So I went to my lps tonight, to get some crickets, I wont say the name, pet (co-ugh) excuse me.
Anyway they had an enclosure for the last month with stripe knee listed on the sticker for $20, I never really wanted a strip knee but I alway look for it when I go there to see what it looks like but could never see it. Tonight my curiousity got the best of me and asked one of the guys to show it to me. So the guy opens the tank and pulls out all the decors and sees that its buried under the BARK CHIPS, and starts removing the bark chips from it. And what do my eyes see when he does? An obt! I said to the guy, "ummm...that is not a strip knee, thats an orange baboon tarantula, P murinus" He said "no its a strip knee" So of coarse I said "no its an obt!" Then I wanted to get something to nudge it for a better look and this dumb a$$ stickes his hand in there to nudge it with his fingers, and of coarse the t' rears up ready to bite and lucky for him he pulls back in time just avoiding a bite. I showed him a pic of it on my phone that has a full internet browser and convinced him that it was an obt. I told him he needs to change the name on there and warn anyone that may want to buy that how dangerous of a t it is, so he goes to tell his manager and the manager says "its not a baboon tarantula, its a rare orange phase strip knee!" WHaaaat???
I said well thats the first time I have ever heard of an orange phase strip knee and he tells me they are very rare like 1 in 3000 have that orange color. At this point I want to smack the crap out of this guy and once again I show him the pic on my phone and he goes to look at the tarantula and get the first guy to open the tank again, and again he sticks his hand in there to move all the decors after repeted times of me telling him how dangerous and fast that tarantula is. And again once he exposes the T and of coarse it rears up ready to bite!
After getting a good look at the T the manager finally agrees with me and explains that it was not that color when they got it in, which I was able to tell from the molt I seen in the tank, and agreed with me with what it was.
He said there not even alowed to sell dangerous t's and told me of all the times he would put his hand in there to feed and clean the enclosure and thanked me. I said to him if he can reduce the price I will buy it since I am experienced enough to take care of a t like that and definately should not sell that to anyone which he agreed but could not reduce the price without talking to the head manager which was not there tonight. So I will be going there tomorrow and probably be picking it up, gonna offer $10 which Im sure they take. Well that was my experience of the night, just goes to show you the ignorance that chain lps can have. I feel better about myself knowing I probably just saved someone from getting a nasty bite.
Anyway they had an enclosure for the last month with stripe knee listed on the sticker for $20, I never really wanted a strip knee but I alway look for it when I go there to see what it looks like but could never see it. Tonight my curiousity got the best of me and asked one of the guys to show it to me. So the guy opens the tank and pulls out all the decors and sees that its buried under the BARK CHIPS, and starts removing the bark chips from it. And what do my eyes see when he does? An obt! I said to the guy, "ummm...that is not a strip knee, thats an orange baboon tarantula, P murinus" He said "no its a strip knee" So of coarse I said "no its an obt!" Then I wanted to get something to nudge it for a better look and this dumb a$$ stickes his hand in there to nudge it with his fingers, and of coarse the t' rears up ready to bite and lucky for him he pulls back in time just avoiding a bite. I showed him a pic of it on my phone that has a full internet browser and convinced him that it was an obt. I told him he needs to change the name on there and warn anyone that may want to buy that how dangerous of a t it is, so he goes to tell his manager and the manager says "its not a baboon tarantula, its a rare orange phase strip knee!" WHaaaat???
I said well thats the first time I have ever heard of an orange phase strip knee and he tells me they are very rare like 1 in 3000 have that orange color. At this point I want to smack the crap out of this guy and once again I show him the pic on my phone and he goes to look at the tarantula and get the first guy to open the tank again, and again he sticks his hand in there to move all the decors after repeted times of me telling him how dangerous and fast that tarantula is. And again once he exposes the T and of coarse it rears up ready to bite!
After getting a good look at the T the manager finally agrees with me and explains that it was not that color when they got it in, which I was able to tell from the molt I seen in the tank, and agreed with me with what it was.
He said there not even alowed to sell dangerous t's and told me of all the times he would put his hand in there to feed and clean the enclosure and thanked me. I said to him if he can reduce the price I will buy it since I am experienced enough to take care of a t like that and definately should not sell that to anyone which he agreed but could not reduce the price without talking to the head manager which was not there tonight. So I will be going there tomorrow and probably be picking it up, gonna offer $10 which Im sure they take. Well that was my experience of the night, just goes to show you the ignorance that chain lps can have. I feel better about myself knowing I probably just saved someone from getting a nasty bite.
