Couple of updates: I got an email back from the ASPCA this morning and they only do stuff in New York state. They did give me a list of 4 or 5 places to call in Pennsylvania (where I'm from, but I'm sure there are similar places in each state and country).

Also, I went back to the pet shop this morning to take a look at the animals I didn't see yesterday. There are probably 20 aquariums with various lizards and snakes in them. All but 2 or 3 had at least one shed lying around, about a third either had no water at all or very little water that was filled with feces, the redtail boa and ball pythons (each around 4 feet) only had a tiny water bowl about 3 or 4 inches in diameter so they couldn't soak in it, and most of the aquariums were filled with feces. They had a collared lizard there with no heat source and the thermometer in the tank said 70-75 (basking temps should be 100 - 105 and elsewhere should be 90 or so). All of the snakes only had heat rocks (if you're new to this, that's a big no-no for snakes) and some of the corn snakes had the heat rock unplugged and no other heat source (those particular ones also had old sheds and no water). There was also a white oak rat snake with rotting mouse/rat parts in the cage. The iguana that was looking so bad yesterday wasn't there anymore, so unless somebody bought it in the 5 hours the store had been open since I was there last, I'm guessing it finally died overnight.

It was amazing though, the rest of the pet store (although still a dump) was 100x better than the herp section. I guess they like kittens and hamsters a little more than the snakes and lizards. Anyway, I'll let you know what happens.

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