So I work at a "big chain pet store" as a pet care associate. Im sort of the "pet care lead" though not in title because of budget cuts. In any case, we have a sick little leopard gecko in the back that has Ulceritive Stomatitas. So I was washing it with hydrogen peroxide and had a heat pad on one side with a hot hide, a hide on the other side with some moss in it. (I know not exactly ideal but you can only do so much even though its a big coorperation. ) In any case someone kept putting a 50 watt red bulb right smack in the middle of this 10 gallon tank. I imagine it got at least 100 degrees in their with no heat gradient and he kept trying to crawl weakly in his water dish which would be dried up completely in the morning.
So I kept taking it off and writing that it didnt need to be on there that the sick room was at 75 degrees and the heat pad brought it up 20 degrees and thats all they needed. Well, someone kept putting it on and finally pissed off, i wrote up a huge thing and taped it to the tank.
Well I got a text from a friend working and apparantly my big boss, the store manager was ranting and raving that it wasnt hot enough in there and that who ever kept taking it off needs to come talk to her in her office. Because, she claims, it was "Not hot enough for him and that she bred leopard geckos and few years ago and she knew what she was talking about".
My friend told me this through text messaging and I was just like... "Well then she obviously wasnt a good breeder."
So, needless to say, Im going to get written up just because Im going by OUR care guides and taking care of the animal.
And my friend says... "Well it doesnt matter anyway its just going to die."
.....Currently going to try and find a different job I cant take it anymore. :main_angry: I love animals and going to school for zoology which is why I like the job. But, if people are going to tell me Im wrong when Im 100% right and know it, and get in trouble for going by our care guides...then I dont want to bother working there.
Alright, end of my rant I needed to vent.
So I kept taking it off and writing that it didnt need to be on there that the sick room was at 75 degrees and the heat pad brought it up 20 degrees and thats all they needed. Well, someone kept putting it on and finally pissed off, i wrote up a huge thing and taped it to the tank.
Well I got a text from a friend working and apparantly my big boss, the store manager was ranting and raving that it wasnt hot enough in there and that who ever kept taking it off needs to come talk to her in her office. Because, she claims, it was "Not hot enough for him and that she bred leopard geckos and few years ago and she knew what she was talking about".
My friend told me this through text messaging and I was just like... "Well then she obviously wasnt a good breeder."
So, needless to say, Im going to get written up just because Im going by OUR care guides and taking care of the animal.
And my friend says... "Well it doesnt matter anyway its just going to die."
.....Currently going to try and find a different job I cant take it anymore. :main_angry: I love animals and going to school for zoology which is why I like the job. But, if people are going to tell me Im wrong when Im 100% right and know it, and get in trouble for going by our care guides...then I dont want to bother working there.
Alright, end of my rant I needed to vent.
