I worked at Petco for 5 years, with two stores with amazing employees that busted their butts to make sure the habitats and animals were the best they could be, with the restrictions placed on them by corporate. When the habitats were required to be a certain way that wasn't necessarily the best for the animals, we did what we could to speak to the district manager about making alterations. Didn't always work, but lots of little steps eventually lead to progress.
Another tidbit--- the next time you see a thread on here bashing chain pet stores, understand that there ARE people who understand that it is dependent on the specific staff at a specific store, and don't mean to lump everybody into the 'horrible stupid petstore employee' category. If you must comment, just take a deep breath first, and do so calmly.. just don't take generalized pet store bashing comments as a personal attack. It'll make your forum experience more pleasant![]()