uk tarantula keepers?

stu

Arachnoknight
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Anyone who posts on here from the UK?

I live up in manchester, anyone near here?

There are only a few places I have found in manchester which deal with T's and they have very little in stock :(

Anyone know of any decent shops specialising in T's in the NW? Or know of any decent and reliable mail order companies in the UK?

Also, anyone live near me who knows about breeding T's - I would be interested in buying some spiderlings and some advice on how this is done.

Damn, I was warned before I got into T's that it was addictive, now im hooked, All the lizards I had on my wish list seem to have been overtaken by MUST HAVE T's :)

Ah well,

Stu.
 

ahkiu

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i'm in kent :)

most of my t's i buy mail order from peope in the hobby or suppliers.

if you check out the bulltein board on the british tarantula socieities site you can find quite a lot of t's for sale. Also they have a link to many breeders too

www.thebts.co.uk
 

Dessicata

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im from scarborough, so is deifiler, so not that far from manchester. Best person to get T's from IME (so far) is gareth chandler in leeds. And i can identify with the lizards thing :p
 

chid

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I'm in Staffs. And youre right it is addictive.

Chid
 

Lopez

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Me in Wales too.

Buying from Europe (specifically Germany) seems to be the way forward.

Nearly all my T's are mail order these days :)
 

ahkiu

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i've considered buying from germany as i'm seen a lot species we don't see here often availible from people there. But always put off because it's so far away.

anyone got any experience? how long does it take to arrive?
 

pronty

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I have ordered from Germany once and from The Netherlands three times. From the Netherlands the package arrived in three days by regular mail and in two days by express mail.
 

Lostkat

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I'm in Manchester (uni) and Leicester (home). There's a place which does a few T's in Manchester near the Apollo theatre in Stockport, but they're mainly adults and I prefer slings/juvs, so I just buy my crickets from there.

Most of my babies have been ordered over the internet, except two which I bought from an excellent reptile/exotics shop near me in Leicester. Like Lopez said, buying from places like Germany seems to be the way forward now. They're reasonably priced and will ship to the UK no probs.
 

ithuriel

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hi , im from leicester too. got a few Ts , too many now i think .
never been to manchester so i cant help you im afraid , sorry
 

Grael

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germany huh? anyone got a site of a good dealer for me please :D
 
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