"Handleable" Tarantulas?

[Monty]

but he is the size of a dinner plate and he did eat 3 times a day trust me i owned him i raised him and i know him

[Monty]

amending the last 2 posts

i dont know where he is now since i gave him up for adoption and i dont know exactly where he is right now or if hes dead

[Shadowspider]

LOL
Well, aside from the information being incorrect, the picture is decent.

The Goliath Bird Eating Spider feeds on frogs, small snakes, beetles, lizards, and even bats. Occasionally, these spiders will take young birds from the nest giving them their name "bird eater". The goliath sneaks up on its prey and pounces on it injecting it with poison from its venomous fangs.

Wrong! Or, rather should I say, misleading. While Theraphosa blondi *can* eat the prey types listed, they are *not* the spider's typical diet. Also, birds live in nests in the *trees* and blondi are *terrestrial*...and...they are *not* good climbers, thus, they do *not* "take young birds from the nest"...unless of course it is some ground dwelling bird. Neither do they "sneak up on its prey" they are ambush predators who lay in wait for prey to come to *them*.

The goliath is a very aggressive spider

Actually, with the rare exception, no, they are not "very aggressive". They are rather quite calm, all things considered. However, if they are in a stressful environment or are being bothered a lot then, yes, they will show more aggression.
My blondi is actually quite calm as far as blondi go. I can do whatever I want in her tank and she just saunters off to the other end...if she even bothers to move at all.

injecting it with poison

Don't even get me started on the poison vs. venom thing.

[recycling goddess]

On the *other* hand....I also take the stand that *every* keeper who intends to keep tarantulas for any length of time *should* know the proper and safest ways to pick up and hold *any* tarantula. Why? Because, if you are in this hobby long enough, the occasion WILL arise where handling a tarantula will make its self necessary.
For example, if you have an adult H. lividum or Poeclithera sp. that has a severe case of mites or a bit of mold on it....how are you going to get it off so it doesn't end up killing the spider? You *need* to know the methods of handling, securing and working with tarantulas, no matter what species they are, docile or not.

now don't you get started with me on this one denise i will NOT hold them. as you already know it's my hubby who has all the courage when it comes to handling our Ts.

So girl... how many do you and Duke have now?

[recycling goddess]

monty, i tend to agree with denise on this one... i don't have any Ts who would eat daily, much less three times a day.

kinda like feeding your snakes three meals a day...

[Rapture]

Wasn't that photo of a Rosehair?

[Smulkin]

Wasn't that photo of a Rosehair?

It was indeed - nice catch!!

You can google image search for some big blondi pics



http://images.google.com/images?q=%2...sa%20blondi%22

[Shadowspider]

now don't you get started with me on this one denise i will NOT hold them. as you already know it's my hubby who has all the courage when it comes to handling our Ts.

So girl... how many do you and Duke have now?

LOL that's ok, as long as one of you is insane...it works!

So girl... how many do you and Duke have now?

At last count 102 I think.

Wasn't that photo of a Rosehair?

good eye. Dontcha just loooove Google's accuracy. Blondi aren't that "fuzzy" or that pink and they "don't" have a mirror patch. :lol:
This is what a blondi looks like one week post molt. Sorry the pic is so lousy.

[recycling goddess]

At last count 102 I think.

well i have 012 approx. does that count!

[Shadowspider]

well i have 012 approx. does that count!

Absolutely!
I wish you didn't live in Canada....I'd send you some of my extras.
Actually, come to think of it, that P. metallica of yours counts as 3 just in its self.