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Posted by lucy on August 29, 2002 at 02:46:24:
In Reply to: Re: He Mr. D posted by Mr. D on August 29, 2002 at 00:40:48:
I think you are being quite too harshon pecto, although they may deserve it sometimes. The petco I adopted my iggies from is absolutely wondeful about keeping reptiles. Every animal is given a proper nutritional diet, proper lighting, proper environment, and so on. And don't understand your negativeness towards their hex tanks they set the iggies up in. The one at this petco is fully equiped with iguana light uvb bulbs (i asked), large climbing branches, multiple basking spots, and they are all fed a proper diet. As long as the animals are recieving uvb does it really matter which bulb they use? Active uvb bulbs are quite a bit more expensive, even for petco to use, so why use a more expensive bulb on an animal that is expected to be sold and not spend the rest of its life under? Normal uvb bulbs still work well enough to be used. I use them for all my uvb needing reptiles. The employees that care for the reptiles there all have a good understanding for caring for reptiles as well. When they get a chameleon, for example, it is set up in the back so as not to induce stress from seeing lots of people all day. They are put in reptariums with uvb lighting, a drip system, climbing vines, and even a humdifier. Furthermore, these two iggies were not *returned* animals. The person who owned them before had just dropped them off the day I picked them up. He left a note with them stating that both were fed a diet of mustard greens, collard greens, and a variety of veggies and fruits but could no longer keep them do to their potential size. I filled out an adoption form, I can scan it for you to see if you like, and made a reasonable donation. Well, anyway, since I started this I thought I would throw in my two cents:) Oh, and by the way, this Petco is in Dixoncity, PA right across from the viewmont mall:)
:And this makes things ok because........ Based on what I've experienced in literally every Petcompany I've entered neither the "corporation" nor it's employees (at least the ones that are dubbed "reptile specialist") are even remotely qualified to sell ANY form of reptile nevermind attempt to potentially rehab or "adopt out" any "returned" (personally I read defective/unhealthy) animal. Again, based on my personal experience, a corporation that will not allow it's employees to use the most effective tools at their disposal in order to promote the health of the animals it sells is doing absolutely no one any favors. Take the Active bulbs that they're now carrying. Despite having proven to a minimum of 8 store managers that the bulbs are more effective in the production of UV - especially when the stores insist on improperly setting up the tall hex tanks that they use - I have yet to see a single store, again at least in my neck of the woods, put one of these bulbs to use. What furthers my concern is that they will not use the very product that they carry on their shelves but they'll gladly sell one to you at currently the highest prices that I have seen in the US.
:Diet is yet another issue in these stores altogether that we all know about. Bottom line, if the company can't properly keep the animals that they are making a profit from how can they possibly consider acting in any form of adoption capacity? I'm sure that somewhere in an internal operations manual the reason for not refunding any money after an expired "guarantee" is because the company could no longer "guarantee" the health of the animal due to possible husbandry concerns once the animal leaves the store. If such is the case of course the company can no longer sell the animal so they give them away under the guise of "adoption".
:When they call you to come take their "returns" are you doing this out of the goodness of your heart Mark or are you charging them any kind of surrender fee? Are they supporting the daily board of these animals in any way? Part of the reason that I'm curious about this is due to the fact that, at least around here, no one is allowed to bring any form of reptile into a Petcompany in an effort to educate and/or fundraise. One reason I've been told is that "People may be afraid of lizards and snakes and we don't want to scare the customers." but more realistically is due to contractual arrangements with one particular reptile breeder/facility. If such is the case with the stores in your area, unless you are the entity that they contract with, why are they calling you in to take the animals as opposed to their contract vendor?
