Photo Uploaded: Aug 31 2007 13:39:01 GMT Taken: 2007:08:31 13:33:46 Manufacturer: Sony Camera: DSC P150 Aperture: F2.8 Shutter: 10/800 sec ISO: 200 Flash: No (Auto)
When cleaning out your old Tarantula cages it is rather important to remember which species you had housed in there last.
Should you forget and just dive in bare handed your exposed flesh can end up like this :(
I'm off for a hydro-cortisone bath and a Piriton lunch...
That will learn ya good job it was only one arm you should take up horse rideing much safer Ps on the carpet to day told can be shouted and sworn at reguardless if i bite back im sacked See him in Hell first work sucks ;-];-];-]
If only, It's both arms, and a neck mate. My thumbs are swollen so the skin is rock hard. It itches like you wouldn't believe!
That sounds like good grounds for a constructive/unfair dismissal case.
Are you saying that certain tarantulas excrete a kind of potent allergen or toxin that they leave behind after they are removed? It looks like allergic dermatitis.
All tarantulas from the Americas have urticating hairs which they can throw at anything that threatens them. They use their hind legs to brush them off their abdomen and hurl them in your direction. They do exactly what you see above.They also tend to line their nests with them. There are a few different kinds of hair, each for different situations, each irritating in a different way. The very worst belongs to members of the Theraphosa genus from Venezuela, one of whom previously occupied this tank. I just lifted out the old substrate and decorations with my hand, watered it back down and put it all back in forgetting what would happen. This is how it looked 12 hours later.
I get a slight rash from locusts and crickets etc. but it usually goes in few minutes. This has lasted for weeks now and my hands are still swollen. I think it's time to say goodbye to my little friends :(
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