Quite concerned escaped OBT SLING

[JACEY]

1 inch. The information did not lie how fast they are.

I have 2 dogs and one cat.
How worried should I be about startling or stepping on it, provoking attack from sling? Again 1inch.

 

[JACEY]

Graveyard shift so I gotta go to sleep.
I'll check responses when I wake, if I can sleep. Thank you in advance.

 

[JACEY]

Graveyard shift so I gotta go to sleep.
I'll check responses when I wake, if I can sleep. Thank you in advance.

And please to move this in appropriate forum topic if need be. Thx

 

[octanejunkie]

Sometimes they turn up, sometimes they don't
They usually don't go too far, settling for a safe spot
Check underneath furniture
Don't worry about bites from a 1 in sling
Have catch cups and cardboard to cover the catch cup handy
Best of luck

 

[JACEY]

Sometimes they turn up, sometimes they don't
They usually don't go too far, settling for a safe spot
Check underneath furniture
Don't worry about bites from a 1 in sling
Have catch cups and cardboard to cover the catch cup handy
Best of luck

 

[JACEY]

Thank you for kind response. She (unconfirmed) is on the table she escaped on. She came up top. I spotted her. I carefully moved the table away from anything she can move to the next surface. I have my catch cup and am watching with flashlight. Dark inside, day sleeper. Wml

 

[octanejunkie]

They will duck and dodge from light. Just drop the catch cup on it.

 

[JACEY]

They will duck and dodge from light. Just drop the catch cup on it.

Gotit.

 

[JACEY]

She was grooming. It seems she does not like the dust under there. Maybe she'll get thirsty. I don't want to try put cup up to her being lightening itsy bitsy and make her bolt elsewhere.

I did use my camera and flash to take pic under everything. Smh lesson learned, omost outta the woods.

 

[JACEY]

Thank you

 

[octanejunkie]

Congrats. Now be more careful lol don't underestimate their speed or desire not to be disturbed.

FWIW, I use a much larger catch cup, usually, and if the T is in a crevice, I use a narrow mouth bottle or something and a paint brush to flush the spider to the bottle.

I seldomly have to hunt errant spiders, luckily.

 

[JACEY]

Congrats. Now be more careful lol don't underestimate their speed or desire not to be disturbed.

FWIW, I use a much larger catch cup, usually, and if the I is in a crevice, I use a narrow mouth bottle or something and a paint brush to flush the spider to the bottle.

I seldomly have to hunt errant spiders, luckily.

Gotit. Thank you. Just waiting for her to come up top to catch. Yes more careful. And not underestimate is speed.

 

[JACEY]

Mann what a lesson. In her new home setting up web already. The situation does make us see clutter n dust hiding lol Thanks for support/ experience/ help.

 

[prince charmless]

Glad you were able to retrieve your critter. My OBT was my first old world, and my experience rehousing it is the reason I now do all rehousings in the bathtub. OBT is in premolt right now, will need rehousing in another molt or two

 

[JACEY]

Oh good idea bath tub. Yes yes I can see it. Thank you. And my first old world too. 2 Curlys my firsts. Adult female avicularia avicularia, the teency OBT, and almost juvenile C.Darlingy. yayyyyyyy. Thanks for supportive words.

 

[octanejunkie]

The bathtub is great until you realize you're on your knees on a tile floor and working with little area to brace yourself, put tools down and not slide around yourself; or worse yet, fall into the tub with a pissed off spider, potentially smacking your head against the tile wall or the tub.

I rehouse all spiders with a catch cup, cardboard card, zip tie. I don't bother with paint brushes any more.

The spider can safely attack the zip tie, no metal on it, won't get it's claws tangled in bristles (ask me how I know) and can't run up a zip tie. Plus, you can pressure the spider safely with the zip tie to hold it in place if you need to. The zip tie is the tool I used to hold OBT mom at bay while I pulled her sac this week.

I put a bunch of holes in. 32oz deli cup with a soldering iron to poke the zip tie through. A long paint brush would need much larger holes, in fact the holes in that cup could be smaller. I have cups like that glued to cardboard covers that fit on top of all cages, like Exo Terra, for breeding and rehousing. Safe and easy.

I rehoused my gravid OBT Thing 2 like using those 3 tools in that exact spot last night in about 3 mins. Easy peasy.

 

[sori74]

Graveyard shift so I gotta go to sleep.
I'll check responses when I wake, if I can sleep. Thank you in advance.

They won't travel far. Happened to me, I found mine in the radiator underneath the cage. Just hiding. They will look for a space to hide, not too much light. A grown spider will walk a few feet (5-6). The much harder issue is to get them out of their spot. Good luck. Use a headlight for your search.

 

[JACEY]

❤ Being an OBT I was fearful to try catch her. Pushed through the fear into responsibility, she actually cooperated into the catch cup. both of us unharmed.

 

[sori74]

Congrats

 

[octanejunkie]

❤ Being an OBT I was fearful to try catch her. Pushed through the fear into responsibility, she actually cooperated into the catch cup. both of us unharmed.

A 1" (any species tarantula) poses no threat of bite to a grown-azz human, FWIW