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Message: <blockquote data-quote="m0lsx" data-source="post: 185855" data-attributes="member: 29323">I know I am late to this. But all T's are individuals. In the same way that all Pit Bulls are vicious & not all kittens are cute & cuddly. In general LP's are great first T's. The only downside being a need for a stock of hayfever tablets, antihistamines. As most LP's are very sharing with their urticating hair. That is deliberately irritating  hair that they use as a first line of defence. And a hayfever tablet, in my experience stops the irritation quickly.I have no idea what the venom of an LP is like, but I have always  supposed it to be very mild. However,  my 8 inch plus girl, would I imagine, give a very nasty bite, simply due to her size. I prefer not to handle my T's. But a few of my T's , my big LP girl, being one of them. Does not see my hand as an indication she should not go any further & she does thus  occasionally climb onto my hand. It is a  lovely experience, but one, which I do not encourage or really want.  If you do choose to handle, my advice would be do it centimetres above a table, not inches, as inches are bigger. As any fall could be dangerous to a T.</blockquote>