F/U on Petco where I bought Gabe

funny thing is i went to petco as well here in el paso, texas and bought the only bp they had. i asked them when was the last time it was fed and they said they didnt know. i asked them what is it eating live or thawed, they said they didnt know. well figuring these people are idiots i picked it up and held it. everything seemed fine just under fed. well come to my surprise i get home and put her in her new home and i watch her. i noticed she was dripping clear fluids from her mouth... then the next morning i picked her up cause she seemed helpless. when i picked her up she was dripping alot from the mouth. i got ready for work and was gonna go in and tell them i had to run to the vet. as i walked out my door i went to tell my new baby that ill see her later. i walked to her tank and her head was in the corner. i pulled her back and she was limp.. i picked her up and she dangled. :( i was soooooooooooooooo sad. within like 15 minutes of me touching her, she passed :( well i took her back and come to find out to my friend who owns bp's and rtb's that she had a RI! i was like wtf. i went to petco, made a big seen in front of everyone in front of customers and they refunded my money. id rather have her alive then the money. i went to a better store and bought a new one, they actually knew everything about this one and she's healthy just pissy and strikes alot. but i say petco sucks :P

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

What where did this come from??

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wondering that myself...


Man, im glad all the pet stores around me are nothing like these place you all are talking about. All the pet stores here are REALLY clean and take ALOT of pride in their animals, excluding the supermarkets like wal-mart and meijer, those dont count as pet stores. The only one I am kinda iffy on is Pets Palace, cause they have SOOOOOOOOO many animals, hundreds of snakes, and not that much room, the store is cramped and smells really strong. But they treat their animals really well, and try to make the best homes for em, only thing i would say they are doing wrong is not enough hides in the snakes cages.

well... this buggs me. Got off the phone with petco. they couldnt take my case. I didnt have proof of IBD (or as the guy on the phone said "IB...what ever") and the other cases in the Petco on Washington Rd were not called in by the store it's self.

"any illness must be reported with in 24 hours by our staf" I then asked him when was the last time he got a call from any petco about any illness. "I havent gotten any phone calls in the past year. Our stors are in pristene condition" (sp?)

The rest of the call is not for little ears or people who are easly affended. so I will leave that out. in short if I had the money and a better atturney (sp?!) I would sue, but there would be a slim chance of a win. so it would be pointless. I still do NOT want media involved. this is not a take down plot. They just need to clean up a bit.

Also my contact with my petco was fired this morning for taking the snakes home with her last night. so I dont know if i can get the breeder # now. I'm not getting any where by phone and I wont come with in 100 feet of petco right now. *cringe* so any one else have any plans.

I think if the breeder was contacted and was told about the possable IBD problem this whole thing could be cleared up. but getting that number is almost impossable now due to my ditzz of a friend. She means well but she is a few fries short of a happy meal.

I was at petco here in college station the other day and the bp tank had 20% humidity and 100* temp, the bp's eyes looked like golfballs with all the dents in them and looked as though it hadn't been fed in three months. I asked the reptile guy how in the hell he let those snakes get like that and his response was "that's how they're supposed to look". I mad a huge fit in the store and got everyone short of the cash register people over there fixing the set-up. Had I the $240+ equipment to spare those snakes would not have stayed any longer.

Awww I know what you mean. Sadly we cant rescue them all. :(

I went to Petco today and saw a poor Anole dead and dried-out. It look like it'd been dead for days and nobody cared to remove the corpse. Petco sucks.

It's really sad to see everyone else's had these terrible experiences with the company. I guess we've done what we can do... Sad :( I would have thought that the person in the company in charge of animals would have had a bit more knowledge and compassion. I'm out of town in Savannah this weekend but I'm still sending the letter.

I have one last misstle in my arssional. one of the head quarters (there is a smaller headquarters like place) is in CA. I have to go down there in a few months any way. i figured as a pit stop i would go there and see where I can get from there. It is my last option.

bring the news in, shut the company down everyone wins, including all the pets lives you save.