Beating a seemingly dead horse

[Hannahshissyfix]

This poor guy is wasting away at my local Petco. I've never seen so much skin just hanging on bones to the point it can fold over like near his bottom end. Humidity was 30% and temp was barely 80 and they probably wondering why it won't eat. I made some simple suggestions to the employee but I'm sure they can't just change the substrate even without permission. It just makes me furious that they can continue to improperly house animals that leads to their suffering but can you imagine how much news coverage this would have if it were an emaciated puppy?

[cheosamad]

This poor guy is wasting away at my local Petco. I've never seen so much skin just hanging on bones to the point it can fold over like near his bottom end. Humidity was 30% and temp was barely 80 and they probably wondering why it won't eat. I made some simple suggestions to the employee but I'm sure they can't just change the substrate even without permission. It just makes me furious that they can continue to improperly house animals that leads to their suffering but can you imagine how much news coverage this would have if it were an emaciated puppy?

JEEZ and I thought my Ramen was in poor shape. That's atrocious, and Petsmart should be accountable for this.

[shelpen]

Could you do something for him?
Buy it? Talk to the manager to give you a break on price since it's in such a bad shape...
It just brakes my heart to look at him.

[Hannahshissyfix]

Could you do something for him?
Buy it? Talk to the manager to give you a break on price since it's in such a bad shape...
It just brakes my heart to look at him.

It's all just supply and demand to them so I won't fool myself that I'd be "saving" it. Their manager wasn't in and the girl I spoke with was pretty understanding and agreed with me on changes but I'm sure nothing will happen besides this guy wasting away because Corp won't approve simple things like cypress to help a little with atleast the humidity issue. The poor guy was all the way at the front of the glass and totally exposed but probably too weak to search for a hiding spot. I feel like he looked worse in person some how. Just look a few inches up from his tail! That is nothing but bones and hanging skin. If anyone has easy access to suggestions on who to call that would be nice and hopefully I can try to get through to someone. Unfortunately I've seen other people on here try to help for similar cases and clearly their advice to corporate to change their husbandry practises falls on deaf ears.

[bcr229]

You can contact corporate and complain: http://about.petco.com/contacts-and-policies

Be sure to give the store location.

[mdb730]

You are right not to fool yourself into buying it, they have another one waiting to take its place. Best you can do is contact corporate.


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[piedlover79]

They do need to be reported. That is unacceptable

[mdb730]

Where is this store if you don't mind me asking?


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[Hannahshissyfix]

It's the Bethel Park Petco outside of Pittsburgh. I don't stop in often but needed some dog stuff and clearly this guy has been neglected for quite some time. If he weren't totally deflated, I'd say he should be in the 150g range so he isn't a brand new hatchling that never ate, just one that probably stopped eating once at the store . They did have 2 other young bp in the tank that looked in much better shape. Atleast for now. I'll try to get online and send some emails or make calls when I have time this evening and anyone else is more than welcome to do the same. The employee tried to assure me they were all seen by a vet last week but I pointed out that obviously won't fix anything if their husbandry is still way off preventing it from eating and starting to recover. Ugh.

[Ax01]

thats horrid!

i remember a Petco rep or employee (or fake) joined the forum briefly. she/he asked folks to email PTPsupport@petco.com. not sure if anything came out of it and obviously they haven't fixed their husbandry system wide. anyway here's one of the post from Petco - http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...=1#post2384913