People with pet tarantulas and the like..

[PickledMuffin]

Does your spider recognise you and lets you pick it up after a while? random question I know, but i’ve always wondered. I’d love to get a tarantula, but wouldn’t want it to be upset about me picking it up.

Ive had a tarantula in the past. No, they don’t recognise you, and they don’t care about you one iota. You can get them used to being handled, but no matter how familiar they are with handling, there is no guarantee that they won’t bite (or fire hairs at you, which can be worse) because something has scared them.

tarantulas are timid can die from fright
found a hurt a red and huge was able to fix him he livedin my hanged plants
ate the aphids and other tiny bugs'he would come down and hangout on the huge coffee tablein the middle .scared a couple folks.they shed like snake.red .left them in the plants.i liked him but he left out the one day. live a long time.now i have jumping spider onein the kitchen on in bath one helps me cook shows on my hand when cooking

They can fire hairs at you! I didn’t know that.

I like jumping spiders too.

I don't think Tarantulas like being pets. They're not really suited to it.

I have 17 and only one tarantula recognises me and climbs onto my hand.

Yes absolutely , you could itch for about 2 weeks and I wear gloves and a mask just to change water , you don't know it's happening and then all of a sudden intense itching of arms usually.

Why would you have a tarantula? What is the actual point?

Especially interesting when building intricate webbing and shedding their skin.Some are stunning and are always out on display.

@Poodlelove one actually recognises you! that’s amazing to hear 🤩

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My best friend in my late teens had a tarantula and i always had her when he went on holidays. She was super sweet and liked being picked up and she definitely recognised people. She always seemed sad when she first came to my place and was hiding a lot not moving around. I would take her out a lot and after a few days she would warm up to me and come out right away when i opened the terrarium.
She would sit on my desk and watch me do school work or explore my room and when i tapped her terrarium she would come out from under my bed or wherever she was and go back in.
Judging from the other replies this is not the norm though.. i dont know, i only ever met that one.

@LoveMySushi that’s so sweet! Do you know what kind she was? Wonder if it’s a breed thing?

I really dont know, sorry

www.peta.org/features/no-such-thing-as-a-pet-tarantula/#:~:text=Tarantulas%20Can%20Be%20Escape%20Artists&text=Big%20movements%20frighten%20tarantulas%20and,perceive%20human%20movements%20as%20threatening.