How much more defensive is p irminia compared to p gigas?

[Seekeroftruth]

Just as the title says. Trying to decide if I should get a p irminia.

 

[m0lsx]

We don't have H gigas, but we do have a P irminia & it is fairly chilled. I don't ever remember it even ever going into a threat posture.

The thing to remember is that a threat posture is simply a T being defensive & saying I am unhappy. It is not a T being aggressive. I have a T that is aggressive & although it does get defensive at times. It is as likely to go from calm & relaxed to the top of tweezers or a paint brush in an attack, than it is. to get defensive & warn me that it is unhappy.

 

[Rs50matt]

We have p Gigas and about 6 p irimina and they are all fine. The Gigas is more skittish, the irimina are very good feeders. I’d get one honestly. A lot of species come with horror stories but they’re generally undeserved

 

[Oursapoil]

Both of mine have been fairly chill as long as you leave them in peace (definitely not the kind of T you would like to handle). The only time I really saw one mad as hell was one of my P. Irminia when I retrieved an egg sac, she was really pissed (not blaming her in any way).

 

[octanejunkie]

I have both, and my experience with them is on par with each other, and other non-avid arboreals - they would rather flee than fight