My husband just went to our local Petco to get calcium drops and came back really angry. All the beardie hatchlings had to eat were mealworms. This is the same manager one who was giving tiny baby beardies one inch crickets and when I asked him why, he said, "Our crickets don't bite!" :roll:
My husand mentioned to this manager and two other employees that you should not give mealworms to hatchlings because of the danger of impaction. They defended mealworms for the babies until my frustrated husband went over and got a book off of THEIR own shelf and showed them where it says that mealworms may cause impaction and even death, and the response was, "It says MAY cause impaction." He said that feeding them mealworms is now Petco corporate policy so ....
What can we do? It is bad enough to know they are not being properly cared for but now...mealworms.
My husand mentioned to this manager and two other employees that you should not give mealworms to hatchlings because of the danger of impaction. They defended mealworms for the babies until my frustrated husband went over and got a book off of THEIR own shelf and showed them where it says that mealworms may cause impaction and even death, and the response was, "It says MAY cause impaction." He said that feeding them mealworms is now Petco corporate policy so ....
What can we do? It is bad enough to know they are not being properly cared for but now...mealworms.