New Slings Help

[PamCz]

I over estimated its size when I made its enclosure and made too big of air holes its completely my fault my L.P. is the same size as it but had less hairs on it so I knew it was small enough to get through but the h.gigas looked thicker so I thought it was safe but I was wrong now it could be crawling in my room and its kinda scary I got into T's because I wanted to face my fears of spiders for my sons sake who is terrified of just about all bugs

Well, I can't say it wouldn't freak me out a little to have an H. gigas running around. However, it won't be for long... That species needs serious humidity. It's a swamp dweller. And also, being a sling, it'll dessicate even faster. Sorry you lost it, but you'll be fine. You'll probably never find it.

No fears! And don't tell your son it's out! (Or your wife! lol!)

 

[AndrewBush89]

Lol I don't plan on telling anyone in the household they would freak out big time.

 

[Chubbs]

I understand you don't want a panic, but I feel other people living in the same household as you deserve to know when you've got a species with medically significant venom loose.

 

[PamCz]

@Chubbs .....you have a point there.

I assume @AndrewBush89 will take appropriate measures to protect his family, despite the chaos it'll cause. I would, admittedly, tell my husband if a T got loose. Red-faced, yes, but I'd feel compelled to do it. I have cats and a dog, too, so not medically significant, but deadly to them.

The good news, @AndrewBush89, is that H. gigas really does need a great deal of moisture and warmth. If it's a sling, it'll likely die w/in a couple weeks at the outside, I think. Especially if it molts, which slings do a lot.

 

[AndrewBush89]

Everyone was notified told them if they see small fuzzy spider to either kill it or catch it in a cup but I don't think we will have to worry about it to much it was super small and I'm sure it found a nice dark space in my room I've got a small closet right next to where the enclosure sat.

 

[Chubbs]

Everyone was notified told them if they see small fuzzy spider to either kill it or catch it in a cup but I don't think we will have to worry about it to much it was super small and I'm sure it found a nice dark space in my room I've got a small closet right next to where the enclosure sat.

Why would you tell them to kill it??

 

[AndrewBush89]

My son is only 5 and the other person I live with will kill it even if i asked them to catch it my son knows better than to mess with them but I would rather them kill it than get bit trying to catch it for my mistake and on top of that where I live we have true spiders that look very similar to to this sling and about the same size just trying to keep my family safe. If I see it though you better believe I'm going to catch it but the odds are against me.

 

[AndrewBush89]

Oh and my baby g.roses is eating as well after it molted.

 

[Chubbs]

I understand your concern for your child's safety. Its just a shame that the spider has to pay with its life for something that really wasn't its fault.

 

[PamCz]

I understand your concern for your child's safety. Its just a shame that the spider has to pay with its life for something that really wasn't its fault.

Mistakes happen, especially with noobs...& no one is perfect. I'm sure he already feels bad/upset about it... Live & learn.

 

[Down with OBT]

ahh the one that got away.

I had one escapee one time ever, and it was my own naivety. I had a homemade lid on an aquarium, but it didn't seal fully and you couldn't tell just by looking at it. Long story short what got out was an adult female H. lividum needless to say heres what I was told.
"You don't get to sleep until you find it"

recovered her in 2 hrs

 

[AndrewBush89]

Holy cow obts are fast little suckers. No it did not get away just gave me a freaking stroke it was out of its enclosure before I could react and running up my arm in a blink of a eye. Only took me 3 trys to get the dang little thing back in with a lid on.

 

[Down with OBT]

Holy cow obts are fast little suckers. No it did not get away just gave me a freaking stroke it was out of its enclosure before I could react and running up my arm in a blink of a eye. Only took me 3 trys to get the dang little thing back in with a lid on.

that'll just about cover OBT's for newbies.
#topgun

 

[Chubbs]

Holy cow obts are fast little suckers. No it did not get away just gave me a freaking stroke it was out of its enclosure before I could react and running up my arm in a blink of a eye. Only took me 3 trys to get the dang little thing back in with a lid on.

Wait til it's an adult...
How are you going to deal with this when you have to rehouse it?

 

[Ghost]

Holy cow obts are fast little suckers. No it did not get away just gave me a freaking stroke it was out of its enclosure before I could react and running up my arm in a blink of a eye. Only took me 3 trys to get the dang little thing back in with a lid on.

That's some going in the space of a week you've had a H.gigas escape and a OBT run up your arm,This only goes to prove that OWs really aren't suited to newbies and you should get experience with some of the more docile T's before going anywhere near OWs.....

 

[AndrewBush89]

It would not have happened if did not get startled by the cricket I put in its enclosure. I was trying to put the lid on when it got out. And I was in a area where it was not going to escape my field of vision and I had all the things I needed to make sure I could recatch my sling. Yes I'm a newbie to T's the only reason it surprised me was because it ran up my arm was not being aggressive what's so ever. The H. Gigas I take full responsibility for losing since I was the one who made the air holes to large. And I do feel bad about making the mistake. My obt post was more of a new expierince of learning for me than anything

 

[Chubbs]

It would not have happened if did not get startled by the cricket I put in its enclosure. I was trying to put the lid on when it got out. And I was in a area where it was not going to escape my field of vision and I had all the things I needed to make sure I could recatch my sling. Yes I'm a newbie to T's the only reason it surprised me was because it ran up my arm was not being aggressive what's so ever. The H. Gigas I take full responsibility for losing since I was the one who made the air holes to large. And I do feel bad about making the mistake. My obt post was more of a new expierince of learning for me than anything

They don't develop their defensive behavior until they hit about 2 or 3 inches.

 

[AndrewBush89]

Good to know thank you for the info Chubb's.

 

[Ghost]

They don't develop their defensive behavior until they hit about 2 or 3 inches.

Lol tell that to all the keepers that have been tagged by their 1/4"and 1/2" OBT slings.....

 

[Chubbs]

Lol tell that to all the keepers that have been tagged by their 1/4"and 1/2" OBT slings.....

Well it's true. They typically don't develop it until that size.