shouldnt this be contained?

at petco tonight i was looking at some bedding when i see 8 little brown mice running on the floor. a lady next to me almost had a heart attack i told the manager they had mice running around and they said "there are hundreds of wild mice living in our stores"they said they have traps down and they arent working. isnt this unsanitary?

Next thing you know, you'll see little Ball Pythons with price tags attached to them zipping around the store, they of course did this to take care of the mouse problem and allow them to sell more BP's :P:P LMAO

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Originally Posted by uro1001

at petco tonight i was looking at some bedding when i see 8 little brown mice running on the floor. a lady next to me almost had a heart attack i told the manager they had mice running around and they said "there are hundreds of wild mice living in our stores"they said they have traps down and they arent working. isnt this unsanitary?

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Sounds like something you could alert some officials to. Health department? I dunno, since it's not a restaurant or whatever...but still...seems like it would be a violation of SOME city code to have wild mice running around a business that way. ICK!

unsanitary yes, a fact of life yes. Most people would be shocked at how many places have mice running around. 90% of all restaurants have atleast a small mice/rat infestation. Now when it gets to the point that you see them in the daylight its become a big infestation and that warrents pro extermination, but a place like petco would have to shut down completely and remove all animals and most products to wipe out the problem.

yeah definetly. i was spending 5 minutes trying to calm down the terrified women and she even asked my to escort her to her car lol:)

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Originally Posted by Uncle Festae

Next thing you know, you'll see little Ball Pythons with price tags attached to them zipping around the store, they of course did this to take care of the mouse problem and allow them to sell more BP's :P:P LMAO

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the funniest part about this is the manager said they"accidentally" lost 3 corn snakes at the same time. lol

All pet stores will have rodent problems at one point or another. Especially a large chain like Petco. They have ALOT of dry food on hand and not all of it is neatly placed on the shelving in the aisles. At most stores, there is a lot of stock sitting on pallets in the back. Its a rodent bonanza!! :)

when i worked at the petstore we had mice problems as well. think about it... it's a smorg!!!

we also had some snakes and tarantulas loose... of course, we never told the customers about it LOL

When I worked at Petco, one day I walked in and there were about 20 iguanas loose in the store. They were on top of the shelves just hanging out. Hilarious!

Too bad they don't let a couple of mouse hunting kitties loose in there. Natural way to remove the mice. We've had homes in the country that had mouse problems until our old female cat sorted that out. Amazing how mice, once they know an experienced predator is around, choose to go live elsewhere LOL. We used to take Miss Puss up to my brother's cabin with us. He always had major mice problems and traps were everywhere. We'd spend 14 days up there, and never see a mouse and no traps were sprung. Kittie took care of the first few of them and the rest headed for the hills. We always knew when the mice left as she'd start meowing at the door to get out and see if she could chase a few outside now. :)

Eh; mice are hard to get rid of. I would imagine that they can't use any kind of chemical rat/mouse poison, since it could harm the pets they're selling. I have the same problem in my own home; we have a mouse (and sometimes, barn rat!) problem. Our cat does take care of the ones in the house mostly; the house was littered with mouse poop until we got him no matter how often I cleaned/swept; now we rarely see them in the house, though they're all over in the barn. I don't believe in having outdoor cats, so they can stay there, but we keep all of our grain in latched, chewproof containers..
I really hope though, that they don't have it where the wild mice/rats can come into contact with the ones they sell.. now this would frighten me. The cat idea sounds like a nice fix but could deter allergic customers; then again, they have cats for adoption there, and people still shop there.. I guess they couldn't even mouse-proof their feeds, as they are sold in chewable bags..

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Sounds like something you could alert some officials to. Health department? I dunno, since it's not a restaurant or whatever...but still...seems like it would be a violation of SOME city code to have wild mice running around a business that way. ICK!

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2 words....haunta virus

its definately unsanitary since all the mice/rats do is eat and poop. the dry droppings can carry some pretty hefty ilness-bearing organizisms.

IMHO all stores should be held to a pretty high standard of getting rid of resident pests. however when you find out that the grocery store you go to HAS cockroaches, it kind of turns your stomach. so if they cant get the roaches out of a food store, there is no way they can eliminate rats/mice from a pet store. not completely anyway. just my 2 cents