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<blockquote data-quote="AndrewClayton" data-source="post: 241665" data-attributes="member: 28745"><p>Bearer of bad news here. </p><p></p><p>Yes you may get you're tarantula without issue, I have also used him in the past with no issues, but, it's all started going downhill for him recently, last year he sold a load of hybrids, knowing they were hybrids, another UK seller found this out and actually took all the hybrids he could find and replaced them with the species they were supposed to be, since this has came out, it turns out he has been doing it for years, a good few other people have came out with stories about using him. He won't turn up at events now either he only sends staff. </p><p></p><p>Another issue is he also sells unsexed specimens as confirmed females, a load of people have bought Ts that were supposed to be confirmed females but still sling sizes, (this can be done with some species if you have a moult and a microscope but some have to be above a certain size before even using a microscope can help) thinking this was maybe a typo that they were that small people bought them, paying above average for the species too, only for them to arrive and actually be the listed 1-2cm, I even seen one person post and they had a Grammostola, cant remember the species but it was less than 1cm leg span and supposedly a confirmed females. </p><p></p><p>Now I've had multiple conversations with him when buying Ts, so I thought I would give him the benefit of the doubt and text him to see what was up, he told me personally that yes they are confirmed females and he knows a different way to sex them, but it was his secret and he won't tell anyone. Now if you ask me that is lies, I'm pretty good at sexing Ts with a moult and I know and have spoke to some people who are much better that me, and Grammostola are near impossible to sex until around the 3 to 4 cm mark, and even at that point it's still extremely difficult for you to be 100% sure to call it confirmed female. I have some Grammostola Pulchripes females just now and only been able to confirm it at around the 7 cm mark</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AndrewClayton, post: 241665, member: 28745"] Bearer of bad news here. Yes you may get you're tarantula without issue, I have also used him in the past with no issues, but, it's all started going downhill for him recently, last year he sold a load of hybrids, knowing they were hybrids, another UK seller found this out and actually took all the hybrids he could find and replaced them with the species they were supposed to be, since this has came out, it turns out he has been doing it for years, a good few other people have came out with stories about using him. He won't turn up at events now either he only sends staff. Another issue is he also sells unsexed specimens as confirmed females, a load of people have bought Ts that were supposed to be confirmed females but still sling sizes, (this can be done with some species if you have a moult and a microscope but some have to be above a certain size before even using a microscope can help) thinking this was maybe a typo that they were that small people bought them, paying above average for the species too, only for them to arrive and actually be the listed 1-2cm, I even seen one person post and they had a Grammostola, cant remember the species but it was less than 1cm leg span and supposedly a confirmed females. Now I've had multiple conversations with him when buying Ts, so I thought I would give him the benefit of the doubt and text him to see what was up, he told me personally that yes they are confirmed females and he knows a different way to sex them, but it was his secret and he won't tell anyone. Now if you ask me that is lies, I'm pretty good at sexing Ts with a moult and I know and have spoke to some people who are much better that me, and Grammostola are near impossible to sex until around the 3 to 4 cm mark, and even at that point it's still extremely difficult for you to be 100% sure to call it confirmed female. I have some Grammostola Pulchripes females just now and only been able to confirm it at around the 7 cm mark [/QUOTE]
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