Lost and Replaced

I had a family come into the store today.

Looking to get a Leopard Gecko.

Why?

Because the one they were watching/had/whatever.

Had gone missing.

O.o Which is weird to say in of itself.

Because Leopard Geckos generally don't go missing from their cages.

Doesn't mean it doesn't happen though.

I've had two or three disappear at work before.

But still, it's weird to think that one somehow escaped its cage at a home....

Perhaps they'd left it out and it wandered away when no one was looking.

In any case.

The family came out to buy a replacement gecko,

Just in case they didn't find the other one.

-Which they might not for a year or so as those things can hide.

I've always found it interesting with customers.

That people who lose animals or have fish die on them when they're watching them,

Try to replace the animal before the person comes back to find their pet gone.

Honestly, I'm to the point right now, where I'd probably just text the person and be like. "Sooo we lost your leopard gecko. I can go buy you a new one." or something like that.

I'd let the person know that their animal had disappeared/died.

Instead of trying to hide the fact or replace the animal without their knowledge.

Not sure if the family who was replacing the leopard gecko was planning to tell the person or not. From the conversation they knew that the boy was going to notice that the leopard gecko wasn't his old one.

So perhaps they will.

In any case.

Hopefully they don't lose this new leopard gecko in the meantime.....

-Sarnic Dirchi