I want to start a petstore...BUT

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The sections I was thinking of having were Salt water fish, Fresh water fish (the basic fish and Larger sized Oscars etc) hermit crabs, small fur creatures (ferrets, guinea pigs etc) Aquatic turtles and tortises, the basic snakes(normal BPs, cornsnakes etc) then have a seperate section for the more exotic snakes. and of course, feeders.

I would probably make a questionaire befoe selling the exotics because those would be the pride of my store. I wouldnt want to just hand over a 500 dollar snake to some kid who has a tank with no heat like my roommate. (drives me nuts when I grab his BP and shes freezing cold) The questions would basically be about how they plan to house it how often they plan to feed it, do they got their own vet etc etc. my bf actually still has one from his old job at the petstore he managed. And I will probably use that as a guide.

Salt water here is very slim. You have petco (which I will never buy from there, who drops a fish and still sells it to you?!) and the small petstore in the mall and they mainly have sea urchines and nemo fish. (and the ocassional sick seahorse.) And my boyfriend has been ranting the last year or so that he wants a saltwater fish tank but I wont let him have one cause that would mean getting rid of my oscar (george) or getting rid of my R.E.S turtles. So this could be his way of getting a saltwater tank.

I think if I ever got a pieballed BP I would probably have in on display. I want one so bad but just cant afford it right now

I know I will learn alot more when I start to take these classes. It might be a little while cause I want to enjoy summer with my 18 month old ha. But I really do hope that I can do this. My son loves Animals just as much as I do. And Id really love it if he grew up around a petstore.

Unfortunately, as a business owner that's something you'll have to learn to deal with. Like previously stated, you can't watch your bills walk out the door. Best thing you can do and hope for is to educate the buyer in proper care to the best of your ability.

Running a pet store honestly seems like a terrible job for an animal lover IMO. You'd really need to learn to disassociate your feelings with business.