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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cobalt" data-source="post: 10444" data-attributes="member: 604">I found an h. vonwirthi labeled as an h. minax and when I told the pet store worker that it was mislabeled she looked at me like I was really dumb and told me "My husband is a breeder and knows everything about tarantulas and thats where I get all my information for my T's" The T had 1-2 inch substrate (its a freaking burrower mr breeder) and they could atleast throw in a hide...but no. The poor tarantula didnt have a single place to hide. It must have been extremely stressed..I'm glad i bought her. Also, when she went in the enclosure to get the T out she freaking brutally scooped it up with a plastic container, she could have freaking injuried it or worse...and she failed at scooping her up several times before she got her in the container. I should have said something but I didn't want to argue..i regret it. She also said tarantulas can jump pretty high and that the poison had been taken out of them so i shouldn't worry about getting bit if i handled it. (thats a dangerous thing to tell someone if they are getting their first T!) Looking back...i regret i didnt slap the sh*t out of that b*tch.</blockquote>