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Inhumanity toward a Beardie

Chris Steele

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I was at the vet yesterday, getting my regular checkup you know (jk), when a woman broght a bearded dragon in. She said she bought it three months ago at Petsmart, she said they picked out all of her supplies for her and also a couple of books that were good that she brought with her to the vet. She also brought in some caresheets offline. The beardie was the size of my middle finger. It had been kept at 80 degrees (hotspot) and had been fed only full sized crickets and a HANDFUL of mealworms per day. The poor animal was compacted so bad that it was paralized from its 'waist' down. Its body was stiff and hardened. It was horrific. She had the knowledge obviously, but did not try to do anything to make its enclosure better once she saw that Petsmart had told her wrong and recommended too weaker a heat source. Phew, I hate it for the animal.
 
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Hopefully you and the vet were able to steer her in the right direction as to the proper care for her beardie. This is just another example of poor or misinformation from a pet store who were most likely just after her money. Don't get me wrong, not all pet stores act this way, just that it's very common. We try to educate first and sell second with our dragons, but feel it's well worth losing a sale than trying to repair hurt feelings and sick or injured dragon. It also seems that part of the fault must fall on the lady's shoulders as well since you stated she had care sheets and books and did not utilize them as far as proper care and set-up goes. Personally, the only one I truly feel sorry for is the beardie. Hope the vet was able to pull it through and the lady got the right info and corrected her mistakes.

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