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    FriedrichsFrogs
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    Quote Originally Posted by GeorgiaBulls View Post
    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..
    Id say they need to test these employees monthly with various pet-care questions or something to that affect. To even acquire the position they should have some basic care knowledge or own some of the pets themselves before they get a job where its a requirement to inform customers on takin care of a living thing. Or we could get together and decide amongst ourselves whos going to buy the pitchforks and whos going to buy the gasoline. Either way, its the end result that counts

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    Duriel
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jaba96 View Post
    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.
    Zuh? Amphibians and reptiles take some degree of specialized care, not many know much about them, and are more sensitive to environmental factors. But... How the **** did they have dead puppies and kittens? There's a LOT of reasons they are the most common pets, but one of the big ones is they pretty much just need food/water/shelter. When I was growing up we had dogs/cats and I have a freshly minted (chuckle) puppy. I will say puppies are messier than amphibs/reptiles, and anyone who's ever seen a crazy cat lady knows that the furries can take it. Crowd the number of frogs that crazy cat ladies crowd cats into a comparable (by size/whatever) enclosure, and you have a lot of dead frogs.

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    Duriel
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    Quote Originally Posted by FriedrichsFrogs View Post
    Id say they need to test these employees monthly with various pet-care questions or something to that affect. To even acquire the position they should have some basic care knowledge or own some of the pets themselves before they get a job where its a requirement to inform customers on takin care of a living thing. Or we could get together and decide amongst ourselves whos going to buy the pitchforks and whos going to buy the gasoline. Either way, its the end result that counts
    Not realistic. We are talking about a plain-Jane no-education no-experience entry-level job here. It's really up to the individuals working there to find a way to fix the problem locally (unlikely) or cheat the system a bit by not following regulations that (usually) keep the critters alive long enough to sell while minimizing costs. I'm considering applying at the local Petco (I have military bennies for my college/housing costs... but I want expendable income), as jobs in this area are limited to pretty much retail and farming. Unfortunately, at the moment, the only opening I know of is to sit at the register and I did that BS 10 years ago. Never again. I dunno... maybe I can use my military experience (plus combat deployment) to get a position that won't leave me vigorously slashing at my wrists with a plastic butter knife (if I'm going out, it's going to be impractically slow and agonizing okay?)

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