When it comes to pet tarantulas, I say to each their own. But wear eye protection, experts warn.
A Chilean Rose tarantula in the UK was naughty, but the owner didn’t quite know it. According to BBC, the pet tarantula rubbed its hind legs against its abdomen to dislodge urticating hairs, which can cause stinging pain. What’s amazing here is that the tarantula’s owner didn’t connect his eye issues with the spray of spider hair directed at his eye when he was cleaning the terrarium.
Three weeks after the hairy attack, when doctors told him they could see tiny hairs sticking out of his severely inflamed eye, the man remembered the tarantula-spraying incident.
The hairs were identified with a high magnification lens, and BBC reported that the tarantula’s owner will be treated with steroids on a long-term basis. Doctors were unable to remove the tiny hairs.
If this doesn’t motivate tarantula owners to wear eye protection, I’m not sure what will.
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