Quote Originally Posted by Keyboard Warrior View Post
Went to my local petstore today, and I just about punched the manager. Not a single reptile in there had a hide. They had substrate and a water bowl, and a bright light, that I don't imagine provided much heat. The burmese pythons eyes were sunken in, from what I think a lack of humidity. The enclosures themselves were I guesstimated were around 10x12x8, and most of them were adult snakes. Every single ball python had alot of pieces of shed skin still attached. One in particular was covered in a white residue, that reminded me of the minerals left from tap water. They looked pretty skinny. I wanted to cry

I confronted who I believe to be the store owner/manager, whatever. I asked him why none of the reptiles had hides? He told me theres no room for them....yeah no ****!! when you keep them in a 10x12x8 enclosure, there's not going to be room. I told him that they were most likely very scared and stressed, having all that traffic walk by, a bright light shining down, and no where to hide. but its ok, he said "hey man, they're fine, don't worry about it." I just about hit him there.

Anyways, I don't know how rampant this problem is, maybe its common, maybe its rare to be treated this badly. But if you guys felt like giving them a ring, here's their google review page.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&su...ed=0CBcQnwIwAA

How would I go about reporting them? Something needs to be done.
There's not a whole lot to do about it unfortunately. +1 to the person above me, do NOT shop at the store and pass along the word.