What are T. blondi so expensive?

[cold blood]

What can I say, I like em fuzzy.

You would have loved the 70's

 

[Venom1080]

You would have loved the 70's

Fuzzy spiders, man..

 

[viper69]

Hard to breed will always equal a more expensive animal.

When I first paired GBB for instance, I was like, hey, everyone breeds these things and they have big (ish) sacs...there's no reason why they are always so expensive...then the pairing started...lmao...I quickly learned why they remain expensive....pairing is brutally time consuming, and even if you get it done, its no guarantee. Took literally weeks of all night pairings...finally he got there...2 months later a fat sac...which she promptly made a snack out of.

Agreed.
It's one of the few common species that has kept its value for over 20 years generally.

 

[Atrox084]

That sounds terrible. Q__Q I guess the person who bought it is probably snickering with delight right now >_> There have been significant price decreases (Peocilotherias etc).

Very true. When I was last getting out of the hobby P. metallica was just becoming the "IT" spider and slings were going for $250. I just mean overall the prices seem to have jumped (aside from species like LPs). Even scorpions have gone crazy since I last kept them. I have always been in to the hot, North African/Middle Eastern species. I used to be able to pick up a nice adult A. australis or crassicauda for like $25. I saw some on a price list recently going for $150-$250. I haven't looked in to it, but I'm guessing the reason there is that some countries closed their borders for export or something.
And I'm guessing that you're probably right about the son-of-a-b**** that has my blondi...lol. Guy probably tells tales of the sucker that sold him an adult blondi for pocket change.

 

[vespers]

Fuzzy spiders, man..

I read this in Tommy Chong's voice in my head.