Petco selling baby green tree pythons

Stop at petco for some moss and low and behold baby green tree python in the exact same setup as their ball pythons. He looked in bad shape(sorry no pic) one hide one small branch and zero humidity. Wish I still worked in the oilfield and made money I would have snagged him( I kno don’t buy from them) but such a shame for such a beautiful snake to be in such a bad situation.

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Originally Posted by DandD

Stop at petco for some moss and low and behold baby green tree python in the exact same setup as their ball pythons. He looked in bad shape(sorry no pic) one hide one small branch and zero humidity. Wish I still worked in the oilfield and made money I would have snagged him( I kno don’t buy from them) but such a shame for such a beautiful snake to be in such a bad situation.

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It's so hard not to when you see an animal is such terrible housing conditions. I bought one of my arboreal tarantulas when, like the snake you found, I found it set up terrestrially. They didn't even know what arboreal meant and claimed that the terrestrial set up was perfect for an avicularia.

I mean, yeah, I saved the animal from dying in the shop or being purchased by someone who would take the pet store advice - but we all know in the end they will just replace with another one. I just don't go to big name pet stores anymore. The locally owned shops do a great job housing their amphibians and reptiles. The inverts do need more substrate than they are provided with though.

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I didn't know we sold GTB. I would call corporate and tell them.

That sounds like a recipe for disaster.

I’ve also seen them selling chameleons [emoji853]


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The sadness I feel right now is immeasurable. If I had the power to shut down ever Petco I would in a heart beat.

I think so many of us like to go to pet stores, it’s a shame how many reptiles Ive seen in horrible conditions. I’ve seen one for sale by my petco (GTP). Set up was horrible. They just want to sell as much as they can. It’s a shame, it really is. But I could never buy an animal from them.

i dont wanna buy anything from them but its alittle hard when the only other reptile pet store near you is Petsmart, i drive all the way to san jose. between the two i would rather go to petsmart than petco... they care just alittle more than petco... a little, they at least have (the one i went to) had perfect temps and humidity the enclosures might have been small but at least theres more in there besides one hide and a water bowl. i would rather not give my money to either of them tho

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Originally Posted by n1c0l3

i dont wanna buy anything from them but its alittle hard when the only other reptile pet store near you is Petsmart, i drive all the way to san jose. between the two i would rather go to petsmart than petco... they care just alittle more than petco... a little, they at least have (the one i went to) had perfect temps and humidity the enclosures might have been small but at least theres more in there besides one hide and a water bowl. i would rather not give my money to either of them tho

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Im in the same boat. There are no pet stores besides those two. So for quick supplies I don’t have a choice. I buy my frozen mice from there for now until it makes sense to order in bulk.

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Originally Posted by SDA

The sadness I feel right now is immeasurable. If I had the power to shut down ever Petco I would in a heart beat.

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You would be putting me out of a job. I also take very good care of my animals.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Petco can barely keep BPs alive, not sure how they will keep a GTP alive.....and they gave it a hide......:please:

Let see GTP + pet store + staff with limited knowledge + impulse buy from people with limited knowledge......what could possibly go wrong :rolleyes:

Entry level species is one thing and even that it's often a fail but GTP, wonder when they are gonna start selling retics? :confusd::rolleyes:

I'm waiting to hear them selling Nile and Roughneck Monitors hahaha. That would funny to see the turmoil from that after a few years.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Let see GTP + pet store + staff with limited knowledge + impulse buy from people with limited knowledge......what could possibly go wrong :rolleyes:

Entry level species is one thing and even that it's often a fail but GTP, wonder when they are gonna start selling retics? :confusd::rolleyes:

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I agree I have always loved GTP but have no where near the experience. Someday though....

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Originally Posted by DandD

I agree I have always loved GTP but have no where near the experience. Someday though....

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I felt the same way but after getting Pat, it really hasnt been that hard to care for him. I might have gotten lucky like beginners luck but let's knock on wood anyways. I have had boas and BPs as well as Monitors, iguanas and all sorts of other reptiles and amphibians in the past though but really, all these people who say GTPs, BCC and retics are hard to care for, i have to kind of disagree. They really dont seem any more demanding than my other pets were.

There's a PetCo in my town, along with two locally-owned pet stores. Sadly, the locally-owned pet stores keep their reptiles in even worse conditions than PetCo, if you can believe that.

In one, I saw two leopard geckos in the same small tank, with absolutely no lighting or CHE or heatmat. I couldn't believe my eyes. I DID look thoroughly on the bottom of the tank for any signs of a heatmat--any wires behind the cage, anything. The glass tank was flush with the bottom and there were no wires and no overhead heat for the geckos. The two geckos inside looked absolutely close to death, with their legs and tails very very thin. I wanted to cry. There were some crickets hopping in the tank with them.

In the other one, I saw a ball python that looked only a little bigger than a hatchling, and it was incredibly skinny. There was a live mouse fuzzy in front of it.

As much as I hate PetCo, I've actually found that--in my town--it's the most humane of the three when it comes to its reptile care.

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Originally Posted by Sunnieskys

You would be putting me out of a job. I also take very good care of my animals.

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Are you management at PetCo? I've read that it's store policy to feed their ball pythons mouse pinkies; is that true at your store?

