Petco Reptile Rally?

Tried to enter the contest but it wouldn't let me unless I "like" them with a facebook account which i don't have. So that's pretty unfair.

I'm planning on going tomorrow to one of these rallies! I'm bringing some of my snakes. I trust two of the Petco's in my area--they have knowledgeable staff that take great care of the animals. However, the other Petco's I'd have to say do a sad job with their pets, and their employees do not know very much accurate information. I'll be bringing my snakes to one of the petcos I trust. :gj: Always inspect the place you're going before you go when possible and don't bring your animals if it's dirty--a prize is never worth the health of your pet.

I took my albino ball in there figuring i could enter in the contest and we were the only ones there who brought a reptile. They were doin a dog shot clinic the same weekend. We left after about 2 mins

0.3 normal bp, 1.0 albino bp, 1.0 lesser bp, 0.1 spider bp, 1.0 jacksons chameleon, 0.1 veiled chameleon, 1.0 pit bull doggie

I went to ours this weekend, and I must say that I wasn't impressed. Most of the attendees were children, and no attention was paid to me when I had questions. You know how the conditions tend to be for the reptiles, and the employees are criminally apathetic. One of the children brought her BP to the bearded dragon enclosure and put its face against the glass, scaring the hatchling beardies into a defense display, and the employees thought it was funny. Needless to say, I will never allow them my business again.

We went and my Tazumal won first place in the beauty contest.
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I actually got Tazumal at last year's reptile rally. LOL

This time we came home with Kira:

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I should also add that the Petco near my home is very clean, the animals well cared for, and the staff very knowledgeable. The same is true for the Petsmart.

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Originally Posted by Really

We went and my Tazumal won first place in the beauty contest. I actually got Tazumal at last year's reptile rally. LOL

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Haha... go Tazumal! :gj:

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This time we came home with Kira:

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She's beautiful! And shares my niece's name, which I just saying to another poster about her dog (on the dogs subforum) - weird coincidence, since it's not exactly a common name. Anyway, congrats on both the contest and new addition!

P.S. I ended up not going... maybe next year!

My Kira is named for the character in the book We the Living by Ayn Rand.

She is officially Kira Ayn. It's actually one of the names we considered for our daughter, 18 years ago, along with Dagny (from Rand's Atlas Shrugged). We ended up with Elizabeth though. LOL

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Originally Posted by angllady2

I went last year. I was the only person with a snake. Several people thought it was cool, a few freaked out.

I did get into a nasty insult trading match with a twit who was there adopting cats and kittens. :colbert:

I am seriously considering taking one of my ball pythons. I asked my daughter if I brought my biggest girl up there for the beauty contest, and everyone else got scared and left, would we win by default ? She laughed.

Gale

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I wanna take my big female in. But there illegal in my town and I'm not sure if exposing her is a good idea.