Picture of G.Rosea bite

[Oli Dodds]

Tagged by my rosie hohohohohooh OUCHIE WOWCHIE
(Back of leg)
Oli

[Nicola Dolby]

How on earth did you manage to upset a G. rosea!!!!

[Colin D Wilson]

Hi Oli

Don't forget to keep notes of symptoms, dates and effects from the bite.

You can send it in as a bite report, possibly for a future journal entry, although any data can be useful.

Colin

[Phil Rea]

How on earth did you manage to upset a G. rosea!!!!

..and furthermore, how the heck did you manage to get tagged on the back of your leg?

I'd be interested to see a bite report too.

[Clinton Hogben]

Tagged by my rosie hohohohohooh OUCHIE WOWCHIE
(Back of leg)
Oli

Hi Oli
Ouch what happened did you sit on it by mistake??
It takes a lot to "P" off a rosie

Clint

[Oli Dodds]

Hi Oli
Ouch what happened did you sit on it by mistake??
It takes a lot to "P" off a rosie

Clint

Playing with her outside the tank, but i forgot how grumpy she has become since her last moult
Oli

[Chris Sainsbury]

Playing with her outside the tank, but i forgot how grumpy she has become since her last moult
Oli

Hi
I am quite sure you and many others are going to hate me for this post but me being me I can live with it yet again.
Now I am really sorry but I do not see the point of this thread except to say that this is what happens when you play with things that are not play things.

If it is a symphy vote you are looking for then then I am sure you know the expression about the worlds smallist violin playing just for you, because thats all you get from me at any rate.

At the end of the day everyone who is bite from their pet tarantula it is a result of their own stupidity and can be avoided. They can and do, do extreamly well with a hands off method of keeping, and the fact that you got bitten by what is so often claimed to be a most docile of species just goes to show how unpredictable these animals are. To date I know of only one bite that was not the fault of the unfortunte victim and even that one could have been avoided by the owner of the spider.

Playing with it!!! Everytime I read such a thing I am almost stunned with the stupidity by such actions. Do you think they are like cats and dogs?

I fear if I was to go on with this post Mr Pennell would have me hung drawn and quarterd, but I think you can get the jist of where it would go!

Right let us now see a GOOD bite report so it is not an entire waste of web space.

All the best
Chris

[Eduard Johan Hijmensen]

what is the BTS policy again regarding handling spiders?

[Colin D Wilson]

To all that will feel the need to reply to Chris's personal views and comments, PLEASE keep the replies constructive.

Everyone has different views on this topic, which hopefully can be shared (not argued) in this thread.

Ta muchly.

Eddies remark, and to reitterate rule 10.
"Photographs and gallery images; please refrain from posting images of handling this only encourages such activities and there a lot of younger patrons on this forum that may influenced by such images and may attempt handling unnecessarily and as a result injure the tarantula or themselves"

[Phil Rea]

I am quite sure you and many others are going to hate me for this post but me being me I can live with it yet again.
Now I am really sorry but I do not see the point of this thread except to say that this is what happens when you play with things that are not play things.

How could anyone ever possibly hate you, Chris?

what is the BTS policy again regarding handling spiders?

Very much against it Eddy

[jason holland]

"Photographs and gallery images; please refrain from posting images of handling this only encourages such activities and there a lot of younger patrons on this forum that may influenced by such images and may attempt handling unnecessarily and as a result injure the tarantula or themselves"

this maybe the rule on here, but does this pic really encourage handlings T's??

[Phil Rea]

"Photographs and gallery images; please refrain from posting images of handling this only encourages such activities and there a lot of younger patrons on this forum that may influenced by such images and may attempt handling unnecessarily and as a result injure the tarantula or themselves"

this maybe the rule on here, but does this pic really encourage handlings T's??

That was a comment from Colin directly regarding Eddy's post. It was not a statement that the picture encouraged handling

[Colin D Wilson]

Yup Jason, i was just quoting rule 10 of the rules and regs from the forum for everyone to reitterate Eddies statement.

If anything though, the picture should discourage handling, just shows the unpredictability of even a docile species - accidents can and will happen.

I actually admire Oli for posting this and i'm sure he didn't actually mean it to come across as a "Look at me" thread (even though the guy's a barrel of laughs and has the weirdest sense of humour i've seen in a long time ) and i'm also sure that he expected some stick from us about it too.

[Peter Lacey]

I'm aware of the BTS policy on handling tarantula and fully understand why that policy is taken. However, reading from Stan Schultz "the tarantula keeper's guide" he promotes handling of the more docile species. He provides the reasoning as becoming comfortable with handling for those times when it becomes necessary eg. "during cage cleaning, retrieval after an escape, and other emergencies." I wondered therefore if the BTS felt there was some justification in handling?

For the record I haven't handled any of my Ts, I prefer to see them within their enclosures.

[Phil Rea]

Well whilst G. rosea is known to be one of the more 'docile' species, this thread serves to illustrate the fact that tarantulas are unpredictable. A spider can appear calm one minute, and can bite you the next without warning or (apparent to us) reason.

The BTS no handling policy is in place to safeguard both the owner and the spider. If someone decides to deliberately handle their spider, then that is entirely up to them, as are any consequences of their actions.