Pet Shop Horror Stories

[PythonTamer]

O.k., so I just need to vent.... ;)  Since this forum also concerns 'ethics' I will vent here.  
I went into a Pet Store recently and my stomach turned.  At first I was overjoyed to see so many Reptiles in one place not far from where I live.  But as I ventured in for a closer look my joy was turned to horror! ::)  I went near a cage of Bearded Dragons and bent down to look inside, but the odor which came up and greeted me almost made me puke! cwm8.gif
The cage hadn't been cleaned in a LONG LONG time.  But wishing to visit my favorites, the snakes, I went over and saw more horrors. ::)  They had many different snakes; boas, burms, retics, balls, kingsnakes...the usual...but they were not much better off.  I saw a beautiful albino burm with the label 'captive born' .  As I bent down to take a closer look it didn't appear as an albino...and I saw why- because it was crawling with so many mites that it was actually a darker color than it should be!  Examining the other cages I found (without much effort) large ticks, more mites, and snakes that looked under nourished and uncared for :-/  I had a few unpleasant words with the manager, ??? then walked out and shook the dust from my feet :-X  I love herps, especially snakes, and it really burns me up to see those types of conditions.  We need a rescue right here in the Pet Store! :-X
Sorry, but nothing upsets me more!  I wish I could purchase every snake they had just to treat them and give them a decent home ;)  Anyway, I needed to get that off my chest.
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[slkrik00]

yeah it is some :-X when you go to a place where the pets are supposed to be taken care of especially a pet store. They have all of the supplies to take care of the pets but treat them worse than some owners, and that is :-X. I have encountered that at a pet store, but not that bad. It just eats me up to see a pet store treat a helpless animal like that, and at the same time trying to sell it. I have 2 iguanas and the pet store i go to,where i bought mine from they do not take very good care of the ig's and i have always told my boyfriend rick that i wish i could buy all of them and take them home with me and treat them like they are supposed to be treated. people like that are :-X, and dont need a pet store.

[Doug]

HI,
May I suggest your local animal control and tell them your findings and they may just visit and make them clean up their act or else ,,most states donot allow the selling of sick and diseased animals, it aint hygenic to sell humans parasetic pets..
  Not to mention the humane thing, Iain to fond of the SPCA but they can also come down on the store and raise Cain..
   I complained about a local pet store in VA they had feeder rats feeding on each other and living in a really nasty cage, they fixed the problem within 24 hours..and fined them for selling a local species of box turtles. hehe I didn't even notice that..hehe.
  doug