Venting About Petco...

[Highline Reptiles South]

The issue is this is not a kid. It was an adult woman and she was the manager. As a manager at a store that carries multiple types of snakes you should at least be comfortable enough to handle them for general care. If you cannot even manage moving one then frankly you should not be in charge of a store that carries animals. Additionally she told me to get up on a ladder and move them myself. I have worked retail myself and can tell you that had something happened and I fell off the ladder or one of the snakes had bit me, they would be liable for that. Again that is something she should keep in mind as a manager.

I realize this is a major chain store and a lot of what they do is not right, however, that does not change the fact that they should AT LEAST know the basics... especially something as basic as moving an animal.

The "ladder" at my Petco is a 3 step step stool. Whether a grown woman or girl a shift manager at a local Petco is extremely low paid worker. You can't expect them all to have the same passion that we have. It's just not gonna happen. I think we need to respect that. It seems you went into there with an agenda. If your not looking for a normal for your collection, why force them/waste there time/stress the snakes out to move them all around? For the life of me, i'm lost here...