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What did the petshop tell you when you bought your reptile?

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This poll is mainly for water dragon owners but anyone who has purchased a reptile from a pet store may repond to the poll. This poll is an effort to determine if the pet store did a good job in telling you what kind of care your reptile needed, and if they sold you, or tried to sell you, all of the items and or food supplies that you needed to set your new pet up properly.

If you bought a care booklet at the store was the information in the book up to date?

100% (2) Yes
0% (0) No

2 voters have answered this question.

Was the care information that the store gave you correct for this species?

50% (1) Yes, it was correct
50% (1) Most of the info was correct
0% (0) Some of the info was correct
0% (0) Most of the info was wrong
0% (0) All of it was wrong

2 voters have answered this question.

Did the pet store tell you how to take care of this animal?

50% (1) Yes
50% (1) They gave me very basic information
0% (0) No
0% (0) They gave me very detailed care information

2 voters have answered this question.

Did the store suggest you buy a care booklet for this species?

50% (1) Yes
50% (1) No

2 voters have answered this question.

When you dedided to purchase your pet was it:

66% (2) Bought after careful research
33% (1) Bought after only a weeks thought
0% (0) An impulse buy
0% (0) A rescue

3 voters have answered this question.

Are you new to reptile keeping?

66% (2) Yes, this is my first reptile.
0% (0) I have some experience but I'm fairly new.
33% (1) No, I have quite a bit of experience in keeping reptiles.

3 voters have answered this question.

Overall, are you satisfied with your Pet Stores services and their staff? Check as many as apply:

0% (0) yes the whole store gets an A
100% (1) The store clerks are very knowlegable
0% (0) The store clerks don't know enough about reptiles
100% (1) Their reptile selection is quite good
100% (1) Their animals are healthy
100% (1) Their animals are kept properly
0% (0) Their animals are usually sickly or injured
0% (0) There animals are usually kept in poor conditions
100% (1) The store gives out free care sheets
0% (0) The staff is willing to listen to care info for reptiles
0% (0) The store is willing to make changes if something is wrong
0% (0) The manager or staff refuses to listen to reasonable complaints about animal con
0% (0) The animals are overcrowded
0% (0) The animals are kept in multi-species displays
0% (0) The animals are housed in roomy enclosures
0% (0) The store has a good selection of food items for my pet
0% (0) The store often only has one type of food item for my pet

1 voters have answered this question.

If you were to rate the store that you go to most often, how would you rate it?

0% (0) Excellent all round
100% (1) Satisfactory
0% (0) Somewhat satisfactory
0% (0) Disatisfied
0% (0) Fails on all accounts, it's bad!

1 voters have answered this question.

If the store sold you an enclosure for the animal was it an appropriate size for the animal?

0% (0) Yes
100% (1) No

1 voters have answered this question.

If the store sold you an aquarium to house your pet in- what size what the tank?

0% (0) 5 gallon
0% (0) 10 gallon
0% (0) 20 gallon
100% (1) 30 gallon
0% (0) 50 gallon
0% (0) 70 gallon
0% (0) 100 gallon
0% (0) larger size
0% (0) Don't know size

1 voters have answered this question.

Did you purchase a substrate (bedding material) at the store for your new pet?

100% (1) Yes
0% (0) No

1 voters have answered this question.

If you purchased a substrate suggested by the store have you since found out that it is suitable or unsuitable for your reptile according to popular belief?

100% (1) Not sure
0% (0) It is suitable
0% (0) it is unsuitable

1 voters have answered this question.

Did the pet store sell you a basking light for your reptile?

0% (0) Yes
0% (0) No

0 voters have answered this question.

Did the pet store tell you what temperatures to keep the animal at during the day?

0% (0) Yes, they gave me the correct temps
0% (0) Yes, but it was not correct
0% (0) No they didn't tell me

0 voters have answered this question.

Did the pet store sell you a thermometer or other type of temperature and or humidity gage?

0% (0) Yes
0% (0) No

0 voters have answered this question.

Did the pet store sell you a UVB producing florescent tube?

0% (0) I don't know what UVB is!!!
0% (0) Yes they said I needed it
0% (0) Yes when I asked about it
0% (0) No they told me I didn't need one
0% (0) No they never mentioned one
0% (0) No they told me this species doesn't need UVB lighting

0 voters have answered this question.

If you were not sold a UVB florescent tube, have you since found out that your reptile requires UVB lighting?

0% (0) Yes it does need UVB
0% (0) No it really doesn't need UVB it's a nocturnal reptile

0 voters have answered this question.

Did the pet store sell you any heating equiptment other than a basking light? Check as many as apply:

0% (0) ceramic heat emiter (CHE)
0% (0) Under tank heating pad
0% (0) Night or moon lights
0% (0) Hot rock
0% (0) Sizzle stone
0% (0) Heat cave
0% (0) heated basking branch
0% (0) rehostatic temp control
0% (0) Biostat thermomoregulator
0% (0) Helix system

0 voters have answered this question.

Did the pet store sell you fixtures for any lights that you purchased? Check as many as apply:

0% (0) clamp lamp for basking light
0% (0) ceramic fixture for ceramic heat emitor
0% (0) fixture for florescent tube
0% (0) Hood that holds basking light and florescent tube

0 voters have answered this question.

Did the pet store offer a custom cage service or sell special "made for reptile" enclosures? Check as many as apply:

0% (0) Reptarium
0% (0) custom designed cage
0% (0) other special commercially produced reptile cage
0% (0) Not at all
0% (0) Other
0% (0) Click here if you purchase a checked item

0 voters have answered this question.

Did the pet store tell you how large the reptile would get as an adult? Check as many as apply:

0% (0) Yes they informed me
0% (0) Yes and they told me I'd need a larger cage in the future
0% (0) They told me it would stay small in a small cage
0% (0) No I had no idea

0 voters have answered this question.

Did the pet store tell you anything about the reptiles behaviour, personality or possible aggressive nature?

0% (0) Yes they told me my iguana could become aggressive during breeding season
0% (0) Yes they told me that my reptile might not always act tame
0% (0) they told me my animal would always be quite tame
0% (0) No they didn't tell me anything

0 voters have answered this question.

Now that you know more about your reptile, was anything that they told you about your reptiles personality true?

0% (0) No, they told me it would be quite tame but I've found this species can be aggre
0% (0) Yes what they told me was correct

0 voters have answered this question.

Did the pet store tell you the correct diet needs of your pet?

0% (0) Yes they told me my reptile was a carnivore (monitor, many snakes) and told me t
0% (0) Yes they told me my pet was an omnivore (bearded dragon, water dragon) and told
0% (0) Yes they told me my reptile was a vegetarian (iguana, some skinks, some tortoise
0% (0) No they didn't tell me anything
0% (0) They gave me incorrect information

0 voters have answered this question.

Was your reptile in good shape, healthy and seemed to have been kept properly in the store?

0% (0) Yes it was in extremely good health and the conditions in the store were very go
0% (0) Yes it was in good shape but the conditions in the store weren't the best
0% (0) No it was in poor shape but the conditions in the store were good
0% (0) No it was in bad shape and the store conditions were very poor

0 voters have answered this question.

Did the pet store advise you to take your reptile to a reptile vet for a check up shortly after purchase?

0% (0) Yes
0% (0) No

0 voters have answered this question.

Are you satisfied with the items you bought at the store for your reptile?

0% (0) Yes I was sold the correct products
0% (0) Yes but I needed more items that they didn't tell me about
0% (0) No I went home with mostly wrong items for my reptile

0 voters have answered this question.

This poll was created on 2000-02-26 21:10:14 by dragonden
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