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I bought Calcium sand that claims "Great for bearded dragons!" right on the bag. Even the guy at the reptile show who sold me the dragon told me that the calcium sand is best for them because they take in little pieces of the calcium when they go after crix.

Then i bought a temperature controller for my tank because the temp in my room flucuates in the summer due to the air conditioner being on or off, and on the box of this product it claims that the ideal temp for a BD should be between 80-87 degrees.

Is there something we can do to correct the misinformation on these products. There has to be something that can be done for the pets well being.
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0.0.2 RES's
0.0.1 Common Snapping Turtle
0.0.1 Eastern Red Bellie
0.0.1 Map Turtle
0.0.1 Bearded Dragon

Personally I think the only way to get anything done about this is if people begin to speak up and put pressure on these companies. I think one way to begin is to write letters to the manufacturers and CC them to the Better Business Bureau.

I think a quicker solution would be to succesfully bring a law suit against them but I'm not exactly sure how to go about doing that. I think it would have to be class action to be big enough to make any difference but where do you find an attorney to take something like this on?

I am aware there are no regulations as to what these manufacturers can put on their products but I would think there would be some misrepresentation and fraud involved somehow that could be used in a case against them. Regardless of regulations or lack of I think the manufacturers should still be held liable if they flat out lie about their products.

I've thought about trying to come up with something like organizing a class action suit but the amount of work involved would take way more time than I have. If I were rich and didn't need to work that would be a different story. I do agree 100% with you but I think we're talking big money here and it won't be easy.
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Rob Talkington