black widow in out door cage

[jntann]

I killed one black widow in cage and got rid of web. sticky web keeps coming back but I can't find another spider....... will the spider pose any danger to my b/w tegu :shock:

 

[Beazer]

Aaaww whyd you kill the little black widow? Next time just get a cup and scoop it and release it somewhere to live its life out. As far as widows go, unless it can penetrate the hide I dont think theres any danger really? I mean, tegus are reported eating rattlesnakes in the wild and chewing a rattlesnake or killing you are bound to get fanged. Just next time catch the little black widow and let it live somewhere else. They actually make interesting display animals.

-Jon DeLong

 

[Mvskokee]

i dont know but i doubt it would pose a threat

 

[DZLife]

I don't know if the spider would be able to penetrate the skin...if it's an adult, it wouldn't post MUCH of a threat, but I sure wouldn't leave it in there. Think about it, there are exposed areas on a tegu, such as the eyes, and maybe....the mouth. I don't know that a tegu would be immune or even resistant to the toxin.

 

[jntann]

Thanks for the advice. I will go out to the cage tonight when it is dark with a flash light. He will be out, and i will get that little sucker..

 

[DZLife]

Thanks for the advice. I will go out to the cage tonight when it is dark with a flash light. He will be out, and i will get that little sucker..

Good. I do know one thing for sure; Black Widows have always been a big problem on my dad's property around our 36 animals.