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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arachnoclown" data-source="post: 128920" data-attributes="member: 27444"><p>I've always wondered about wearing gloves. Is it worth the damage it may or may not cause the Tarantula? I had a long discussion on the other forum with a guy that wore protective gloves to handle his Ts. If I remember correctly they wear police issue Kevlar style. He took a couple hits from his OBT and his king baboon. The OBT was fine but the baboon still penetrated through but not that bad. After the next molt cycle the OBT was missing it's fangs. Could it have damaged them from the gloves??? Could it have been from tong feeding??? He doesn't know. Personally I'd rather just take a bite than introduce something that my harm my T just for my pleasure. I don't handle for other reasons...hairs. After being in the hobby for many years I brake out bad. I use to handle when I was a teenager with no problems. There's a few species I would love to hold don't get me wrong. For me slings are the only thing I handle...the hairs don't bother me yet and OW slings never bite.</p></blockquote><p></p>