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Posted by vicky on December 30, 2001 at 16:56:20:

In Reply to: Pet Store offer you guys might like this ha posted by Ian on December 29, 2001 at 22:09:54:

I am in a similar situation. The first reptile I bought from the pet shop was a waterdragon. It was sold in a tank ( they said it was big enough) which was way too small for him. The sold me a water dish at the same time which is about 5 cm deep, and fits about 1 liter of water in it ( Nowhere near big enough for a waterdragon). No UVB lighting was mentioned to me either. 6 months later I decided to bug an iguana. They told me it could live in the same cage as the waterdragon, it could eat worms, which were automatically in the cage, and that the two of them can live together. They told me to feed him vegetables, nothing in specific...so I started him on iceberg lettuce and broccoli etc. ( I did supplement the vitamins).

We then purchasse two snakes. they were supposed to eat gold fish from the deepfreeze they told me. I then looked on this site and read that they can get a vitamin B1 deficiency from this. I asked them about it and they denied it and said that it wouldnt be a problem. Last week sunday (vets are unavailable, and the ones that were available dont know a thing about reptiles) I eventually got hold of a reptile vet, and I had to drive 1 1/2 hours in the snow for an emergency vitamin B1 shot. I mentioned this to the pet shop but they didnt believe that it had to do with the gold fish.

The problem is... the people are fairly good friends of ours and also I dont know another petshop that sells reptile products and this is the only petshop in the town I live in.

It is a shame, because I dont agree with the way they look after reptiles, but they are such a nice family that I dont want to just stop coming there.

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Re: same situation Ian 12/31/01 (0)
Sorry but the CANT be to nice a family IF Christy 12/31/01 (2)
- You are right, and I aggree completely vicky 01/01/02 (0)
- I agree... Axe 12/31/01 (0)

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: I am in a similar situation. The first reptile I bought from the pet shop was a waterdragon. It was sold in a tank ( they said it was big enough) which was way too small for him. The sold me a water dish at the same time which is about 5 cm deep, and fits about 1 liter of water in it ( Nowhere near big enough for a waterdragon). No UVB lighting was mentioned to me either. 6 months later I decided to bug an iguana. They told me it could live in the same cage as the waterdragon, it could eat worms, which were automatically in the cage, and that the two of them can live together. They told me to feed him vegetables, nothing in specific...so I started him on iceberg lettuce and broccoli etc. ( I did supplement the vitamins). : We then purchasse two snakes. they were supposed to eat gold fish from the deepfreeze they told me. I then looked on this site and read that they can get a vitamin B1 deficiency from this. I asked them about it and they denied it and said that it wouldnt be a problem. Last week sunday (vets are unavailable, and the ones that were available dont know a thing about reptiles) I eventually got hold of a reptile vet, and I had to drive 1 1/2 hours in the snow for an emergency vitamin B1 shot. I mentioned this to the pet shop but they didnt believe that it had to do with the gold fish. : The problem is... the people are fairly good friends of ours and also I dont know another petshop that sells reptile products and this is the only petshop in the town I live in. : It is a shame, because I dont agree with the way they look after reptiles, but they are such a nice family that I dont want to just stop coming there.

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