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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DewDrop" data-source="post: 60443" data-attributes="member: 4217"><p>[USER=4072]@Kymura[/USER]    The G. Rosea lives to be about 25 or longer. The age is still up for discussion amongst the experience hobbyists and even entomologists. I got a sling recently and she, (I could be wrong, it might be a he), is the most precious little spider I have ever spent time with, next to my A. Avic and at one time I had a Zebra Tarantula. Anyway, the attachment IS the biggest issue to have to over come when it comes to petstore animals, for me. I too have worked in pet stores and I know how well the animals are cared for and I know that the employees all have attachment to the animals they work with, or at least did when I was working, years ago.  When I notice that no one really has an attachment to the animals, that there isn't any real knowledge to be given about the animals and the staff is more interested in why are you buying that item and are more curious about how you plan to use the purchase wanting a product opinion that I am likely to find some sort of reptile, small animal, bird or fish that might could be in better condition. However with the antibiotic resistance in society the staff curious about opinion is usually more concerned with why are you buying a fish antibiotic if you buy that, the birds are usually not budgies or hookbills,  the spiders will be on paper towels as mine was in a kritter keeper, the reptiles and amphibians won't be a huge selection and there will usually always be someone by the feeder rats or other rodents. SO we kind of have to put what is first, first. Us. The people and our issues in society we have with resistance and even the risks that mammals and other pets bring with their contagious ailments. It was alright that the A. Avic was on a paper towel because I could see clearly that nothing parasitical was in the cage, there wasn't  stool in the cage, there were not any left over food items, I could count all eight legs and the cage was clean. While the spider was drying out and could of been housed in something nice for it, it isn't really about that when you go to shop for a spider because you need to clearly see the health of the animal before you risk bringing it home. I am assuming we are all spoiled rotten with our "bottled", bagged, processed and sold little bit of nature that is clean and well kept for our tarantulas, that we like.  In a pet store those things can hide ailments and create a problem for staff to keep clean so in effect it keeps the public safer for the tarantulas, reptiles, birds and small mammals to have less during their time for sale. I have worked for some awesome people in the pet industry also. I used to get griped at because I was worried I would over hand feed a hookbill parrot baby. I adore hook bill parrots. I know that they can be housed while for sale in small enclosures and do fabulous as long as they get a little interaction and well taken care of, that might make those who are ignorant to that just enraged to see such a small acrylic cage for 3 or four birds at one time, but it mimics a nest for the fledglings. Just an example. It could be that the G. Rosea in the petstore you have browsed has never been on substrate or is in a small cage that seems inappropriate and/or has been kept in an environment like it is currently in for awhile for a reason only known to entomologists as the bird vendor who was literally a scientist in the medical field selling birds as a gesture of hospitality to the public,  because they knew the SAFE and proper way to do it.  Hobbyists are not always entomologists. If you do decide on the G. Rosea in the petstore, do it for you, for the right reasons. There is a lot that we don't know after being out of the pet industry for so long, maybe the employees know something we don't and might actually be housing the spider in a way that is actually healthy for it for the time it is with them. When it is an animal in the petstore vert or invert it is kept in a way that is safest for public health and safety, so we can gripe about it wanting to spoil the animal, but we all should be aware, it is better for us to be healthy than to be at risk. They don't have to be attached to work or even care, because the guidelines are so stringent nowadays if they don't do their job right the repercussions are serious.  Times are different.  A new G. Rosea huh? They really do make great pets. Just a real joy. Watch out for the hairs however they are vicious even when they are spiderlings.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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