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[roc101]

5 months ago I purchased a female P. Rufilata from my LPS, I already have a mature male rufilata ready to mate (I thought). Well my female turned out to be a male and I am stuck with two males. Has anyone ever went through this??

 

[NevularScorpion]

if you both it as a guaranteed female you can return it to get store credit or trade of equal value. I did that once and it worked

 

[Chris_Skeleton]

if you both it as a guaranteed female you can return it to get store credit or trade of equal value. I did that once and it worked

Well I'd say the LPS probably wouldve sold anything they had as a female. Depending on the shop.

 

[malevolentrobot]

Well I'd say the LPS probably wouldve sold anything they had as a female. Depending on the shop.

indeed. if they have no idea what they are doing and labeling everything female... what a gamble.


conversely, usually if the price is too good to be true on larger specimens (female or unsexed)... it's often exactly that. i made that mistake starting out and buying an "unsexed" 3.5" brachy. heh, unsexed...yeah, right...

 

[LV-426]

i assume you bought it from pangea pets seeing that you are from gainesville. im supposed to get a P rufilata sling from that store delivered to the miami store

 

[roc101]

Yeah that's the store, for now on I will be ordering online from reputable dealer.

 

[LV-426]

how big was it when you first purchased it?

 

[roc101]

Maybe 2 inches or more

 

[LV-426]

yeah its a gamble around that size, that sucks they sold it to you as female. how much was it if you dont mind me asking?

 

[DeathsPyro12]

Its always a gamble. I got lucky twice, one pet store I went to and bought 2 unsexed T's for $25 each, one a 5" B.boehmei and a 4" c.fasciatum, both turned out female, few months later I went to another LPS and they had a 6" l.p. unsexed for 40$ turned out female. Always worth asking to check out the T before buying then letting them know AFTER you bought it and your walking out.

 

[roc101]

It was around 50$ and he has one left when I went there wednesday

 

[Kris-wIth-a-K]

Rule of thumb.never believe what a pet store says. Rarely, someone knows w.t.f(udge) they are talking about. I see youre in g.vile. was it pangea pets or hogtown reptiles. I heard pangea is kinda...bad. hogtown reptiles was pretty nifty.

 

[LV-426]

yeah i have been screwed one time by the pangea down here before, but not lately