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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chubbs" data-source="post: 51044" data-attributes="member: 1084">Because the people at PetCo don't know jack-sh*t about tarantulas. [emoji14] This actually goes for the majority of pet stores. The people at these stores are often very uneducated when it comes to properly caring for a tarantula. They don't know the difference between arboreal and terrestrial or that captive care for tropical species differs from that of desert species. Nor do most of them really care. Half of the tarantulas in pet stores are wild caught adults that are kept in tiny crammed containers with no hiding place. Exotic pet stores normally specialize in fish and reptiles.Edit:  looks like I typed too slow.</blockquote>