Petland.. Ive finally succomed..

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

...to the "lets rant & rave about sucky stores" club...

So today I went into petland to just look around. I had one of my cattle dogs with me and took him in. They actually had an ACD puppy there so I spent most of my time playing with him and my own ACD. (my dogs are up to date on shots) I go look at the reptiles and of course none look as good as they could. The snakes all looked dry with stuck shed. The lizards all looked too thin with empty bellies. A girl I know has worked there for years begins telling me about her beardie. How she has only ever fed it meal worms and romain lettuce.. Oh wow.. I had to look away so she wouldnt see my expression. Then she starts telling me how that baby savannah right there was the sweetest thing until they started feeding it meat. Thats when it got mean. Therefore you should never feed your savannah meat to prevent them from getting mean. IE, ground beef, rodents, etc. Anything other than insects.. Oh wow... This is the only word that kept popping into my head.

Thats all. I just had to jump on the wagon and tell of my experience with dum..I mean uneducated people.

[BuckeyeBalls]

Better then her saying bps eat crickets

[Jay_Bunny]

Well this isn't a Petland rant, but a pet store that I go to just needs to fire one of the ladies that works there. Every time I go into that store she is there and she tries so hard to act like she knows about the animals when she clearly does not.

I was in the reptile room looking at some sand boas as a guy that had just been in the room said to one of his buddies that the boa had its mouth open. So I go in and look at this little boa. It's mouth was wide open and it was squirming in a way that made me think it was uncomfortable or in pain. I called the lady into the room and pointed out the snake who had then closed its mouth. She said "You know I think that was the one that laid eggs recently." I told her that the mouth being open was most likely a sign of illness and then I just got my feeders and left. I really didn't want to stand there in front of a whole bunch of people and embarrass her, but I do plan on talking with the store's manager about her.

[WingedWolfPsion]

I would have run my mouth off and pissed them all off. lol

[Jay_Bunny]

Yea, she is a little dumb when it comes to animals. Of course, I will be watching this store very closely now. If it gets any worse, I will probably take my business elsewhere. It is usually a good store (reptiles have fresh bedding and water and heat) but sometimes people there give horrible advice and don't know a lot about their animals. Here are a few...

1. I asked a girl there about whether the puppies they sold came spayed or neutered and she said "Oh no. You don't spay a female dog until she goes through her first heat and males shouldn't be neutered until they are 6 months old." ----I am pretty sure you can get they fixed A LOT sooner than that! 3-4 months old is a good age.

2. A guy who has apparently been breeding rats for a long time recommended a brand of cat food to my sister who wanted to begin breeding for feeders. It was 50% protein!!!!! He also told her the rat she was purchasing was half dumbo and you could tell because of the ears and how soft the fur was.

3. The lady telling me a kenyan sand boa laid eggs.....

4. There was a baby ferret in there this week who was WAY TOO YOUNG to be up for sale in a store. I'm guessing he was around 5-6 weeks old, skinny, lethargic, and sick! Poor little guy. That was the first time I have EVER seen a ferret in such bad shape there. I'm thinking of stopping by tomorrow after work to see if he's still there and if he is, I'm going to talk with the manager.

[PurplePython]

Yea, she is a little dumb when it comes to animals.

lol yep, that is about 90% of the employees working at major chain pet stores.

They think they can read the caresheets and become professionals within a few days of their orientation and training they get.

[Jay_Bunny]

Well I just got a job at Petsmart so I definitely won't be one of those 90%. And thankfully my co-workers seem to know what they are doing when it comes to animal care.

[PurplePython]

Well I just got a job at Petsmart so I definitely won't be one of those 90%. And thankfully my co-workers seem to know what they are doing when it comes to animal care.

Yeah thats very good. It would be terrible to work at a petstore and be the only one that knows anything lol. Just imagine if you had to constantly tell your co-workers that they were wrong.. That'd cause conflict in a matter of no time.

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

Better then her saying bps eat crickets

Well if they think you can own a savannah its entire life and never have to feed it any kind of meat then Im sure they would probably attempt to feed the BPs crickets lol. I just didnt have the will to tell her that her beardie is going to die a slow miserable death and that it probably wont live past the age of 5.

Weird thing was, the tarantulas and scorpians all had plenty of crickets and full water bowls with a little sponge. They had 2 BPs, 2 RTBs, a corn and a bunch of lizards. None had full water bowls. Seems they are only willing to take care of the arachnids.

[BuckeyeBalls]

[QUOTE=Foschi Exotic Serpents;1313998]Well if they think you can own a savannah its entire life and never have to feed it any kind of meat then Im sure they would probably attempt to feed the BPs crickets lol.[/QUOTE}

There was a thread on here where the petstore said they fed their bp crickets......