Well I've gone and done it now....

OBTs are the only T my girlfriend is not ok with me keeping :)

They are incredibly cheap because they are such prolific breeders and very hardy. on a spider forum one member had an entire eggsac escape after hatching from a poorly secured incubator. I would hate to put on shoes in that house.

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Cool to hear! Yeah OBTs (also aka orange bitey things p.murinus) are generally not too much pricewise then again they don't have the most accomodating personalities ;) Very good eaters though.

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Yeah Wes, I'm still waiting to hear the update from that guy on the spider forum, I'm wondering if he's looking for new housing at this point.

GAD-FARKING-ZOOKS!

That's something I wouldn't want any part of . . well the escaping that is. I picked up an OBT recently - but so far he seems a pretty mellow lil fella and hasn't even graced me with threat postures. The extra from Aliens (h.longipedum) has burrowed thank god! Now I can clean - that thing is hell posessed!

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wait until your first molt, they are cool to study.

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Oh.. when my rose hair first molted, I took it out and set it on the floor while I cleaned his tank. I kept seeing the molt out of the corner of my eye, and it was making me jump it looked so real! lol

Are rose hairs considered to have urticulating hairs? I never noticed anything when I let him walk on me.

Yeah, rose hairs are a new world species, so they have the hairs.

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Yeah, rose hairs are a new world species, so they have the hairs.

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Hmm.. is it possible to not be affected by them? Or do they have to flick them at you first? He's never done that.. that I know of.

Some people have no reaction. I am one of those people who do, unforunately. My PZB (pink zebra beauty) was laying down webing with hairs to it, and I reacted it to when she walked across my hand the first time.

So I wear medical exam quality gloves whenever I do anything with one of my T's, feeding, watering, etc. I prefer not to itch. You can also react differently (better or worse) to various species, but I'm not going to risk it.

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Yeah, rose hairs are a new world species, so they have the hairs.

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Hmm.. is it possible to not be affected by them? Or do they have to flick them at you first? He's never done that.. that I know of.

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I have gotten them in my fingers from picking up some of my Brachypelma Ts just from me touching them and pressing them into my skin.

Some people are more prone to problems with them and some parts of your body may react differentlly like the softer skin on the inside of your arm.

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the softer skin on the inside of your arm.

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AMEN there, bro - that inside forearm action just lights UP whereas anywhere else it doesn't seem to be quite as bad.

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the softer skin on the inside of your arm.

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AMEN there, bro - that inside forearm action just lights UP whereas anywhere else it doesn't seem to be quite as bad.

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Hmm.. I've felt very slight itchiness from my rose hair walking on the inside of my arm, but nothing bothersome.

We just got some stripe knee T's (don't know their proper name) at the store where I work. They're kinda jumpy, but this older lady (!) wanted to handle one. I asked one of the managers and he took it out. That thing shot up his arm and ran around to his back! lol I had to get it off.. fast bugger. Cute though.