It really os sad how sone stores keep there animals but I can tell you I used to work at 2 different petcos in 2 diffetent cities.and we had at least 1-2 peopke in each store that dpecialized in the care of each category of animals. Reptiles, birds, small animals, fish ect. It was a requirement to jave at least 5 specialists. I do admit most shoos keep there pets in horrible conditions the company does have guidelines. Its usually the managets that get laxy and give up on proper animal care. Its very sad how some stores keep there animals and i am in no way fefending these stores but if they actually get managers that are knoelegable in pet care it would improve a lot.

Cupid is correct the stire usually has no cobtrol of how many animals are sent to the store and there is a limited amount of space in the back for overstock. The back is used for sick animals and a small amount of back stock.

I can say also that the 2 stores i worked at everytime we saw a sick or injured animal we tooj it to the vet. I guess i got lucky to work in stores with managers that xared more about the animals then just getting sales.