Kibosh
Arachnoknight
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Well went into my local big box pet store today to just buy some substrate on the fly for some T's that I have coming in on Monday and I saw a deal I could not pass up.
I understand buying most likely wild caught T's from "petX" stores is unethical and immoral for multiple reasons.
When I looked at the 2 T's they had though it was your classic poor wild caught Avicularia and something they had labeled as a "Mexican Red Knee" which I clearly identified as Brachypelma Emilia for $50 US a piece including the horrible enclosures they were being kept in.
I knew it was wrong, and I knew that I was only feeding into an industry that was going to put another poorly treated wild caught specimen in that cage, but... I am ashamed to admit... I could not pass on buying an animal for such a sweet deal from people who had no idea of the value they were selling. So here is my pretty, digusting little unethical aquisition I got today for about a 1/3rd what it was worth. 4" dsl unsexed Brachypelma emlia.
Only way I can make up for it is that I swear I will try to breed it male or female and sell the offspring at a discount.
*Its definitely not in the enclosure or sub in the pic I bought it in. Remember for new keepers that wood chips are always bad for T's*
I understand buying most likely wild caught T's from "petX" stores is unethical and immoral for multiple reasons.
When I looked at the 2 T's they had though it was your classic poor wild caught Avicularia and something they had labeled as a "Mexican Red Knee" which I clearly identified as Brachypelma Emilia for $50 US a piece including the horrible enclosures they were being kept in.
I knew it was wrong, and I knew that I was only feeding into an industry that was going to put another poorly treated wild caught specimen in that cage, but... I am ashamed to admit... I could not pass on buying an animal for such a sweet deal from people who had no idea of the value they were selling. So here is my pretty, digusting little unethical aquisition I got today for about a 1/3rd what it was worth. 4" dsl unsexed Brachypelma emlia.
Only way I can make up for it is that I swear I will try to breed it male or female and sell the offspring at a discount.
*Its definitely not in the enclosure or sub in the pic I bought it in. Remember for new keepers that wood chips are always bad for T's*
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