Pet Store with chameleon

[Lizardlover]

14 for most places i think , but for that petstore i believe you have to be 16 because of the liability or whatever like i said before.

 

[Syn]

Good job. Glad you could get that to them. You probably saved the little thing.

 

[Lizardlover]

I sure hope so....he lapped up that water, and i think they were amazed, ill post pics of him if i can next time i go.

 

[lizardboy119796]

Well, i am 13 I cant get a job but i always have my reptile store call me if they have a busy day, or get a shipment of snakes or lizards, in, the best thing is, they get a shipment of 5 panthers, all beutiful oranges and blue barred and ambilobes, and also some vields, i always get to set up their cages and stuff, and take them out of the boxes out them in mist down the enclosure, and see if they will eat, we got an adult in the other day oh my god, the thing ripped apart my finger

 

[vindicatedornot]

way to go. I'm glad that went well for you. I work at a local petshop and although we don't carry chams at the moment we carry many other things. And they too had no idea how to take care of them. Before I worked there a girl told me they killed about 20 baby veiled. i felt so horrible for the little things. I studied up big time and learned alot on the husbandry of all the reptiles we carry and straightened (only a few) improper things out. I was a little ticked that MY petstore was useing improper husbandry but atleast I work there now and can save a few animals lives.

 

[chameleon97]

theres a mellers in our pet store....

20 gallon tank (FOR AN ADLULT MELLERS!!)
compact uvb
substrate
log thing to climb on
heat lamp 2 inches from cham!!!!
calcium w/ d3 every 4th day (i asked)

DISEASES
MBD
skin damage/burns
possibly photokerataconjunctitis (sorry for spelling)
looks REALLY stressed
$300

they have 2 baby panthers.
care is great... except
calcium w/ d3 every 4th day
substrate
compact bulbs
each eat 3 crix a day, let loose in the substrate
$500 (apperantly they were gonna be $1000)

WHAT DO I DO??
its animal cruelty! killing chams!

 

[jukeboxpunk]

jackson

I recently went to my local PetCo store here in Concord NH and was appalled at the conditions a Jacksons chameleon was living in. Similar situation with the enclosure being too small, glass, low heat and humidity. They were feeding this chameleon crickets larger than the chams head and providing water via a watr pool. Im too sure if the chameleon is still there but I want to smack a few employee in the face though.

 

[SpikeTheVeiled]

Well done! You probably did save the poor guys life!

 

[BigR]

Good job helping out the cham. I usually just get kicked out (or fired (week before I started university too)) when I try to correct something like that.

 

[Lizardlover]

Well luckily its family owned and not a know - it - all chain, although some family owned stores are just as bad.

 

[BigR]

Petstore that I go to is family run. It's odd, when the first started out they hired the manager from a local PetValu, and a few local kids. The store was small, but everything was kept in great shape. Then they expanded and moved. They stopped hiring local kids due to rising thefts, but kept the old manager. While it took longer to get feeders or supplies, they still carried all the high end brands (Zoomed, Exo-terra), and at pretty good prices for a retail store. The quality of the animals started to drop however. After 2 months they dropped the manager and went it alone. The've stopped carrying good supplies, and I wouldn't even think about buying an animal from them anymore. I saw an adult veiled in there about 20 minutes ago, in a 10 gallon tank, knee deep in mud, the only vine in there had sunk into the mud long ago.

I've tried talking to them a few times, but they always make some excuse, or try to pass on some "knowledge". If their bugs weren't cheaper than what's on the net I wouldn't be going there at all.

 

[NewOwner]

Should i get a job here?

Should ig et a job at Paws N Jaws? its a pet store, they do not reallyt know what there doing with the chameleons, (Long story, lights, aquarium etc)

I was just wondering if i should work there... would they listen to me about changing cages do you think? i could really help out alot of animals..

 

[Tateg]

What kind of Chameleons do they have at paws n jaws, also Lizard Lover could you post some pics of the Jackson's, good job on keeping it alive

 

[HayDex]

ya need to call the animal cruelty if they don't listen

 

[Maestro]

Should i get a job here?

Should ig et a job at Paws N Jaws? its a pet store, they do not reallyt know what there doing with the chameleons, (Long story, lights, aquarium etc)

I was just wondering if i should work there... would they listen to me about changing cages do you think? i could really help out alot of animals..

A Friend of mine sold some of his last clutch of veileds there i think...

 

[Lizardlover]

yeah guys pics are coming, bear with me, ill post some pics on Monday.