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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MassExodus" data-source="post: 54564" data-attributes="member: 4086"><p>That wouldn't surprise me. I'll be looking into them soon and comparing your pics, just because you have me curious about Aussie tarantulas now. To be honest I read several medical reports about your native species venom effect on household pets like dogs, and it shocked me because they have a 100% mortality rate on reported cases of envenomation, even in large breeds of dogs. that's insane...only in Oz...lmao, you guys have some decidedly dangerous animals, across the board, not just spiders...anyway, I have three dogs, so I immediately wrote off getting an Aussie whistling spider, because of those reports. Later I went further and started looking into it more, and it turns out it may be a very bad thing for even some of my new world tarantulas to bite one of my dogs. This gave me pause, and I considered leaving the hobby and selling my tarantulas off. I couldn't do that, in the end. I'm just very careful about my dogs being present when dealing with an open tarantula enclosure. Old worlds are all transferred in the bathtub, where I have maximum control. I dream of a white room set aside for such things... I've never had an escape, except once, an A avic, and I caught her immediately. I just hope if it ever happens, the dog kills the spider or alerts me to it, which is what is most likely to happen. Jesus I go off on tangents..anyways good luck man, and don't ever stop researching your questions, it's more important than anything but hands on experience in this hobby.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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