Also, WHY do no pet stores ever have proper humidity for their balls? Does PetCo enforce humidity requirements? Most pet stores just use those glass tanks with mesh lids.

There's actually one PetCo in my area that has perfect humidity for each of their reptile species, all the reptiles look healthy, and the setups are spotless. I can only assume that it's that the store lucked into a knowledgeable employee for that particular reptile section and it's mostly luck of the draw.

My local Petco had a GTP a while back, was there probably 3-4 weeks and it died. Surprise surprise. They gave it a half log hide, a small plant, no perch or anything. I suggested that arboreal snakes need something to climb on. They told me they were told how to set it up and weren't allowed to change it or add anything. So sad.

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Originally Posted by craigafrechette

My local Petco had a GTP a while back, was there probably 3-4 weeks and it died. Surprise surprise. They gave it a half log hide, a small plant, no perch or anything. I suggested that arboreal snakes need something to climb on. They told me they were told how to set it up and weren't allowed to change it or add anything. So sad.

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Corporate Morons, they need to hire actual reptile experts that do their research and have experience.

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Originally Posted by savora

There's a PetCo in my town, along with two locally-owned pet stores. Sadly, the locally-owned pet stores keep their reptiles in even worse conditions than PetCo, if you can believe that.

In one, I saw two leopard geckos in the same small tank, with absolutely no lighting or CHE or heatmat. I couldn't believe my eyes. I DID look thoroughly on the bottom of the tank for any signs of a heatmat--any wires behind the cage, anything. The glass tank was flush with the bottom and there were no wires and no overhead heat for the geckos. The two geckos inside looked absolutely close to death, with their legs and tails very very thin. I wanted to cry. There were some crickets hopping in the tank with them.

In the other one, I saw a ball python that looked only a little bigger than a hatchling, and it was incredibly skinny. There was a live mouse fuzzy in front of it.

As much as I hate PetCo, I've actually found that--in my town--it's the most humane of the three when it comes to its reptile care.



Are you management at PetCo? I've read that it's store policy to feed their ball pythons mouse pinkies; is that true at your store?

Also, WHY do no pet stores ever have proper humidity for their balls? Does PetCo enforce humidity requirements? Most pet stores just use those glass tanks with mesh lids.

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What. Petsmart feeds pinkies! Mine are all on adult mice. One weighs 215, 202 and 220g. My cornies are on fuzzies now weighing on the 30g range. All my reptiles are fed correctly, changed daily and taken care of. No it is not our policy to feed them pinkies.

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I thought it was Petsmart and Petco policy to not feed live at all, only frozen. And dont they only have adult mice as their stock of frozen? So it would boil down to either the snake eats a meal WAY too big or doesnt eat. Anyways correct me if i am wrong but that was what someone told me that worked at Petsmart.

I got my banana california kingsnake from Petco. I saw him In there one day while I was in getting some other stuff and noticed they were trying to feed him..crickets...I thought about him for several days before going back for him. That was almost a year ago by now.
I named him Francis And he ate his first fuzzy today :)

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Originally Posted by Sunnieskys

You would be putting me out of a job. I also take very good care of my animals.

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I thought it was Petsmart and Petco policy to not feed live at all, only frozen. And dont they only have adult mice as their stock of frozen? So it would boil down to either the snake eats a meal WAY too big or doesnt eat. Anyways correct me if i am wrong but that was what someone told me that worked at Petsmart.

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I believe it is policy to only feed frozen. They won't even sell a mouse or rat at my local stores if you say it's going to be a prey item.

The stores by me carry pinkies and adult mice, as well as adult rats.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Let see GTP + pet store + staff with limited knowledge + impulse buy from people with limited knowledge......what could possibly go wrong :rolleyes:

Entry level species is one thing and even that it's often a fail but GTP, wonder when they are gonna start selling retics? :confusd::rolleyes:

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Retics ?

Right after they offer those cute Crocodile Monitors :)

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I thought it was Petsmart and Petco policy to not feed live at all, only frozen. And dont they only have adult mice as their stock of frozen? So it would boil down to either the snake eats a meal WAY too big or doesnt eat. Anyways correct me if i am wrong but that was what someone told me that worked at Petsmart.

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I have a local Petco and Petsmart. The Petco, while not knowledgeable, does sell me mice as feeders. I can also vouch they have a range of frozen feeder rats and mice.

Petsmart has a policy to only sell frozen feeders. I tried to get a live rodent from them once and ended up getting in a huge argument with the manager.

My experience with a GTP there.

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My sister in law works for Petco and I asked why there were 4 balls in one display with one hide. She said corporate has a layout and it must be followed or face repercussions. So she contacts me and says she needs help. They have a ball that hasn't eaten and has been to the vet a few times. I said find someone to house it (I don't take chances with my collection) and Ill get it to eat. So it goes to the Vet for 2-3 days, comes back and her friend is going to take it. I was going to take food over there and get it to eat. The day her friend was supposed to pick it up, it died.

The Pet Smart in Temecula off of Temecula Parkway is horrible. Ball Pythons in 107 degrees on the gauge, humidity is 20% and they were so dry. I told the clerk and she called and said "customer says snakes need water" over the radio. So sad...