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<blockquote data-quote="fcat" data-source="post: 225709" data-attributes="member: 41088"><p>I just want to chime in to say that every tarantula is going to have a unique personality. My pamphobeteus is my second nicest spider, and I had to employ a second paintbrush rehousing a genic sling tonight because he wouldn't let go of the first one. He already had a cricket in his mouth. He fought me for it multiple times. My brachypelma auratum threat poses me when I water, the Klaasi is the biggest spaz of them all and does several sprints around the enclosure when I feed. My g pulchra girl was slapping the substrate when I bought her and drove her home.</p><p></p><p>I don't handle my Ts and I pretty much treat them all like old worlds. I do get a little more relaxed during my rehouses with a few of my brachypelma admittedly, mine are all pretty predictable.</p><p></p><p>My last acquisition was a sericopelma generalum/generala who has been busy digging to China. She's nearing a premolt cycle but I gotta say, for being full grown it was probably my easiest rehouse yet. I was told she threat poses EVERYTHING. She was in a tiny deli cup, of course she was defensive. I've given her 3 different hides to choose from and she is currently working on connecting all three. She's happy and in her own little world. She's also nearing premolt, so I would expect her to be a little more slow moving and placid, like the one time it took my pamphobeteus (I recommend) a whole season to turn around. Joking, it was just very slow.</p><p></p><p>I am a firm believer if you meet their needs and give them somewhere to feel safe, you won't see these "defensive" behaviors. Except for my auratum, who is just threat posing because she can. It's been like watching a kitten learn to hiss. I pretend to act scared and let her be lol.</p><p></p><p>I have strict rules to never put any fingers or hands inside of my phormictopus enclosures. I wouldn't call them mean, just prey driven. I swear I'm trying to make them obese and it can't be done. They are often called the "poor man's pamphobeteus" because of the size and colors they can achieve. But you can get a pamphobeteus machala or mascara pretty cheap. </p><p></p><p>I drill all my enclosures so I can avoid opening the lid except to do big husbandry like clean out a water bowl. Otherwise I fill bowls with a syringe, have larger holes drilled to drop prey. It wouldn't really matter what I keep until it comes time for rehouses. There are lots of ways to keep both parties safe. </p><p></p><p>I only have one xenethis, guess I built the enclosure too well but I never see it. Literally. I would avoid on the basis of expensive.</p><p></p><p>I'll tell you who I would never want to meet in a dark alley are my psalmopoeus. One of my Darth mauls just walks around biting at things. Let me tell you, I went to town on their enclosures, giving them lots of places to hide, so I never have to see them. I always bang the enclosures to scare them before I have to do major husbandry, so they stay in their tunnels.</p><p></p><p>I didn't get on any trains that led me to my geniculatas, it was a species I was avoiding because of the hairs (not that I mind but I keep my spiders at his house so I thought it would be rude somehow). My boyfriend however just got into Ts and I told him he could get whatever he wants. He went for the staples, the genic, chromatus, LP, all species I was avoiding because of hairs actually lol.</p><p></p><p>This is getting long sorry. On the topic of hairs, I've done a couple hundred rehouses, water dish changes, feedings, retrievals of uneaten feeders and I can honestly say I've never been haired. I don't want to inadvertently discourage something that can be easily avoidable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fcat, post: 225709, member: 41088"] I just want to chime in to say that every tarantula is going to have a unique personality. My pamphobeteus is my second nicest spider, and I had to employ a second paintbrush rehousing a genic sling tonight because he wouldn't let go of the first one. He already had a cricket in his mouth. He fought me for it multiple times. My brachypelma auratum threat poses me when I water, the Klaasi is the biggest spaz of them all and does several sprints around the enclosure when I feed. My g pulchra girl was slapping the substrate when I bought her and drove her home. I don't handle my Ts and I pretty much treat them all like old worlds. I do get a little more relaxed during my rehouses with a few of my brachypelma admittedly, mine are all pretty predictable. My last acquisition was a sericopelma generalum/generala who has been busy digging to China. She's nearing a premolt cycle but I gotta say, for being full grown it was probably my easiest rehouse yet. I was told she threat poses EVERYTHING. She was in a tiny deli cup, of course she was defensive. I've given her 3 different hides to choose from and she is currently working on connecting all three. She's happy and in her own little world. She's also nearing premolt, so I would expect her to be a little more slow moving and placid, like the one time it took my pamphobeteus (I recommend) a whole season to turn around. Joking, it was just very slow. I am a firm believer if you meet their needs and give them somewhere to feel safe, you won't see these "defensive" behaviors. Except for my auratum, who is just threat posing because she can. It's been like watching a kitten learn to hiss. I pretend to act scared and let her be lol. I have strict rules to never put any fingers or hands inside of my phormictopus enclosures. I wouldn't call them mean, just prey driven. I swear I'm trying to make them obese and it can't be done. They are often called the "poor man's pamphobeteus" because of the size and colors they can achieve. But you can get a pamphobeteus machala or mascara pretty cheap. I drill all my enclosures so I can avoid opening the lid except to do big husbandry like clean out a water bowl. Otherwise I fill bowls with a syringe, have larger holes drilled to drop prey. It wouldn't really matter what I keep until it comes time for rehouses. There are lots of ways to keep both parties safe. I only have one xenethis, guess I built the enclosure too well but I never see it. Literally. I would avoid on the basis of expensive. I'll tell you who I would never want to meet in a dark alley are my psalmopoeus. One of my Darth mauls just walks around biting at things. Let me tell you, I went to town on their enclosures, giving them lots of places to hide, so I never have to see them. I always bang the enclosures to scare them before I have to do major husbandry, so they stay in their tunnels. I didn't get on any trains that led me to my geniculatas, it was a species I was avoiding because of the hairs (not that I mind but I keep my spiders at his house so I thought it would be rude somehow). My boyfriend however just got into Ts and I told him he could get whatever he wants. He went for the staples, the genic, chromatus, LP, all species I was avoiding because of hairs actually lol. This is getting long sorry. On the topic of hairs, I've done a couple hundred rehouses, water dish changes, feedings, retrievals of uneaten feeders and I can honestly say I've never been haired. I don't want to inadvertently discourage something that can be easily avoidable. [/QUOTE]
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