hi all! i just wanted to share a few experiences i have had the past week.while buying feeder mice from a small family owned pet store i noticed some terrible things.

1.they had a baby ball python for sale with a severely kinked neck.it was very sad to look at.it could only make left hand turns.also it was so small,id say 35 grams tops!i get along really well with the lady who works there and i told her about the snake,she said heres the keys,go get it.so i did.she put it to the side and said thanx.

problem solved right?wrong!

i went back today to buy some clamps and asked her about the kinked ball.her face got really red and she said the owner of the store said to sell it cheap.WOW!

so i went over and looked in the tank to see if it was in there and there was several balls in there and 2 paper bags stapled closed in the tank.

i asked her where is kinky,she said its not in there?i says nope.well she walks over and again her face begins to change color.she said saturday befor she left she put a hopper in a bag and the kinked snake to see if it would eat.so for days this poor kinked snake was in a paper bag with a hopper mouse.ugh!!!!

2.as i was looking around at other reptiles i notice there is a dead baby bearded dragon in a tank with a bunch of others.not only was it dead but starting to rot.it was missing pieces,and smashed into the bedding.double ugh!

3.they also had 2 adult beardies for sale.this disturbed me the most.the females intestines where coming out her rear side badly.the other dragon was perched on top of her and you could see where she was somewat hollow.you could see where the dying dragon had gone by blood stains all over the driftwood and folliage.

4.they have a few albino burmese pythons that are severely emicciated.sorry for the spelling.these snakes are in such bad shape i almost took the tank off the table and ran out the door.the skin on the sides are overhanging dramaticly.

now i have heard hella bad things on this forum about petco.im not saying that i would buy a reptile from there but i do go there to buy mice and decor for my enclosures.NEVER,EVER have i seen such horrible treatment of the animals they keep.the tanks are always clean,snakes 99% of the time appear healthy along with the other reptiles.

as for this family owned store they treat me like a relative.if i want to see something they give me the key and i go get wat i want to see.theres been times they even put me to work and i will get snakes or lizards out for other customers if they are busy.

my question

should i secretly have this place checked out?

if so how should i do it?

thanks for reading such a long post but i felt the need to vent and get insight on wat i should do.