hi i visited my local today and they gave me a chilean rose for free, they said that it was nearly 30 years old and on its last legs. i asked if it had fed and they said not since theyd had it for the last 6 weeks. i looked into the container and it was soaking, he said hed been soaking half the tank so it could drink. then he said that the other guy who works there (apparently hes an expert) had been holding it upside down and trying to get water into it.
i cleary know this tarantula is not 30 as its nowhere near fully grown and i tried to tell them it probably hasn't fed because the humidity is way to high plus temps too low but they wouldnt have it.
just goes to show that not all shops know what theyre doing, and to be honest this is worrying as they could allow people to buy these pets with the wrong information causing them to unintentionally mistreat these animals.
thought id just share my opinion.
jb
i cleary know this tarantula is not 30 as its nowhere near fully grown and i tried to tell them it probably hasn't fed because the humidity is way to high plus temps too low but they wouldnt have it.
just goes to show that not all shops know what theyre doing, and to be honest this is worrying as they could allow people to buy these pets with the wrong information causing them to unintentionally mistreat these animals.
thought id just share my opinion.
jb