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First off, let me apologize for not having read the entire thread. So if I repeat anything that has already been said, that is why. You can easily make a living off the hobby, but there are tremendous risks and the amount of time it requires makes it more a labor of love than a good economic...

Awesome work dude... love the tree with the vines growing up and the lone coffee cup. Botar

Not sure what the "story" is, but I'm sure it's more interesting than the truth. Truth of the matter is the biz grew too much and I got tired of living to work... my own fault and as far as problems go, it was a nice one to have. You can just chalk it up to "burnout". I don't make it back...

Botar You can reach me at my comcast account botarby8s@comcast.net I still have some shirts left, but all of the livestock was transferred to Ken. Botar

For the record, I didn't come here and look at the pictures until just now. I said "Okay... it's an Aphophysis." because I have no desire to argue the point with you. This "retard" knows enough to know a couple of people identifying a T from a picture does not change the identification...

When dealing with WC imports there are always possibilities of misidentifications and parasites. That is the nature of dealing with WC imports and that is exactly what I told Jason when he began talking of importing WC stock himself. Marcus runs a clean business and has never misrepresented...

I feel a need to clarify a bit Seeing as most people do not really know my involvement in this situation, I feel I should clarify a bit. Both Jason and Marcus are good friends of mine and I would trust either of them with the keys to my house. In fact, Jason has even spent a week with me on...

Jason, Had you maintained contact, or even returned calls/emails, you would not be in this situation. I'm still patiently waiting for some explanation from you as well in regards to our business dealings. I fail to see how you can blame Marcus for bringing the problem here, when that seems...

I believe it is Arachnura higginsi (scorpion tailed spider). Unfortunately, shipping got screwed up and there were quite a few losses in that shipment and this particular spider arrived alive, but died within hours after I received the shipment. I didn't even have a chance to get a picture of...

I always like this topic as people often ask me for sexed stock and I always tell them they are unsexed. I don't care if they are 4" and listed as unsexed... they are unsexed. I have over 10,000 tarantulas in stock and have entire bins of 4" or more set aside to cull out males for breeding...

You may have misunderstood me on that one... I said I've yet to see a mature male... I have no idea if they are immature males or all females. Sorry. Botar

Yes, I think he's confused two of them. That one is the Thai Giant that just came in... pretty sure they are another form of the S. subspinipes. @ Jeremy - The Haitian was in the larger one in the 4" deli cup and the Egyptian was the smaller in the 4" deli cup. The one you have pictured...

I've used them all on different occasions and they all do well/poorly in different instances. DHL is cheaper than Fed Ex and since my recent problems with Fed Ex I've gone back to DHL. My biggest problem with DHL isn't on the shipping end, it is on the customer service calling stations and...

"Next Day" service doesn't mean it will get there the next day. That is the title of the service just as if you called it "service A". They call it that because it is next day to most locations. In order to find out when the delivery should be expected you have to go a step further and check...

Hey Bri... there's a difference between ignorance and stupidity. I'd say your calls are "stupid", but I think you're already aware of it. :D BTW, when are you coming back up? I've got some stuff for you. Botar

No troubles... I may have come off critical of what you were saying and it wasn't meant that way. From the written word it is often difficult to understand one's meaning as you can't see the expression on their face or hear the intonation in their voice. @Fraze01 - Still learning more each...

Never too old to learn.;) Besides, I've never claimed to be an expert. I'm just a guy who breeds and sells tarantulas. By the sheer numbers I keep, I may know more than some, but I'm not a taxonomist and don't have time to research many of the things I'd like to know. So I am one of the...

On the question of size, the answer is "big enough". I can tell you this much, I've seen WC females come in and make fertile sacs at a size much smaller that I would ever attempt to breed them. So I really think size isn't much of an issue as long as she is "big enough". I typically won't...

I've been a member of this forum for a long time and have never been a huge fan of the search function. I am most likely not a big fan as I'm probably not using it correctly, but I see no point in having to spend hours wading through hundreds of posts to try to find something that SOMEONE will...

Hey, I appreciate the confidence, but taxonomy is not my thing. I'm stumped right along with everyone else, but also equally impressed. Botar