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nicolenadia
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Jeeeezeee... Im pretty upset. I was at PetCo getting some feeders when I walked by the gecko tank and saw a large juvi gecko with the entire head of this hatchling in its mouth.
I started banging on the glass hoping it would release it. It didn't. I ran around, with my large rottweiler in tow, looking for a store employee. It took too long to find someone in this understaffed store. So finally I yell to the guy at the register,"Hey, gecko is trying to eat other gecko", and he puts out a call on the store intercom. So the manager and the assistant manager meet me there. The manager said this happens all the time.....the new guy was shocked. The manager gets them apart and I say,"listen, it looks like its in bad shape but I'll take it so atleast it can live alone." then I notice this other poor little hatchling with half his tail chewed off. They both are having severe shedding problems and I think it was their first shed. I talk to the assist. man. who is new and he is really interested in knowing more about the geckos. The manager comes back and after listening to me babble about why the hatchlings and the larger ones shouldn't be kept together, he says, "I'll let you adopt them out if you buy two....."
So I caved...
and bought these two guys who are in pretty good health considering they are small also. They both ate when I got them home and pooped. Mind you, I have them all quarentined away from my other geckos.
So the manager starts to play with my dog while me and the assit, man talk more about geckos. He really seemed to have a heart and wanted to know all I could tell him in the hour I spent there. The tank was about a 20 long and had a divider slider in the middle top, so i suggested that they divide the hatchlings and the older ones. The manager said he couldn't....I even offered to stay there and do it for them. He said no. There were a good 20 hatchlings mixed in with about 7 geckos that looked almost 4 months old. I suggested that they throw in 3 more hides so atlest the babies could hide. he said no. I offered to buy some hides to throw in...he said no.
I suggested cage carpet to the assit man and told him why sand was bad for the babies.....and he said he was going to call his district manager and bring it up to him.
The manager finally got it, that I knew what I was talking about and revealed the distributor. He said he wished he could do more, but the upper management gave him direct orders. I left my # with them and they said they would call me if there were any more that they would adopt out. I told him that these hatchling, in my oppinion, where to small to be in a pet store just yet. One of my new hatchlings, hatched bigger. Its such a shame, I think im going to write a letter to corporate and attach the pictures. When I got into the car I opened the box with the injured geckos and the one that still had his tail, had one of his back legs in his mouth at the base of the leg. I tried to get him to let it go and he wouldn't....so I pulled it out thinking it would surely be broken and he wouldn't last the night. He seems fine today. He was running around and his leg seemed fine. His eyelids and jaw are swollen from having his head in another geckos mouth.....but I gave them both a warm bath and peeled all the skin off with tweezers and gave them some slury and put them to bed. They are full of life this morning and even ate mealies.....so I feel i won a small battle. I better get another rack asap.
Sun Reptile Distributors.....anyone hear of them?
This is the PetCo where I got Alani, the amazing orange gecko. $24
Maybe we can compile a large letter with all of our PetCo experiences and sent it to them. If the just did a few things different, than maybe they wouldn't have so many sickly geckos to deal with. The manager admitted that they have one die almsot every night and no one ever wants to buy the chewed up ones. DUH.
I started banging on the glass hoping it would release it. It didn't. I ran around, with my large rottweiler in tow, looking for a store employee. It took too long to find someone in this understaffed store. So finally I yell to the guy at the register,"Hey, gecko is trying to eat other gecko", and he puts out a call on the store intercom. So the manager and the assistant manager meet me there. The manager said this happens all the time.....the new guy was shocked. The manager gets them apart and I say,"listen, it looks like its in bad shape but I'll take it so atleast it can live alone." then I notice this other poor little hatchling with half his tail chewed off. They both are having severe shedding problems and I think it was their first shed. I talk to the assist. man. who is new and he is really interested in knowing more about the geckos. The manager comes back and after listening to me babble about why the hatchlings and the larger ones shouldn't be kept together, he says, "I'll let you adopt them out if you buy two....."
So I caved...
and bought these two guys who are in pretty good health considering they are small also. They both ate when I got them home and pooped. Mind you, I have them all quarentined away from my other geckos.
So the manager starts to play with my dog while me and the assit, man talk more about geckos. He really seemed to have a heart and wanted to know all I could tell him in the hour I spent there. The tank was about a 20 long and had a divider slider in the middle top, so i suggested that they divide the hatchlings and the older ones. The manager said he couldn't....I even offered to stay there and do it for them. He said no. There were a good 20 hatchlings mixed in with about 7 geckos that looked almost 4 months old. I suggested that they throw in 3 more hides so atlest the babies could hide. he said no. I offered to buy some hides to throw in...he said no.
I suggested cage carpet to the assit man and told him why sand was bad for the babies.....and he said he was going to call his district manager and bring it up to him.
The manager finally got it, that I knew what I was talking about and revealed the distributor. He said he wished he could do more, but the upper management gave him direct orders. I left my # with them and they said they would call me if there were any more that they would adopt out. I told him that these hatchling, in my oppinion, where to small to be in a pet store just yet. One of my new hatchlings, hatched bigger. Its such a shame, I think im going to write a letter to corporate and attach the pictures. When I got into the car I opened the box with the injured geckos and the one that still had his tail, had one of his back legs in his mouth at the base of the leg. I tried to get him to let it go and he wouldn't....so I pulled it out thinking it would surely be broken and he wouldn't last the night. He seems fine today. He was running around and his leg seemed fine. His eyelids and jaw are swollen from having his head in another geckos mouth.....but I gave them both a warm bath and peeled all the skin off with tweezers and gave them some slury and put them to bed. They are full of life this morning and even ate mealies.....so I feel i won a small battle. I better get another rack asap.
Sun Reptile Distributors.....anyone hear of them?
This is the PetCo where I got Alani, the amazing orange gecko. $24
Maybe we can compile a large letter with all of our PetCo experiences and sent it to them. If the just did a few things different, than maybe they wouldn't have so many sickly geckos to deal with. The manager admitted that they have one die almsot every night and no one ever wants to buy the chewed up ones. DUH.
