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<blockquote data-quote="Whitelightning777" data-source="post: 153962" data-attributes="member: 26980"><p>Even if your T stirmi or T blondi was highly tolerant of handling, (They aren't!!) it would be a miserable experience for anyone who tried it.</p><p></p><p>The urticating hairs will start to irritate you almost as soon as you open the enclosure if you get to close... well before you are anywhere near the tarantula!!</p><p></p><p>The fangs are truly mammoth in size and if you do get tagged, it'll go straight to the bone.</p><p></p><p>In addition to that, they have a powerful feeding response and think everything is food....including you!! They are mainly a pouncy spider not so much a mean spider.</p><p></p><p>Basically, they behave much more like the typical OW species instead of a typical new world one.</p><p></p><p>Having said that, if you have a good setup & a great cage that has high visibility, decent ventilation & still holds in humidity, they are truly awesome.</p><p></p><p>They do everything in a big way!!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]38640[/ATTACH] </p><p></p><p></p><p>Here's my T stirmi. </p><p></p><p>These can get mislabeled as T blondi from time to time so you might want to research exactly what you have. The requirements for both are generally fairly similar with T stirmi reputed to be slightly more hardy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whitelightning777, post: 153962, member: 26980"] Even if your T stirmi or T blondi was highly tolerant of handling, (They aren't!!) it would be a miserable experience for anyone who tried it. The urticating hairs will start to irritate you almost as soon as you open the enclosure if you get to close... well before you are anywhere near the tarantula!! The fangs are truly mammoth in size and if you do get tagged, it'll go straight to the bone. In addition to that, they have a powerful feeding response and think everything is food....including you!! They are mainly a pouncy spider not so much a mean spider. Basically, they behave much more like the typical OW species instead of a typical new world one. Having said that, if you have a good setup & a great cage that has high visibility, decent ventilation & still holds in humidity, they are truly awesome. They do everything in a big way!! [ATTACH=full]38640[/ATTACH] Here's my T stirmi. These can get mislabeled as T blondi from time to time so you might want to research exactly what you have. The requirements for both are generally fairly similar with T stirmi reputed to be slightly more hardy. [/QUOTE]
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