Its oh so quiet Shh Shh

[ConcinusMan]

I go into petco regurally just to bitch at the employees lol. (which actually works, if you throw the animals abuse/animal control approach in there somewhere) They're clueless and don't give a crap about the animals well being. Report 'em or threaten to and you'll see a difference.

Seems a few stores are starting to slip again but Petco really changed for the better nationwide for that very reason. Too many people sending in animal control and/or complaining to corporate. Mainly because of bad conditions for their reptiles. The conditions of the animals and their cages at all stores around here improved greatly and they don't keep them in the store for more than 60 days so the animals are in much better condition.

[RedSidedSPR]

Good stuff.

[snake man]

What happens after 60 days?

[Light of Dae]

I just picked up a Checkered Garter from a lady who had No clue what she was doing... She bought it for her 9 year old daughter but of course she did all the work for it....
Any one remember my little rant about a Big Al's fish store and me arguing with a employee about the care of Checkered Garters they had for sale?

Anyways This lady bought this little guy there in June(I saw them in late May) and was feeding him a pinkie mouse a week and few minnows in between. Said she was feeding crickets for awhile but stopped cause their chirping was annoying. lol She switched to small fuzzies little while ago cause he still seemed hungry after a small pinkie. She's been keeping him on shredded aspen. Made the mistake of putting a big heavy water dish on top of it... Got lucky he didn't get crushed.

Lol As she was telling me all this I kept shaking my head at each thing you guys just did by reading it over lol.
Every time I shook my head, she'd stop, I'd explain. Minnows are bad etc. Can't digest exoskeleton of any bugs etc. lol She kept telling me the pet store(Fish store now with reptiles Big Al's) told her to feed minnows or goldfish, crickets and the only correct thing was pinkie mice.

Oh well, He seems pretty healthy, he has grown since seeing him in the store. He is very calm, which was almost cause for concern but he is active n tongue flicking lots just chilled out. lol She said when she picked him from the other one at the store was because he sat there n looked at her while the other one was flipping out n jumping around trying to escape lol.

(I'll copy this and post it in my snake log later when I take pictures to add)

[guidofatherof5]

Glad to hear the Checkered (T.marcianus) will be getting some proper care now.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

What happens after 60 days?

Dog food...

[snake man]

Was worried that might be the answer.

[Light of Dae]

What happens after 60 days?

Some places send them back to the breeder.

[Stefan-A]

What happens after 60 days?

[RedSidedSPR]

Why am I not surprised.