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<blockquote data-quote="VanessaS" data-source="post: 76879" data-attributes="member: 4948"><p>Yes, they are voracious eaters and I love that they devour everything that my others won't eat. No prey goes to waste around here. And it looks as if my B. verdezi is the same.</p><p>I would suggest that you visit YouTube and get some ideas over there and come back with any questions on the handling thing. If you really want to handle them, I would leave it longer than a couple of weeks and go over some YouTube videos that show what other people do. Some of them are not good examples, but they do show how to test their mood with a paintbrush and show you how to coax them out. </p><p>Like others have mentioned, it is problematic and often results in injury of the tarantula. It wasn't that long ago that a member on another forum split open the abdomen of one of theirs while handling because the spider bolted and they were not prepared.</p><p>And then there is the whole bite report thing.</p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VanessaS, post: 76879, member: 4948"] Yes, they are voracious eaters and I love that they devour everything that my others won't eat. No prey goes to waste around here. And it looks as if my B. verdezi is the same. I would suggest that you visit YouTube and get some ideas over there and come back with any questions on the handling thing. If you really want to handle them, I would leave it longer than a couple of weeks and go over some YouTube videos that show what other people do. Some of them are not good examples, but they do show how to test their mood with a paintbrush and show you how to coax them out. Like others have mentioned, it is problematic and often results in injury of the tarantula. It wasn't that long ago that a member on another forum split open the abdomen of one of theirs while handling because the spider bolted and they were not prepared. And then there is the whole bite report thing. :) [/QUOTE]
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