well i have posted about me helping out my local petco a couple of times before. i talked with a manager and helped her fix the horrid husbandry they had going on. i checked back many times and she had kept things up, even giving her employees copies of the NERD care sheet (hope Kara and Kevin don't mind) that i had printed out for her. well fast forward to today i went in to get some stuff for my new crestie. i took a stroll past the reptiles as always...

first off i glance in on the little corns. i see a pink amel cruising around, and to the left of him/her a CRICKET?!?! i was a little confused. so i asked, and i was assured that crickets are eaten by all kinds of snakes. yea right.

then i look at the very over priced red tail boas. one was right up against the glass, so i was able to easily see the mite crawling all over him/her. the other boa was in the water bowl soaking, most likely to kill the mites on him/her. i ask for a manager and i get a 17 year old kid... who looks down and says he doesn't see anything. he says he will tell the "reptile specialist" when he comes in. i asked when he would be in only to get 3 people to tell me they don't know.

luckily there were no ball pythons because they just dropped the price to $30. i really shouldn't be saying luckily because they more then likely they went to someone that bought one as a spur of the moment thing with no research done.

i asked about debbie, the manager that i had helped learn about the reptiles they sold there, and they told me she was fired, get this... for not adhering to company policy?!?!? i was shocked when they told me. because i helped her tune the living conditions, to keep the animals healthier and happier, she gets fired. because they didn't follow the cost cutting, money saving shortcuts the company deemed allowable. i dropped the CGD and flexvine i was about to purchase and walked out of the store.

i know not all petco's are like this, but seriously this is ridiculous...

sorry about the book of a post but i needed to vent a little.
end rant.