The worst petstore in the world(its not a petco)

This evening we went out to dinner and decided to visit a new petstore in peoria.I was so Pd off as soon as i walked in i had to turn around and leave before i said something :mad:.The first thing was all the snakes were lying in wood chips that were soaked with visable water:mad:.This included corns,balls,boas and a blood python(i know they need a higher humidity level).Then they had puppies in 3 x 3 wire cages(one had 5 ):mad:,of course no water and poo everywhere :mad:.This really makes me sick that i am debating just turning this place in or going to the owner and seeing if i can show them the PROPER ways to house these reptiles.Of course if they get stupid i will fire back and end up calling the authorities anyway ;).They also had tortises and other reptiles but i did not give them a good look over .It just makes me pd off that in a NEW mall that they would allow a pig stye of a petstore to open there :mad:.What would you do?

I would turn them in. The animals can't be happy there. It's so sad.

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Originally Posted by Elvyra's Keeper

I would turn them in. The animals can't be happy there. It's so sad.

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Please mark your vote as thats what i will end up doing :D

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Originally Posted by joepythons

Please mark your vote as thats what i will end up doing :D

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I did, I didn't notice it there at first.

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Originally Posted by Elvyra's Keeper

I did, I didn't notice it there at first.

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Yea i think it showed the thread before i posted the poll :D

Possibly, but I voted. That's just how I feel. I can't stand for animals to be neglected. I understand little things, because sometimes they get busy or short-handed. But by everything you said, it sounds to me like they just cut corners.

Call them in, show them there's no tolerance for that kind of trashy place in your town.

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Originally Posted by Elvyra's Keeper

Possibly, but I voted. That's just how I feel. I can't stand for animals to be neglected. I understand little things, because sometimes they get busy or short-handed. But by everything you said, it sounds to me like they just cut corners.

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O its really sickens me to see any animal suffer :mad:.

I would talk to the owner as soon as possible and explain to him what they are doing wrong, if they dont want to listen or still do nothing then I would call the authorities.

Good Luck Joe!

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Originally Posted by syearout

Call them in, show them there's no tolerance for that kind of trashy place in your town.

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Yea we allready have a trashy petco and Super pets :mad:.The Super pets petstore tells his workers not to feed the reptiles because he does not want to lose money :mad:.I turned them in numerous times ;).They even cleaned up a little bit.:weirdface

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Originally Posted by worldcupkeeper

I would talk to the owner as soon as possible and explain to him what they are doing wrong, if they dont want to listen or still do nothing then I would call the authorities.

Good Luck Joe!

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Thank you Aric :gj:

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Originally Posted by joepythons

Yea we allready have a trashy petco and Super pets :mad:.The Super pets petstore tells his workers not to feed the reptiles because he does not want to lose money :mad:.I turned them in numerous times ;).They even cleaned up a little bit.:weirdface

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So they don't lose money when the snakes die?

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Originally Posted by Elvyra's Keeper

So they don't lose money when the snakes die?

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It sounds plain and simple to someone with a brain but Steve is a IDIOT :mad:.Several people have tried to explain this to him but it goes into deaf ears :mad:.

Yeah, really. Anything will die without food.

I walked in to a place that was a 100x worse than what you described and I turned them in. I dont even want to talk about the nasty crap this place was doing. They not only neglected the animals, they gave incorect info on them, abused them ect.
They would grab the snakes behind the head hard and yank them up and down so their body would be straight. I say them do this to show some one how long the snake was. Lets just say that after I say this I had to be escoted out of the pet store. But I turned them in and they no longer own a pet store now.

turn them in

no use trying to educate them as I doubt they are ignorant.

Joe,

If ppl here are willing to suggest to the member that he needs to train and coach the girl when the member here was rehabbing the snake and was going to give it back (despite the neglect the member posted had happened) I'd suggest talking to the owner / manager first. Maybe they're just ignorant but trainable. If nothing happens for change, THEN I'd go ahead and tell the authorities. < But keep track of the contact(s) and attempt(s) for change. >


GOOD LUCK!!!!!

If it's as blatant as you say, one talking-to probably won't work. But hopefully something will happen to improve the animals' circumstances!!!!


RuLyn

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Originally Posted by sweety314

Joe,

If ppl here are willing to suggest to the member that he needs to train and coach the girl when the member here was rehabbing the snake and was going to give it back (despite the neglect the member posted had happened) I'd suggest talking to the owner / manager first. Maybe they're just ignorant but trainable. If nothing happens for change, THEN I'd go ahead and tell the authorities. < But keep track of the contact(s) and attempt(s) for change. >


GOOD LUCK!!!!!

