Nothing like a verbal assault from Petsmart....

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But can you explain then why they sell feeder gold fish, feeder guppies, feeder rosies, feeder crickets etc? Just seems like a double standard to me. Furry pets are not allowed to be feeders but the cold blooded ones are fine?

I personally don't have a problem with someone refusing to sell me anything in their store, it's their store and they can sell to whoever they want to. It's the sneers and derision I get from merely asking that I'm not fond of. I can say from personal experience that I've been more rudely treated in petsmarts then in any other store I've ever been in. And I don't just mean pet stores, I mean ANY store. It's almost as if their company policy gives their employees a right to be rude.

Only thing I can say to this is....the feeder crickets and comets and etc. are bred for the sole purpose of a feeder. They are shipped to the store with the intentions of being used as a feeder. The rats, mice, hamsters are not. Petsmart hopes to sell each and every rat, mice, and hamster and etc. as a pet, not as a feeder. That's how I see it. If they refuse to sell the said animal to you because the petcare associate wants it to be sold as a pet not as a feeder then so be it. It's Petsmart's policy, I can't blame them for wanting to sell a "furry critter" as a pet than a feeder. Plus why would anyone pay Petsmart's price on these rats or mice, their not cheap as a feeder. You wouldn't buy a $150 chinchilla(pet) as a feeder when Joe Schmoe sells them for 30 bucks down the road. Petsmart sells feeder crickets, comets, goldfish, etc. but NOT feeder mice, rats, or hamsters. It's simple as that. Should they be rude about it...no not at all. Understand this is their store, their policy, their animals, if they refuse to sell them as a feeder than go on with your day, if their rude talk to the store manager and call the corporate office. If their always rude to you then don't go in a Petsmart again. I personally dislike Target for several reasons, which is why I don't shop there. End of story.