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02-24-12, 04:03 PM
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I should not have went there today
Because I cannot get bonny little Gretchen out of my mind! 
So I stopped at Jungle Critters to pick up a brick of coconut hair for one of my snakes, and sitting there on the shelf is this beautiful Sav girl in a damn 20 gallon fish tank, with dry bark chips, a screen top and a big 200 watt basking lamp.
They are asking $79.99 for the monitor alone, the sign on the front said "My name is Gretchen, please don't touch me I bite" Well of course she bites, the conditions they are keeping her in are just aweful, no room to move around, too much heat and not enough moisture.
I have dealt with this place before, so pointing out ANYTHING is a waste of time.
She looked so depressed sitting in there, nowhere to hide, stuck shed all over, no humidity at all, it just rips my guts out.
Rant over....
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02-24-12, 04:04 PM
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Re: I should not have went there today
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02-24-12, 04:08 PM
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Re: I should not have went there today
Report them? *shrug*
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02-24-12, 04:14 PM
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Re: I should not have went there today
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The owners are sisters, no employees, and the last time I tried (Last year), they kicked me out screaming at me "Don't you think we know what we are doing?? get out!"
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Report them? *shrug*
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Did that last year too, SPCA only cares about hairy animals, reptiles and fish don't count. (to them anyways)
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02-24-12, 04:16 PM
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Re: I should not have went there today
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Originally Posted by infernalis
The owners are sisters, no employees, and the last time I tried (Last year), they kicked me out screaming at me "Don't you think we know what we are doing?? get out!"
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Just print it and as you walk by, casually drop it on the cage and leave it there and walk out. They'll hopefully read it in their own time. No one likes to be told (especially owners of a pet store) that what they're doing is wrong. Leaving the care sheet might be a more subtle way to get to them and maybe they'll make the changes necessary. IDK, I think it's worth trying. I'd do it.
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02-24-12, 04:35 PM
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Re: I should not have went there today
Do you have room for two savs?
Skip that cause they will just bring another one in.
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02-24-12, 04:49 PM
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Re: I should not have went there today
It really breaks my heart to read this, and even more to say this, but you should let her die. They may one day get it in their heads if the animals they're selling don't make it.
Seriously though, I hate myself for saying that.
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02-24-12, 07:16 PM
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Re: I should not have went there today
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Originally Posted by BarelyBreathing
It really breaks my heart to read this, and even more to say this, but you should let her die. They may one day get it in their heads if the animals they're selling don't make it.
Seriously though, I hate myself for saying that.
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The baby sav we fought over last year died in the store... These sister's learn nothing..
I used to sell them rats, until I saw how they were keeping the rats, then I just started telling them I didn't have any until they went somewhere else.
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02-24-12, 10:55 PM
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Re: I should not have went there today
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The baby sav we fought over last year died in the store... These sister's learn nothing..
I used to sell them rats, until I saw how they were keeping the rats, then I just started telling them I didn't have any until they went somewhere else.
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Just stay out of that store.
That sav I saw at my local reptile store was still there today. I was walking around with him for about an hour. He's so cool (and very well taken care of at the store). I had to resist the urge.
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02-24-12, 11:00 PM
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Re: I should not have went there today
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Originally Posted by BarelyBreathing
I had to resist the urge.
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You don't know how bad I just want to go get her... Littlefoot and Cera sounds kinda cool 
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02-25-12, 02:13 PM
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Re: I should not have went there today
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You don't know how bad I just want to go get her... Littlefoot and Cera sounds kinda cool |
It sounds cool!
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02-24-12, 04:52 PM
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Re: I should not have went there today
BB that is a good Idea but some other person will end up purchasing and killing her. While the pet shop just gets another poor baby in.
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02-24-12, 05:12 PM
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Re: I should not have went there today
Was just talking more about this cycle and something occurred to me that made me think more positively about it. They used to sell puppies and kittens this same way here but had to stop a while back. Now you can only get birds, fish and reptiles. With all the bans going into place regarding exotics, perhaps it just wont be worth it for pet stores to sell reptiles anymore. Maybe, like larger mammals, you will only be able to get them from specialized breeders.
There also seem to be fewer pet stores now and more pet supply stores, so hopefully that is the way things are moving.
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02-24-12, 05:17 PM
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Re: I should not have went there today
^That is how it should be..I hope that is the way it goes.
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02-24-12, 05:24 PM
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Re: I should not have went there today
My heart breaks
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