THIS IS WHERE IT ALL STARTS!!

[eric]

And where forums like this come in!

 

[joshua]

i hate places like that how hard is it to give the right info..Sigh...

 

[GrimmyX15]

what the heck? They gives poorly infos.

 

[prettyprincess3690]

Ugh...seriously? Honestly, why is it so hard to post accurate information?

 

[Tommy13b]

Lol Fail life span more like 2 months if your doing all of that.

 

[robin]

sad thing is i am so glad there is GF but even some of that bad info gets here and is perpetuated as fact D:

thats when i want to start poking out eyes LOL

 

[MiamiLeos]

ugh i hate when i go into the chain pet stores and they have those dumb fliars of "proper" care

 

[g3ckosr4me]

I want to just replace all their care sheets... we all know where this is from

 

[vctkiller]

pretty sad on how poorly this pet stores are telling their customers on leopard gecko reptile care..

 

[cyndi0502]

one time i went into a chain store and the sign said :

"leopard geckos love sand! especially when it's in fun colors to compliment their own colors!"

 

[fikken]

yeah i saw the same thing in that pet store that cannot be named for the fact that i will get censored (limitation of free speech). their take home care sheets are even worse. I see alot of their set ups missing UTHs, moist hides, hides in general (seen some with just a hanging green plant and/or a flat rock to sit on)

 

[Tony C]

one time i went into a chain store and the sign said :

"leopard geckos love sand! especially when it's in fun colors to compliment their own colors!"

Complimentary colors are very important to their mental health, didn't you know?

 

[fikken]

its true leopard geckos health will actually decline if the interior decoration of the terrarium is not to their liking.

/sarcasm

 

[Palor]

If you think their reptile care tags are bad you check out the horrors they list as proper care for various fish.

Pacu or Jack Dempsey, tank Size 30g! That is like a shoebox for them

I know dozens of people who sent dozens of letters to have the major chains stores fix those tags, and it will never be done.

 

[Tony C]

They shouldn't even be selling Pacu in the first place, regardless of whether their tags are good or not.

 

[Ratman667]

Did you see the part of that sign that says they need a basking spot with temps from 95*-105*? Maybe I'm thinking of the other chain store...

 

[gitrdone0420]

Oh yea, and when me and Rusty went to one, they said that the Giant Leo's were smaller than the regular adult leos! Why in the world are they allowed to abuse these poor animals? Because honestly, that is what it is...

 

[GeckoNub]

Its really sucky that more isnt done to enforce proper care for reptiles and other exotic pets.

Even my local exotics pet store isnt perfect, but they dont listen when u tell them sand is bad for them. They also leave crickets in with them all the time and dont have any proper hides or moist hides. Until recently all they heated the tanks with was a bright white light bulb but they now use UTH's aswell. Thankfully none of my geckos have had impaction problems and pooped out the sand within a few days of me getting them.

Tbh people wanting a gecko should have done their homework first and know these care sheets are a load of crap. But sadly you will always get impulse buyers who see them and think theyre cute so they get one and use this misinformation and in the end its the poor animals that suffer :cry: