Shocking surprise in pet shop (graphic)

[infamouschris7]

So yesterday I went to get some pinkies at this exotic pet store and

what I discovered was very shocking. All of their frogs aquariums were very dry and had dead crickets in their water bowls. The bowls looked as if they hadn't been changed for days. Then like if it couldn't get any worse I found a dead pacman in an aquarium and the workers there had no idea it was dead. It had flies all over it. The store isn't very big at all so for them to be careless and not even spray the frogs was surprising.

I went ahead and took a picture for those of u who care to see this dead pacman. I have honestly never seen a dead pacman before

[Pluke]

This pet store is worthy of being reported for animal cruelty if it's as bad as you say it is and from the looks of it, it is. That's just not acceptable. Poor thing.

[Namio]

Man, this sucks. The poor frog probably died of slow dehydration.

[Lija]

poor frogs, i would report it if i were you.

[DVirginiana]

If you report them, show them that pic. They might actually do something since there's evidence of the neglect.

[infamouschris7]

Report it to who?

[Pluke]

Perhaps ASPCA, I'm not sure. Better business bureau.. call your local humane society, maybe you'll get some answers there. I'm sure one of them will know what to do. Maybe if you just call the manager and complain to them and tell them how you feel they might change their habits. How did they react when you told them about the frog? Some places just don't care for certain animals like they would a puppy/kitten. They just don't care.. but some people do. Give management a little perspective and they might change their ways. It's really not hard to take care of these animals, especially when there are people there who are PAID to do it.

[Lija]

i wouldn't talk to the manager in this case, s/he might just make it all nice and go away, besides I'm sure s/he is aware of the situation in there. report to SPCA, or in US it is probably called ASPCA, they have inspectors who are obligated to investigate all complaints, just call them and let them know. someone has told me that in US you can get a jail time for animal neglect, probably it depends on a level of it and state laws, but it is pretty serious.

[Pluke]

Well for dogs and cats things have been getting pretty serious about abuse recently, people have been jailed and fined, put on probation. I'm not sure how they will react to amphibians or reptiles, but they should react accordingly regardless. It's an animal that appears to have suffered a very avoidable death and it sounds as if others are suffering as well. I do agree with Lija, odds are management just might play nice to make it go away and then go back to their old ways. Maybe not, they might fire the people who neglected, it's hard to tell. To be safe you might just want to contact ASPCA.

[Lija]

I have reported neglect case once to spca, it was about snake, they took it very seriously.

[Bruce]

This is just horrible!
I've always wanted to open up my own pet store just to show people how these frogs and other exotics SHOULD be cared for, not just trying to make the quick dollar... That's really heartbreaking

[Duriel]

So yesterday I went to get some pinkies at this exotic pet store and

what I discovered was very shocking. All of their frogs aquariums were very dry and had dead crickets in their water bowls. The bowls looked as if they hadn't been changed for days. Then like if it couldn't get any worse I found a dead pacman in an aquarium and the workers there had no idea it was dead. It had flies all over it. The store isn't very big at all so for them to be careless and not even spray the frogs was surprising.

I went ahead and took a picture for those of u who care to see this dead pacman. I have honestly never seen a dead pacman before

The pic is confusing the **** out of me. It looks like TWO photos blended together or maybe a stylish photoshop ghost frog? Maybe I just had a stroke (would suck being an otherwise healthy 26 year old), but the photo doesn't look right, but not for the reasons you described.

[AroseK]

Poor thing : c that's so messed up. If they don't have the time or the heart to take car of their animals then why work or own a exotic store in the first place.

[infamouschris7]

There was a glare on the glass. That's why the picture looks that way

[FriedrichsFrogs]

the picture was taken from the outside of the tank so there is a reflection of the floor + whats behind Infamous as he took the pic. I would say talk to the manager and threaten to report it to the aspca but if the toad went so long to actually die and the tanks are dry its obvious neglect. And neglect doesnt happen over the span of 24 hours, it happens over weeks, months, years. However long it has been goin on, its obviously been TOO long. This is b***s*** and deserves swift consequences not a chat and a handshake so i say immediately report it because as Pluke has said, if its alredy killed one pet you know the neglect and carelessness has been affecting the entire store for sometime.

[infamouschris7]

It's pretty stupid on their part because I actually bought my fantasy and pixie from their shop a long time ago and they were telling me about how I needed to keep them moist etc and then for them to have their animals this way was hard to understand.

[Jaba96]

Those inexcusable conditions, I mean we all know how hard it is to mist a flippin habitat and it ain't that hard. Open the lid and viola spray and done. And change water, OMG you could tell a 3yr. old to do a better job AND it would be done. I would report them ASAP you don't know if they're neglect will lead to future death and disease.

[Jaba96]

I also have a pet store like that. The food is like ¢50 but they've got dead puppies and kittens and a giant Albino Catfish that's EXTREMELY rare but is housed in an Aquarium so small it can't even turn around and the Fickenz Douffstez even has a pile of dead puppies and kittens, it smelled so bad it was getting slapped with roadkill skunk after 10 days in the sun. My regrets is that they've gone into hiding and can't be located.

[GeorgiaBulls]

F*** this. These pet stores neglect the herps and then give terrible information on care to the buyers. I'm so tired of seeing posts like this. Then every other day there's someone new on the board whose frog is on the verge of dying because they were following the advice of someone who didn't have a clue about the animal they were selling. Is it so hard for these people to take a few hrs of their time and learn something about the animals that they are trying to make money off of? It's pathetic really. I myself was a victim of bad advice. I was told to put my frog on moss and that I didn't need any supplemental heating. Was also told to use a diet of mealworms and crickets and wasn't told anything about what kind of water to use. Luckily I found this forum a day after I bought my frog and had the money to address all of the problems. Something needs to be done, I wish I knew what and how to start to make a change... Anyone have any ideas? I'm not talking about one store, I'm talking about a way to fix the problem as a whole..

[Lija]

Bart the only way to do something about it is to educate people, we won't be able to save them all, so let's take it on case by case basis, i don't want to say all i have to say about pet stores, i will be banned from here probably but if every single one of us will go out and do everything we can to educate people around us and also here and on the other message boards, literally everywhere, to lot of frogs are going to be saved and live a happy, well fed life.