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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kormath" data-source="post: 70230" data-attributes="member: 4199"><p>I'd be hesitant of handling one from Petco, they don't usually house them correctly and like to starve them, or they toss in a dozen crickets and aggravate the hell out of the T.   Makes for a skittish paranoid T from the ones i've seen.   Some here have done rescues from petco and petsmart, but i won't, mostly because i buy slings <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />  and i don't trust the people in those stores and don't care to raise an abused animal.  I can't do it with dogs or other animals either.</p></blockquote><p></p>