Your Expensive pet shops !

[Ultum4Spiderz]

All I see are stuff I can’t afford
They have what looks like a 4” curly hair (looks possibly female but very skinny ) and a 2” seemani sling $45 each worth it ?
Everything else is way too expensive. Some are reasonably priced being near adult size but unsexed .
Sorry if it’s too many pics .

 

[sparticus]

Wow. Those prices are absolutely crazy. I once saw a local pet shop trying to sell a really rough-looking mature male for over $200. The next week it was gone. Not sure if some unsuspecting person bought it, or if it died of old age.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Wow. Those prices are absolutely crazy. I once saw a local pet shop trying to sell a really rough-looking mature male for over $200. The next week it was gone. Not sure if some unsuspecting person bought it, or if it died of old age.

Yeah it’s tempting to get one of the two under $50 , but there also was a cobalt blue they wanted $160 for. do you think either of the two are worth it? The curly & seemani. Really disappointing. They don’t have more small affordable ones.
Rest of the pictures.

 

[Arachnophobphile]

Those prices just made me

The exotic store that I go to for supplies once in a great while charges the same prices for adult T's. Everytime I go in there I'm laughing because it's always the same ones. No one is buying them.

However I can find some slings once in a while at reasonable prices. I've only bought two slings at 1 inch from them years ago and both are females.

I did buy a third one from them recently a B. baumgarteni sling about 5/8 at an average price. Usually I steer clear of T's from that store.

I did get them to start labeling their T's for sale with the scientific name instead of just the common name so there is hope.

 

[kingshockey]

you gotta find some new stores to buy from or just order online

 

[sparticus]

I wouldn't pay that for an unsexed adult. I only buy slings anyway, because I enjoy growing them up myself.

 

[LilithArachne]

Prices are absurd! At least they look healthy.

 

[drurymercy]

This is what my stores are priced like at least yours puts them in something decent mine upsets me I throw a fit on really bad things like keeping arboreals in an 1.5 tall cup so they change it. But one store doesn’t care. At least I can get slings for like $40 but when I order online I’ve only done it from trusted ppl but the slings are like half the size for the same price but more options!

 

[sparticus]

but the slings are like half the size for the same price but more options!

Tiny slings are my favorite. The smaller the better! I LOVE raising teeny tiny babies, they're so cute when they're small. I try to get the youngest instar I can find. I have had very good luck with mine, overall they've grown pretty quickly for me and I haven't had many losses at all, I'm assuming because of good genetics from the sellers I buy from.

 

[drurymercy]

Tiny slings are my favorite. The smaller the better! I LOVE raising teeny tiny babies, they're so cute when they're small. I try to get the youngest instar I can find. I have had very good luck with mine, overall they've grown pretty quickly for me and I haven't had many losses at all, I'm assuming because of good genetics from the sellers I buy from.

Hahaha I thought i knew what a sling was but until I got one I fell in love!! Got my first threat posture from a teeny tiny B auratum. And my P victori! Now I’m like u the tinier the better

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Hahaha I thought i knew what a sling was but until I got one I fell in love!! Got my first threat posture from a teeny tiny B auratum. And my P victori! Now I’m like u the tinier the better

I was looking for Ts under 2” but the 2” seemani was larger than that so I was worried the pet shop might have this 2” seemani as a sexed male like 4/5 of my previous purchases.

I wouldn't pay that for an unsexed adult. I only buy slings anyway, because I enjoy growing them up myself.

They claimed stuff was all unsexed lmao..

 

[TheraMygalo]

Am i the only you thought the gbb enclosure was weird?

i am lucky to be able to drive to Tarantula Canada. Otherwise, all the petshops sell tarantulas at a higher price.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Am i the only you thought the gbb enclosure was weird?

i am lucky to be able to drive to Tarantula Canada. Otherwise, all the petshops sell tarantulas at a higher price.

It’s very unusual but they always house them arboreally wish I had bought the last one it was cheaper ….🥲 but $50 for a high chance of male 2” seemani seems pricey no ?

 

[TheraMygalo]

I couldnt say. I am in canada. Unsexed 1/2” is 35$. So i guess it can well be that price now.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

I couldnt say. I am in canada. Unsexed 1/2” is 35$. So i guess it can well be that price now.

Ok so it’s reasonably priced I’m just very hesitant to trust this store because I mostly gotten males there , wow you’re so lucky you have Tarantula Canada nearby .

 

[TheraMygalo]

Ok so it’s reasonably priced I’m just very hesitant to trust this store because I mostly gotten males there , wow you’re so lucky you have Tarantula Canada nearby .

Then don’t buy there. Order online. You probably have more dealers then i do. And breeders through AB. I can’t order from anyone in the states.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Then don’t buy there. Order online. You probably have more dealers then i do. And breeders through AB. I can’t order from anyone in the states.

I was asking incase the spider got sold quickly but it seems to be a bad deal most people said.$50 for a super common species . And it’s probably a male people say.
Shipping is too expensive and I had only a weeks time window , it was too hot for priority on the cheapest deal I saw . Maybe next year . Any old sites I used now are expensive. I don’t know of any local breeders either to get cheaper stock .

 

[spideyspinneret78]

I was asking incase the spider got sold quickly but it seems to be a bad deal most people said.$50 for a super common species . And it’s probably a male people say.
Shipping is too expensive and I had only a weeks time window , it was too hot for priority on the cheapest deal I saw . Maybe next year . Any old sites I used now are expensive. I don’t know of any local breeders either to get cheaper stock .

The trick for getting your money's worth online is to save up your money and order several spiders at the same time. Also, if you have a friend nearby that keeps tarantulas, sometimes it helps to order together and split the shipping cost. That's what I've done a few times. Unfortunately shipping has really skyrocketed in price recently, just like everything else

 

[goofyGoober99]

Yeesh that's pricey. I don't think any of the pet stores where I live have tarantulas. Probably for the best though. Doesn't seem like most pet shops know what they're doing when it comes to arachnids.

i am lucky to be able to drive to Tarantula Canada.

Lucky duck . Shipping costs get rough going to the other side of the country.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Yeesh that's pricey. I don't think any of the pet stores where I live have tarantulas. Probably for the best though. Doesn't seem like most pet shops know what they're doing when it comes to arachnids.


Lucky duck . Shipping costs get rough going to the other side of the country.

Yeah I wanted the 2” seemani but last one I got there got sick and died and was male . Then again this one could be healthier but never know. I searched online any shops with possible Ts were too far away . Probably best to ..