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I've been going to LLL Reptile since I was kid, when they had only one store down in Oceanside CA. I use to skate down there from my house all the time when I lived there and the people were cool, their husbandry was great, and they were knowledgeable.

In the past 5 years or so they have changed so dramatically it makes me very upset. I've had the opportunity to talk to the owner ( a very wealthy man who lives on the coast in Carlsbad ) and their main philosophy that he really pushes is to make money. I've seen them push reptiles out of their stores like candy. They tell minimal care needed for each reptile, and A LOT of their herps die because they fail to give COMPLETE husbandry care :dodgy:

With the opening of their 2 newest stores ( Menifee and Mission Valley CA ) I have gone in both posing as someone who knows nothing, and showed interest in different herps, and gotten horrible advice. I sent my friend into the Menifee store once because they had a potentially deadly scorpion for sale ( Androctonus bicolor, a species with LD50 venom ) and I used him as a dummy as well... The advice they gave him was horrible, even saying that he, an inexperienced scorpion owner, could hold them if he was " careful ".

I've had many arguments with the managers about how to properly care for a lot of their " Big Sellers " IE Ball Pythons ( they brag selling 80 a week @ each store ), Chameleons, Tortoise species ( mostly Russian and Sulcata ), Poison Frogs, and the list goes on...

My once loved childhood reptile wonderland has completely changed to the " Petco and Petsmart " of the reptile world, which disappoints and angers me.

<blockquote data-quote="Compnerd7" data-source="post: 107233" data-attributes="member: 3076">I've been going to LLL Reptile since I was kid, when they had only one store down in Oceanside CA. I use to skate down there from my house all the time when I lived there and the people were cool, their husbandry was great, and they were knowledgeable. In the past 5 years or so they have changed so dramatically it makes me very upset. I've had the opportunity to talk to the owner ( a very wealthy man who lives on the coast in Carlsbad ) and their main philosophy that he really pushes is to make money. I've seen them push reptiles out of their stores like candy. They tell minimal care needed for each reptile, and A LOT of their herps die because they fail to give COMPLETE husbandry care :dodgy:With the opening of their 2 newest stores ( Menifee and Mission Valley CA )&nbsp; I have gone in both posing as someone who knows nothing, and showed interest in different herps, and gotten horrible advice. I sent my friend into the Menifee store once because they had a potentially deadly scorpion for sale ( Androctonus bicolor, a species with LD50 venom ) and I used him as a dummy as well... The advice they gave him was horrible, even saying that he, an inexperienced scorpion owner, could hold them if he was &quot; careful &quot;.I've had many arguments with the managers about how to properly care for a lot of their &quot; Big Sellers &quot; IE Ball Pythons ( they brag selling 80 a week @ each store ), Chameleons, Tortoise species ( mostly Russian and Sulcata&nbsp; ), Poison Frogs, and the list goes on... &nbsp;&nbsp; My once loved childhood reptile wonderland has completely changed to the &quot; Petco and Petsmart &quot; of the reptile world, which disappoints and angers me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Compnerd7, post: 107233, member: 3076"] I've been going to LLL Reptile since I was kid, when they had only one store down in Oceanside CA. I use to skate down there from my house all the time when I lived there and the people were cool, their husbandry was great, and they were knowledgeable. In the past 5 years or so they have changed so dramatically it makes me very upset. I've had the opportunity to talk to the owner ( a very wealthy man who lives on the coast in Carlsbad ) and their main philosophy that he really pushes is to make money. I've seen them push reptiles out of their stores like candy. They tell minimal care needed for each reptile, and A LOT of their herps die because they fail to give COMPLETE husbandry care :dodgy: With the opening of their 2 newest stores ( Menifee and Mission Valley CA ) I have gone in both posing as someone who knows nothing, and showed interest in different herps, and gotten horrible advice. I sent my friend into the Menifee store once because they had a potentially deadly scorpion for sale ( Androctonus bicolor, a species with LD50 venom ) and I used him as a dummy as well... The advice they gave him was horrible, even saying that he, an inexperienced scorpion owner, could hold them if he was " careful ". I've had many arguments with the managers about how to properly care for a lot of their " Big Sellers " IE Ball Pythons ( they brag selling 80 a week @ each store ), Chameleons, Tortoise species ( mostly Russian and Sulcata ), Poison Frogs, and the list goes on... My once loved childhood reptile wonderland has completely changed to the " Petco and Petsmart " of the reptile world, which disappoints and angers me. [/QUOTE]

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