A Greater Inwood-area exotic animal shop owner is being inundated with pets being dumped off and is sharing a warning for anyone who’s thinking about buying an exotic pet of their own.
owner Nic Luehe said. “People will get a snake this big, then next thing you know, it’s eight-feet. They have no idea if it’s going to keep growing, where it stops. So they just throw it outside.”
His shop is stacked with snakes and bearded dragons. A peacock also wanders around. But those are just some of the rescued pets.The overwhelming number of dumped pets, he said, is because chain stores aren’t informing buyers about what they’re getting into, like the fact that some reptiles live for 40 to 60 years, or that the animals are expensive to maintain.
The 27-year-old business owner is doing what he can to save the critters that fill his store. He said all the revenue goes back into the animals and he hasn’t paid himself a salary in three years.
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