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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sara Brown" data-source="post: 50218" data-attributes="member: 3958">While browsing in Petco today for dog toys I was looking at the tarantula they had there. I've seen it several times before. Usually hiding and hard to spot though. They were selling it for quite a lot. The manager saw me looking and asked me to buy it, jokingly. I said I totally would if it wasn't so expensive. He offered me 20% off because he said the tarantula had been there a long time and needed a good home and was stressed out. I declined, but couldn't say no when he then offered me 50% off. So, now I have this new tarantula. I'm unsure of the age and sex. If anybody could give me an idea of the sex, that would be great. And any ideas on if he/she looks overly stressed? And what to do (other than a calm quiet enclosure) to help if he/she is stressed?Thanks!I can upload more pictures if needed.  (And when I put him/her in the new enclosure they spent about 20 minutes fully body in the water dish.)</blockquote>