Prehistoric Pets should be avoided

[Lady Python]

There's one reptile shop over here I went to once recently - and walked out again. The conditions the poor snakes were in was heartbreaking. Their heat source was an ordinary light-bulb (which at least was guarded). All of them were soaking in their water bowls (either too hot, mites or both). One poor snake (a Ratsnake) didn't even have the luxury of water in his bowl. It had dried up and there was a horrible brown slime on the sides of the bowl . The poor Ratsnake was trying desperately hard to get out.The vivs were filthy with faeces half-way up the walls that was so dried on it would have to be scraped off with a blade. Many of the snakes had partial sheds stuck to them that had obviously been there for some time. My husband was with me and he was so choked up by what he saw he couldn't speak. A friend of mine does reptile rescue and she also knows about this shop. I can't say what she said about it as it is unprintable. I felt like buying every single snake in that shop except that I wouldn't line the pocket of the ignorant, greedy.selfish moron that owns that shop.


Ironically, they have a website and to read it you'd think they were THE top specialist reptile shop in the whole of the UK

Frankly, I'd have them closed down.

[Kizerk]

PP does have dirty conditions though. i visited their website. and i was expectin great faciilities etc. but when i went there i mildly suprised. they had tortoises in these enclosures with feces in there, and there flies all over. it smelled of feces, the entire place...but the smell i could take. but there was feces. they had medium sized bearded dragons together in a small enclosure

i saw that enclosure with the green/yellow anaconda in there. the water dish was REALLY SMALL for the both of them. then they had pac man frogs, two in one enclosure . and all 3 of them were on gravel/water, which was horrible. there were sliders cramped in small aquariums. their pond... it's way too crowded in there. they had catfishes, like 25+ large sliders in there...

they need to provide better enclosures, and keep them clean as well...

[Adam_Wysocki]

I would like to comment on Adam's balls however. Having held a pair of them, I find them quite beautiful, soft-skinned and active, while showing a bit of spirit. Hey... the het albino pair I purchased!! You sickos!! heeheehee. sorry Adam couldn't resist.

LMAO!! .. you rock T ... that made my day!

-adam

[RWillinnable]

i say you expect too much from them RWillinnable

Possibly so. However, when it comes to my money, I set my own standards and PP did not meet them. Maybe next time, I will go once more and see if they just had an off day. Like I said before, I could be wrong.

Here is a pic I got off a BTS site and I can tell that this is a PP pic.
http://bluetongueskinks.net/toothin01.jpg Now, that BTS seems pretty skinny to me and that was advertised by PP, themselves.

Rachel

[reptile-girl]

well some reptiles don't eat i know that my brothers ball python hasnt eaten in 2 and a half months i dont think they are avoiding feeding their animals

[RWillinnable]

well some reptiles don't eat i know that my brothers ball python hasnt eaten in 2 and a half months i dont think they are avoiding feeding their animals

Well, if you feel that they are good reptile handlers, go ahead and buy from them, but I won't.

Rachel

[mr~python]

well some reptiles don't eat i know that my brothers ball python hasnt eaten in 2 and a half months i dont think they are avoiding feeding their animals

thats a month and a half thank you very much. and i personally dont think shes expecting to much from them at all. its there job to make sure the snakes have the right size enclosure and size waterbowl that they need, and to make sure that that cage and waterbowl is clean.

[Kizerk]

i can understand if their snakes dont eat, and look a little thin. but the smell in that store... for the people that own alot of snakes, does your snake room smell?

[mr~python]

does your snake room smell?

like me

[reptile-girl]

well some reptiles don't eat i know that my brothers ball python hasnt eaten in 2 and a half months i dont think they are avoiding feeding their animals

i posted this and i need to do some edits
edit: 1 and a half months
edit: don't eat sometimes

-Courtney