I started a thread about this pet store in the past over an adult BP(which is now no longer there) and people attacked me. I am by no means some "expert" but I now know enough about BPs to see poor conditions!
Before people attack me and pretend like I am just stupid because my boyfriend and I have only owned a snake for 9 months...
We have run into problems with our ball python and have corrected them(that is what this forum is for!)
Our snake now has:
2 thermometers both with probes that are right next to both of her identical hides on each side. Warm side: 89-91 Cool side 79-81
Humidity: 50-60% raised with spraying when she is shedding(and her last shed was a perfect 1 piece shed)
Her poop and urates are removed as soon as they are spotted.(and we check everyday)
Her water is changed everyday(she gets brita filtered water just like we drink)
She has aspen bedding and it is changed once a month(when we clean her enclosue)
She eats almost every single time we feed her.
I am not claiming to be some expert by any means but I now feel I have the authority to claim OBVIOUS NEGLECT when I see it!
We went to the pet store in question tonight again to purchase Frozen Hoppers for our BP named Snickers. That is the ONLY reason we go to this pet store because their frozen mice are so much cheaper than Petco or Petsmart because they buy them in bulk and the mice are not individually packaged.
What we noticed this time was even worse than the adult BP from the other thread:
It was a baby BP this time.
No thermometers, no hygrometer, NO HIDES...not even 1
What it had was:
a screen top
a UV light heat source(which probably remains on 24/7 considering it is the ONLY heat source...so much for "darkness")
a water dish
a small bit of reptile carpet that only covered half the the small enclosure.
THAT IS IT!
The water dish was round and shoved into the corner of the enclosure and the baby BP had wrapped herself in a weird looking tangled knot in that corner next to the water dish trying to hide her face from the light because she has no hides and the bright light which is her only heat source probably remains on 24/7!
I know I am not some ball python expert but this is PATHETIC treatment by the store and I am tired of it!
All the reptiles in the store have screened lids with only UV light heat sources, no temp or humidity measuring devices!(including corn snakes, geckos, and savannah monitors)
According to google reviews of this store they also get all their dogs from puppy mills!
With the other thread I stated about this store I got attacked after getting advice from someone telling me to contact the ASPCA(I said I would and then got attacked because of information about the ASPCA concerning snakes I didn't have any knowledge of)
Even if I can purchase cheaper frozen mice at this store doesn't mean their treatment of animals in general doesn't alarm me! I would rather pay twice as much from another store to feed our snake than to let this crap I see in the store continue!
I got bashed in "the other thread I stared about this same pet store for not being an "EXPERT" http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...t-to-rescue-it) but I freely admit I am not some expert...
I feel I am able to spot piss poor treatment from a pet store at this point though!
If I shouldn't contact the ASPCA do to their stance on snake ownership WHO should I contact about the store then????????
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