Petco
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mikeguerrero
Active Member
Just make sure you QT the fish.... A lot of sick fish come from Petco.....
MG
MG
we dont have either a petco / or pet smart but have been to both in my travels and would not buy ANYTHING there I was there when we were looking for my feathered bappies and they so misstreated their bappies (birds) I ended up buying other peoples rejected birds that they did not want......so no pet store got my money for bappies .
On the other hand most small LFS care about their stock ........now dont get me wrong not all do . I did bird training to get birds ready for purchace and make sure the homes they went to were good ......I actually would interview the potential buyers before they could get a bappy and turned down many .......on my day of inspection (I worked as a contracter to the lps) I found a bappie with his toe bit off and bone showing . I spoke to the owner and he said he wasent paying for vet care .I offered to pay for it myself but he would not get the bird back. He said no. I said if I pay what you did for him, so you are out nada he said no. He grabbed the bappie out of my hand I followed him to a back room as I reached the back room he snapped the birds neck .....Moral to this is that the pet store is facing 100's of criminal charges they are out of business and not all LPS are good you really need to research any company you purchace any live stock from fish to puppies and as sad is that is they may even be shady ..
On the other hand most small LFS care about their stock ........now dont get me wrong not all do . I did bird training to get birds ready for purchace and make sure the homes they went to were good ......I actually would interview the potential buyers before they could get a bappy and turned down many .......on my day of inspection (I worked as a contracter to the lps) I found a bappie with his toe bit off and bone showing . I spoke to the owner and he said he wasent paying for vet care .I offered to pay for it myself but he would not get the bird back. He said no. I said if I pay what you did for him, so you are out nada he said no. He grabbed the bappie out of my hand I followed him to a back room as I reached the back room he snapped the birds neck .....Moral to this is that the pet store is facing 100's of criminal charges they are out of business and not all LPS are good you really need to research any company you purchace any live stock from fish to puppies and as sad is that is they may even be shady ..
EDGRAY
New Member
Same here i will never trust the life of saltwater fish to petco or petsmart they dont have experience on that area and they dont know what are they doing.... and when is about fish i always visit alot my LFS and i trust the one's that you can notice that they are caring for their fish and a clue is how frequently their fish get ick... well thats my point of view.....
Jordan8008
New Member
Small Hobby Store 100% but again as previously mentioned if you do really want to buy from them absolutely Quarantine....just to be safe :stonight
I dunno i'm starting to have second thoughts on Petco. I used to buy freshwater fishf rom them all the time and they died most of the time but they had a guarantee. I also bought hamsters from them and once i bought a male that turned out to be a female that got pregnant cause it was fuckin my male hamsters! those Petco bastards don't even kno the difference between male and female!
