The trouble with pet stores...

[paul3col]

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

mmmm this sounds a familiar story with garden centres doubling up as pet stores

i,m sure your local trading standards office would be interested, give them a call.

[GRABibus]

I saw the opposite yesterday and today at a french pet store.
An albino horned frog in some soil + mouse, with a little bit light (No UV, no agressive), 27°C and 60% humidity.
It eats like a monster and is very small...They feed it too much (Mices too much), but it seems very healthy.
I will take it at my home on next Wednesday (It is booked for me at the pet store) and let's see how it grows !
I should have preferred an ornate, but this one was so cute...

[paul3col]

Good luck with your new addition, i have the opposite problem to yours, mine won't eat a mouse.