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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ceratogyrus" data-source="post: 24018" data-attributes="member: 371">That's why I said, we should just be happy with our exotics and leave the locals.Things are not likely to change on the locals front and despite people claiming they have import permits to import tarantulas, that is obviously not happening.This should get people to keep breeding the species we have and make the best of the situation. What would be great is for each breeder to keep a record of their bloodlines, although I have read reports on other forums of people inbreeding 7 generations before any abnormalities were spotted, so we should be ok the way we are going.Not sure if this is the situation in the US (Maybe one of the members there can comment), but here in SA people often cheat others out of males/slings from breeding loans. This has caused many people (including myself) to pretty much stop doing breeding loans. So I either sell my males once I am done with them, or else they die in my possession from old age eventually. This definately cuts down the chances of breeders getting new breeding males in unless they are willing to pay for it.</blockquote>