This really bothered me...(Ignorant pet shops)

[emseeKAY]

I'm all for having pets and whatnot since ive had my share of random animals but I do the most research I possibly can on the animal prior to purchasing, if i run into problems i ask professionals and/or anyone with experience. to get to the point i saw an ad on a classifieds website that stated "I have always loved snakes and reptiles, but i dont have any money and have never had one so if there are any people out there looking to get rid of their snakes than i will take them and give them a happy home."

Not so happy when the snake dies because of poor husbandry or anything really... these people make me so mad when they see something and say "oh thats cool... ill buy it and if it dies, ill just get another one." I saw one employee at a pet shop attempt to jack up the price of absolutely everything so that a customer would think again about buying a beardie... it didnt work and the beardie died the next week, the same person came in later asking if he could feed his gold fish vegetables and tablescraps... so they had to ban them from the store (they also asked if they could put a emerald swift or veiled chameleon in the same tank as the beardie...)

sorry for the rant everyone, i just thought id bring up the topic of poor animal care and see what everyone else has to say...