{"id":618044,"date":"2010-01-02T01:37:48","date_gmt":"2010-01-02T06:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/?p=137821"},"modified":"2010-01-02T01:37:48","modified_gmt":"2010-01-02T06:37:48","slug":"pet-tarantulas-can-harm-your-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/618044","title":{"rendered":"Pet Tarantulas Can Harm Your Eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to pet tarantulas, I say to each their own. But wear eye protection, experts warn.<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>Chilean Rose tarantula<\/strong> in the UK was naughty, but the owner didn&#8217;t quite know it. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/health\/8436004.stm\">BBC<\/a>, the pet tarantula rubbed its hind legs against its abdomen to dislodge urticating hairs, which can cause stinging pain. What&#8217;s amazing here is that the tarantula&#8217;s owner didn&#8217;t connect his eye issues with the spray of spider hair directed at his eye when he was cleaning the terrarium.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-137827\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images1.blisstree.com\/files\/2010\/01\/tarantula-hair.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"tarantula-hair\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The hairs were identified with a high magnification lens, and <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/health\/8436004.stm\">BBC<\/a> reported that the tarantula&#8217;s owner will be treated with steroids on a long-term basis. Doctors were unable to remove the tiny hairs.<\/p>\n<p>If this doesn&#8217;t motivate tarantula owners to wear eye protection, I&#8217;m not sure what will.<\/p>\n<p>(Image via flickr.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tjframe\/2574238917\/\">necron 99<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\">Blisstree<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/articles\/pet-tarantulas-can-harm-your-eyes\/\">Pet Tarantulas Can Harm Your Eyes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-618044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2AMs","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618044\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}