A newbie guide to Poecilotheria

[LimaMikeSquared]

Originally Posted by Lucifus

Very great! Question though about people not being allergic to the venom, what about the case of the guy being put into a coma for a week? Was this allergy related or other?

Very nice guide though and well researched.

It is a lovely piece of work hun. Give me a shout if you want more poec specie pics of your striata or the pederseni.

I think although it is meant to be non allergenic people are still going to react to it differently and to different severities, some to the point of an equivalent allergic reaction, depending on how it reacts in the body. Body size as well I think would contribute, just as the amount of venom and toxcins the spider puts into the bite.

I personally don't cross out the chances allergic reactions - I know people who have allergic to reactions to non allergic things.

Julie x

[Danhalen]

Originally Posted by Lucifus

Question though about people not being allergic to the venom

Pokie venom is peptide based rather than full protein based. So although a reaction may occur, Anaphylaxis is incredibly unlikely.

Originally Posted by LimaMikeSquared

I know people who have allergic to reactions to non allergic things.

I think it's the proteins their body creates, due to the presence of a foreign body in their system, that they are actually having an allergic reaction to.

[Layla]

Great post, any good forum would make it a sticky
All this information shouldnt go to waste in the depths of the rest of the posts.

[joeyboy]

yep... I wonder which amazing person will flex their forum powers and sticky this....is there someone out there who can save this thread and earn even more praise and respect...?

[C_Strike]

nice thread dan youv obviously done your poke research

[Steve 88]

dan the pokie king, worth a sticky i think

[Danhalen]

Thanks for the kind words guys. There's a few things I'd like to expand upon in the thread, and 2 photo's should have been direct links, so maybe a mod could get ahold of me and let me know how to edit posts past their edit deadline?

[tokay]

Awesome work matey! , im currently deciding on getting into aboreals , having only kept terrestials T's
Question : would a 20" x 12 hex tank be suitable for an adult regalis? or too small?

also to the MODS .......

[snickers]

Still gonna try with a P. cambridgei first, but a P. regalis is going on my wanted list . Thanks for a fantastic article. The thread has to be stickied

[Incubuss]

Sticky.