Why don't we do something about reptile products manufacturers lying?

[sleepygeckos]

The world is made of compromises and half truths.

Pretty much EVERY product on the market has some 'misinformation' on the label.

It's up to the consumer to make intelligent decisions with anything they purchase.

I have to agree - I think the OP might be a little overreacting when saying that the companies are "lying." It is really all about education... What kind of warnings are there on choke collars? None last time I checked, but they are still sold. (And make excellent keychains, BTW.)

And, at least for our geckos' needs without ZooMed and 'Zilla we wouldn't have access to what we need where we live! Not only do we have fake plants from the "big bad companies," we have a few hides, several UTHs(with no thermostats! Gasp! Because I'm a heat transfer engineer and do all the calcs and check with a heat gun) and not to forget we have a whole bottle of ReptiMist shed product... I don't understand the ire here. We know what we are doing, we hate supporting the petstores the products come from, but I've never seen anything on a package that was an out and out lie. Sure, I don't like that they have heat rocks and freeze dried crickets, but somebody is going to make them because somebody is going to buy them and that is just the way it works. Not really something to get worked up about IMHO.

Now, if my plants get some of those same chemicals they find in dog toys, I'll raise up and find an alternative... until then, next week I plan on buying two more sets of fake leaves because it is about time to replace the crested's as a sanitizing soak is just not going to be enough this time!