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I think I have seen something as bad if not worse than Petco in the pet trade. This past weekend I went to Prehistoric Pets in Fountain Valley, CA and it was horrible to say the least. I saw the dirtiest, moldiest, grossest cages I have ever seen reptiles kept in. There were ants in most of the cages on one wall as well as flies and gnats. Many of the enclosures also had little or no or only dirty water in them. All of them had at least some feces in them and one that I took a picture of was full of it. The pictures I took will be posted hopefully later tonight. It was just plain filthy. And thats not to mention they feed live rodents to their snakes as some sort of show. They have a little auditorium set up for customers to watch it. During the 10 minutes I checked out this area I saw 2 live rats placed in blood python enclosures, only one of which was taken by the snakes. I guess they claim to be some sort of zoo. They did have a lot of customers in there whether to just look or to purchase animals, but I felt bad for them as well as the animals. There were so many "bad" things going on there that it would probably take me about 10 times as long as this post is to list them. In short, it is a dispicable place that is exploiting animals as well as the people that keep them in business.
I want to know what everyone elses experiences are with Prehistoric Pets. I also want to encourage everyone to boycott any business associated with this place and to encourage everyone they know to watch out for this shady business.
I dont know what can be done but I would personally like to see Prehistoric Pets shut down. If anyone else agrees or would somehow like to give me some advice on how to improve the situation for these animals please respond to this post, or if you dont want to say it in a public forum like this email me at jjshiv@hotmail.com.
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