PROOF that pet stores know nothing...

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Originally Posted by cassandra

You get what you pay for...

I hafta give props to a local reptile store (well, local 20 miles away), Amazon Reptile Center in Montclair. We'll be buying ratties there for Cleo since the local reptile shops don't carry ratties small enough cleo (she's on rat weanlings...small adults are still a bit too big), so drove out this weekend to get her ratty (awesome hobby store out there too we go to all the time, so it's no hardship).

Anywho, I noticed they had a sticker on their front door, kinda likes this:

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../2/6/mites.gif

And they are only reptile store that I've seen that houses all snakes, including all those itty bitty baby CH bp's, each in their own deli cup...stacks and stacks of them! And they all look good...each cup has it's own little water cup that actually has water!

Good folks...=) I hadn't noticed the "no mites" sticker brefore, but I cracked up when I saw it, hehe...

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That's only an hour away from me, I'll have to check that place out some time.

They don't have a huuuuge selection, but it's a good store. I still like LLL in Oceanside/Escondido better, but even LLL doesn't house all their snakes seperately - gotta give Amazon props for that. =)

Cleo likes their rats. :snake: :blowkiss: :chew: :rat:

Hmmm, I found another place in my area. http://www.reptilesunlimited.com/ Might have to check this place out tomorrow just to window shop.

There is a good petstore here. They have great animals but the owner is a real jack butt. They house everything thing except some baby lizards seperately. Only one I know of though. I went to a pet store the other day and in a single cage they had anoles, green tree frogs, fire belly toads, and some "leopord" geckos which were actually chinese cave geckos. Some pet stores need to be closed down....

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Originally Posted by Grim91Z

Hmmm, I found another place in my area. http://www.reptilesunlimited.com/ Might have to check this place out tomorrow just to window shop.

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Ok, so I checked this place out... It's the best reptile place I've been to so far (even better than my local one). They do a mediocre job of housing (most separate, they have water bowls and at least one hide for most of the reptiles). They're prices were OK, cheapest snakes were 50 bucks for baby Kings and Corns. No invertebrates. :( They had good deals on feeders, though. All the reptiles SEEMED healthy. The Beardies and Iggys were all active (I love how Beardies follow my hand with their head).

I still have to hit up the place Cass mentioned. I'm just not ready to drive 40 miles in my 13MPG car, with no AC in 90 degree weather, only to window shop.

My opinion, Ive seen good and bad in all of the ones Ive been too..
Talk to the associate nearby, if that doesnt work, go to the store manager, if that doesnt work, district manager...Keep going, write letters if you must.

PetCo is a WalMart for animals, its NOT going to go bankrupt from the few reptile keepers boycotting...The best way to get it thru to them, is to TAKE THE TIME TO TALK TO THEM.

Just my 2cents