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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TabithasMom" data-source="post: 79122" data-attributes="member: 3599"><p>He doesn't breed any of them, nor will he touch them. I was told he's scared and grossed out by tarantulas, so that means if his son doesn't feed them, they don't get fed. He ships them in, wholesale, from all over the world. He literally brings in the boxes their shipped in, still sealed, and sets up at the show. So, who knows how long they've been sitting in their shipping boxes without ventilation, food, and water? Most are wild caught, I'm guessing, considering the ones he normally sells tend to be sub-adults or adults, with the exception of the two slings I mentioned above. The other guys take any slings he brings in. I was there right when they opened, so it's likely I had them pull the dead one, and rescued its buddy before you arrived.</p></blockquote><p></p>