Tarantula Canada

11/12/2024

Marie est malade cette semaine, nous avons donc dû ajuster les heures d'ouverture du magasin. Nous devrons peut-être apporter des modifications de dernière minute, veuillez donc actualiser la page des heures d'ouverture du magasin sur notre site Web pour connaître les heures d'ouverture les plus récentes avant de vous rendre au magasin.

Marie is sick this week, so we have needed to adjust store hours. We may have to make last minute changes, so please refresh the store hours page on our website for the most up to date store hours before heading out to the shop.

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11/07/2024

New Arrival! Thanks to the efforts of a local breeder, Heterometrus silenus now available!

11/07/2024

Group Shipments: Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver soon! In the group shipments, the orders will be shipped to our contact in each city who will receive the animals and make them available for pickup. The shipping fees will be divided between the folks who participate, so the more folks who join in , the lower the fees will be. Our goal is to get the shipping expenses down to $20 or less per person. For the groups, we will required payment for the cost of the animals to reserve the orders, and then shipping fees can be paid later once we know the final cost per person.

**Space in the shipping contained is limited, so we will not be able to ship larger dry good items. We might be able to accommodate very small dry items.

Victoria: This group will be shipped out via FedEx on November 20. The deadline to get orders in and paid will be Nov 19.

Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver: These groups will be shipped out via air cargo, on or near December 4. The deadline to get orders in and paid is December 2.

Would you like a group shipment to your city? Shoot us an email and let us know, and we will see if we can get it going for you!

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11/03/2024

We have just received our first fall import! Some hobby classics are back, we have some new rarer species, and we have a new selection of centipedes! Check out the price list for the new additions!

10/31/2024

Come to the shop today to see Marie, the queen of Halloween!

10/29/2024

Saskatoon group shipment- LAST CALL!
We are planning a group shipment to Saskatoon soon. In the group the shipping fees will be divided between the folks who participate, so the more folks who join in, the lower the fees will be per person. Right now the shipping fees are estimated to be $37 or less per person. Anyone interested can submit a quote request as usual and put a note in the comments that it will be for the Saskatoon group. The deadline to get order in is TODAY! Oct 29.

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10/11/2024

Store closed Saturday/Magasin fermé le samedi:
Marie has an event to attend, and Angelo is sick, so the store will be closed on Saturday. Sorry for the inconvenience. Marie doit assister à un événement et Angelo est malade. Le magasin sera fermé samedi. Désolé pour le désagrément.

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10/03/2024

Don't forget, today is the last day to finalize pre-orders for the Moncton expo! We will continue to take pre-orders until 9:00pm tonight.

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10/01/2024

The Edmonton Reptile expo is this weekend! Tuesday at 12:00 noon is the deadline to get pre-order requests in AND paid, as we are shipping the animals out Tuesday night

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09/30/2024

New Arrival: Mastigoproctus cf. giganteus! We finally have some captive bred babies in stock! But quantities are VERY limited, so if this is a must have on your wish list, please submit your quote requests ASAP.

09/26/2024

Quebec/New Brunswick Road Trip!
Amanda will be available to make drop offs on her route to the Maritime Reptile & Pet expo in Moncton, along A40 and the Trans Canada Highway (A20, A85, NB Hwy2) on Saturday Oct 5, making stops in Trois-Rivières, Quebec City, Rivière-du-Loup, Edmundston, Fredericton, Moncton, and anywhere in between along the highway. If there is enough interest, she can take a different route home along NB Hwy 11/8 and Rte 132 on Monday Oct 7 for more drop off locations (Miramichi, Bathurst, Campbellton, Amqui, Rimouski). Anyone interested in a drop off should put in their request by Oct 3.

09/24/2024

Winter shipping season starts soon!
Night time temperatures are dropping, and soon we will begin using winter shipping protocols. We are currently using heat packs, which do not affect the box size or shipping costs, but soon an insulated box will also be needed, which will increase the shipping expenses (the cost of the box, plus an increase to FedEx fees for the larger boxes). We still have a week or two to most areas before these will needed, but we recommend to get orders in soon if you would like to receive an order without these extra costs.

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09/24/2024

Busy Expo Season!
This October we have a total of 4 expos that we will be attending (Edmonton, Moncton, Calgary, Toronto). We will have to split our stock between the expos, and some species in short supply will sell out. We are now taking pre-orders for these expos. If there is a "must have" on your wish list, we highly recommend making a preorder to secure it.

Drop Offs: Amanda will be making drop offs on her routes to and from the Toronto and Moncton expos (details are in the listing for each expo). This is a FREE drop-off offer, but you need to get orders in before the posted deadlines.

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09/21/2024

Don't forget, the BC Reptile Club expo in Abbotsford this weekend! Come say hi to Tempest and Katrina and pick up some amazing inverts!

09/18/2024

It has been a crazy couple of days. We are still playing catch up form the expo last weekend, and we had to work around a power outage all day yesterday at the shop. Amanda is working as fast as she can to get back to messages, so we thank everyone for their patience.

We would also like to apologize to folks who sent in pre-orders for the Abbotsford expo late Monday or early Tuesday. The shipment date had to be moved forward and the box had to be packed and shipped out earlier than originally planned. But we packed as much as we could to send out to the expo, so you can still pick up the animals you need this Saturday and Sunday.

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