gabrieldezzi
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Hey everyone. About 6 months ago I visited a small pet store about 30 minutes away with my father who originally came for more specific fish supplies. However, I curiously asked if they had tarantulas which they surprisingly said yes. They took me to a small back closet where they said there were and they had a few tarantulas, mostly T. albopilosums and brachypelmas, but surprisingly some more niche T's I wouldn't expect at a pet store, like two T. stirmi's. a small M. balfouri communal, but the one that really caught my eye was (according to them) a mature female E. uatuman.
They said the they were almost certain the E. uatuman was female and around 4 inches, which there was no visible pedipalps and the enclosure was way too small for her. The workers told me they were too scared to do a rehouse because the worker who usually handled the tarantulas quit a few weeks ago and they had no means of safely rehousing. The pet store had had her for over a year and still nobody had bought her, citing her reclusive nature as a reason. I told them I didn't have the money or the space/enclosures right now to purchase her, but in a few months I would come back and see if she's still available.
Yesterday I called, and when I asked the employees were confused and upon searching the closet did not see the T. The woman on the phone said it was probably bought which gave me a huge sigh of relief that she was somewhere other than a dark closet in the back of a pet store. However, after a few boxes being moved on a shelf revealed her enclosure, hidden behind them in that small warehouse-like room. I asked them for a price gauge and they said about 60-80$ they'd sell her for considering they haven't been able to sell her for years.
I'm going to the store in person on Saturday to really inspect her, if she's female or juvenile I will take her off their hands, but if he's a mature male there's little I can do considering he most likely had been mature for some time. I will update this thread as more information develops.
They said the they were almost certain the E. uatuman was female and around 4 inches, which there was no visible pedipalps and the enclosure was way too small for her. The workers told me they were too scared to do a rehouse because the worker who usually handled the tarantulas quit a few weeks ago and they had no means of safely rehousing. The pet store had had her for over a year and still nobody had bought her, citing her reclusive nature as a reason. I told them I didn't have the money or the space/enclosures right now to purchase her, but in a few months I would come back and see if she's still available.
Yesterday I called, and when I asked the employees were confused and upon searching the closet did not see the T. The woman on the phone said it was probably bought which gave me a huge sigh of relief that she was somewhere other than a dark closet in the back of a pet store. However, after a few boxes being moved on a shelf revealed her enclosure, hidden behind them in that small warehouse-like room. I asked them for a price gauge and they said about 60-80$ they'd sell her for considering they haven't been able to sell her for years.
I'm going to the store in person on Saturday to really inspect her, if she's female or juvenile I will take her off their hands, but if he's a mature male there's little I can do considering he most likely had been mature for some time. I will update this thread as more information develops.