Yesterday, while in SoCal visiting my parents I had some time to go to Prehistoric Pets in Fountain Valley, Ca. http://www.prehistoricpets.com I highly advise against anyone purchasing animals from them. I would say that over half of the cages had feces lying around and many had old sheds lying around. Many of the adult snakes had more than one snake in a cage, including the ball pythons. The large boids, and they did have some twenty footers, were so cramped that they barely had room to move. One green anaconda I saw was trying desperately to take a soak, but he or she was about 4 times the size of its dish. Many snakes and lizards had incomplete sheds as well, telling me that humidty requirements are not being met.
All in all, I saw some very sad looking snakes. I even asked if I could see their ball python collection since I know that they are one of the high end producers of ball morphs and they wouldn't let me see them. The staff looked like they were wearing 2 or 3 day old uniforms as well. Not a good place.
Maybe this forum can start a thread and leave it at the top of one of the forums where we can go to rate breeders and so-called "reptile" stores so we can know which ones we want to support and which ones are beneath our own standards? Maybe a template of questions to answer about the place and/or breeder as well? Any thoughts?
Rachel
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