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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DVirginiana" data-source="post: 35618" data-attributes="member: 3320">My rosea is very similar to that.  She seems to associate the tongs or anything else that looks like them with food, so she'll turn around and try to grab anything you touch her with.   I don't handle her for fun, but if I need to move her for some reason I usually use my hands.  My B. smithi doesn't seem to mind being moved using non-handling methods, and my wolf spider is so aggressive she absolutely has to be moved without touching her.As long as people are reasonable about it I don't have a problem with them handling their spiders.  I don't like the idea of people handling them just for fun, but I can see a lot of situations where it might be appropriate.</blockquote>