diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/terror_spiders/black.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/terror_spiders/black.dm
index 456c7d1389c..e0416e2c3a4 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/terror_spiders/black.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/terror_spiders/black.dm
@@ -34,12 +34,13 @@
 	if(L.reagents.has_reagent("terror_black_toxin", 100))
 		return ..()
 	var/inject_target = pick("chest", "head")
-	if(L.IsStunned() || L.can_inject(null, FALSE, inject_target, FALSE))
+	L.adjustStaminaLoss(30)
+	L.attack_animal(src)
+	if(L.can_inject(null, FALSE, inject_target, FALSE) || (HAS_TRAIT(L, TRAIT_HANDS_BLOCKED) && HAS_TRAIT(L, TRAIT_IMMOBILIZED)))
 		L.reagents.add_reagent("terror_black_toxin", 30) // inject our special poison
 		visible_message("<span class='danger'>[src] buries its long fangs deep into the [inject_target] of [target]!</span>")
 	else
 		visible_message("<span class='danger'>[src] bites [target], but cannot inject venom into [target.p_their()] [inject_target]!</span>")
-	L.attack_animal(src)
 	if(!ckey && (!(target in enemies) || L.reagents.has_reagent("terror_black_toxin", 60)))
 		step_away(src, L)
 		step_away(src, L)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/terror_spiders/white.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/terror_spiders/white.dm
index cdeb77dd961..6fe2bc6e0e8 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/terror_spiders/white.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/terror_spiders/white.dm
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
 	var/inject_target = pick("chest","head")
 	L.attack_animal(src)
 	L.KnockDown(10 SECONDS)
-	if(L.IsStunned() || L.IsParalyzed() || L.can_inject(null, FALSE, inject_target, FALSE))
+	L.adjustStaminaLoss(30)
+	if(L.can_inject(null, FALSE, inject_target, FALSE) || (HAS_TRAIT(L, TRAIT_HANDS_BLOCKED) && HAS_TRAIT(L, TRAIT_IMMOBILIZED)))
 		if(!IsTSInfected(L) && ishuman(L))
 			visible_message("<span class='danger'>[src] buries its long fangs deep into the [inject_target] of [L]!</span>")
 			new /obj/item/organ/internal/body_egg/terror_eggs(L)