Landlord finds 19 tarantulas, 1 python left behind by tenant

[Zorro]

AUBURN, Maine -- A Maine landlord arranged for the rescue of 15 tarantulas and one python that had been left behind by a tenant.

Animal rescuer Drew Desjardins was called to the apartment Wednesday in Auburn, the Sun Journal reported.

He found that four of 19 tarantulas had died and that the ball python did not have water. Desjardins said Thursday that he took the surviving animals back to his home and that they were doing fine.

All the recovered animals are illegal in Maine and will be relocated. There was no word on whether the tenant was being sought.

https://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/landlord-finds-19-tarantulas-python-left-tenant-79820364

[greenjar_01]

1. Ball pythons are illegal in Maine?

Why? They're fairly common pets.

[Kali]

2. same with tarantulas

[greenjar_01]

3. I dunno...tarantulas are prob less common than ball pythons

[I_UndergroundPanther]

4. My friend has tarantulas

Had a scorpion too.
She was living in my house than.
I also had 3 cats and a 7 ft boa,Kali. I had her a long time. I still miss her. She was an awesome snek.

[Skittles]

5. I adopted a cat who was left behind when her people moved out of an apartment

I will never understand how people cannot even be bothered to take them to a shelter - that's just fucked up