If it's as blatant as you say, one talking-to probably won't work. But hopefully something will happen to improve the animals' circumstances!!!!


RuLyn

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Thanks Rulyn :gj:

I would just turn them in to whomever has jurisdiction in your area. I think that it is likely in a new mall that the owner/owners may not be involved beyond investing in the place and complaints given in the store might fall on the deaf ears of employees that dont care. If the proper authorities threaten to shut them down if they don't meet minimum standards, that should reach the right people.

I took a chance and talked to the owner of a local shop. He was a know-it-all and would not listen. I turned them into the Better Business Bureau. Not sure why, but they are now closed; a good thing IMO :)

Take a chance and talk to the owners. Bring in some good care sheets and point out that happy healthy animals sell better than sickly dying ones. If money is a big part of owning the store that might give them some motivation to clean up their act. Even if its just for the money and the store acts upon losing money due to dead animals, at least the animals will be better off. If they dont change, then report them.

turn them in!:mad: i think that educating them would just fall on deaf ears! they only care about $ they don't even care about selling half healthy animals! i hate to hear about things like this and i can't imagine how you felt seeing it first hand. please get these uncaring sob's out of the pet trade before some poor person buys a sick pet or worse they torture an animal to death!

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Originally Posted by Thunder Kat

turn them in!:mad: i think that educating them would just fall on deaf ears! they only care about $ they don't even care about selling half healthy animals! i hate to hear about things like this and i can't imagine how you felt seeing it first hand. please get these uncaring sob's out of the pet trade before some poor person buys a sick pet or worse they torture an animal to death!

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If i would have been by myself that night i would have pointed every problem out in front of everyone ;).

Heck yeah! Turn their butts in! And that's BS that they don't feed them to save money!:mad: I know at Petsmart we get stuff from corporate that is "For Store Use Only" so we don't even pay for it. And if we do use our product, or feeders (fish and crickets) we write it off in log book. Some people are just dumb. It makes me mad when people knock pet stores, because not all of us are retarded like these people. And it's these morons that give the pet store owners and employees who actually give a damn and know what they are doing a bad name.:rage:

turn them in!!

Well i am going to stop by this pet store in the morning and see if it has improved any.If not then yet another call will be placed ;)

Sounds like Daves Tropical Fish, here. Personally if the owners anything like the guy here, he's going to 'know everything' and blow you off. Its your choice really on what you do. I'd try and talk to him, but if all else fails, report him.

How depressing. It is so awful to see that sort of thing! I hope you can help them shape up or ship out, no matter what route you take. I know it's hard, but it's great that you are taking action to help those poor animals.

Someday, aliens will come to this planet and find humans to be cool "pets." Then the people who treated animals like that will, themselves, end up in cages, naked, in their own feces wondering why all they can eat is Fruit Loops w/ no milk. Oh, and have no hides!

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Originally Posted by joepythons

This evening we went out to dinner and decided to visit a new petstore in peoria.I was so Pd off as soon as i walked in i had to turn around and leave before i said something :mad:.The first thing was all the snakes were lying in wood chips that were soaked with visable water:mad:.This included corns,balls,boas and a blood python(i know they need a higher humidity level).Then they had puppies in 3 x 3 wire cages(one had 5 ):mad:,of course no water and poo everywhere :mad:.This really makes me sick that i am debating just turning this place in or going to the owner and seeing if i can show them the PROPER ways to house these reptiles.Of course if they get stupid i will fire back and end up calling the authorities anyway ;).They also had tortises and other reptiles but i did not give them a good look over .It just makes me pd off that in a NEW mall that they would allow a pig stye of a petstore to open there :mad:.What would you do?

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hey wheres it at in peoria ...whats the place called

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Originally Posted by veerman73

hey wheres it at in peoria ...whats the place called

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Its not Super pets though but its just as nasty :mad:

I would talk to the owner/manager/whoever is in charge 1st. It may be that they just don't know any better, and I would be willing to give them benefit of doubt that they could change.

When I look back when I started keeping snakes, I was an idiot in some of the things I did. It wasn't because I was negligent, I just didn't know better, and once I did I changed things. Maybe this is the case with him or her.

That being said, if it does fall on deaf ears or they are unwilling to make changes, then I would report them. But I think that reporting before talking to them is being a little rash.

