & back into it's enclosure. And 2 weeks ago I had an Orange Bitey Thing on the loose & furniture being moved to find it, as one second it was out of sight in it's enclosure having it's water bowl topped up & the next it had flown across the table, off the table & had vanished across the floor & behind some bits several feet away. We found the OBT 6 days later on the opposite side of the house, sitting on a window. If you are going to handle try to make sure you have someone with you to help if the T gets into an awkward location on you. Keep the area around you clear & keep it as close as possible to a surface, be that a table or the floor. We do allow people who are arachnophobic to interact & even handle selected T's. But other than accidentally during feeding we do not do it ourselves. [/QUOTE]
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