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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AngelOtter" data-source="post: 4897" data-attributes="member: 408"><p>I only handle my B. smithi Ares, I've had him from a sling, and we have a kind of understanding. He runs into his half log when he really doesn't want to be bothered, if he wants to explore he'll climb on my hand himself, I never pick him up. He's also a very mellow spider, he's kicked hairs at the tongs a few times but that's it.  I don't handle my P. striata at all, and I'm more on the side of not handling Ts. It's stressful for them and risky for both parties. I can't say I would handle any others I get in the future. I take the same stand with my scorpion, she's a doll, and I can pick her up if I have to, like moving her to a new enclosure, but it's better to just let them be.</p></blockquote><p></p>