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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CritterKeeper79" data-source="post: 208732" data-attributes="member: 35523">I don’t have years of experience like some keepers here. As someone who jumped straight into OW t’s. If you set them up correctly and pay attention to behavior, movements etcetera. I find OW tarantulas to be less random. I know my OBT is going straight to one of it’s borrow holes. H. mac is going for it’s burrow. P. irminia which isn’t an OW but has an unfounded reputation imo is going behind it’s cork bark.      All bites happen due to the keepers, not the tarantula. Using tongs to coax your spider out like a YouTuber will get you bit. Not paying attention to where the T is when doing maintenance, will get you bit. If you’re responsible and always on you toes and us precautions, I don’t see how you could get bit? I don’t attempt to tong feed, I drop prey on web or burrow doors. I’m mindful of where the T is. I grab water dishes with tongs, not my hand. I plan on never getting bit. I treat them all like Magneto in the plastic cell. However if I did get bit I’d know there’s zero chance of dying.  P.S. I know accidents can happen. I’m not trying to disrespect those who’ve got bitten. If you’ve got bitten though, I bet you took the time to establish why after or what mistake you made.   Also, have your sister watch Jacks World Of Wild Life videos where he intentionally let’s a brown recluse bite him. Then another where he let’s a southern black widow bite him. I bet she doesn’t realize they’re not as fearsome or deadly either. Now watching his video about black widow. You can tell he’s in pain but he doesn’t die. That’s the moral of the story. Will it hurt, yes.. Will you die? No.</blockquote>

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