We bought Lucy our iggy from a Petco, and the one we were at seemed decently clean and put together nicely, just there were too many igs in one cage together. Other than that, I really like the Petco I go to only because there's a wide selection of cage decorations

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i'm hoping I can turn the one im working at's reptile department around 360 degrees, already made quite a few changes, but by the time im done it should be (as far as chain pet stores go) awsome. You get good ones and bad ones though.

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I wish you luck in turning it 180 degrees, but 360 is a circle, you'll end up where you started!

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Lol, thats a very good point, wow, cant beleive I missed that. guess I am shooting for 180 degrees, or 540 degrees, id prefer 180 though. lol.

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When the snake strikes, is it a bite and hold on, or a quick bite and release? A bite and hold is a feeding strike, while the bite and release is a "Leave me alone".
Put it to your store like this.
When someone wants to look at a snake,...do you really think that they are going to buy one that bites and behaves aggressively?

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i used to work at a pet store and my main part was working with the reptiles. every now and then we'd get one who was bitey or aggressive but all you can do is try to work with them. it is very difficult in a pet store because when you are not there, it is hard to know who is handling them or not, and who is working with them, or not.

because we had limited space in the reptile department, most of the snakes were fed inside their enclosures. and it never caused a problem with striking or biting because luckily, most of us back in the pet department liked snakes so they were handled on a regular basis to try and prevent it.

you can try separating them and see if it works but sometimes you can only do so much, and most of the time it is just handling them when you are there. plus making sure their temps are all correct or as near correct as possible in the situations.

good luck. when a pet store has a good employee that is willing to do so much for the animals, people don't realize how hard it is if there is only one or two people who are trying to make things right when the rest of the store cares not except for the sales.

so speaking from experience and being one of those employees who was trying everything in her power aside from actually being an owner or manager of the store, i think you're out to do your best so hopefully it'll work out.

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Thanks everyone, and Merlin thats exactly what I was thinking about people not buying a snake that bites, but moreso, im worried about long term, say someone buys it cause even though it bites, they really want a big snake, then it gets big and the same behavior that was a mild annoance when it was little, is now a serious problem, they may try to get rid of it, hopefully if thats to happen through adoption or so on, but maybe not, i just dont want to sell animals to people that are only going to be disposed of once they outgrow the person.

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I still stand by my vinegar spray/spritz. It does not harm the eyes or anything else. My vet feels it is the greatest thing, and can't believe they weren't using, after seeing it work. It is not a cruel thing, it is behavior modification and I can tell you it worked really great with my diamond x jungle carpet python who was an extremely bitey little baby. The store people would not even feed him if they could help it. so he missed a lot of feedings as a baby. He doesn't bite now. He tok about three days to learn that biting isn't acceptable. After that then you can work more with the handling aspect. It worked really well with my Columbian Tegu, and we are using with our new rescued ball python who needs some training help, and needs to feel safe and secure. works for the Savannah Monitor also. Good luck

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Thanks kat, i was wondering about the vinegar spritz, i'm not positive if they will let me use that there, petco can be weird about certain things, but I wanted to make sure it was okay for snakes before I asked.
oh and rich, as for what type of bite it is, i'm not positive, im usualy rather good at avoiding the bites, he has not gotten me yet, has bitten quite a few others there though, i'll have to ask them next time i'm in how he acted when he bit them.

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Working in a pet store you are likely to run into some resistance to using the vinegar. My jungle-carpet diamond python would bite and hang on, and kind of rip back, but he was afraid and underfed both. I wish you the best of luck!

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