I need to stop going into pet stores!!!

[Julia]

I don't know how the small pet stores make any money. Our local non-chain store specializes in saltwater fish and reef tanks. He has a small reptile area with some snakes and lizards. None of them look healthy and they are all in bare cases with water dishes. I'm sure he must lose quite a few of them and probably doesn't sell enough to break even. It's not much trouble to set up proper enclosures and a healthy animal in a cool terrarium would certainly sell better.

I know what you mean! The the owner at the store I have been helping out at has started telling me about the hardships of owning a pet store. He said in a good month he spends $2000 on electricity alone!

[Namio]

Way to go Julia! You are one awesome herp protector!

[HI]

I see taht kind of stuff way too much. the Country Max i go to get crickets had a small tank a few months ago with just regular reptile bark, a tiny empty water dish ad a little plastiic plant in there was a fire belly toad and some type of tree frog i forgot what it was but it was like 4 in long. or like at i think it was petco with like 30 fire belly toads in a bare tank with a water dish. The store i go for fish (only has aquatic animals but a lot of nice tanks and reptile/amphibian supplies and best fish store ive ever been in) they were at a diff location a couple years ago where they also had retiles and amphibians and thats the only pet store ive see with a proper fire belly toad tank with the 1/3 land and 2/3 water the best amphibian and reptile tanks ive seen in a pet store had to switch move to a larger yet closer location with a ton of fish.

[S13]

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