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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blackwidowx" data-source="post: 85462" data-attributes="member: 8297">I have a Chilean rose hair, and she's molted twice while I've had her. I'm assuming her last molt was a little difficult for her because she sealed herself inside her hide for 3-4 weeks. Now, I enjoy handling my tarantulas(I know it's not necessary and sometimes not even recommended) and I was excited to handle her because this last molt increased her size and colors by quite a lot. However, she won't allow it anymore. When I first got her(after she had acclimated to her new environment of course) handling her was a piece of cake, she would sometimes even crawl up in your hand without you having to direct her. But now, she throws her defense pose at everything. I want to work with her and get her tolerant of handling again but I'm super scared to get bit.(I know, Rosie's' venom isn't very potent, but a bite affects you like a bee sting and I'm deathly allergic to bees and would rather not see how my body reacts to it.) I tried lightly touching her butt with a straw and she threw her defense pose. I gave her a few minutes to calm down an tried again and she pounced on the straw and attacked it. Keep in mind when I first got her, tapping her butt would only result in her walking forward a couple steps, and from the time I got her up until the last molt she had never thrown a defense pose at me. I read somewhere that Rosies can have mood swings, but this is a little prolonged. Any information helps, I just wanna know what's going on.Thank you!</blockquote>

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