gmonkey, I'm not trying razz you, or side with Petco, it's just that I worked there for six years and am very familiar with the adoption animals policy as I have adopted many animals there myself. Geckos like that are not "worthless" like you say, it's just that the company made a decision to not sell "imperfect" animals(meaning animals that were missing any body parts), but instead, adopt them out to a good home. So, if a gecko happened to lose a tail because an inexperienced person handled it,or we got an animal come in missing an appendage or eye,or if someone just dropped off an animal because they didn't want it anymore, we were not allowed to sell it. I think that these cases are win-win situations, as the animal gets to go to a good home, and the adopter gets a free animal.