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I was in one of their locations tonight getting some meal worms and I saw that they were carrying savannah monitors, I've never seen them in a major chain pet store before. I have one myself and I wanted to make sure they were being taken care of properly.. They were on some kind of wooden shavings, I'm not sure what kind of wood there wasn't anyone around to ask.. Their basking temp was measured with a temp gauge, at the top of the enclosure. The temp was 80*F, the little savys were about 9-12 inches below where they were measuring it with no way to get that high. And there was also no sign other than a price tag saying how large the animals get or what their basic care was like.
I felt really bad for the lizards, I can see someone getting it for their kid and once they realize its going to need an 8x4 the lizard will be homeless... Or that the temps wont be high enough, causing all sorts of health problems... Or that the diet will be wrong resulting in obesity or malnutrition. They cost $10 less than a bearded dragon and do not require UVB lights as a beardie does, but they are more expensive to feed and house...
I almost got one of the baby savys, I've got a ton of empty aquariums but I know that they would just order more. My dad sort of laughed and said I can't save every animal that needs help.. But I can help share knowledge!
The manager said that they used to sell a bunch of savys but then corporate changed some of the rules and they could only order specific things or something but he was recently able to get savys again. I don't have issues with them carrying them, I just want them to be getting the care they need. Would an e-mail be a good way to go about it? I realize that things probably wont change much but on the off chance it does I will feel a lot better...
But they appeared to be healthy! I was surprised, they were running around and came over to check me out when I stopped to look. Sorry this was so long and thank you!
I felt really bad for the lizards, I can see someone getting it for their kid and once they realize its going to need an 8x4 the lizard will be homeless... Or that the temps wont be high enough, causing all sorts of health problems... Or that the diet will be wrong resulting in obesity or malnutrition. They cost $10 less than a bearded dragon and do not require UVB lights as a beardie does, but they are more expensive to feed and house...
I almost got one of the baby savys, I've got a ton of empty aquariums but I know that they would just order more. My dad sort of laughed and said I can't save every animal that needs help.. But I can help share knowledge!
The manager said that they used to sell a bunch of savys but then corporate changed some of the rules and they could only order specific things or something but he was recently able to get savys again. I don't have issues with them carrying them, I just want them to be getting the care they need. Would an e-mail be a good way to go about it? I realize that things probably wont change much but on the off chance it does I will feel a lot better...
But they appeared to be healthy! I was surprised, they were running around and came over to check me out when I stopped to look. Sorry this was so long and thank you!