I understand how you feel about pet shops, but! I also help an old friend at his. 40 years same place same owner and we did herps from day 1.

Just like anything else, you get the good the bad and the ugly. Most shops do herps as a sideline and rarely know much. And worse place up for sale herp they get in fresh. We've held box turtles and torts for 4 months before feeling good about offering them.

My point, not all shops are bad. I will agree most are not good.
I was recently in a big corp place to buy some stock for "me". Stock is ok, and mom and pop shops can not compete. But I heard a girl tell a lady BCI's get over 16'. Well, I busted up laughing, they looked and I froze. The girl working there was one of my customers by chance. She said, OH, talk to him. 45 minutes later, I was done.

Just be an educated consumer. As most people in here are. But, most people are not. And being in retail, I can tell you most people go to corns and leos and beardies after they learn proper care for turtles. And -4" are illegal.

Help the newbies if you see one in a shop. Odds are whom ever is reading this knows 1000x more than the person selling it.

Just a point of view

tom
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I forgot my password for herpzilla, and gave a bad email,, major OOPS

1.3 Bearded Dragons
6 baby female Western hognose, 3.5 adults some friend some mine,,,building breeding stock)
1 Corn snake (bloodred) 0.2 1 MIA In the house I hope
1 baby creamcycle 0.1
2 Okeettes I think? 1.1 youngens
ochrocephala oratrix 0.0.1? Adult, and a killer!
ochrocephala auropalliata 0.0.1? Adult
2.0 Dogs,
0.2 Cats,,
0.1 Wives, (Long term captive!,, I mean ME!)
1.1 Kids (Paininthearsius takamemonii) J/K great kids
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