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<blockquote data-quote="scrible" data-source="post: 38489" data-attributes="member: 3496"><p>I only handle my P. scrofa if he will walk into my hand on his own. I will then hold him low over his enclosure so if he falls its only a few inch drop into the relatively soft substrate. I then let him walk from one hand to the next a few times and then lay my hand back into the enclosure and let him walk off. That's the extent of it. If he wasn't usually calm I wouldn't handle him at all as I am very much on the fence, but I like having a little bit of interaction with him on a rare occasion. Also, like others said they can be very unpredictable. I swear that mine is bipolar. Most days he is calm and friendly but every now and then my P. scrofa shows a threat pose and runs around his cage like a mad spider if I lower my hand or a paintbrush down into it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scrible, post: 38489, member: 3496"] I only handle my P. scrofa if he will walk into my hand on his own. I will then hold him low over his enclosure so if he falls its only a few inch drop into the relatively soft substrate. I then let him walk from one hand to the next a few times and then lay my hand back into the enclosure and let him walk off. That's the extent of it. If he wasn't usually calm I wouldn't handle him at all as I am very much on the fence, but I like having a little bit of interaction with him on a rare occasion. Also, like others said they can be very unpredictable. I swear that mine is bipolar. Most days he is calm and friendly but every now and then my P. scrofa shows a threat pose and runs around his cage like a mad spider if I lower my hand or a paintbrush down into it. [/QUOTE]
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