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We happened to be in the vicinity of our L(ocal)P(et)S(tore) this week, so we stopped in to see what sort of tarantulas they had. We were curious, but will not ever buy one from them again. They had made some changes that I suggested in the past,(whether I caused the change, I have no idea) all were on peat instead of vermiculite and the H. lividum had been given moss to burrow in(not what I said, but better than what it was in before) and all in all they were in better conditions. Still had the stupid sponges, but for some damn reason that is customary and they will staunchly defend it saying their breeder told them to. Anyway, they had a pretty good selection too. They actually had a L. violaceopes spiderling(very premolt) for sale and I have never seen that!
Back to the thread name though...... They had 2 P. irminia, one correctly labelled as Venezuelan Sun Tiger and the other labelled as a Mexican Red Leg. My first thought was *expletive deleted* somebody is going to get a nasty surprise, if they have researched at all. Seriously though, one would be a slow moving terrestrial and the other a twitchy arboreal! So, I find someone to tell, but it is a ditzy girl who I could tell could care less about the tarantulas and even less about a person 'dumb' enough to buy one. If the buyer should try and research the correct habitat, it will be correctly wrong, as will any expectations they would have for their pet. I would call the place, but I fear that wouldn't do any good either.........
Has anyone else ever seen such a horrible mistake in labeling at a LPS?
Back to the thread name though...... They had 2 P. irminia, one correctly labelled as Venezuelan Sun Tiger and the other labelled as a Mexican Red Leg. My first thought was *expletive deleted* somebody is going to get a nasty surprise, if they have researched at all. Seriously though, one would be a slow moving terrestrial and the other a twitchy arboreal! So, I find someone to tell, but it is a ditzy girl who I could tell could care less about the tarantulas and even less about a person 'dumb' enough to buy one. If the buyer should try and research the correct habitat, it will be correctly wrong, as will any expectations they would have for their pet. I would call the place, but I fear that wouldn't do any good either.........
Has anyone else ever seen such a horrible mistake in labeling at a LPS?