Happy New Year everyone, 2025 seems like the perfect time to contemplate retirement as I have been running my bug business for 45 years! So, I have thought about it and don’t much like the idea J I have instead decided that working part time sounds much better! My plan is to work just three or four days a week, not six or seven, it would be great to have a distinction between the week and the weekend. I have been trying to cut down for some time and it just hasn’t worked out. I have realised that keeping tarantulas is a major stress to me, if I were to be incapacitated, I have absolutely no backup. I have to face facts that I am not getting any younger. My family and friends would not have a clue how to look after my spider collection. Times have changed, tarantulas have become mainstream pets and the market is pretty much flooded. I have a wonderful collection but I will gradually be phasing them out. I always have far more than are shown on my website as some are in the process of br...