Pet Store Pythons - need to vent

[zeion97]

I am so glad to hear that you know of a shop that knows how to treat their snakes. That is really encouraging, and if they have a snake specialist on hand, all the better for new snake owners who need a knowledgeable resource. I have been to a PetCo, PetsMart and local pet shop in my area and that is just not the case. I am sure there are great pet shops out there, I just haven't personally found one, so I am so glad to hear that you have!

I will tell you this as well, she (the reptile care taker) tells me constantly that she bust her but to take care of the snakes, she does a lot that she isn't supposed to Because she loves the reptiles. I really don't agree with a lot of pet stores and some I do. I will also agree that I plan to only buy from breeders in the future. (Boas and Balls is where I am going to make my next purchase. ) and I will also give you a horror story. A pet store in the next town over had two snakes.. a young no.more then 3 week old RTB which was only about an inch thick. And another older RTB, the cages were set up poorly, but here's the kicker. I told the owner after examining the snakes it had a R.I. it was bubbling from the mouth and weak. It is horrible what a lot of stores do to reptiles, and even birds... but Because there not as important to people as cats and dogs are nothing is done... people need to see, even scorpions and tarantulas are animals just as reptiles are.

[Jessica Loesch]

Yours must be the exception because i've heard a lot of bad things from several different people in several different cities about Petsmart and Petco being extremely uneducated to the point of stupidity when it comes to reptiles.

MINE isn't the exception. There are MANY exceptions. You can't group them all together

[evan385]

MINE isn't the exception. There are MANY exceptions. You can't group them all together

Well from what i've heard about 90% of them are terrible with reptiles.

[Raptor]

Yeah and I've heard ball pythons are all horrible about going off feed and being picky eaters.

[evan385]

Yeah and I've heard ball pythons are all horrible about going off feed and being picky eaters.

That's completely different.

[Raptor]

That's completely different.

Nope. You're making a sweeping generalization based off of a stereotype. It's no different than someone claiming that all ball pythons have feeding issues because some of the species does.

[Jessica Loesch]

Well from what i've heard about 90% of them are terrible with reptiles.

I'm sorry, I have to be specific on this one, because I'm pretty sure you pulled that number out of your butt

Don't use statistics unless you know the actual numbers 90% is an assumption.

[evan385]

Nope. You're making a sweeping generalization based off of a stereotype. It's no different than someone claiming that all ball pythons have feeding issues because some of the species does.

Well i've never heard anything remotely good about Petsmart/Petco and reptiles with the exception of Jessica. Besides her i've only heard bad things about them.

[Jessica Loesch]

Well i've never heard anything remotely good about Petsmart/Petco and reptiles with the exception of Jessica. Besides her i've only heard bad things about them.

There were 2 others alone in this thread. Maybe you should stop generalizing everything together, there are always exceptions to the majority, which I never disagreed with by the way.

[Raptor]

The local petsmart where I'm at always has amazing enclosures for their animals. Admittedly, no hides, but this is made up for with the amount of fake greenery. I can't say I've ever seen an ill looking animal.

Now there's two or three, depending on who you are, who have positive reviews about petsmart.