Quote Originally Posted by Sunnieskys View Post
I agree with all that. I'm not sure who Petsmart gets their snakes from. Their policy seems to be feed all snakes pinkies....um hells to the no!

Petco policy is to never toss any animal, deceased, or live into a dumpster. We need to have a vet put an animal down and then it goes into a holding facility in store for pick up. Never into a dumpster. That includes fish.

We also must contact a vet within 24hours on seeing an injury or sickness.

I also go into other stores in my district and check on snakes. If I see something wring i talk to the store mgr and the dept leader and educate them on proper feeding and how to stay within protocol. It's the loopholes yo!

and I agree with the animal mills. The gourmet rodent is a mill. I'm sick of them sending me underweight snakes. I wish Petco would rotate breeders for better animals. If smaller breeders supplied Petco it would make a world of difference.
Hmm, I guess some stores don't have employees who care enough not to throw-out animals or to take them to a vet when needed. But seriously kudos to you for doing what you do, it's good to know there are some great big box employees out there. I was talking to a couple of people at my local Petco who actually keep reptiles, one of them an employee (who was happy to agree with me on some of the sucky equipment they sell) who had multiple BPs and another who worked at a different Petco and had LOADSS of herps of all types. It's just really unfortunate where the animals come from- all of them (small mammal, reptile, birds, everything). I TOTALLY agree with you on rotating breeders.