That's great that you researched about them before getting one!TracyMarie":f1o6w2a0 said:I have been talking to my husband about this today, but from a newbies point of view. I have spent hours on this site learning as much as I can about how my almost 2 year old Bearded Dragon's habitat should be. I think I am mostly there. I have lighting and heat pretty much where it should be, but will need to get a bigger tank. I was told it was a 75 to 100 gallon, and it's only a 50. I have never had a tank this big when I had fish, so it was hard for me to gage visually. I have learned a lot in the past 3 weeks, but feel like with there being that much to learn, that there must be many reptiles living in conditions that they shouldn't be.
I should add I bought him from someone that needed rehome him about 3 weeks ago.
I am here to listen. :!:
Bluekush":37zwfr4r said:As a new owner i was upset by the way the petstore handled it. There should be small period where u have to go home setup the tank and come back to pick up the animal. Also they gotta stop selling this garbage. I whent home with the coil uv sand they even wanted me to take the second dragon his brother and put him in same tank like they had told me it would be good to keep them together. I think your on to something king of nobby with the licence being a herp is a rising trend i see alot of people buying lizards latley maybe they will start to get some rights. Like cats and dogs
kingofnobbys":22270213 said:Bluekush":22270213 said:As a new owner i was upset by the way the petstore handled it. There should be small period where u have to go home setup the tank and come back to pick up the animal. Also they gotta stop selling this garbage. I whent home with the coil uv sand they even wanted me to take the second dragon his brother and put him in same tank like they had told me it would be good to keep them together. I think your on to something king of nobby with the licence being a herp is a rising trend i see alot of people buying lizards latley maybe they will start to get some rights. Like cats and dogs
The way it works here (in Australia).
No keepers' permit (licence) from the state or territory you are resident in ==> no sale PERIOD , no ifs no buts.
No imported reptiles ( strickly forbidden to bring non-native reptiles into the country , even in many instances to transfer them across state or territory boards without a permit to do so ).
All reptiles must be accounted for in the Keepers' log book, there are random checks made.
Only petshops who meet very strict licencing conditions are permitted to stock live reptiles for sale , and again , no permit/licence produced ==> no sale. Very few pet shops are licenced to sell reptiles (only one pet shop in my city (800,000 people)) is licenced to stock and sell reptiles.
I Agree. It really is the pet stores fault most of the time.AHBD":26j76gj9 said:In general it's not at all the owners fault. The stores sell sub par + even useless stuff and the average person thinks that it is the right stuff. It may be a person's first time seeing a beardie or other reptile advertised as a pet and they think the store is the authority and has everything they need.
That being said, even if a reptile seems lethargic, many people don't know how to compare what a healthy animal should act like verses an unhealthy one and the animal may start declining before anyone knows anything is wrong. Then throw lack of knowledge on the part of many vets and you have this situation.
In the U.S you can own just about anything, that's why there are large numbers of non native reptiles [ some of which are turning in to big problems ] like burmese pythons , brown basilisks and even chameleons roaming Florida + other warm states. Even where new laws or regulations are made they are not usually strictly enforced. And there are huge numbers of unwanted reptiles [ as a person loses interest or their life turns into chaos for a variety of reasons ] as well.
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