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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Solsurfer" data-source="post: 137592" data-attributes="member: 27937"><p>Well . I have heard that inbreeding is not a big deal with tarantulas. I do not know the extent of this . Are the genetics variable enough to sustain captive breeding in the long run? Now with some poecilotheria species under protection and not legal to ship across state lines is there enough genetic variation within the state's themselves ? I am not saying that I ever would hybridize t's. I'm not an arachnologist and not an accomplished breeder by any means. I would leave it to wiser and more immersed individuals in the hobby to decide. Hypothetically if inbreeding did become a problem .could you hybridize one of the protected pokies with a non protected one rendering the offspring legal to ship across state lines? Again this is all hypothetical dont fire any angry word missiles at me haha.</p></blockquote><p></p>