I'm assuming you're referencing PetSmart, as my store has a pied for $399 that will be half off on Black Friday.
Anyway, a couple of weeks ago I got a male pastel from there that hadn't eaten for the store, and didn't eat for me. The problem is, the power wings aren't geared to deliver the ideal settings for each species to thrive. Ideally, each pet is to be there only for a short while so they are merely surviving.
Once I got the conditions for mine just right, he ate a live mouse yesterday.
Point being, pretty much all pet stores are the same. Of course getting an animal from a breeder pales in comparison, but animals from pet stores that check out healthy are just as good of companions as any.
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