I've heard some ...interesting... things. Some of my favorites:



(This was an actual phone call we got at the pet store I used to work for)

"My turtle's head is falling off, what should I do?"



(another one from the old pet store

"I think my rat's pregnant, but I'm not sure. If I brought it in could you guys tell me?" "Yeah, sure."

(Few days later)

"This is the pregnant rat." "Uh... Ma'am...this rat has testicles. I don't think it can get pregnant." "Oh. I thought those were tumors."



"My ball python lives with the big boa we have at home. They're best buds, the python likes to cuddle with the boa and he rides around on the boa's back." (IBD, anyone?)



You get some pretty bizarre stuff from the customers. Everyone seems convinced that the snakes in the locked cages are poisonous - nevermind that people might steal them, they must be locked for some other reason! And I'm only trying to sell the thermometer to make their total go up, and they don't really need to heat the snake because that's just a ploy to get their money, too.

Granted, I've had people in some stores tell me ball pythons are arboreal snakes from south america, but some of the stuff customers come up with can be just as bad!



~jenny
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