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    My store is trying....

    As some of you know I work at Petsmart and had recently adopted a snake from there in horrible condition. I have been on the manager since then about better the habitats and feeding habits. I was asked the other day to feed the snakes... a corn and a ball both get one pinkie. Thats like a snack for the poor ball. The manager informed me that they can not feed them anything else. I told her then I will not be the one feeding them as I do not condone mistreatment of the animals and that includes not feeding them properly.

    She asked me to find a website or maybe even a person who can be reached through phone or email so the manager can pass it on and see if we cant get better housing and atleast meet the feed requirements for the snakes. I gave her this site already and printed out a care guide for her. But are there any other really good informative sites out there that have information on the correct housing and feeding requirements for captive ball pythons? I think this is a step forward that she is willing to pass on information.

    In the mean time I do what I can to better the snake's lives there and I will continue on working on getting them feeding the appropriate sized food items.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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    Re: My store is trying....

    Wow just a Pinky for a ball? It should be eating a hopper rat or adult mouse. Hopefully she is willing to change the feeding practice of the animals in her care. Where do these pet stores get thier info on how to take care of pets?
    NONE of them have it right.

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    Re: My store is trying....

    I couldn't work at a petstore, because if the animal was being mistreated I would get very involved and it wouldn't be a good outcome.
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    Re: My store is trying....

    You should remember to tell her that feeding too small of a prey item is dangerous to the animal. It will not gain enough energy back from digestion of such a small creature (as digestion takes up a large amount of energy) and will in result, lose energy by eating the pinky.


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    Re: My store is trying....

    not only that it will turn it into a problem feeder quick as they tent to shut down there small intestine when they are under fed.

    makes it hard to get them back on a solid feeding.
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    Re: My store is trying....

    Why don't you call up one of the bigger breeders of ball pythons and have her talk to them?
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    Re: My store is trying....

    I also work at a Petsmart and I take care of the snakes. You can have ur petcare manager order store use fuzzies. We have bags of them. I also feed the milk snake the fuzzies too. But our pythons got too big to just have fuzzies so I buy them mice out of my own pocket. I don't mind doin it cuz it's what's best for the snake
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    Re: My store is trying....

    Yea I hear ya I have worked at 2 PetSmarts for a long time and 1 Petco briefly... stupid policies and procedures. If they will not order larger sized food for you I would say write off some of the frozen fuzzies for store use and see what they do... Pinkies are way too small for the sized babies they get.
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    Re: My store is trying....

    I'll have to ask the manager at the petsmart I goto, since I have to go there tom because the guy didnt ship my snake Fedex priority, so i'm going to go pick it up myself. I wonder if it's just petsmarts in that area, or all of them.
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    Re: My store is trying....

    i would definately give bhb, nerd, or vpi a call and see if they would be willing to discuss this with your manager. im sure all 3 would be more than willing to.

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