A cricket eating BP?!?!

[chapskis1]

I just thought I would share this fun story with you.

I was at a large retail chain pet store the other day to pick up some mice. I always like to check out the reptile section, and sometimes like to ask the employees questions about them just to see what kind of fun answers they come up with. Well, this last time they did not disappoint!

They had some baby ball pythons that I was looking at. The store employee asked if I needed any help.

I said, "Gee...these are really small, what do they eat?"

He replied, "Well, when they are bigger they eat mice, but they eat crickets now until they get bigger."

I just said, "Yeah, bp's don't ever eat crickets -- they eat mice from day 1" and then proceeded to pick up my mice.


I feel sorry for the people that come in there relying on him for advice. In a month or so they will wonder why their baby bp died even though they were providing it with crickets all the time.

Later,

[Theartisticgemini]

Wow. Thats one of the craziest things iv"e ever heard! some times people who work at pet stores are very uneducated and ignorant.

Feeding a ball python crickets pshh.... whats next feeding a green anaconda meal worms??

[lesserlover]

That is hella crazy. He probably has the IQ of a two–year–old.

[Theartisticgemini]

That is hella crazy. He probably has the IQ of a two–year–old.

haha

[j_h_smith]

I would have demanded to talk to the owner or manager. This is just wrong. How in the world can they be that dumb?

Jim Smith

[OzarkMountainBalls]

LOL crickets. Thats a new one.

[chago11]

Wow. Thats one of the craziest things iv"e ever heard! some times people who work at pet stores are very uneducated and ignorant.

Feeding a ball python crickets pshh.... whats next feeding a green anaconda meal worms??

what anacondas dont eat meal worms that is news to me

[steveboos]

Yeah i had a co worker who works in the petcare area put crickets in the milksnake enclousures, i about lost it, are you kidding me? These aren't lizards!

[dnnsfam]

Wow that is one I have not heard yet. I quiz the reptile people at my local petsmart just to see what they answer. I managed to find one female employee that works with the reptiles, and owns BPs and few other reptiles. She impressed me compared to the other idiots I have found.

[Arsinoe]

Let me just tell you how ignorant they can be....I had one gal said little Alexander could eat full sized rats now.

The problem is with any retail store---chain ones. That they see employees as disposable and don't even bother to train them. I work for one of the biggest mass merchandisers--Not Walmart. I would say who but part of their rules is you can't post stuff on the internet about them. You know all hail the great grand 'Bulls eye' The all American Nazi Corp

Anyway this 'un named' store will not train their regular workers, anyone below a team lead, nor even particularly expect anything of them. They are just the disposable dinks who fill space there. Even team leads are just marginally trained. And when you get to the level of leads on duty or exec team leads, frankly they aren't much brighter, just more arrogant........Thank god this bunch doesn't sell anything alive.