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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eighth Eye Blind" data-source="post: 240548" data-attributes="member: 49683">Believe it or not, that wasn't a joke.I'm about 15 minutes away from an excellent reptile rescue place that also sells T's in a storefront that funds the rescue efforts. They usually have about 20-40 different species in stock. They breed their own crickets and roaches so I'm there every two weeks to pick up feeders and drool over the slings.Believe it even more or not, they also act as a spider hotel and watch people's T's while they're on vacation. You can get anything in America these days.In addition to that, there's an aquatic rescue place about an hour from me that takes in "unsaleable" T's from pet stores. I've adopted a couple of young specimens from them who were regrowing a leg so the pet store just handed them over as damaged goods. I got two very nice animals for the price of a donation to the rescue.Having these two places nearby is both a blessing and a curse, though. My wife now stops me every time I leave the house and asks "You're not going to the spider store, are you?" I have to lie to her a lot about that.</blockquote>