The trouble with pet stores...

[GrifTheGreat]

Just been to my local pet store/garden centre. I don't know if its the same over there in the States but here in England our garden centres have developed a sideline in reptiles and other pet store livestock? Anyway I digress.

I saw a Ornate and a Fantasy frog both about the size of a 50p both housed in huge vivariums. They had a substrate of just sphagnum moss and it was pretty damn dry. The temp I noticed was at the high end of 80's and the humidity was just over 65%. Curiously and subversively I asked the assistant what she fed them and she told me she was feeding it pinkies every 2 days. The frogs looked in generally poor health and miserable!

I quietly asked to see the manager. I politely explained to him everything I had learnt from you guys about Pacman keeping. His reply was "Well I don't care what you or they think they know, I have never had one die on me yet", so I replied "You must sell them quickly then because they don't look like they are going to last a week!" I walked off at this point shaking my head...

I think I may be making a call to the relevant authorities

You may see situations like this a lot. Many stores have no idea what they are doing so they just get some less than basic information on housing the frogs and go with it. This usually ends in a high mortality rate. Just because they don't die in the store doesn't mean they made it 3 days once purchased. This guy is obviously ignorant and doesn't know a damn thing about these frogs.

You did what you could by advising them to house them correctly. It's up to the store now to change this.