Petco, where I dont go...Anymore!(img INTENSE)
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After reading this post, my problem is how about the dogs and cats or other animals? Do you think that they are treated any better?
Also, its like buying a disk player from China made by 8 year olds. One care as long as the price is good. High horse aside it is up to people like us to not buy anything from these profiteers and buy only from true respectiful dealers.
Also, its like buying a disk player from China made by 8 year olds. One care as long as the price is good. High horse aside it is up to people like us to not buy anything from these profiteers and buy only from true respectiful dealers.
saltycreefer
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Just dont go into petcos!!!!!!!!!!
JokerGirl
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It's not just a problem with Saltwater fish... its a problem with ALL their livestock.
Their birds come from the essential of a puppy mill for birds (usually missing toes from inbreeding or developing behavioural problems like feather plucking).
Their freshwater are usually horribly bred (not to mention their fresh/brackishwater puffers which they try to feed flake so they are so skinny they are more head than they are body), and of course all the saltwater issues that have been brought up.
I refuse to shop at a petco/petsmart unless its absolutely necessary. For years both have been saying that they will not be selling birds anymore because of the great care it takes to properly care for them and keep them happy. They still do, and probably always will.
Their birds come from the essential of a puppy mill for birds (usually missing toes from inbreeding or developing behavioural problems like feather plucking).
Their freshwater are usually horribly bred (not to mention their fresh/brackishwater puffers which they try to feed flake so they are so skinny they are more head than they are body), and of course all the saltwater issues that have been brought up.
I refuse to shop at a petco/petsmart unless its absolutely necessary. For years both have been saying that they will not be selling birds anymore because of the great care it takes to properly care for them and keep them happy. They still do, and probably always will.
actually every fish i ever bought at petsmart lived and was healthy.of cource they don't sell saltwater fish,just the supplies.every fish i ever bought from petco died no matter what i did.i never bought freshwater fish from them though.its now been a year since i've bought for either.i buy my supplies from petsuppliesplus and buy my fish and coral from underthesea.
Actually Petco stopped selling "large" birds, i.e. Amazon's, Macaw's and Cockatoo's. That decision had absolutely nothing to do with "the great care it takes to properly care for them and keep them happy". It was a agreement with PETA in order to get PETA to take down their PETNO website and stop picketing Petco's. Simple as that.
Random Aquarist
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Why don't we just raise enough money to buy all of Petco's stock. We will own Petco and change it.
You better read up before you start talking about things that you know nothing about. You cannot generalize ALL petcos as having "puppy-mill" breeders because not ALL petcos use the same breeder. Each region has it's own breeder that they deal with... this goes for the small animals, reptiles and fish as well. There is not ONE breeder for all petcos... this wouldnt make sense for reasons such as shipping, etc. Most of the 12+ petcos that I worked at all had very healthy birds from a VERY good breeder. Same with the small animals and reptiles. I DO think it was a good thing that petco agreed to stop carrying large birds because they simply dont have the time or the payroll to pay someone to spend ALL day with the bigger species to give them the proper attention that they need.
Jesse
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the coral u asked about is a pearl or bubble coral
RichConley
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Thats not true with all of them. SOme of them have great lighting. These stores are a chain. THeres huge variation. Some are better than the LFS, some are worse.
lllosingit
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I haven't read the other 8 pages but I will say this.
My local store used to be poorly run.....Now they have someone who really seems to know what they are doing and it shows.
I would never have bought from them before but now I think the livestock looks better and seem healthier than some of the other local stores.
My local store used to be poorly run.....Now they have someone who really seems to know what they are doing and it shows.
I would never have bought from them before but now I think the livestock looks better and seem healthier than some of the other local stores.
kyrie_eleison
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I could tell you guys about a couple worse stories about Petco than that and that was last month alone. I don't know...I get the urge sometimes and feel like looking at what Petco stocks. I had a lady at Petco one time say it was okay to put two yellow tangs in a 10 gallon once. Man, if you guys saw the tangs they had there; they were like...those creepy scary movies where the hauntings included deadfish skeletons swimming around in putrified water and staring at you through the glass like you were some kind of meal.
What they should do is employ 2 or even 3 very intelligent and experienced aquarists (I MEAN PAY THEM SOME SERIOUS COIN) to handle the responsibility of such a serious task.
I don't know why anybody here would support Petco for any reason. I have never bought a single fish from that store and I probably never will. I strongly urge everyone here to do the same.
What they should do is employ 2 or even 3 very intelligent and experienced aquarists (I MEAN PAY THEM SOME SERIOUS COIN) to handle the responsibility of such a serious task.
I don't know why anybody here would support Petco for any reason. I have never bought a single fish from that store and I probably never will. I strongly urge everyone here to do the same.
actually i think at petco 7.50 is serious coin lol.or hey,idk but this just a suggestion.maybe put in a filter and use idk maybe some carbon in it.thats the black gravely looking stuff that absorbes poisons from the water.don't just dip it in there once a month either,i mean leave it in there.i've seen what petsmart and a few other stores use and its alot more than an empty tidepool water filter with nothing in it for the whole wall of tanks.oh and another suggestion,it may be a good idea to not take employees off the schedule for suggesting to use carbon and take out lava rock from the tanks cause all the fish are dead.my girlfriend reelly needed that job.
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