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Well, I happened to walk by this place on Milwaulkee today, and I had been reccommended to go there to pick up good cheap crix. And for that, they excelled. Great prices, and huge crickets.
Now, the Tarantulas they had there left me some what jaded as I walked out of the store. The selection was 2 Full grown Rosehairs, two Juvenile Rose Hairs, a Striped knee, and a King Baboon. The two Juvenile's must have been newer arrivals, since they were inside the display tank still in deli containers. both of them looked healthy, and the price (14.88 each) was pretty good, for a 4 inch T, I thought. (Good enough to take one home so it didn't wind up like the other T's there.)
Now, the King Baboon, that was a sorry looking Tarantula if ever I saw one. It seemed to have problems with it's carapace/leg joints and some white powderish stuff all over it. It was sitting in the corner of a medium petpal and had some very large wood chips for substrate. Hard, large wood chips.
The two Adult Rosehairs didn't look too terrible, but one had the crusty black patch indicating a molt (I assume) on it, and will probably be thrown away when it does molt by the inexperienced staff there. The stripe knee was too well hidden in it's environment to see, so that one is anyones guess.
Now, I spoke to one employee there, who has bought a starburst baboon, and a goliath bird eater. What little I have learned on Tarantulas seemed like a wealth of information to him, and he admitted he's the only one who will usually feed them.
There were also two dead Emporer scorpions for sale for 20 dollars each. One had it's stinger removed, the other was covered in white fungus.
Aside from T's, most of the animals (aside from the fish and the great selection of crickets) were all pretty rough looking. I might continue to get the crix there from now on, but aside from feeling sorry for the T's, I wouldn't consider buying from there again.
Bill
Well, I happened to walk by this place on Milwaulkee today, and I had been reccommended to go there to pick up good cheap crix. And for that, they excelled. Great prices, and huge crickets.
Now, the Tarantulas they had there left me some what jaded as I walked out of the store. The selection was 2 Full grown Rosehairs, two Juvenile Rose Hairs, a Striped knee, and a King Baboon. The two Juvenile's must have been newer arrivals, since they were inside the display tank still in deli containers. both of them looked healthy, and the price (14.88 each) was pretty good, for a 4 inch T, I thought. (Good enough to take one home so it didn't wind up like the other T's there.)
Now, the King Baboon, that was a sorry looking Tarantula if ever I saw one. It seemed to have problems with it's carapace/leg joints and some white powderish stuff all over it. It was sitting in the corner of a medium petpal and had some very large wood chips for substrate. Hard, large wood chips.
The two Adult Rosehairs didn't look too terrible, but one had the crusty black patch indicating a molt (I assume) on it, and will probably be thrown away when it does molt by the inexperienced staff there. The stripe knee was too well hidden in it's environment to see, so that one is anyones guess.
Now, I spoke to one employee there, who has bought a starburst baboon, and a goliath bird eater. What little I have learned on Tarantulas seemed like a wealth of information to him, and he admitted he's the only one who will usually feed them.
There were also two dead Emporer scorpions for sale for 20 dollars each. One had it's stinger removed, the other was covered in white fungus.
Aside from T's, most of the animals (aside from the fish and the great selection of crickets) were all pretty rough looking. I might continue to get the crix there from now on, but aside from feeling sorry for the T's, I wouldn't consider buying from there again.
Bill