petco (rant)

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Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

The oldest BP on record lived to 48

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Yeah I always heard around 40+

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Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

The oldest BP on record lived to 48

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Ahhhh wow, the oldest one i have is 7.

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Of course 48 isn't the norm, but they are capable of it.

Honestly, I don't expect much from the big box pet stores, and so far they've never exceeded those expectations.

If a BP can have a SKU, then it must have a Barcode...I want a tattoo of a BP Barcode!

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Originally Posted by Jasonx

I don't know; I always thought petco was better than petsmart. guess not -_-

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Yeah they are one in the same.

I like the little per stores you find in small towns; they seem to know more because they're smaller and give each other new info everyday and by each other I mean the employees in the one store. :p

Sadly, I "confess" we bought our BP from a smaller pet store. :( That was before I discovered all of you. :) Funny thing is, we were looking for a hamster for my daughter- after MONTHS/Years of begging for one. Then after days of searching various stores, looking at all the "critters" and talking with people, we came home with a BP! LOL

I KNOW that sounds HIGHLY Irresponsible, knowing what I know now. Im Sorry we fell for all the garbage we were fed at the pet stores. BUT we do believe in giving our pets 110%- so we've made what I believe is a very good home for Medusa. :) Hopefully better then that at the pet store, or where she could have ended up.

Now I tell my daughter, that maybe when she's a Teen looking for a job, she can work at one of these pet stores in the reptile dept and really educate people on whats involved in caring for a snake. Then again, she might tell all of them to go to a breeder and not to shop for one at a pet store... so the job might not last to long. lol

Well everyone has their opinions about petstores. I rescued 2 of mine from one that people returned. That's why i've been trying so hard to get a job at one knowing what i know about Beardies and BP's. I actually was shopping in there for something (a gift for a friend's new puppy) When saw a kid and his mom talking baby talk at the Beardies. I told the boy that they are alot of work and proceeded to tell him EVERYTHING he needed for one. You should of seen his look.....PRICELESS! Mom said umm no you're not getting one. Then they asked about the BP's and again i proceeded to tell them EVERYTHING they needed for them....proper diet, heat, humidity, basking spot, hide....everything that petsmart doesn't tell them. I showed him the proper setup and again his mom said no. My friend who works there actually thanked me for saving them from possibly getting a returned possibly mistreated animal. You have to understand it's the big uppity ups that make the rules...not the individual stores although there are some folks that work in these places that REALLY know their animals. JMO.

I got a Mojo and a Spider from a local petco. And there was a Pastel there at the time. There is a "Reptile Rally" they are putting on the first weekend in June and the reptile guy (which I have gotten friendly with) said he is expecting a Enchi and Pinstrpe in sometime this week. I will ask him about the Bumble Bee being "available" at a petco, BUT with all the incorrect stuff they have already up there..... I'd say its just filler. Probably was a Pretty picture of a BB the webmaster found lol

I can vouch for the Petco's (at least in Middle TN) having excellent staff that is very informed and and have alot of knowledge about all reps.

The ONLY problem i have ever had with feeding a Ball in its enclousure was them ingesting a little bit of substrate. Thats it! Most active during the day? Thats funny because i have never seen one of my BPs out during the day and most of the time not at night. Nice find, just goes to show you how much misinformation is really out there. :rage: