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Quotes from customers and pet store employees

cmack91 said:
sixty to eighty percent is perfectly fine for ball pythons since their native range is more of a tropical environment.

Not all of africa is a desert.
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I live an an island. At sea level, it rains most of the year. I don't need to mist when all I have to do is open my window. Humidity comes right in.

Besides that, a ball python shouldn't be kept in an arboreal enclosure which was part of my problem with the store. They have since changed management and things are a bit better- except they think its okay to keep multiple snakes in the tanks... -.-'
 
I work in a grocery store deli, and recently had a guy tell me this while I made his sandwich.

Dude: "Yeah baby just throw everything on that sammich, MMMM-Mmmm! Feel free to wrap yourself up too while you're at it!"
Me: "i'm sorry sir but, I am married."
Dude: "What does that have to do with anything? I'll bet you a thousand dollars your husband flirts with anything that moves."
I will never understand why guys think slamming my husband will get me to see how awesome they are. Ugh, the guy was old enough to be my dad too, XP


I've also had pet shop employees tell me I could cohabitate cal kings and that berms and iguanas are great first reptiles >_<
 
ahh.. such a fun thread.. let's see.

Customer: "Are you in school?"
Me: "Yes ma'am, I'm going to school for zoology."
Customer: "What are you going to do with your degree?"
Me: "I want to run a wolf rescue."
Customer: "ARE YOU INSANE? YOU NEED MENTAL HELP IF YOU WANT TO HELP THOSE ANIMALS!"
Me: *shakes head* "Have a nice day."


Me: "I have snakes."
Co-Worker "Eww! What are you going to do when they get big!?"
Me: "The only one I have that will get big is my boa, and even he will stay small enough for me to manage on my own."
Co-Worker: "What if he bites you!"
Me: "He's bitten me before, just bleeds a little."
Co-Worker: "You mean he won't eat you?"
Me: "No, he'll only get 8 feet at the most."
Co-Worker: "That's big enough to eat you!"


My mom and her friend:
Mom "Michelle has a lot of snakes."
Friend "Oh no! What kind?"
Mom "Corn snakes and a ball python, my favorite is the ball python."
Friend "You better tell her to be careful, if it lays out next to her it's planning on eating her!"

Me and a friend who thought that a snake may be neat to get:
Friend: "What does your snake eat?"
Me: "He eats pinkie mice right now, when he gets bigger he'll eat adult mice."
Friend: "You have to feed him mice?"
Me: "Well yeah, he's a carnivore."
Friend: "Can't you train it to eat dog food or something?"
 
Wow a snake eating dog food XD

That reminds me!

All but a couple of my coworkers think I'm unhinged for my choice in pets, one woman is particularly special about it, for awhile she wouldn't even talk to me when she found out.
This was one of our exchanges.
Coworker: "Oh you have snakes, ewww!"
Me: "whats so bad about snakes?"
Coworker: "Everything! And you better be careful, one of these days you're going to come to work with boa eggs in your pocket!"

I have also had coworkers give me the "Jesus speech" on the basis that my snakes are evil and turning me to Satan, that's fun let me tell you.
 
I haven't gotten the "Jesus speech".. yet. Just that
Snakes are slimy and gross!

Even at the zoo where I volunteer on Wednesday..
lady: "I touched that snake. It was so slimy."
me, butting in: "But was there slime on your fingers?"
lady: "No. But it was slimy!"
me: "They're just soft. Like velvet."
 
Greeling said:
I have also had coworkers give me the "Jesus speech" on the basis that my snakes are evil and turning me to Satan, that's fun let me tell you.
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Jesus speech :laugh: When I talk to friends who are deathly afraid of snakes, I usually start with "well he's just a baby, very friendly and quite sweet." Which follows with me saying "don't worry, he won't offer you an apple" ;)
 
Not from a pet shop. But this craigslist ad I just found seems to go along with the general theme of this thread:



snakes for sale - $175 (43rd and happy valley)

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Date: 2012-02-28, 2:22PM MST
Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?]
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I have a kings snake and a ballnose python that are in need of new homes it comes with the cage, lights, tank and decorations too. They're both friendly and get along good together so they can be in the same cage together. The tank is a 55 gal. Tall. They also must be feed live food because they refuse frozen. Please call ******** for any questions
 
kathylove: I don't have any desk left after reading your comment. :p Some people should be spayed and neutered to prevent the stupidity gene from spreading...
 
I tell you, the things I see on Craigslist sometimes make me feel ill.
I especially loved the ad I saw last summer

"Corn x Ribbon snake crosses for sale"

I politely informed her that egg laying snakes could not breed with live bearing snakes and I asked her for a picture of the hybrids. I was told "But I know they bred, I saw them" and received a picture of a juvenile wandering garter snake. She told me the "babies" were a few weeks old, when the pic of the "babies" showed obviously older animals, not to mention native animals that are illegal to sell. I again told her about this and then got the "you don't know what you are talking about, I saw them breed, they hatched a few weeks ago, they are corn x ribbon snake crosses!" speech. *sigh*
 
customers told me this last night...

customer : "we have had a gold fish for about a year. we separated for a month or two and i forgot him for about him." after we got back together he asked me about the fish and i was like what fish? I then ran upstairs expecting to find a floating fish but instead the tank only had about 3 inches of water left and he was swimming around doing fine."" Don't worry I take real good care of him now.".........."so which of these fish would you recommend we get?"

Me: "well ma'am all of these fish are tropical so we advise that you have a heater for them."

customer: "a heater? that's just too much work."


this is how i remember it maybe not exactLY word for word .
 
Eons ago I remember some customer at a pet store telling me, "Ewww! I would never own a ferret! They breed with RATS!" I do remember telling her that was impossible. I don't really think she believed me though!

Devon
 
Aaargh. Speaking of stupid Craigslist ads, I came across one this evening trying to get rid of an AFRICAN Corn Snake. So apparently Africa has its own species of corn, *identical* to ours here in North America.. Who knew! :rolleyes:
 
Floof said:
Aaargh. Speaking of stupid Craigslist ads, I came across one this evening trying to get rid of an AFRICAN Corn Snake. So apparently Africa has its own species of corn, *identical* to ours here in North America.. Who knew! :rolleyes:
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But you didn't hear? They get 500 ft long and eat elephants!!!!
 
Here's one from craigslist today after a big argument blew up:

"I have a marble and tokay gecko in the same habitat - never a problem. I have 5 sallies in the same tank - no problem. I have a fence lizard and 2 leos in the same habitat - no problem. I have two chameleons in the same habitat - no problem. I have 2 beardies in the same habitat - genuinely like each other and never been a problem. Beardies do like to be stroked and shown affection. I have never known a beardie to bite its owner and they respond to affection. Can't say the same for the others but the beardies definitely like affection and they like each other."
 
Outcast said:
But you didn't hear? They get 500 ft long and eat elephants!!!!
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LOL! Oh no! Those poor Africans. I bet they eat people, too! Like them pythons in Florida! GASP! The world is being taken over by giant man-eating snakes! D:

Ali--WOW. That person is very... Erm... Special. Really? Your Dragons like each other? PFFT. Suuure they do. And don't get me started on cross-species cohabbing. People like that drive me insane!
 
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