Actually I knew alot about the care of the reptiles I get as I often spend months researching and reading forums like this one before even buying. My first reptile was a bearded dragon and I researched them for about six or more months, reading various websites, asking questions in this forum and a couple others. Reading other people's questions and the answers they received. In fact the very first time I came to kingsnake.com I read about two or three pages worth of back posts to see what was posted before.



I also bought several books on bearded dragons and read them, noted differences and asked questions on the forums... I also learned very quickly that pet stores are often the worse place to get a pet reptile from. Though there are some really good pet stores that have very knowledgeable staff who take proper care of their reptiles, many chain pet stores have out dated and completely wrong information on reptile care...tying the hands of staff who know the practices are incorrect. Unfortunately there were no good petstores around with knowledgeable staff to help ensure the health of the reptiles sold so I traveled the four hour drive to a reptile breeder to buy my first dragon. Well worth the extra cost and a day of travel, and she was still cheaper than it would have been to buy her at the local pet store, even if I included the price of buying my friend lunch for keeping me company on the drive.
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