Post by Rachel on Jul 6, 2009 11:56:12 GMT
I went to a petshop local to my grandparents, an aquatics and reptile place in the hopes of getting some fake exo terra/other brand plants at a decent price (£11.99 for a teeny fake cacti 
) and noticed a tiny (10x10x12) glass tank covered in mud all up the walls. Every other tank there was clean, and I assumed it was empty as they had another little tank for putting old food in for disposal, but then I noticed a baby snail in there. When I went closer there were about 200 1cm body length baby snails and three 4cm shell length ones crammed into this tiny filthy tank with poo EVERYWHERE, you could barely see them through it all. The price said 3.95 , but one of the large ones was looking at me as if to say "please don't leave me here", so I went and found a store clerk. I asked her about the price for the snails (turned out it was £2 for a big one £1 for a baby one), so I raided my purse and the bottom of my bag until I found some money and bought the bigger snail and da lent me £1 for one teeny baby that was attempting to escape. I wish I could have saved them all, the tank stunk to high heavans, there were the tiniest empty teeny shells lying all over the floor 
and no calcium, just a teeny bit of lettuce. I'd already paid for my bargain basement tank decoration and had no other money to spare 
. I did talk to the woman thats meant to be the one who "cares" for them, explained that snails need calcium, food, not to be totally encrusted in bog like mud and their own poo, leaving dead snail in the tank is not a good idea etc, but to no avail. That timeless sentence that makes me glad my dad had gone with me to get crickets for his new tarantula was spoken. "They are just snails". Dad had to come and re direct me to a quiet corner to swear in for a bit. I'm going back soon with a care sheet and a letter to leave somewhere but having spoken to all three people working there I doubt it'll work. I'll probally buy a couple more as well.
Sorry for the essay, I just needed to rant for a bit to lessen the urge to go back there and snailnap the rest. Obviously not all of these places are willing to change.
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) and noticed a tiny (10x10x12) glass tank covered in mud all up the walls. Every other tank there was clean, and I assumed it was empty as they had another little tank for putting old food in for disposal, but then I noticed a baby snail in there. When I went closer there were about 200 1cm body length baby snails and three 4cm shell length ones crammed into this tiny filthy tank with poo EVERYWHERE, you could barely see them through it all. The price said 3.95 , but one of the large ones was looking at me as if to say "please don't leave me here", so I went and found a store clerk. I asked her about the price for the snails (turned out it was £2 for a big one £1 for a baby one), so I raided my purse and the bottom of my bag until I found some money and bought the bigger snail and da lent me £1 for one teeny baby that was attempting to escape. I wish I could have saved them all, the tank stunk to high heavans, there were the tiniest empty teeny shells lying all over the floor 
and no calcium, just a teeny bit of lettuce. I'd already paid for my bargain basement tank decoration and had no other money to spare 
. I did talk to the woman thats meant to be the one who "cares" for them, explained that snails need calcium, food, not to be totally encrusted in bog like mud and their own poo, leaving dead snail in the tank is not a good idea etc, but to no avail. That timeless sentence that makes me glad my dad had gone with me to get crickets for his new tarantula was spoken. "They are just snails". Dad had to come and re direct me to a quiet corner to swear in for a bit. I'm going back soon with a care sheet and a letter to leave somewhere but having spoken to all three people working there I doubt it'll work. I'll probally buy a couple more as well.Sorry for the essay, I just needed to rant for a bit to lessen the urge to go back there and snailnap the rest. Obviously not all of these places are willing to change.
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, we were going there to try out a new route to get to my grandparents, so its local to them not us, sorry, i forgot this forum overwrites sometimes. I shall correct it immediately