I know that generally, we don't want to take advice from pet store people, but sometimes I ask them questions to see what they know/don't know.
Last night I went to Superpet to get silkworms for my lil boxie. The guy at Petland told me last week that you have to pick them up with a tissue or put a glove on because the oils from your skin can hurt them or kill them or something. This was the same guy that told me I had to squeeze the earthworms before feeding.
I asked the girl at superpet about it and she looked at me like I was nuts. Then I asked her what I could do to raise temps because my boxie was refusing to eat. She said something about a natural instinct because of the season, and I read that somewhere too, so she must know something. Anyway, she suggested a HOT ROCK!! I asked about a ceramic heat emitter for night time and she didn't know what that was! Then she suggested he may be constipated or dehydrated (he soaks every day) and said to feed him a pea to get things moving. I'm really not sure about that because I know peas are no good for my res.
I just don't get it man.
btw, after 3 days of refusing food, my lil guy ate a silkworm this morning I was probably being paranoid, as this is my first land turtle but I wouldn't care as much if he weighed more.