Petsmart Atrocity

jnk144

jnk144

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Metal_Gecko said:
I went in yesterday, but the lady in charge wasn't there....
I was told by another very helpful associate, that she knew that the Mack Snow was STILL at the vet's, and the lady in charge would be back today, so I'm gonna head over there after work to talk to the "boss". ;)

I'm trying!!!

-Wes
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Wes, you are doing a good thing. I've had to be persistent myself when it comes to animal welfare in stores, as a customer. To others, I and people like me, might seem weird for our seemingly unimportant causes, (that's what my sister thinks), in response I cite Jesus: didn't he say something along the lines of what you do for the least among us, you do for me? Ghandi said that you can know the true character of a nation by the way its people treats the animals.

Even though these are little animals, I believe that it shows our character when we walk past a cage with sick animals without saying/doing something.

These stores, both chains and little mom and pops, have to be held accountable for the way in which they keep their animals.
 
Elizabeth Freer

Elizabeth Freer

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jnk144 said:
Wes, you are doing a good thing. I've had to be persistent myself when it comes to animal welfare in stores, as a customer. To others, I and people like me, might seem weird for our seemingly unimportant causes, (that's what my sister thinks), in response I cite Jesus: didn't he say something along the lines of what you do for the least among us, you do for me? Ghandi said that you can know the true character of a nation by the way its people treats the animals.

Even though these are little animals, I believe that it shows our character when we walk past a cage with sick animals without saying/doing something.

These stores, both chains and little mom and pops, have to be held accountable for the way in which they keep their animals.
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Way to go Wes & Jenn! You can no doubt feel that the posters on this thread give you a strong "High Five!"
 
jasyn

jasyn

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yeah petsmart isnt even the worst my first leo was from petco and that was way before i knew the proper to choose a healthy gecko but from what i saw they all looked the same so i chose the best color she didnt even last a week it was traumatizing every time i go to a petco the cages arent cleaned and the lizards are all unhelthy and skinny, the petsmrt around where i live actually does take care fo their lizards they are all just as chubby as they need to be .... now their hamsters are another story but the leos look good and thats all im into haha ive had one from them for two years now his names is Archie and hes a machine
 
Metal_Gecko

Metal_Gecko

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Well, I went back when I said I would, but the manager lady in charge is out sick again....

Another girl let me see him though, and he doesn't look any better, and apparently he stopped eating on his own again... :(
She couldn't find the paperwork from the vet, so I went back yesterday to see if they had found it yet, and of course they hadn't, but because of that he went back to the vet yesterday for a re-evaluation and another round of paperwork. :roll:

I'm waiting to cause a huge ruckus until he's in my position, cause I don't wanna jeopardize my adoption of him.

-Wes
 
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Jasonp85

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Go get them bro the lill guy I was takking about they said he was inpacted but passed the sand and,was sold after he fattened up I wanted to cuss them bc I wanted the little guy but oh well
 
gizmo143

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Once you get that poor little leo, cause the biggest ruckus anyone has ever seen! ;) hope to see pics when you finally get him!
 
Metal_Gecko

Metal_Gecko

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Well, I went back to the Petsmart yesterday, and asked if he had returned from the vet.
He hadn't come back yet, but when the employee asked her boss why he hadn't returned, and what the situation was, I was then informed that the sick little guy didn't make it... :cry:

The vet deemed the Mack Snow a "lost cause", and euthanized him yesterday morning... :cry: :cry: :cry:


I will be filling a formal complaint with their corporate office this week. :angry:


-Wes
 
thehotchik1000

thehotchik1000

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Omg!! What deemed him to be a lost cause? There are very few diseases that are very had to treat, and at a certain point the animal can not be brought back. But I have a sneaking suspicion that was not the case. How sad, they if anything should have deemed him unsellable, and let you adopt him as is, with a recommendation from the vet. You already knew he was very sick, so it's not like you were under the impression the Mack was healthy. That's just horrible. Poor little guy 
 
Elizabeth Freer

Elizabeth Freer

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Metal_Gecko said:
Well, I went back to the Petsmart yesterday, and asked if he had returned from the vet.
He hadn't come back yet, but when the employee asked her boss why he hadn't returned, and what the situation was, I was then informed that the sick little guy didn't make it... :cry:

The vet deemed the Mack Snow a "lost cause", and euthanized him yesterday morning... :cry: :cry: :cry:


I will be filling a formal complaint with their corporate office this week. :angry:


-Wes
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Wes ~

I am so sorry to hear this, especially since you were waiting with open arms for this little guy! They were well aware of your commitment. May he rest in peace in gecko heaven :(.
 
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Jasonp85

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Yea I got kicked out of a pet shop today I went into a local petshop u know the owned and operated kind well I went ind looked at his geckos he had some good looking leos then I saw this one in the corner that was skin and bone I told the guy he needed to take it out and isolate it in its own tank he got a attatude with me so I started to cuss and tell him off and that if he was going to run a pet store he should know how to take care of the animals thats when he started to call the cops and I left didnt want to but I did
 
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Jasonp85

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Yea they have there cages swt up wrong too he had one cage swt up right with the rec lighe that gecko.pooked happy but the three I was giveing him crap about were also umder a uv light
 
MauricesExoticPets

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The main issue here is that Pet Shops like the ones we are talking about here buy their reptiles at wholesale pricing, say $4 to $15 per leopard gecko, they sell them anywhere from $30 to god knows what. If 50% die in the store its a zero loss situation, in fact insurance likely picks up the tab on the ones that die if the store claims the deaths.

Regardless, I'm of the opinion that the stores would do better to promote healthy reptile keeping as the profit margin on feeders is so very much higher than it is on reptiles.

I for one dont like to support the big chain stores any more than I have to, which is usualy only for the odd emergency purchase of dry goods when we pick up a rescue we were not expecting to have.

I'm on the fence when it comes to reporting the chain stores that keep reptiles poorly, that in my opinion is like adding fuel to the fire that is burning up our ability to keep reptiles at all. I typically have more reptiles than any (and likely all of them combined) pet shops in my town, and find it fairly easy to maintain them all myself.

When the kids all move out I plan to open my own reptile only pet shop, 100% CBB reptiles and all the stuff to properly care for them. Run by myself and my wife, no 16yo kids that know little to nothing about the care and maintenance of our livestock.

Maurice Pudlo
 
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