$250 for a.braunshauseni

[Crazyarachnoguy]

A reptile store near me is selling a sub adult for $250, is this too much? Leg span is maybe 5”

 

[Liquifin]

Yeah, that's too expensive for an unsexed specimen. There was a WC import of A. avic morphtype #2 (ex. A. braunshauseni) recently, so that explains why there is some in the US recently. But that price is ridiculous high for that unsexed specimen, so that is not worth the price.

 

[Crazyarachnoguy]

Okay thank you! It’s so tempting since I can’t find any for sale that are that size:/, oh well... they have prolly over 100 t’s at this store, so I guess I’ll choose a different one haha. Would it be worth it if it was female?

 

[cold blood]

At that size, a male would either be mature, or penultimate. If female, it would be mature...price is still high for a female, although not as out of whack as most pet stores...but only if its female.....its highway robbery if that thing is male. Its not a very common species in terms of availability.

 

[Liquifin]

Its not a very common species in terms of availability.

Agreed, but there's quite a lot of WC imported to the US recently. So price is actually ranging in the $50-$80 for them at the moment. Sizes of specimens imported ranges from 3.5''-5'' and in quite the numbers. So very good time for breeders to try and get a pair or so, but then again this A. avic morphtype #2 (ex. A. braunshauseni) import was from reptile vendors. So be warned if you get some other avic by accident. I don't know what collectors do the reptile vendors know, but hopefully it's someone who knows what they're collecting for export into the hobby.

 

[viper69]

A reptile store near me is selling a sub adult for $250, is this too much? Leg span is maybe 5”

WAY too expensive, even if it was an adult female.

Make sure you get a pic and post here of it. To the casual looker. A. avic, and A. brau. can look identical, even though they aren't.

Agreed, but there's quite a lot of WC imported to the US recently. So price is actually ranging in the $50-$80 for them at the moment. Sizes of specimens imported ranges from 3.5''-5'' and in quite the numbers. So very good time for breeders to try and get a pair or so, but then again this A. avic morphtype #2 (ex. A. braunshauseni) import was from reptile vendors. So be warned if you get some other avic by accident. I don't know what collectors do the reptile vendors know, but hopefully it's someone who knows what they're collecting for export into the hobby.

I saw some pop up myself recently, had a very, very strong feeling they were WC, thanks for confirming.

 

[Crazyarachnoguy]

Well guys, I got it anyway. Not only that but I got two of them. They weren’t as big as I first remembered. Prolly 3”. Also picked up a mature female p.fasciata! I’ll post pictures when I get home.