I'm so thankful that my Petco doesn't have the animals in these conditions.

I don't support Petco in terms of buying animals (I am guilty of buying toys for my gerbil there however) but every time I check on the animals they all look fairly healthy. I mean of course there's usually too many in the tanks, but aside from that, husbandry (temp/humidity) is exactly as it should be. I'm also quite surprised that when I ask about the animals (for the most part) the worker has fairly accurate info, it's strange seeing pictures of other Petco's who don't do things even remotely right, but then there's others that do. It's really a shame that Petco doesn't monitor all it's stores and that it's left up to the workers to care for the animals well being at whatever they deem fit.

The Petco I've got only re-homes cats with a small fee. They have a cat room that only cats who have been brought in (not from mills, but from caring owners/shelters) are allowed to be given away in. Sometimes the cats will be specified that they need to go as pairs (due to previous home) and always have a description such as that they are a mellow cat that needs a quite retirement home or the opposite of course. I go in there quite a lot (at least once a week) and I've never even seen a kitten once. I quite like this way of "selling animals" re-homing an animal is way better then selling an animal from a mill.

One of my favorite things in the store is that they have all the birds with various descriptions about their personalities, like what their favorite toys are and the ways they prefer to "play". As well as whether or not their super loud birds or tend to be more on the quite side.

The store seems fairly well rounded (though not the company itself) I mean all the workers really seem to care for the animals.

Can anyone tell my extreme confusion at some of these places? My Petco sounds like a dang heaven compared to some of these ones