He probably would have died anyway and that store certainly does not deserve your business. I bought a cham like this from a pet store in the same strip center where I own my frame shop. I bought her, actually I traded two day geckos that I bred for her. I knew she was eggbound when I got her but it was really hard for me to see her every day in that condition and I had to get her out. On the other hand I also felt it was wrong for me to support that store and their practices by buying her.

Now I go in every day and make sure the geckos are being taken care of and fed properly. It's hard because I work in a strip plaza with these people daily, they are not easy to deal with and actually most of the animals in their store are pretty well taken care of. I just do not think that chameleons are a good pet store animal they should be sold by breeders and reptile stores that are willing to take the time and space needed to care for them properly, not toss them all into a tank together.

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