Pecto Stepping up there games for BPs

[The Hedgehog]

I'm amazed anyone would consider buying a snake from Petco.....

Actually, I bought my first snake from there. Didn't know about this forum, and wasn't aware of a few things. My experience wasn't all that bad. I paid ~$100 for snake, tank, bedding, water bowl, and heating pad. Went and got a acurite and table lamp dimmer for another $30 and I was set. So I spent $130 for everything, and I have a nice looking normal female. In the end, it's not all that bad.

We are a select group of people and 95% of the general public only knows that reptiles need heat and water and food. They usually don't know how much heat, or how much food, or the right humidity for that matter. You know more because of this forum I bet then you ever did before.

I know petco sucks way to pricy for me man with that money I can get me two decent morphs from a breeder

Then go do that. No one is telling you to buy from Petco, they are just saying that Petco is having morphs now for sale. Which is what I assumed would eventually happen. Why be stuck with spiders that you can't sell as a private breeder when you can sell them to petco for 200 bucks and petco will charge 400 to a person who doesn't know any better? See what I'm saying?

People just wanna save a few bucks if petco is letting em go cheaper? Amazing!

Id never do it...

Then don't. Again, see above.

I'd rather see petco step up their care as opposed to their game..

Me too, but I can tell you exactly why they don't. They get people who aren't knowledgeable about reptiles, and train them on corporate standards and that's it. They don't want the guy in there who sets everything like it should be with heating pads and such because of one reason.

COST.

Not only would it cost Petco tons of money to make every single animal have the standards needed for perfect husbandry, but it would cost Petco tons of money training each employee and then paying the employee for the reptile position even more because of all the extra work that would be needed.

Sorry ladies and Gentleman, but that's the way it works. At the end of the day, Petco is a business, and their goal is to make as much money as possible while spending as little as possible.

Cue the bad sheds, mites, and emaciated morphs...

See above please.

So much hate in this thread. I'm not "Defending" Petco, but if you don't like them, don't go to them. If you know how to take better care of the animals they house, then you go work for them for $7.50 an hour. I'm content with my job, and even though it sucks, that's life, and I know that I'm not going to go in there with the intention of buying any snakes or trying to correct their husbandry.

Sorry for the rant, but I just don't like seeing people bashing a place because they are a business and are trying to make money.