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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Denny Dee" data-source="post: 121685" data-attributes="member: 1393"><p>Yep.  I came from the pet shop industry so know all the horror stories.  And I worked for one of the better ones.  Lack of knowledge fueled also by a lack of training the sales associates.  There are always exceptions but generally they are sold as novelty items with no consideration for long term care.  My T lasted 2 years under my care before I had to give her away due to continually moving around.  She had plenty of substrate btw in my enclosure.  Again, this was a LONG time ago as I was still in college.</p></blockquote><p></p>