About once a month, I go to a local pet shop to buy feeder mice for my snake. From the start, I noticed that some of the reptile enclosures didn't have water bowls, and if they did, they were usually empty. Well, the enclosures have heat lamps and those are bad about sucking out moisture. So, I figured that they'd water when the store closed. Saw a snake who didn't shed clean, but some snakes have issues with shedding.

Today, I went in, and it was fairly busy. I was looking at the snakes while I was waiting for the business to die down. Saw a snake with an old burn, which isn't unusual if they can get to the heat source. Figured it was a trade in or something. Went over to the ball pythons and saw two off in a tank; as usual, no water bowl. One was curled in an odd position, I didn't think it was breathing. I went to look at the other snakes and mom walked over to me to say that neither were breathing and both looked dehydrated and underweight.

Without a word, we both left and went to a different store to get my mice, one that we know takes care of the animals. Mom and I were really both ticked off. She doesn't like snakes, but she doesn't like seeing anything suffer.

:| Anyone know who I should report this to? It's a privately owned pet shop, family owned; it's not a big chain store. I'm in Oklahoma btw.