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What I saw first hand

cornsonly

cornsonly

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I had a few minutes of free time yesterday at work so I decided to stop at the local Petco. I walked around for a few minutes looking at the fish and small rodents, then I went over to the reptile department. I looked into the corn snake cage and saw first hand what co habbing leads to. Right in front of me was a snake with a second snake hanging out of his mouth. I couldn't believe it, I have heard many stories and even seen pictures but never thought I would ever see it first hand. So I went over to the guy working there and told him and he says to me oh well survival of the fittest. I wanted to punch the guy in the face. I said to him those snakes shouldn't be kept together some are much smaller. He said they only have 1 corn snake cage and that is where they all go. What a moron.
 
You should have taken a picture.

I'd write to someone at Petco to complain.

No one ever believes that it can really happen. Well, it can.
 
I had a similar experience at a reptile store here.. I was watching one of the corns eat another one and I went to the front to complain and they literally laughed at me and said corns don't eat each other. I told them to go look and they just were like "Oh *&#%" and started to laugh. They did separate the others from the cannibal but still.
 
I was over there yesterday (or Petsmart - I can't keep them straight) and they had the little pricing/info card on there that said:

compatibility: communal

I wanted a photo but I didn't get one. I think what they mean is:

store shelfspace: as little as possible
price: as high as possible
longevity: 15 years (in our store 2 months)
feeding: once a week (in our store once every 2 months)
our cost: $3
potential loss: $3
 
cornsnakeforsale_com said:
I was over there yesterday (or Petsmart - I can't keep them straight) and they had the little pricing/info card on there that said:

compatibility: communal

I wanted a photo but I didn't get one. I think what they mean is:

store shelfspace: as little as possible
price: as high as possible
longevity: 15 years (in our store 2 months)
feeding: once a week (in our store once every 2 months)
our cost: $3
potential loss: $3
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You could make a sticker...
 
Yes, Petsmart does have a label saying communal. I get so upset every time I go in because I know they don't care. There were four corns together in on tiny tank and a Jackson's Chameleon in a tank of 100 degrees and no humidity. I let the one sales person that I trust know about the chameleon and she fixed it.

I want to take all the poor things home with me, but I know that will just promote the terrible keeping even more so I don't. It just makes me so sad. :/
 
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