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becky2731
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I work at a pet store in Boardman, Ohio so I have several things to rant and rave about. Here goes:
1.) Rose haired tarantulas will not kill you when they bite, which in my personal experience is very rare. So please stop telling your small children that they are "poisonious" and can kill them because they are ,in fact, venomous and only cause harm if you are allergic to their venom.
2.) Any animal that has nails and teeth-rabbits, chinchillas, hamsters, and lizards included- CAN(not that they will, but they can) scratch and bite. So please stop asking if it can bite, if it has teeth it can bite, not a hard concept.
3.) Iguanas are NOT good pets from kids. No, a 10 gallon tank is not big enough. Yes, they must have heat. Yes, they really do need a 25 dollar UVB light. No, a regular house bulb is not they same. Yes, you will probably spend an easy $150 bucks on a $15 lizard. Let me repeat, Iguanas are NOT good pets for inexperienced little kids and their Mommy's who just want them to shut up.
4.) No, a clown fish cannot go in the same tank as your goldfish.
5.) If a betta is blue it does not mean that it is a boy. If a betta is red/purple it does not mean that it is a girl.
6.) There is a ball python that strikes at anything that moves, so when I say "Sir please be careful while showing your 3y/o the snake in that cage because it tends to strike." this in no way translates into "Please tap the glass repeatedly until the snake starts bleeding."!!!!!!!
7.) Sure an animal will only get as big as its cage, because then it will die. Just because you keep -a red eared slider, an iguana, a python, a red-tail boa, or any other snake, ect. in a tiny cage does not mean that it will stay tiny and cute. Specifically- I asked two people who were looking at tanks, if i could help them find anything. They asked if we carried anything smaller than a five gallon, I showed them a few plastic cages and ask what they needed it for. They responded "we want 2 or 3 or your little leopard geckos, but we don't want them to get any bigger than they are now, so we need a small cage." AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
These are just a few things that happened during my 4 hour shift last night.
1.) Rose haired tarantulas will not kill you when they bite, which in my personal experience is very rare. So please stop telling your small children that they are "poisonious" and can kill them because they are ,in fact, venomous and only cause harm if you are allergic to their venom.
2.) Any animal that has nails and teeth-rabbits, chinchillas, hamsters, and lizards included- CAN(not that they will, but they can) scratch and bite. So please stop asking if it can bite, if it has teeth it can bite, not a hard concept.
3.) Iguanas are NOT good pets from kids. No, a 10 gallon tank is not big enough. Yes, they must have heat. Yes, they really do need a 25 dollar UVB light. No, a regular house bulb is not they same. Yes, you will probably spend an easy $150 bucks on a $15 lizard. Let me repeat, Iguanas are NOT good pets for inexperienced little kids and their Mommy's who just want them to shut up.
4.) No, a clown fish cannot go in the same tank as your goldfish.
5.) If a betta is blue it does not mean that it is a boy. If a betta is red/purple it does not mean that it is a girl.
6.) There is a ball python that strikes at anything that moves, so when I say "Sir please be careful while showing your 3y/o the snake in that cage because it tends to strike." this in no way translates into "Please tap the glass repeatedly until the snake starts bleeding."!!!!!!!
7.) Sure an animal will only get as big as its cage, because then it will die. Just because you keep -a red eared slider, an iguana, a python, a red-tail boa, or any other snake, ect. in a tiny cage does not mean that it will stay tiny and cute. Specifically- I asked two people who were looking at tanks, if i could help them find anything. They asked if we carried anything smaller than a five gallon, I showed them a few plastic cages and ask what they needed it for. They responded "we want 2 or 3 or your little leopard geckos, but we don't want them to get any bigger than they are now, so we need a small cage." AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
These are just a few things that happened during my 4 hour shift last night.
