Silliest T advice you've ever heard at a pet store

Zman181

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So every time I stop in at Petco to get crickets, they normally have a MM. I tell the employee/manager and explain it to him. He shrugs, gives me a blank look, and asks how many crickets I want. I then tell him a dozen large. After he hands me the bag, I count, 9 crickets. Seriously, you're a manager and you can't count to 12?
I hear you. It has happened to me multiple times. I ask myself the same question :wall:
 

rasulsimakshah

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i was pointed only to the G. rosea as a starter species and wood chips as a substrate. luckily, the internet quickly changed my opinion on most of what they told me.
 

MaskFac3

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Come back to us for more information … jkz my Lps is amazing (if it can be counted as its specialises in exotics)
 

Giygas

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When i bought my GBB sling last year, the owner really underestimated me partially because of my age. He specifically told me:

'This species has extremely potent venom, it is considered very venemous when compared to most Old Worlds'

After that I first looked up my father as he seemed as if he believed him, then I gave the pet store owner a stern look. Gently placed the little deli container on the counter, pulled out a carebook that had a chapter of venezuelan species, opened it in front of him and left the store. He's a good guy though, at least all his Ts and reptiles are well fed and are set up according to their natural habitat.
 

funkymonk

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When I first got into the hobby I started off with my adult female G rosea who is still with me. When I purchased her from the pet shop, I asked how much I should feed her, they gave me a box of large locusts and said one of these each day... So off I went, set her up, tossed one in, watched in fascination as it was grabbed and slowly eaten. Next day another, then another, then on day 4 no interest... you guessed it, didn't eat for another 9 months after that...!
 

Zoomer428

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Mine would be on my g Rosie the girl who was getting horrible pick up from behind and above the t. They had them in crit carriers with wood chips and slate waterbowl. Two species they had was rose and pinktoe I dident look at pinktoe tho. The lady told me they feed them every like 2 days I. Told them oh really? Cause I hear maybe 1 a week she dident reply....I guess she knew I knew alittle more than her about t's
 

Yoxigan

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If it molts, put it in water so the skin floats off.


They had remarkably small tarantulas there.
 

Moonwolf87

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While I was on vacation in California I went to a pet store that had a few tarantulas. They were all in their own tanks next to each other, 2 of the species being B. Albiceps. Both of the tarantulas had kicked off ALL of the hair on their abdomens leaving only a peach hue behind. I was looking at the T's and the young lady working came over and told me as follows:

"Those used to have fluffy butts. But I think since they are next to each other and can see each other through the glass they kicked off their hair to intimidate each other. It is like defense or something."

She then went to tell me how they had rehoused the tarantulas about 5 times in a one month span. They had no hides as well and no substrate.

I just stared at her.
 

web eviction

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I walked in a LPS and noticed the women working crouched down by some kids (5yr olds) holding a T as I got closer I realized it was an adult P. ornata !!! Not only that she was telling the children it's a very gentle spider as she began to place it on a little girls shoulder !! I immediately shouted stop she pulled it away real fast and she got educated real quick and as calm as I tried to be I just wasn't I explained how dangerous it could have been and as much as I could about the T and walked out extremely frustrated and havnt returned since....
 

Hayden

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I met one of my close friends because she works in my LPS. She knows a lot about snakes and geckos, and definitely more than average about T's, but what gets her is that she is unwilling to accept maybe someone knows more than her. I tried to help her set up her axolotls, seeing as how they're my specialty, and she just wasn't having it, and eventually they all died. She tried to sell me a Chinese Warty Newt as a Paddletail, which... it isn't.

But the most frustrating thing came right after I bought my A. versicolor off of a trusted friend whom we both buy our tarantulas from. I had set out to buy the versi, I had done plenty of research, and felt confident I could keep one. So I bought it, and I was very pleased with it and myself. Immediately, she began laughing and telling me that they "die for no reason," that I had "wasted my money," that I was stupid for picking an Avic, etc. She used to have one and it died soon after she bought it. I suspect this is because she keeps her apartment INCREDIBLY hot and humid and had no ventilation for the little guy. It was really hurtful and totally unnecessary, and it led to the slew of panicked messages I left on here.

On a related note, I've had the little A. versi for a few weeks and she's doing great. Webbing like crazy, and she's eaten every single cricket I offered, even the smooshed one.
 

motomori

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well it wasn't in a store but I just watched a program which "educated" children on T's (we don't have them here in holland as far as I know but anyway)

the guy was holding a chillean rose and he told about how deadly T's where (but this one was very sweet and wouldn't bite) and how the T would make a web to catch her prey -headdesk- it was a trainwreck... the rosie was also very panicky and obviously didn't want to be there (she tried to run away on the girls arm and the girl freaked out)
 

Skeri

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One guy at a petco was atleast honest. "I have no clue about these things I just work here."
 

le-thomas

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Yesterday at the reptile expo, a guy had a Theraphosa sp. (stirmi I assume) in a shallow plastic cup with that newspaper litter stuff and was tipping it around and shaking it up and down. Its legs were touching the lid it was so shallow, and he was literally shaking it up and down. It was also nearly full grown, and he claimed it to be "half size". In conclusion, expos suck.
 

zadane

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Maybe I'm just lucky (or this is ignorance speaking) but the LPS I go to (this is a family owned shop) so far has been amazing. I was applied there and didn't get the job for not knowing enough and I've got quite a nice bit of experience in the field (I'm new to Ts though). After a few discussions with them I went home to look up a few of the suggestions they made and everything they told me has so far been spot on with all of the research I've been doing.

I bought a G. Rosea 3/4" and a L. parahybana 1" form there. the prices didn't seem too bad either. 5$ for the rose and 39$ for the LP. with a 30 day refund/replacement policy if it doesn't survive (unless I am the one who kills it).

Mind you, I went to another LPS and they suggested a cobalt blue for my first... the other lady came up and nearly slapped the girl who suggest the cobalt to me and suggested the rosea... that's when I left that store...
 

ZergFront

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Face meets desk in 3.....2.....1...... *THUMP*

Just an excuse for a thread bumping. I don't go into LPS anymore but these are funny (and sad at the same time). Good 'ol internet does the jobs for me without the clerk poop they shoot out!
 

SgtSparkles

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well actually the lady from our local petco admits to not knowing much and had me get her a little A. geniculata on my last order, and she came by and checked out my T room at the same time
 

Theist 17

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Not advice per se, but still funny.

Went to a PetSmart to buy crickets the other day, got asked what I'm feeding. Eyes the size of an LP when I told her. Hahaha
 

scorps

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I dont have any for arachnids but I was about to buy an anole from petco and the woman told me I had to buy all kinds of things like a powder for their water and a bunch more, she wouldnt let me buy it unless I bought them, she then told me I had to have them because anoles wernt native, then I simply asked if they arent native them why do I catch them all the time then simply left, I came back another time to buy crickets, I mentiones they were for a snake (a species that only eats small insects) then the same woman said get mice, I said this snake eats insects, she replied again "snakes only eat rodents, I then left again and havnt been back. I hate petco when it comes to buying live animals, I wanted to punch someone when I saw there leo's on sand
 
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