Re: I am now a PET Store rescue home
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Originally Posted by
wolfy-hound
A lot of people get snakes (and all other pets) as impulse buys, then find out they aren't as easy to care for, aren't as much fun, aren't as exciting, then they decide that a pet store would love to take their "free pet" in. They forget that a store is a business, and caring for mulitple animals, especially when people don't think the animals should be sold or given away, runs up very quickly, meaning the store can't make a profit.
Good luck.
I agree,
Another problem is the fact that most pet stores don't educate their customers in the proper care for certain animals.
Take Petco for example....they put a lot of effort into care for dogs and cats, and even host training sessions in the store, but when someone buys a Ball Python they try to sell them a huge glass tank, a tree bark hide, a heat rock, heat lamp, and those terribly calibrated thermometers, which we all know is not the right way to house a baby BP. They don't even house them anywhere near the ideal environment in the store.
Owning a BP is so rewarding when raised properly. I smile just knowing that my BP's are thriving and growing, which makes me want to keep going. The "mis-informed" pet store customers never get that feeling and end up wanting to move on to something else to get it
rant over....
