I like to take little trips to the pets stores in my local area to keep my eye on herps because we all know that most pet stores dont know jack about husbandry or they just dont care.
I have been keeping my eye on one of them. They have 5 young ball pythons that were last fed on April 15. These poor guys are skin and bones. They are in an enclosure with no hides, nothing but a water dish. Their bark substrate looks like it hasnt been changed in months. There are urates and fecal matter all over. This is the same place I rescued bones from a month or two ago. They also have a blood python which looks to have an RI. The poor guy has been in his water dish for days and he has his mouth hanging open to breath. He also has no hides and a lack of humidity. None of their other herps look real great either. Point being, they take aweful care of their reptiles.
After seeing that poor blood python with his mouth hanging open I couldnt just let that slide by. So I gave animal control a call today and they are sending some one over to take a look. Apperantly I am not the first one to complain about this pet store either.
It makes me so angry that these pet stores dont care about their pets! Anything for a buck right?
grrrr
Anyway, animal control is going to call me back. Im hoping they do somthing DRASTIC!
Ill keep ya posted...