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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HungryGhost" data-source="post: 25692" data-attributes="member: 2661"><p>I was in a Petsmart store yesterday picking up something for my dogs when I saw some tarantulas for sale. A closer look at what they had sickened me. They were selling 2 G. roseas near adult size, and a 3" A. avicularia. The sickening part was how they were being kept. All were in tiny kritter keepers with no room to move complete with dirty water dishes each containing a filthy sea sponge. I was tempted to "rescue" the pink toe for $24.99. This would only make matters worse because they would restock them and more T's would be subject to these poor conditions. I think it would be better to let the T's they have in stock die off with the hopes that they would discontinue the sale of T's if they didn't generate a profit. I did not even entertain the idea of trying to educate these pimply-faced teenaged employees texting away on their iPhones. Rant over.</p></blockquote><p></p>