And a mildly frustrating one as well! :?

Anyhow...there's this local PetCo that I visit from time to time, but not often. The last time I was in there a couple months ago looking at their reptiles, my daughter and I held a couple of their bp's. The poor things were so dried out. The humidity in their tank was reading 25%! They all had bits of shed stuck to them.

I went in there today because I wanted to see if they had some frozen meeces for Caesar. I took a cruise past the reptiles, and was pleasantly surprised to see some vast improvements. The bp cage was at about 55% humidity and had a decent hide. There were still several animals in there, but it is a pet store after all. All the ones I could see looked very healthy, though. And all their other reptiles (A surprisingly good variety!) also looked to be in very good health and in as good husbandry as one can expect in a pet store.

I talked to a guy who said he was in charge of their reptiles now. A young kid, but decently knowledgeable about their care...and he truly cared about their welfare. The frustrating part was that they had a GORGEOUS black pine snake in there. I love those...and this guy was so totally black. (Many of them have brown markings.) The guy I was talking to was frustrated about the pine becaue he knew no one was going to buy him. He practically begged me to buy him and said he would give me his store discount on the snake and ANY supplies I wanted to buy with it. (20% discount.) Oh it was so painfully tempting.

And as I was checking out with my little meeces and mealworms, he offered me some free gerbils, complete with a free cage! LOL! I guess they have an overpopulation problem or something. But I just can't do any new pets right now. As tempting as it was. ....is........no, WAS. ........is..... *sigh*

I gave him our website address here...and he said he's been here before, but I didn't get the impression he ever registered. Maybe he'll stop by and register. I hope so. Very interesting guy! I'm gonna have to stop in there more often.....even if it is so painful! LOL

Just wanted to share....sorry for rattling on for so long.....

((PS....PetCo store located on Old Keene Mill Rd in Burke, VA))