Rescue!

[amcceney]

Despite romeo still being out on his own I have somewhat redeemed myself by helping out another normal bp which required some much needed rescuing. The local pet store keeps a wide variety of animals from retics and burmese, to milks and corns, is a very nice facillity. With so many animals to take care of, however, it is understandable from a business standpoint that inexpensive animals like bps who have health problems are of minimal concern. The store had over 40 bps in 3 separate enclosures. One enclosure in particular had the smallest little guy i have ever seen. They said he was having trouble feeding and right away i knew i needed to do something. The reassured me that he had no parasites, just was refusing live and frozen food. When I asked about force feeding the employee said it probably wasn't even worth it, hinting to me that they were just about to give up.


I knew that with proper husbandry this animal could feel more safe and secure in a matter of days and be ready to eat. I took him home with me saturday and put him in my new bin setup, with proper hides and temp/humidity gradients. i brought home a little hopper mouse today and after staring at it for a few minutes he made his strike and had a picture perfect constriction. It took him a little while to figure out how he was going to start swallowing it, but once he got his grip, it was a good meal from there.

I have been keeping a close eye on all of his habits and it seems this guy may be on his way to living a long healthy life!

[TekWarren]

Just something to think about that has been mentioned here before: By purchasing from such pet stores you may feel like your helping one animal but the bigger picture is that you are telling the owners/managers that the public will buy from them even if their animals are kept in poor conditions. There is no excuse for such conditions no matter what the scale of the business.

You are definitely commended for your initial thoughts, the above is just something to think about.

[amcceney]

you know, similar thoughts crossed my mind before i bought it, which is why i didnt!


I talked the store owner into not giving up on it and letting him come home with me for free to see if i had a chance at helping the poor thing out.

I would however like to mention i do not condone at all the treatment and living conditions some animals all throughout the wold are forced to be a part of, this store's pets in particular. I just wanted to do my small part on this place to at least make somewhat of a difference.