Petsmart rescue attempt in progress

[LaPrice]

Hokay, so we went to petsmart yesterday. Were out of crickets and until Ace got paid today we needed some to tide everyone over till we order more. But we got our crickets and looked at their reptiles, cooing over them at how adorable baby beardies are. But upon closer observation one little guy was in shed, no big deal right? Yea, well this guy was having serious trouble with his shedding, it looked as if he had a rubber-band around his belly where his shedded skin was constricting him.

I found an associate and mentioned to him that the little guy needs a luke warm bath and he'll probably be ok. Now according to him he couldnt do anything about it since he's not the reptile expert, apparently that guy comes in this morning. Honestly the little beardie shouldnt have had to wait that long to receive attention. Especially since he really just needed a warm soak to loosen the shedded skin. I'll be going back after class to see if he did tell the morning people that that beardie needed attention. If not i'm taking all 3 of them, there on sale as well.

Now i know Ace and i already have a menagerie of animals but i dont feel comfortable leaving those 3 in their care, along with the shedding there were crickets roaming the cage as they basked. And if i recall they were on sand? I know the little leopard gecko was, he was very thin. I was told he had just come in, but why would you put a obviously ill animal on the floor. It makes you look bad. It is only relocation stress i'm sure, but nobody wants to see a stressed gecko in a brightly lit tank.

Hopefully a deal can be struck, otherwise we may leave 1 there. But i'd rather have all 3, because if something that little was ignored then the healthier looking guys aren't far behind in being neglected in a similar fashion. Update again when we have this resolved.

EDITED OUT A CERTAIN WORD

 

[LaPrice]

oh woops, i forgot to edit this. was originally on my blog

Fixed it

 

[triumphtt]

My sister-in-law works there and I asked her a little before I got puff (when I was looking to get a beardie) I asked why they house them all together (was there last week they had 5 in a 10 gal) she said she doesn't agree with it but her hands are tide. She has asked upper management (she is a manager of another dept) why they can't house them differently and not use sand and they told her it would cost to much and they are normally only there for a few days until they are bought anyway. I understand where the cost come involved even with floor space you would need but still if you can't house them properly don't sell them.
I had a same situation about noticing a few dead fish in their tanks when we took my son to get a fish tank. I told the guy I don't think it's good business if you got dead fish floating around in the tanks. It was like 9am right when they opened he said we only take those out in the morning and the evening. I was kinda dumb founded. Make me wish there was only small local pet shops where people actually noticed them as animals and not $'s.

 

[LaPrice]

my point exactly, it isnt fair to the animals

 

[LaPrice]

So we went between my class and work to check up on the beardies. I didnt see the sheddy guy so i asked a supervisor if he had been seen to. To my relief he had received a warm bath that morning, made me feel so much better.

We then picked up the 2 pretty ones we liked and rescued them as well, one has red side bars and the other was yellow with black tiger stripes with a bit of red speckling. I had to leave for work soon after setting them up.

Unfortunately the little tiger striped one started going downhill, as i feared because Petsmart doesnt take the best care of them. Ace took him back and he was seen by a vet. They gave us a replacement beardie, one from the back. Hopefully the tiger striped guy will be ok, its to early for him to go up to beardie heaven. Also the new one looks very pretty as well, kinda like Charizard but more yellow, close to citris maybe

 

[Atrax]

I hope they'll be alright. Lil' beardies, how can some ppl do this to them? :evil:

 

[triumphtt]

Some people just think their like goldfish (not that can't love goldfish) just get another one I guess.

 

[LaPrice]

yea, so far so good though. There in shed as well and scared me when i saw the red striped one puff his eyes out to shed i think. They are currently in Charizards old tank together (they will be moved as soon as any aggresion or dominance starts) and Charizard has a new 20 long

 

[GeckoGarden]

You should call the PetSmart Corporate office in A.Z

 

[LaPrice]

there really bad? i'd call if i saw it myself.