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    Default Bearded Dragon abuse!

    So you all know I am getting a Bearded Dragon soon. So I walked in the local pet store to see if they had any. They did, and to my horror, there were about ten hatclings cramped in a small critter keeper cage. The lady that showed them to me also said they were on calcium sand, which made me even more mad. That's all it was really, just a critter keeper with calcium sand and a small water dish (which didn't even have that much water in it.) I also found out that EVERY reptile in the store was being fed lettuce dusted in a calcium supplement, how pathetic is that!? And then, the lady asked me in an anxious tone, ''So are you buying one?'' No. I also overheard that lady talking to somebody in the store as I was leaving, lieing to them, ''No they're not fast....They MUST be kept on calcium sand....Yeah, all you really need to feed them is lettuce....''

    I'm still shocked. The next time I go in that pet store, I'm going to educate them
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    Angry

    omg you should tell them a thing or 2 i canot believe that they would lie like that:evil:
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    I believe it. Sometimes it's not so much that they are lieing...they are ignorant and think they are telling the truth.

    You can try to share some info, but most don't want to spend the money on proper husbandry.
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    well yes but if they are not willing to spend or even do reserch they shouldnot sell them
    Last edited by adam chalkley; 07-22-2009 at 07:00 PM.
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    I agree. But that's not always reality. :(
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    name of store?? if people know and stop going it will help if just a little in stopping them from selling reps!!

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    I had a small clutch hatch just this week. If you haven't found one yet and are interested, please PM me. They won't be ready to go for a few weeks, but they are already eating tiny crickets and shredded salad. Where do you live in Florida? I am in Sanford. I would really rather arrange for pickup than have to ship them.
    Lin

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    It is so agravating to see this kind of thing I've been into a pet store to find like 100 fish crammed into a tiny, dirty, tank with several dead fish floating at the top. Its sickening :evil: I want to get a job there just to try and educate them and make them take better care!
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    It is a terrible thing to see poor quality pets. And if you "pity buy", the store will only view it as sale and replace it with another animal.

    The best solution usually is to contact the local branch of the state wildlife agency since they regulate wildlife sales and permits. You can contact local consumer reporters and spread word of mouth advertising.
    Laura R (FL)
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    1 little gator
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    16 snakes
    5 fuzzy pets
    4 little frogs
    a bunch of creepy bugs
    and a partridge in a pear tree

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    This kind of stuff drives me insane. I work at a local and family pet store and we constantly have people coming in noting how wonderfully clean and well taken care of our animals are. It infuriates me, because there are three other pet stores within a 20 mile radius and all of them have problems. If you walk into Manchester's PetCo, they have an Argentine Baby about 7 inches long, feisty as ever in the equivalent of a 15 gallon tank, and the fat kid that works there just shrugged and told me he wasn't big enough to eat pinky mice yet. The poor thing is living on nothing but crickets. :(
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