Saved him from petsmart today

[Greenhorn]

You can educate the seller and you should, this forum can also be used to educate the buyer

[GrifTheGreat]

You can educate the seller and you should, this forum can also be used to educate the buyer

True which you have done by voicing your opinion. I do not disagree that it is supporting a store that promotes animal cruelty. Sadly its unwittingly. Half the staff at these stores wouldn't know a horned lizard from a horned frog. If just one person makes a difference in one of those chain stores then maybe it will spread to the rest of the chain. No way to know for sure, but a good thing was done no matter if it supported that store. We can alwys hope they'll change, but there is never a guarentee.

[Mentat]

Cool little frog, congratulations!

[DVirginiana]

Sadly, in a lot of petstores, the next ten to take the place of the one you buy are already back in the stock-room waiting until the display-floor animal dies or finds a home, already in the same conditions. It's even worse for the rodents and small mammals, since they're often housed in some really over-crowded situations 'backstage' that they simply couldn't do with a lot of the reptiles/amphibians like pacman frogs because of cannibalism. The ones in back don't even get the pathetic attempts at treatment that the ones up front do if they fall ill. Pretty gross stuff.

I 'saved' my pacman and my two goldfish from the same store, so I can't really say anything about not supporting the chains stores Honestly, I think that even if all the people who were really concerned about giving their animals proper care were to boycott buying animals from those stores (because let's face it, they're usually the only way to get supplies without having them shipped, which can get pretty pricey! I'd still have to shell out money to them for the basics even if I never looked at their animals again) the number of idiots who really don't care would probably still keep them going. Gah, the whole system is so frustrating!

[GrifTheGreat]

Sadly, in a lot of petstores, the next ten to take the place of the one you buy are already back in the stock-room waiting until the display-floor animal dies or finds a home, already in the same conditions. It's even worse for the rodents and small mammals, since they're often housed in some really over-crowded situations 'backstage' that they simply couldn't do with a lot of the reptiles/amphibians like pacman frogs because of cannibalism. The ones in back don't even get the pathetic attempts at treatment that the ones up front do if they fall ill. Pretty gross stuff.

I 'saved' my pacman and my two goldfish from the same store, so I can't really say anything about not supporting the chains stores Honestly, I think that even if all the people who were really concerned about giving their animals proper care were to boycott buying animals from those stores (because let's face it, they're usually the only way to get supplies without having them shipped, which can get pretty pricey! I'd still have to shell out money to them for the basics even if I never looked at their animals again) the number of idiots who really don't care would probably still keep them going. Gah, the whole system is so frustrating!

Petsmart or atleast the ones I go to only order one Pacman at a time. If they have 2 they will put one in the display case and the other in that display case with the other but in a critter keeper. So atleast there aren't 10 more waiting in back at those chain stores.

[gullah gullah]

Some pics

[flybyferns]

Some pics

gullah gullah,
I keep red eyed tree frog - This guy in your photos is thin - right ?
There is one like this in the Petsmart by me.
I have to go tomorrow to get cat food.
I'm gonna have a have attack when I walk by it!!!
Can't stand it !
Lynn

[breenaful]

I know you probably dont get replies on this post but I just saved one from Petsmart a couple days ago! They had him in a critter keeper too. The same exact way. I'm proud of myself for saving him(: