a bad petco experience

[Missy King]

I have seen, and heard terrible things about PetCo, continuously. I occasionally hear bad things about PetSmart, as well. Well....i applied for EVERYTHING at petsmart, and finally got called in for "early morning stocker" but to be immodest, i have a great customer service kind of personality, and actually i am a GREAT interviewer..though that doesn't mean i'm great at the job *lol* anyway, i know i interview well. SO, now i'm a cashier at petsmart.

My first week there, i noticed right away the ball pythons were sick. One of them clearly had inclusion disease. I asked the banfield vet in the store, they said they didn't deal with reptiles. I told a manager, nothing happened. I told staff, nothing happened. Okay so actually i did that while i was coming in for interviews, and my first week there the only snake left was DEAD...or so i thought. I complained, and complained and made them go over there and take it away...in the back...which they just said it was sick. (for some reason the ID snake, and one of the others, were gone. it was just this last one left.) I later found out it died the next day.

Dehydrated, sick...it was pathetic. Okay so right after that, the "pet care manager" quit or got fired or something...i think it was something to do with disability.
Another girl took over, and she is actually doing a very respectable job. I check the animals every day that i work, and the humidity, and cleanliness is actually great for a chain petstore. I haven't seen mites, they all look good. I've helped feed the turtles and bearded dragons, and when one of the pet care people don't want to hold a snake *rolls eyes* i do it for them.

It actually took me a long time to get over that snake dying. It was horrible to see the poor thing lying there.
By now everyone knows that i WILL fuss if i see something wrong...but i haven't. They are actually taking good care of the animals, under this new management.

btw, you'd be surprised how many people work at a petstore who either don't like pets or don't have any. so weird!