Is honesty always the best policy or have I put my foot in it with my big mouth?
Today I went to a local indoor tropical rainforest attraction that`s mostly for kids. They have Marmoset monkeys, snakes, butterflies, leaf cutter ants, parrots, Cameleons, Caymen, Dart Frogs, Fish, Bats!, Butterflies, Toucans etc and even Tarantulas!
They do handling sessions with millipedes etc and some T`s (G.Roseas).
I was looking at their tarantula collection and the keepers admit to me that they don`t really know much about them as they were left by the previous owners. So I proceeded to give them some tips and advice and they were well impressed and got his notepad out and was taking notes.
Now looking at their collection they have a T. Blondi, G.Rosea, P.Regalis and one labelled Cobalt Blue!!! But when I saw it I nearly p****d myself. It was actually a very nice 5" P. Metallica in a very terrestrial setup (apart from the terrestrial setup for arboreals the enclosures were very good and gave me some inspiration for my own. And to be fair they specialise in reptiles, mammals, birds etc and appear to be very good at it but not arachnids). He said we have another 3 of those ones through the back that were left to us!!!!!!!! (a bit smaller but still good size and he showed me them and they were crackers)!!!
My big mouth then told him exactly what they were and how they should be kept and how much they COST!!!!! So there was my big chance gone when he said he was looking to aquire some more docile T`s for handling sessions (another G. Rosea) and possibly would have traded with me............but not any more.......
Oh well...at least I can get in for free now!! I always fancied a Gooty!!! At least I feel better now that they now know how to care for them properly so that`s my silver lining!!!!
Today I went to a local indoor tropical rainforest attraction that`s mostly for kids. They have Marmoset monkeys, snakes, butterflies, leaf cutter ants, parrots, Cameleons, Caymen, Dart Frogs, Fish, Bats!, Butterflies, Toucans etc and even Tarantulas!
They do handling sessions with millipedes etc and some T`s (G.Roseas).
I was looking at their tarantula collection and the keepers admit to me that they don`t really know much about them as they were left by the previous owners. So I proceeded to give them some tips and advice and they were well impressed and got his notepad out and was taking notes.
Now looking at their collection they have a T. Blondi, G.Rosea, P.Regalis and one labelled Cobalt Blue!!! But when I saw it I nearly p****d myself. It was actually a very nice 5" P. Metallica in a very terrestrial setup (apart from the terrestrial setup for arboreals the enclosures were very good and gave me some inspiration for my own. And to be fair they specialise in reptiles, mammals, birds etc and appear to be very good at it but not arachnids). He said we have another 3 of those ones through the back that were left to us!!!!!!!! (a bit smaller but still good size and he showed me them and they were crackers)!!!
My big mouth then told him exactly what they were and how they should be kept and how much they COST!!!!! So there was my big chance gone when he said he was looking to aquire some more docile T`s for handling sessions (another G. Rosea) and possibly would have traded with me............but not any more.......
Oh well...at least I can get in for free now!! I always fancied a Gooty!!! At least I feel better now that they now know how to care for them properly so that`s my silver lining!!!!
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