Angry at aqualand

[reptileguy112]

I went to aqualand to pick up some salt (anyone else keep reefs?) and I found a panther chameleon YAY! I found it laying at the bottom of a 40 gallon breeder on some wood chips with its eye so bloated it couldn't open it. According to some guy who thinks he knows more than me about chameleon keeping it was "doctors orders" to put it in a glass tank because of respitory problems from screen cage draftiness, also it has a water dish and no uvb.... Anyone care to guess the PRICE of this blue SICK panther and the 40 gallon aquarium. How much do you think this cost at aqualand?

 

[Blink]

My guess??? Price= Panther's life.

 

[MSMorgan]

RG,

That's horrible. Sorry to hear this. I haven't been there, but just may go tomorrow and see if someone will listen to reason. I'm just to the west of you in Vacaville.

 

[sapphira80]

Hmmm? I'll guess $350-400, because that's what a LPS here sells their "Jackson's chameleon kits" (includes chameleon, 20 gallon tank, small fake plant, fake vine, and water dish) for. This price does NOT include UVB or heat lamp, and I'm not even sure they tell people they need one.

 

[reptileguy112]

Its $500. I am in iowa right now, not in cali

 

[reptileguy112]

my guess is dead by the 4th

 

[repdog]

You should be able to call your local humane officer and they can go in. The cham might die but the more bad reports they get the better for future chams.

 

[sapphira80]

Its $500. I am in iowa right now, not in cali

That makes me sick. How can someone come to work everyday and look at an animal slowly suffering and dying and feel nothing? Sadly, death would probably be a mercy for that chameleon the way you describe it.

 

[jajeanpierre]

I went to aqualand to pick up some salt (anyone else keep reefs?) and I found a panther chameleon YAY! I found it laying at the bottom of a 40 gallon breeder on some wood chips with its eye so bloated it couldn't open it. According to some guy who thinks he knows more than me about chameleon keeping it was "doctors orders" to put it in a glass tank because of respitory problems from screen cage draftiness, also it has a water dish and no uvb.... Anyone care to guess the PRICE of this blue SICK panther and the 40 gallon aquarium. How much do you think this cost at aqualand?

What exactly is your complaint?

The glass? The wood chips? The water bowl? The fact a sick/dying chameleon was on display?

While you might be 100% correct in your assessment, you might also be wrong.

There is nothing inherently wrong with solid sided cages. The vet ordered the animal to be put in a hospital cage to increase the humidity and (probably) to regulate temps. That is a normal practice for sick animals. A substrate is one way to increase humidity as well. The bowl of water might be there solely to increase humidity. Maybe, just maybe they are working to hydrate the animal in other ways that you might not be aware of.

At least the store had a vet look at it.

 

[jcarlsen]

What exactly is your complaint?

The glass? The wood chips? The water bowl? The fact a sick/dying chameleon was on display?

While you might be 100% correct in your assessment, you might also be wrong.

There is nothing inherently wrong with solid sided cages. The vet ordered the animal to be put in a hospital cage to increase the humidity and (probably) to regulate temps. That is a normal practice for sick animals. A substrate is one way to increase humidity as well. The bowl of water might be there solely to increase humidity. Maybe, just maybe they are working to hydrate the animal in other ways that you might not be aware of.

At least the store had a vet look at it.

While that may be true, the fact that the store seems willing to sell it in its current health condition is disturbing.

 

[reptileguy112]

What exactly is your complaint?

The glass? The wood chips? The water bowl? The fact a sick/dying chameleon was on display?

While you might be 100% correct in your assessment, you might also be wrong.

There is nothing inherently wrong with solid sided cages. The vet ordered the animal to be put in a hospital cage to increase the humidity and (probably) to regulate temps. That is a normal practice for sick animals. A substrate is one way to increase humidity as well. The bowl of water might be there solely to increase humidity. Maybe, just maybe they are working to hydrate the animal in other ways that you might not be aware of.

At least the store had a vet look at it.

I honestly don't believe they took it to the vet. It is obviously very sick sitting at the bottom of a cage with its eye 3 times the size it suppose to be. Also if it was in a screen cage before wouldn't it be sold with the screen cage not the "hospital" cage? And a sitting water bowl doesn't sound like they are trying to hydrate it. It just sounds like they thought it would be cool to sell a chameleon and they thought they could just keep it like a leopard gecko.

 

[Carlton]

What exactly is your complaint?

The glass? The wood chips? The water bowl? The fact a sick/dying chameleon was on display?

While you might be 100% correct in your assessment, you might also be wrong.

There is nothing inherently wrong with solid sided cages. The vet ordered the animal to be put in a hospital cage to increase the humidity and (probably) to regulate temps. That is a normal practice for sick animals. A substrate is one way to increase humidity as well. The bowl of water might be there solely to increase humidity. Maybe, just maybe they are working to hydrate the animal in other ways that you might not be aware of.

At least the store had a vet look at it.

Your points are well taken of course, but the entire tank setup is such a classic cham-clueless one I would be surprised if it was done deliberately. The biggie for me is trying to sell an animal that has obvious health problems. I'd be asking why the cham's eye is so swollen and what their vet is doing to treat it.

 

[jajeanpierre]

I honestly don't believe they took it to the vet. It is obviously very sick sitting at the bottom of a cage with its eye 3 times the size it suppose to be. Also if it was in a screen cage before wouldn't it be sold with the screen cage not the "hospital" cage? And a sitting water bowl doesn't sound like they are trying to hydrate it. It just sounds like they thought it would be cool to sell a chameleon and they thought they could just keep it like a leopard gecko.

Your assessment could be 100% correct, but I'm just suggesting that maybe you don't know the whole story. And the clerk you dealt with might not have the whole story.

Selling a sick animal is pretty bad, despicable, I'll grant you that.