We have a local pet shop near where we live. We are there frequently to get our supply of live feeders. However every time we are there it seems like there conditions are getting worse and worse. There are tanks that have mixes of bearded dragons, iguanas, and geckos. Almost every water bowl in that place is a mix of aspen and nasty "stuff" not clean and full of plain water. Heating elements are almost non existent. Too small chameleons (two of which were dead at the bottom). The ball pythons are all mixed sizes in the same tanks. Of course the small ones are all underneath the larger ones. They look underweight and just plain sad. There are exposed light bulbs in some of these vision type cages. Just plain dirty also. There was one tortoise that really upset me today. They have this poor thing in a little turtle shaped kiddie pool right when you walk in. It is just sitting in its watery feces. No food or water around for it to drink. Its shell length was about 16 inches or so, give or take. Its shell had looked like it had at one point been in some kind of accident and someone probably brought it in bc they found it or something. The girl working there knew nothing about it except that they were selling it for $500. All he/she was doing the entire time we were there was trying to climb out the side of the pool and kept squishing his head between his shell and the edge of the pool, kind of like it was choking himself. I got real close to it and was talking to him/her. Just looking in its eyes they looked like they were crying. I felt so bad for it along with all of the other animals they have. Some of the people there are nice people, but it still doesn't excuse this type of setting for these animals. Most of the people working there are extremely uneducated about there animals also. It really is hard to go there and not want to buy every single animal in there. There are also some larger snakes that are in way too small cages, PLUS there are more than one snake in these tanks. One of the guys working there even told us one day that they are just incredibly aggressive because of these conditions. It is sad to me that people can be so much about the money and not give a damn about there animals! How can they get away with it? There has got to be something I can do to have them change these living conditions for their animals. I don't want to get these people in trouble per say, BUT I would like for them to have an eye opener about what they are doing to these animals and that they can't get away with it. Oh yeah, its always nice to see there kids there (probably about 2 and 4 yrs. old) Climbing on the tables were the birds and rabbits and other small animals are spraying a bottle of clorox cleaner giving the animals a "bath". PLEASE shoot me some ideas of what can be done if anything and any other ideas, suggestions, comments, anything. There are definitely more scenarios that I have seen being there, but can't exactly think of them all right now. Plus I can go on and on about it how much it infuriates me. I figured if anyone would understand how I feel about this it would be you guys here on this forum! Hope to hear some good suggestions and thanks for "listening" to me vent!