Unfortunately I do not believe Petsmart has the UTHs, at least not from what I've seen from working there. They have basking bulbs. Except some don't get night basking. So they just get cold. The tanks are itty bitty, smaller than 10 gal for the babies, we have a year and then some old ghost pastel enchi that's been in the store for over a year now in a 10 gal. While she eats well and gets through sheds okay and has the best temper I've ever seen, she's borderline obese and always shoved in her log all day and night. Don't get me started in how obnoxious the husbandry is, lol.
It's a very stressful location for the babies who can act out aggressively and strike the glass, or just are stressed and terrified and hiding. We lost one banana baby because it just withered away without eating besides force-feedings, and one we have now that is very very skinny and being treated with VERY unneeded betadine daily soaks for "mites" I now see are just natural freckles. He is force fed every pinkie meal, and always dehydrated. I am working on getting my managers informed on his freckles and already left two notes on it last night.
Also a normal we recently got who is striking at the glass. You can see the tiny space he has as the picture pretty much as the entire setup in it.No more space than what is shown. ]
The banana and the enchi are priced at $350.
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