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12-06-2008, 04:42 PM
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I hold my G. Rosea and A. Versicolor slings when I move around their enclosures or just clean it out. They don't seem to mind, just crawl around my hand.
I have also held my brothers 3" B. albopilosum which was fine, mind you we have had it since it was very small and as such it was a known quantity. Never tried it with his B. Vagans that we bought at 3" just incase, because we don't know its temperament and it seems skittish. So, just see what they are like being handled when they are small and take it from there. None of the spiders that I have held have seemed aggressive when being held, just jumpy. 
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12-06-2008, 05:13 PM
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I get where your coming from Vicky. I don't hold mine although I'd like to, I'm just too scared!!
My chile is very docile. I have my hand in changing water etc and she doesnt move but still never plucked up courage to pick her up. Never handled my sling as it's a fast little bugger. Wouldn't dream of handling my salmon pink. I only have to move tank and she starts flicking - she's pure evil!!!
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12-06-2008, 06:35 PM
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I have handled a spider and tbh..once you've held one, you've held them all. Whether it be a B.smithi or a pokie! They all feel the same. I don't hold my spiders though, unless they escape during housing/spraying etc and do a runner up my arm lol
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12-06-2008, 06:53 PM
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Handling spiders is always a controversial subject. Some do, some dont. My opinion is that the spider doesn't ever really get used to being handled, its just some tolerate it more then others.
Some would say there is no benefit to the spider if you do, so why bother? But, they are fascinating creatures and we want to interact with our little critters! So I dont think its such a bad thing, there may be no benefit to the spider, but if done properly, there is no harm either. I like to handle mine every now and then. Confidence is the main thing here. Just place your hand flat on the substrate and gently coax the spider on. If you handle them, make sure you are close to the floor or on the bed or something (just incase!!)
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12-06-2008, 07:05 PM
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12-06-2008, 07:12 PM
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I've held the more docile ones, like Smithi, Vagans, Albipolosum and most slings when they run up my arm etc. Wouldn't touch my baboons or pokie's tho. Never been bitten in 3 years so don't know how it feels, some peeps say its like a bee sting in wich case I'd be ok as I've been stung by bee's and swaps and never reacted to the venom.
Been bitten by the hamster, bloody hurts that does lol. 
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12-06-2008, 07:24 PM
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A friend of mine has been bitten by a b. klassi in her eye! And a Nhandu vulpinus ran up her arm and bit her like a staple gun! Neither were very nice.... Don't think she can see out of her eye now either.
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12-06-2008, 07:33 PM
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well, you gotta be pretty silly to let it on your face....(iZAN
  , well face is more silly than your skull, it would only scrape your skull, lol)Its a risk you take, though i spose she wasnt expecting it..im sure she would have flinched or something to induce a bite, they dont bit efor no reason. poor woman! Having a spider on your eye is about as tempting as putting one in your pants!, soft squidgy skin, with soft squidgy ball behind, lol Iv yet to be bitten and iv held mostly all my tarantuals on different occasions, including 18cm L violicepes, 20+ T blondi, 10cm P fasciata, 6cm Macrothele sp. 5cm OBT, 12cm S calceata plus loads more NB - Macrothele sp. is a Trapdoor spider... theyr bloody mean buggers but predictalbe somewhat, just like most Ornithoctoniinae
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