Corn Snakes eating crickets?

[Skiploder]

I get really tired of saying this, but please do not lump all Petsmart/Petco employees together. I worked for Petsmart for a year and a half and I am quite knowledgable about all the animals that were under my care. Perhaps the employees in your area are bad and that needs to be addressed, but in the store I worked in, my co-workers (with the exception of the managers) were knowledgeable about the animals in the department and knew what they were doing. It was only when we got a new pet care manager that knew jack diddly that things began going downhill.

If I hear pet store employees giving bad info, I step in and say something. Before I ever worked for a Petsmart I went into a local Petsmart near me (not the one I ended up working in) and a lady was asking questions about a leopard gecko. The employee was failing miserably so I stepped over and politely put myself in the conversation and the employee let me take over. If you overheard an employee giving bad husbandry advice, I would take it to the mananger and let them know the employee needs a bit more training. Of course, it is not the employees fault. Training materials are not very informative.

Yes, the Petco/PetSmart bashing has become as chronic as the Craigslist bashing. It's neither fair nor accurate.

The true spreader of the corn snakes and crickets BS is none other than Melissa Kraplan and her Anapsid care sheet for these animals.

The fist hit you get on Google when searching for Corn Snake Care is her care sheet:

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&cp=5&gs...w=1679&bih=929

When you click on that link, you are treated to a discussion in which crickets are named as part of the neonate diet.