I have no idea what country anything sold as Theraphosa blondi came from at any given time. None of the people I bought mine from told me what the country of origin was of the spiderlings. My two smaller-than-expected T. blondi males are in jars of alcohol so when new descriptions are published I have the material to compare with.
They're definitely still a bit pricey, in no way rare since you can buy one whenever you want.
i agree: they are not “rare”. I am very happy they are available. When i can afford one, i know i will be able to get one. And i trust the dealer for quality.
I honestly can't understand the prices over there, it is so cheap over here, there is a guy in the UK selling a full collection including adult female G Pulchra 10 T's total 6 female including the Pulchra for £400 ($515) including there enclosures. I asked to get them posted but he's only willing to let them go on collection or they would be mine by now.
Because everything we have is imported. Canada has no large scale breeders like in Europe. Plus, they have an actual store, not just a website. So they need to cover the costs for everything
the import kills us. I guess we need to start breeding more tarantulas now.
You are a whole country just like the UK. We have the same import and export laws as we are no longer part of the EU. Yet we still have readily available T's that are a lot cheaper than US Ts and Canada. Nowhere compares to Europe though, places like Germany and Poland have some of the cheapest prices I've seen. I wish I could still order from there. All of these places do not have any native Tarantulas too, and are selling American native species cheaper than what they are in there homeland.
Like I mentioned before, Canada is basically breeding nothing, everything is imported. Main reason
its not the same. At all. Its still expensive here. We are land neighbors with USA. A chalcodes are expensive.
to me, the appeal is not just the black. Its the possible behavior. There are black OW spiders, there has to be. There are even glossy spandex type spiders, from the OW category. But not like new worlds.
What's America's excuse for the crazy over priced T's lol. Looks like you're gawna need to start breeding then, has to start somewhere.
If you are talking about no permits or what legally one needs then it's smuggling even if it's an eggsac.
I know minimum 2 people who had breed the species that was known as "pulchra" in the pet trade.
Maybe it´s not likely for you, but it happens in reality since years.
I know it's more expensive there but I can't understand the reason, even USA. When you say Europe that's like me saying the Americas, I'm in the UK, Jakarta is in Indonesia that's Asia so no it's not connected it's a different continent and what exactly would that do anyway? I just think the prices that side of the pond are crazy.
It's greed with the excuse used as supply and demand here in the U.S.
i know its Asia. Its because there are not two giant oceans between it. Its connected by “land”. More then Canada And France, for exemple. Jakarta being a big wildlife blackmarket, places like Poland can get access to different species. The distance between germany and the Uk, is easier to cross then London to New York.
