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Were you wearing full length arm gloves? You didn't have a reaction to those instead of the spider did you? I know some people have sensitivies to types of rubber and latex.
I wasn't sure how the community viewed keeping wild caught T's. I tend to feel as long as they are doing well in captivity, it's ok. For example the wild one that I caught that wouldn't eat for me, I let that one go. This little one would of likely been a meal for a passing bird or my dogs if I...
So I had a T a few years ago. Wild caught. I kept it for a month, but it didn't want to eat in captivity so I set it free. I didn't know a ton about how to keep them, but I don't think my setup was too bad.
Now last week I caught a second one, and I'm trying again. The T's around my house are...