My Favorite Bad Reptile Advice I've Gotten

[jjhill001]

Ok so we've all gotten advice based on myth or stupidity on the care of our reptiles. These are some of my favorites I've heard or read online.

I'm overhearing a pet store employee tell someone about a snake to someone who wants a kingsnake but one of the other kids in the family wants an anole.

Customer-"Can you keep the snake with the lizard?"

Employee- "Of course you can they'll get along great"

Me - "That's not going to work at all."

Employee from around the corner- "I'll have you know I keep my snakes with my leopard geckos and they are fine together"

Me- "No you don't"

To the customer- "Lizards are the natural prey of snakes in the wild if you buy this snake and put it with this lizard the lizard will be dead within the day"

Mr. Employee not willing to lose a sale on a 4 dollar lizard- "I'm the expert here I think I know what I'm talking about"

Me- "Just because you put on a blue shirt doesn't mean you are an expert I've been keeping reptiles the better part of my life and I have actually had to feed a snake lizards to get them to start eating"

To the customer- Grabbing a kingsnake book off the nearby shelf "this is the only thing you should buy here, you'll get everything for less or equal price online and the advice of a responsible breeder who actually knows what they are talking about."

Mr. Employee with manager now- "We think you should leave you are affecting a sale here."

Me- "You should just be smart and sell them separately and sell twice as much supplies which is where the real money is at you idiots."

Proceed to pantomime a mic drop and leave as the customer is checking the book out.