I was very upset today when I went to buy some crix from my local petshop. They are not a big chain and they specialize in reptiles and some hamsters and stuff of that nature. They have a huge retic and chameleons and beardies and all sorts of kenyans and rosys. Anyway. I have never seen a leo in there until yesterday. They had 2 albinos and 1 normal. I realized right away that they were on sand, and babies. I understand they want them to look appealing to people, but it still frustrated me. I then took a closer look and realized that they had no hides and just 1 little dish for water and another for mealies. Also they were all laying out under the heat lamp and wouldn't even move when I walked up. Upon tkaing a very close look I realized they all looked very skinny and their arms were bent underneath them and kinda backwards. They all looked very ill and I wanted to take they home soo bad. I didn't though because I know they probably would have died. They really looked horrible. There was a lady looking around at them and wanting to buy one. They were priced at $40 for the norm and $50 for the albinos, ridiculous. I told her to go look up info online and to not buy one when the guy was not around. I just posted this to vent, but that shop was the only one that I respected and I no longer have respect for them. I'm going to buy my mealies and crix online nowbecause it even made me ashamed to go in there and buy anythign from them. Sorry for the long post.

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Vicky Lord

1.0 boyfriends (Jeremy)

1.1 cats (Oscar, Angel)

1.1 dogs (Toto, Jesse)

1.0 San Felipe Rosy Boa (Herman)

1.0 Catavina Rosy Boa (George)

1.2 Leopard Geckos (Edge, Jazzy (short for Jasmine), and Dot (so named for the cute dot that is right above her tail))

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