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Pet stores, like every business, is all about the bottom dollar. They want to move their merchandise as fast as they can while only spending the minumum amount to care for their animals. Thus making more money. It is my understanding that some pet stores will have wild caught ball pythons therefore creating a headache for the new owner. Just a fact of life.
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Ive seen a lot of posts about bad pet store experiences but this is quite horrific..
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if you dont mind what petstore and where? I am in Akron Ohio and we have 1 good petstore the rest are like your experience
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Well, technically....
I would say the size (10g) is big enough for one baby ball python.
And they don't really need branches to climb on.
:gj::gj::gj:
But yeah, everything else was pretty horrific :tears:. Poor guy. I would have been very tempted to "rescue" him from the pet store.
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It is this kind of stuff that makes me want to open up my own pet store. You can always try to educate the employees and the manager, but most of the time, they do not listen. :mad:
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that sounds terrible :(
but, they might not have been trying to feed the bp crickets.. crix escape from almost everything, and get into whatever they can find. its not uncommon to see crickets in enclosures where they have no business being there (like in a ball python enclosure).
make a complaint to the manager and tell them exactly WHY you will not shop there. they only care when you will impact their bottom line.
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Call you local animal authority, if they have to have a permit contact their permit holder. There isn't much you can do but tell them how you feel and not do business there. If you contact the owner of the establishment and let them know they have lost a customer and you will be letting your friends know about them they might change, but I doubt it.
Mike
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Most large chains have wild caught ball pythons. They get them imported, buy them for ten dollars and sell them for $65. Most of these animals are full of parisites and have RI's. Unfortunatly the animal hospital I work for has contracts with these large chains and I see this all the time it is heart breaking.
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bman123
if you dont mind what petstore and where? I am in Akron Ohio and we have 1 good petstore the rest are like your experience
It was in Austintown Ohio its not neccessarily a large chain. Its called complete petmart. By Coldstone Rulli Brothers restaurant.
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I have been to that store as well. You are right they have very poor conditions there! I am now out in Streetsboro and the Pet Supplies Plus out there is alot better. Not great but better!!!!
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cweimer4
It was in Austintown Ohio its not neccessarily a large chain. Its called complete petmart. By Coldstone Rulli Brothers restaurant.
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Yeah, the only thing I got there was 3 adult mice... Im going to a larger pet store next time. Im sure theyll have better conditions. Id feel too bad if I went in there again.
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If theres a case of animal cruelty/negligence going on at a local store, treat it like you would if a person wasnt taking care of their pet. Report the store to your local animal authority!!!
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The pet store I have to go to for feeders sometimes (I say "sometimes" because I have a local supplier who will give me sub-adults/adults at 0.50 cents each, as opposed to friggin' $4.99 at the pet store) has a pretty pitiful ball python. They've held onto this little guy for a couple months now - hasn't grown a bit or gained ANY weight. It's still eating hoppers. SMALL ones, at that. He looks like a long triangle with a head. Fortunately, his water bowl is in a better state than the one you described, and he has a hide. Poor thing just isn't getting enough sustenance. :mad:
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Put your words out there for more than herpers to read--find their listings on Google and Yahoo, and yellow pages, and review them. Tell the world what you saw, and why it's bad. In this day and age, any business not paying attention to its reviews isn't likely to be around very long. Most people look up addresses online now--when they do, they'll see the place's rating.
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Petsmart and Petco will correct a problem if you go over their heads and complain to corporate. I've done it 3 times now. I hate having to go to such an extreme to get them to correct a simple husbandry issue but I get so frustrated with the people who work there refusing to listen to me.
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Reptile King
Pet stores, like every business, is all about the bottom dollar. They want to move their merchandise as fast as they can while only spending the minumum amount to care for their animals. Thus making more money. It is my understanding that some pet stores will have wild caught ball pythons therefore creating a headache for the new owner. Just a fact of life.
not all pet stores are about the dollars. i work in one and trust me our reptiles get all they need. the only bad thing about the pet store i work at is that there is no quarentine tanks but when we get any new animals in we immediatly make an appointment with the vet to get checked and to make sure there is no parasites. we dont sell our reptiles to anybody that comes in with money we make sure that they know how to take care of the reptile. i have refused to sell snakes to people that i feel wont provide a good home. the owner does not mind if he does not sell a snake to some one who probably would end up harming the snake.