tigergirl7694
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I realize that this isn't strictly beardie related, but I wanted to get the word out there since they sell bearded dragons as well as other herps...
I went to the Petsmart in Vestal, NY today to buy a green anole as a tank companion for my current green anole. When I went to the store, they had a variety of anoles, with at least 10 different lizards, squished into a small 5 gallon tank. I picked out a small green anole that looked about the size of my own. The woman who was helping me had NO experience in getting these creatures out of the tanks and broke the tail of the anole as she was taking it out. The poor thing ended up with a cracked tail that was still hanging on to it's body by a thread. It was bleeding all over the paper towel in the carrier she had given me. I then noticed that above where the tail had broken was a circular white mark that looked like a fungal infection. I told this to the woman and she called over her manager, who, upon finding out that I wasn't about to buy a sick lizard, told the woman to put it back in the tank with all of the others. THAT IS NOT OKAY. It is NEVER okay to put a sick animal back into an enclosure with other animals, particularly not such a small enclosure with multiple types of anoles that were fighting with one another over crickets. Needless to say Petsmart will no longer be getting my business and I will be calling the head manager of the store tomorrow.
I'm incredibly upset about this situation. If I had the means to take care of it, I would have taken it in and attempted to nurse it back to health. It seemed very out of energy as soon as she got it into the container and did not look well in the least. I'm furious that this kind of behavior is tolerable in their stores and among their employees. PLEASE never get any of your pets from Petsmart!!!!!
I went to the Petsmart in Vestal, NY today to buy a green anole as a tank companion for my current green anole. When I went to the store, they had a variety of anoles, with at least 10 different lizards, squished into a small 5 gallon tank. I picked out a small green anole that looked about the size of my own. The woman who was helping me had NO experience in getting these creatures out of the tanks and broke the tail of the anole as she was taking it out. The poor thing ended up with a cracked tail that was still hanging on to it's body by a thread. It was bleeding all over the paper towel in the carrier she had given me. I then noticed that above where the tail had broken was a circular white mark that looked like a fungal infection. I told this to the woman and she called over her manager, who, upon finding out that I wasn't about to buy a sick lizard, told the woman to put it back in the tank with all of the others. THAT IS NOT OKAY. It is NEVER okay to put a sick animal back into an enclosure with other animals, particularly not such a small enclosure with multiple types of anoles that were fighting with one another over crickets. Needless to say Petsmart will no longer be getting my business and I will be calling the head manager of the store tomorrow.
I'm incredibly upset about this situation. If I had the means to take care of it, I would have taken it in and attempted to nurse it back to health. It seemed very out of energy as soon as she got it into the container and did not look well in the least. I'm furious that this kind of behavior is tolerable in their stores and among their employees. PLEASE never get any of your pets from Petsmart!!!!!