The only problem is, many pet stores will ignore care requirements to make a sale. Say, for example, you sell them an obligate burrower such as an Ephebopus species. If they provide an appropriate environment for the specimen, it will burrow and never be seen. Animals that aren't seen, aren't sold, and at the end of the day the sale is all they care about. It's unfortunate, but it's a fact.
do you have any idea exactly where I could get this license at?
yeah but finding the wholesalers would then be a problem. I just want to know the proper licenses that I would need to sell exotic animals in the state of florida.
well I think your thinking of more corporate pets stores such as petco or petsmart. if you go to local exotic pet stores, especially in my area, they are usually decently knowlegable about what they are selling. the one I buy my Ts from has a section strictly for Ts and the lady that answers questions for that section of the store owns 12 Ts herself and seems to know a lot. it all depends on where you go!
Slings are difficult to sell in retail stores. How many people are going to spend $50-$100 on a little spider in a vial? Not your average walk-in customer, and they're not going to get any meaningful care info from the staff. How much local traffic is a pet store going to get, that they'd have any chance of selling slings? This is an online hobby, which is how almost everybody sells/trades theirs, whether collector or dealer. Spider people are spread out all over the place. To have any chance of selling slings to walk-in customers, you'd have to be in or near a good-sized metropolitan area.
My friend partially own and manages a local pet store. It's 2nd location ordered 2 LP slings. They're an inch. Selling for $45 each. Good luck I thought. I bought my 2 at 4" for $30 each.
Not really, every single online dealer is basically a wholesale buyer, its how they stay in business and maintain their levels of stock...they aren't breeding every single spider they have, they are receiving most from breeders looking to wholesale large quantities.
okay, so then my new question would be, what license do I need and where would I get it? that would alow me to sell tarantulas to people around the country from the state of florida?Not really, every single online dealer is basically a wholesale buyer, its how they stay in business and maintain their levels of stock...they aren't breeding every single spider they have, they are receiving most from breeders looking to wholesale large quantities.
Florida Fish and Wildlife. It is a Class III Sellers License, and it costs $50 a year. It is why you normally see a "rehoming" fee rather than a for sale price for animals here. And calling it "rehoming fee" won't save you if they catch you.