Eddie, not all the Petcos are that way. My local Petco is far superior to the nearest reptile specialty store in its reptile husbandry, sad though that is to say. The reptiles manager is a woman with more than 4 dozen herps at home, who breeds bearded dragons and guinea pigs. There are never more than two baby balls to a cage, no direct lights on any of the reptiles except UV as needed, and they stopped carrying iguanas altogether. The reptile store, on the other hand, piles a dozen or more in a single tank with no hides or supplemental heat and has been known to put a lizard in a critter keeper in the middle of the tank as well. Anyway, point is that specialty stores may not be so special and chain stores may be ok. It's just on a case by case basis.