I've been debating about if I should share this or not and I've decided to share it. I was in one of the local chain stores (PetWorld Warehouse) in my area yesterday. They have a very large reptile section and my first ball python came from them before I learned better. I was there because I wanted a pair of rats and I figured it was them or PetSmart, neither of which is a favorable option. I can't help myself when I walk into a pet store, I have to look in the reptile section first. Well I did and this is what I saw in one of the tanks.



This poor thing is mostly in its grave and they have all these massive crickets in the tank that are hiding up on top of the other hide in the cage.

I couldn't take it. I stared at the poor thing for a minute before I said something to one of the employees. I thought it was dead. Surprisingly the employee listened to me and we found out it was still alive, if only just barely. He was pretty convinced it was just dehydrated, which I don't believe because its tail was pretty skinny. He even listen when I suggested mealworms over crickets for a while so it didn't need to chase them. I doubt he's actually going to give it mealworms and I doubt it recovers, but I am glad some poor unsuspecting person isn't going to end up with it as their first pet or something.

If I hadn't already learned you can't save them all and if I had the space I would have most likely taken it home with me. Now I can only hope it recovers.