Pet shops need a bit of a rude awakening I think, because I have been offered terrible advice before, and if I hadn't known better, my reptiles could be severely suffering for it. I have been told my beardies don't need uv if they have a heat source, and then she tried to sell me a heat mat. I was even recommended by a pet store owner that I should be feeding my python crickets, :shock: because she was out of mice.
I thought pet stores had to do a husbandry course to sell reptiles?? They should, at the very least, read a couple of the books they sell before giving stupid advice.