How to never keep your frog......

[danfrog]

They don't realize that the healthier animal that they sell the more return customers they will have. More money for them in the long run. I saw a cranwelli at petco today that was labled as an ornate. It was actually kept pretty good. My only complaints was that the enclosure was too big, and the crickets were way too big.

[Hypnotic]

My local pet store keeps pacmans on giant bark pieces, also refuses to listen.

[GrifTheGreat]

My local pet store keeps pacmans on giant bark pieces, also refuses to listen.

Way back before they used coir for substrate these now dangerous substrates like bark were acceptable. They were recomended in very small chips or very large. One that could possibly be passed if accidentally eaten and the other to prevent them being eaten at all. Old books will say to use such substrates, but of course the info is outdated for the most part.

[Bombina Bob]

people like this make me sick! i think someone who
knows something about frogs should be hired there

[AKFROG]

Well said everyone. The chain pet stores should train all their employees. Also their so called care cards can be a real "joke". I had an on line "discussion" with a so called reptile vet. He was saying on line to feed such and such to a certain species of tortoise. Every book I have read said never, never feed this to this kind of tortoise. There are uninformed vets too who should know better. I really enjoy this forum. No, I don't have a frog yet. That's why I am here to read and learn. We have a local owned pet store and a "chain" pet store here in Juneau. Cheers.

[Eel Noob]

That's alot better than one of the petshop here, they keep their frogs on moss and everything in the enclosure is always too dry. Frogs always looks like they're dehydrated.

[AKFROG]

I just bought mine from a chain pet store. I think I rescued it. They had something like Eco-earth but they had spagnum moss in there too. The moss was a dry as a desert wind. If I was younger I would go to work for them and hopefully educate them thanks to forums like this.