Big Chain Pet Stores

[Druzy]

Does anyone know where the big chain pet stores such as Petsmart, and Petco get their reptiles from? Are these reptiles captive bred?

[pmarks]

I was a manager at Petco for years. The reptiles at my store were ordered from multiple breeders/wholesalers. Most were captive bred but some, such as iguanas, were wild caught. I would shy away from purchasing a reptile from Petco though because they are typically unhealthy and severely underweight.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

When it comes to BP they are farmed hatched (in other words hatch in big pits in africa and then imported) as for the other animals they sell I have no Idea.