YEAH!! our petstore.....
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stellascura420
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Well that's still an important step forward! 
GeckoGal
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thats great!!!
Ratman667
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I was talking to an employee of a chain store the other day. She said that they had gotten a memo prom corporate saying that all reptiles currently on sand are to be put on carpet. So, this should be happening everywhere. It's about time. Now, if I can just convince them that Leos and fat tails don't belong in he same cage....
chachasushi
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Our pet store carries a little bit of everything. It's a corporate set up, but the people really seem to know what they're doing and all the reptiles are on carpet
Ratman667
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I sure have.
geckofan2009
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better then nothing
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OhMyGecko
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i dunno if even that would help with anything. here in lake mary, I go into the big chain store the other day to get some supplies and I peeped into the leo's cage and it was just pure horror. there was about 15 of them in there and they were nothing but skin and bones, barely any tail. Very sad.They have them on carpet. Though putting them on carpet solves one problem, it doesn't solve the biggest one these places have and that's actually taking care of them.
Oh and just a little bit of funny stuff, right next to the leo's was a cage marked for green anoles, yet they had about 7 regular florida lizards in there. I couldn't believe it. I can literally go outside my apartment and catch hundreds of these things and they are selling them for 12 bucks. pfff.
Oh and just a little bit of funny stuff, right next to the leo's was a cage marked for green anoles, yet they had about 7 regular florida lizards in there. I couldn't believe it. I can literally go outside my apartment and catch hundreds of these things and they are selling them for 12 bucks. pfff.
Olimpia
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I know, I was at a pet store today and they had the tiniest little leos on sand. It's just not right for them to sell leos that little, they couldn't be over 5 grams.
And then they had fairly large cresties, maybe 8-10 months old, living in a tiny enclosure that had zero "arboreal" to it at all. And as far as I could tell one was deffintately a male, so I hope they're not sitting in there mating - that can't be healthy for females that young. The young adult crestie I have is a petstore buy, from the same place, but she was the largest crestie in a cage of tiny babies. So I decided to get her out of there and she's deffinately living in paradise now. Not gonna lie, I'd love to have taken home the one with the nub tail because she was gorgeous, but I just don't have any more room or money.
And then they had fairly large cresties, maybe 8-10 months old, living in a tiny enclosure that had zero "arboreal" to it at all. And as far as I could tell one was deffintately a male, so I hope they're not sitting in there mating - that can't be healthy for females that young. The young adult crestie I have is a petstore buy, from the same place, but she was the largest crestie in a cage of tiny babies. So I decided to get her out of there and she's deffinately living in paradise now. Not gonna lie, I'd love to have taken home the one with the nub tail because she was gorgeous, but I just don't have any more room or money.
JordanAng420
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The ******** near me has really turned themselves around recently. They don't keep more than 3 baby leos to a carpeted cage and the adults they house seperately, individually. They're not sick-looking, most of them in fact appear healthy. The cages are clean, have a hide or two, a calcium dish, clean water, both crickets & mealies and....get this....HEAT TAPE!! I was so shocked when I walked in there the other day I complimented the people in the reptile section what a great job they were doing...after a little chat one of them told me that a lot of the policies that corporate offices make for them have changed drastically.
I was only in there to get some crickets because I ran out unexpectedly...and I guess they just recently taught their staff members about "gut loading" insects and how important it is...which i'm also pleased with...and as I walked out after I paid the cashier said to me something along the lines of "Make sure you feed those crickets with foods that are high in vitamins especially calcium. It's important for your reptile."
I almost went back and hugged her for saying that. They're really doing a great job.
I was only in there to get some crickets because I ran out unexpectedly...and I guess they just recently taught their staff members about "gut loading" insects and how important it is...which i'm also pleased with...and as I walked out after I paid the cashier said to me something along the lines of "Make sure you feed those crickets with foods that are high in vitamins especially calcium. It's important for your reptile."
I almost went back and hugged her for saying that. They're really doing a great job.
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