*sigh* I'm loosing my touch. (Warning: Hi-jacked by Em)

[EmtheFishLady]

I get all kinds of things. As far as reptiles go iguanas are a common one. Skinks, large snakes, (got in a 9 foot red-tail boa last week), lizards, tortoises, geckos, chameleons. We even get in people's fish. Most of the time we end up giving them away if they are healthy, or spending a **** ton in vet bills on it and then finding them a home.

The most aggravating part is most of the time, it isn't the people's fault totally. They buy these pets in big box chain pet stores and are given the completely wrong information in the first place, and don't bother doing their own research because these people are "experts".

 

[oldrooster]

I just don't sell bunnies, chicks, kittens, or puppies.

I think there are enough shelter dogs and cats, and I don't want to add to that. To me, rabbits and chicks are livestock and don't really belong in our store anyway. We are mostly exotics, reptiles, and fish. BUT, our policy is we'll take anything and find it a safe, loving home. So we do end up with everyone else's impulse sales. Guinea pigs, rabbits, hamsters, ferrets, birds, etc. We even had a couple come in with their cat and just casually leave...without the cat.

Mind you I love my pets, but I would never prolong a life of a pet with surgery/drugs. My thoughts are this why would I make an animal live longer (possibly in pain or a discomfort that it cannot tell me since they can't talk) I would rather put them down humainly and know they have lived a good wholesome life as long as they where with me and adopt an animal that is from or could go to a shelter and put down when they are 100% healthy. I may be in the wrong in my thinking but I cannot be asked to change my thinking because of the comunication gap of a sick/injured animal (unless it's a simple stitching or anti-botic fix) and the thought of a perfectly healthy animal dieing.

 

[Bunnylady]

I get all kinds of things. As far as reptiles go iguanas are a common one. Skinks, large snakes, (got in a 9 foot red-tail boa last week), lizards, tortoises, geckos, chameleons. We even get in people's fish. Most of the time we end up giving them away if they are healthy, or spending a **** ton in vet bills on it and then finding them a home.

The most aggravating part is most of the time, it isn't the people's fault totally. They buy these pets in big box chain pet stores and are given the completely wrong information in the first place, and don't bother doing their own research because these people are "experts".

Yeah, I was thinking that, with a big chain here selling baby Bearded Dragons for a little bit more than they want for a parakeet, you'd probably wind up with quite a few folks who really hadn't thought about how they'd deal with the critter when it grew to be 15 inches long.

Or the person who thought that Rock Python was cute when it was the size that eats pinkies, but is finding it a bit expensive to feed now that it can down 3 adult rabbits at one go. . . .

 

[EmtheFishLady]

I won't sell baby beardies. They have to be at least 5 months old here. I just refuse. It's called being responsible.

 

[chickwhispers]

How big do the bearded dragons get to be?

 

[EmtheFishLady]

Beardies get anywhere from 16 to 24 inches long Chick. Super cool critters too. But they unfortunately are an impulse buy at times.

 

[sourland]

Well, I'm back what a surprise that '2 or 3' days for the job turned into nearly a week.

I missed the Easter egg hunt.

Orps, did you get Alaskan to meet you down by the moats - very good try on your part.

 

[Bunnylady]

Welcome back, Broody Magician!

You may not think so, but it occurs to me it may not be a bad thing that you missed the Easter Egg hunt. I'm not sure I want to know what your magic eggs may have held.

 

[chickwhispers]

Welcome back Sourland!

 

[Alaskan]

Popping the Mr. Sour, huh?