PET CO going out of business?

[NickP]

If you feed f/t you can get quality feeders on line, or Google small pet store nearest you. I'm glad because of obvious reasons as for feeders I only go to small (well cared for) pet stores or herp and supply stores; which I highly recommend for high quality (gut loaded) cheap feeders.

But online we must buy in bulks, and not only is it somewhat un-affordable, it is also a bad idea, at least for me, since I doubt my BP will be eating the same size all the time. I mean 100xmice is 1 mouse for 100 weeks. Thats way too much. And other than petco i don't know of any other pet stores around Santa Barbara or back home where my parents live - LA.

[rabernet]

But online we must buy in bulks, and not only is it somewhat un-affordable, it is also a bad idea, at least for me, since I doubt my BP will be eating the same size all the time. I mean 100xmice is 1 mouse for 100 weeks. Thats way too much. And other than petco i don't know of any other pet stores around Santa Barbara or back home where my parents live - LA.

Have you looked in the yellow pages for mom and pop type pet stores?

[rabernet]

Additionally, since Petco has their name on a Major League Baseball stadium (San Diego Padres), I doubt they're going out of business.

http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/sd/ballpark/index.jsp

[AzureN1ght]

They just built a brand-new PetCo near my college. Maybe they're building new stores and closing down their less profitable ones?

There's a PetCo in the town NERD is in--I don't know how they thought they could compete with our Kara Maybe that one's closing!

[Ginevive]

I have not heard of this. Sadly, the Petco closest to me, in Buffalo, is better in conditions than most of the smaller stores (not all.)