The other day I was in there, they had 4 Jackson's (3 females, 1 male) all crammed into one little terrarium. They only had two for Cham's, and in the other was a tiny little Veiled Chameleon...baby, but I'm not well versed enough in Chams yet to tell just how old. I'd say his body was about 1" or 1 1/2" long. At least they didn't have HIM in there with the big ones.



ANYWAY, the guy comes over and starts chit chatting...telling me the females have been beating up on the one poor male. Saying they really got into one time where he almost thought he should break it up. I'm sitting there DYING while he's telling me this. I felt bad for the poor guy, but I've been told not to buy one just out of sympathy. He had been there for a few weeks, and knowing my luck, I'd get him home just long enough to fall in total love with him to only have him die the next day. I felt bad walking away, but we don't even have our set up done yet.



Today, I go in there to get some things and I only saw one female and then I see the male...on the bottom, at the back, lying on the ground...I only saw his tail and back end...the front was under some foilage. I think he was dead...but I was scared to ask. If he is, I'm going to feel so bad that I didn't save him. I know if I were to have bought him, he probably would have just died on me then I would have felt even more like it was my fault.



Anyway, I'm just so ticked that those idiots are allowed to sell live animals. I mean, for real, how much can they know about them? Just venting...I'm going back tomorrow to see what happened. If I don't see him, I'm going to ask.



Kristen

P.S. I'm pretty non-confrontational, and I had my kids with me, or I would have said something today.

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