Well went to peoria and visited this DUMP again :mad:.I was not shocked that it was even WORSE then my first visit :mad: :mad:.I will be calling the Grande Prarie Mall and alert them to this STINKING PIG STYE:mad::mad:.I will also be calling the local animal shelter as the dogs they sell had dog poo everywhere and the place stunk :mad::mad:.I was there shortly after they opened the doors also so NO EXCUSE :mad::mad:.Do not buy from Grande Prarie Pets in the new mall in peoria :mad::mad:

That is very sad. Here in Mexico is very rare to find a petshop with the animals kept clean. I have talked many times to the owners and they always claim to know exactly what their animales need, they just dont take advice from a simple customer...

Me as an animal lover, I can't stand to see neglect like that......the animals aren't like us, they can't fend for themselves in captivity.......I say NO TOLERANCE turn em in!

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Originally Posted by Tat&Tu

Me as an animal lover, I can't stand to see neglect like that......the animals aren't like us, they can't fend for themselves in captivity.......I say NO TOLERANCE turn em in!

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Well i called the local animal shelter and she was not shocked at my complaint.It seems they have had SOOOOO many complaints that they are directing people to the place that licenses this pet store ;).I gave them a detailed complaint and the lady promised me they will be dealt with ASAP ;).I will drop in again in a week or so to get a updated checkup

Well i visited this pet store again today to see if anything changed.Well i talked to the owner himself and i was told a guy named Joe is the reptile keeper there :rolleyes:.Well i know Joe as he was a member in our local reptile club a few years back.He also worked at the petco(go figure :rolleyes:).He was forced out of our reptile club because of his poor husbandry skills.Myself and the whole reptile club members tried to tell joe the proper ways to keep his reptiles but he could careless what we said.He listened to the "petco" ways and killed ALOT of reptiles because of it :mad:.So with this added info I WILL NEVER go inside of that petstore in the Grand Prarie Mall in Peoria Illinois.It makes me mad to waste my time trying to help someone and be told they know more then myself :mad:.I am not a "know it all" but i do know enough ;).I did give the lady working there the info of our site here for her son to come check us out :D.He even agrees that this petstore is keeping the reptiles in the wrong maner :D.Well enough of my ranting :P

Wow, scary about Joe. But kudos to you for trying! Keep up the good work.

I'd turn them in. There is a difference between not knowing and not caring, but it seems like its obvious here that they don't care.

Not to mention this is a person that makes their living off of selling animals - if their income depends on it I'm sure that they know HOW to take care of their animals but its just not cost effective for them.

Please turn them in, don't bother talking to them. I mean - who doesn't know that its cruel to have puppies in a tiny cage that is covered in poop? They know, they just don't care.

Okay, so looking at the dates I'm a little late on this one - what ever happened with it? Did it get shut down?

:mad:Turn those morons in!!!! they should not be selling animals if they can't care for them. It really hisses me off when people keep animals in unfair conditions, and just the fact that its an entire store really really hisses me off! I wouldn't give them warning. If anyone thinks I'm not being fair that petstore should have taken better care of their animals. Animal abuse, now thats not fair!!:mad:

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Originally Posted by SecurityStacey

I'd turn them in. There is a difference between not knowing and not caring, but it seems like its obvious here that they don't care.

Not to mention this is a person that makes their living off of selling animals - if their income depends on it I'm sure that they know HOW to take care of their animals but its just not cost effective for them.

Please turn them in, don't bother talking to them. I mean - who doesn't know that its cruel to have puppies in a tiny cage that is covered in poop? They know, they just don't care.

Okay, so looking at the dates I'm a little late on this one - what ever happened with it? Did it get shut down?

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I can happily say this bum was SHUTDOWN :banana::banana:

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Originally Posted by joepythons

I can happily say this bum was SHUTDOWN :banana::banana:

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Good job Joe; assuming your were possibly involved?

I would have marched in with a few of my officers depending on how bad it really was

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Originally Posted by PJ FF

Good job Joe; assuming your were possibly involved?

I would have marched in with a few of my officers depending on how bad it really was

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Maybe :D

good job im glad they got shut down.

YAY!!! A happy ending. I hope all the animals are ok.

Turn them in ASAP....just talkin to the owner probably wouldnt even get anythin accomplished....all the bad pet stores around me are Petland Discounts...the PETCO by me is surprisingly caring for the animals...

Turn them in. People who keeps animals like that don't deserve to own a pet store.

I would definitely told on em. You go joe. You did the world a favor. :D