Must have been grumpy lol
No sore joints??? Will be interesting to see if that's it for symptoms or if they will change and how long for.

 

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not at the moment ill keep every body updated first time ive been bitten in my 11yrs of keeping them

 

How long ago did you get tagged?

 

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half an hour ago mate

 

You're going to die.

 

Such harsh words. :lol2:

 

LOL.
Have you made a will?

 

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no ill be fine am not allergic to wasp stinks or anything i now knw a spider you thought was nice can just turn on u like that the joys of keeping em

 

I will have your p.metallica when you DIE. (i dont like arboreals, but will be sold for balfouri)

 

Sorry i had to giggle. Hope you dont get too ill.

 

I'd quickly amputate the bitten limb before it's to late.

Can you film it and put it on youtube? Link me up after.

 

just reporting the symptoms of my bite i was just refilling all my water dishes when my female choco golden kness all of a sudden lacthed on to my finger for no reason there was a little bit off blood but the fangs dint go into my finger that deep only affects i am feeling is slight head ache and a bit dizzyness but nothing more at the moment

Nice one for posting ya bite report, hope your feeling ok today, looking at your collection your lucky really it was golden knee and not an old world hey

I see the usual noobs come back with stupid replys still trying to raise there post count it seems!!

Dred

 

Sorry if this is a silly noob question but have any bites from this species been documented before?

 

I'm sure I've read one or two bite reports from these in the past from WC adults. Nothing nasty though, mainly just soreness.

 

The Bite Reports on Arachnoboards is always fun to read....

 

There was also one on here, not sure where it went. I probably should have linked it into the FAQ.

 

I got tagged about 3 yrs ago by a mates royal , my fault as i was moving my other hand around to show him something , BANG a thumb full of royal . Anyway i had a little blood ( lucky it was not a full on tag ) and some pain . About 2 days later i had a bruse that covered most of the thumb . Lesson was dont wave yer arms about when you have something with teeth close by :lol2: . Hope your ok mate and have given your pet a firm talking to :lol2:

 

update

just a quick update guys am feeling fine today nothing major happend in the end just felt a bit dizzy and my hand stung but all good today glad it was her and not an old world

 

you're just lucky it wasn't your H. mac :lol2:

 

sounds nicer than a G.rosea, but nothing to the affects of an OBT, dam they hurt XD

 

I had a dream I got bitten by an OBT last night, it was so random. :blush:

 

i see no mention on how the bite was cleaned up or that it should have been?

the biggest issue (and the one with more long term effects) is that of septicemia, if all people who had been bitten by Ts cleaned them up with Iodine, Peroxide or PP more than half those people wouldnt suffer any symptoms at all

Symptoms:

High fever
Chills
Shivering
Flushing
Sweating
Pains
Aches
Abdominal pain
Vomiting
Hypotension
Increased heart rate
Decreased blood pressure
Increased respiratory rate
Increased temperature
Organ dysfunction
Change in mental state
Haemorrhages into skin

(recognise these? all these have been reported as bite symptoms, and 75% of the time its not due to the venom, its down to infection....Ts dont brush their fangs you know )

oh....and of course this can progress into Septic Shock and death


so, anyone who gets bitten (or stung) by Inverts should clean it properly

thought maybe the Mod may have pointed that one out ! :2thumb:

 

75% of the time its not due to the venom, its down to infection

Do you have any evidence of this?

 

Infection doesn't "just happen" though, a cellulitis infection from a dirty bite would probably take hours or even a couple of days to develop, whereas systemic reactions from venom would start more rapidly. So chances are you could tell the difference from the rapidity of the onset of symptoms. Same as being bitten by a dog or cat. Their mouths are full of bacteria and cat bites especially often get infected.

My husband was bitten by a mosquito in Cyprus years ago, he scratched the bite which allowed bacteria to get into the wound. His leg swelled, he was really ill and needed antibiotics. But that was a few days after he'd actually been bitten. The bacteria needed time to multiply in the body before he developed symptoms.

Also I question the efficacy of cleaning a deep puncture wound like a tarantula bite with peroxide or TCP. It's likely that the bite wounds are too deep for surface antiseptics to penetrate. If the spider's fangs are dirty, the dirt will have been left under the top layer of skin, surely?

I'm not a medic BTW, I'm just thinking out loud here.

 

Also if 3/4 of the time or so systemic effects were primarily pathogen related then that would imply certain subfamilies have more "dirty" mouthparts then others with regard to the numbers and types of microorganisms found there, possible maybe not something proven I would have thought.

 

well our Ts are not sterilised and we dont 'mix' species and also keep them in perfect conditions for bacterial culture
so, yes, in essence we would keep each bacteria from differing countries and regions in culture. and each would have differing effects upon us

 

i did have a culture done and come back +ve
also, so did Graeme Wright, that i know for sure