Another great Petco moment

[Windchaser]

I was in a local Petco tonight picking up some flightless fruit flies. Anyway, just like all of us do, I naturally checked out theirs T's. They had a single G. rosea. The poor thing looked dehydrated and in need of some food. Well, along comes the young Petco employee. I mention to him that the rosehair looks dehydrated. He takes a look and says, "Yes, it sure does look like it. Oh, I see the problem, the humiduty is too low." I look in the enclosure at their hydrometer which is reading close to 75%.I explain to him that rosehairs prefer a drier climate and only need a water dish. Here is where it gets really good.

He starts to walk away and then says, well another reason it looks like that is that it is still a baby. It is only a couple of weeks old. That is normal. Mind you, this T is between 4" and 5" in size. I say you have got to be kidding and he adamently states that it is a newly hatched T. I told him he doesn't know what he is talking about and that G. rosea spiderlings are about 1/4" and in addition, they grow very slowly. He looked at me like I was nuts.

I figured it was a lost cause at that point and just asked where the fruit flies were at.

 

[Rob1985]

I had a similar experience today infact at he PETCO near me. I walked in just see what they got and I see this poor A.seemani all srunched up toward the back of the terrarium with no hide and really low water with a sponge. There is where it gets awesome!!!!!!!!!. So I tracked doen the manager and told that she needs a hide. Ya know what he told me" they are different species of tarantula, and don't need a hide". I just about lost it and told him your kidding right? He gave a whole BS talk about the A.seemani makikg himself look like an expert. I am still new to the T world, but I have learned a few tings. I told him first off every T should have a hide no matter what, second her water is low and needs more and get that damn sponge outa there.Well he opens tha tank up and the idiot reaches his hand in there. I told I wouldn't fo that she is gonna flick. HE said flick what? ruight as he said that she gave a him showering of hairs. Of course I laguhed at him and then he relized maybe I should hera this guy out. So he changed the water, gave her a hide and threw three cricmets in and BTW she ate every single cricket. WTF is with petco ands thier antics. Are they trying to kill poor innocent animals as business tactic, cause uif they are it makes me sick to my stomach.

 

[Spider-man 2]

Don't even bother wasting your time gentlemen....

They think they know better since they work at the pet store, not you.

 

[common spider]

Petco sucks!!!!!!!!!!!! :?

 

[Rob1985]

I wanted to rescue the porr seemani, but hey there I always another. Oh well I can't change deathco soooo... screw it

 

[common spider]

Number 1 I think they do not teach there people the right things when it comes to T's and other exotic pets.


The one here in Cal City Il gives so little care to alot of there animals that it makes me want to call someone and report them or better yet call the animal police on them I think it is so sad becuase you can't save all of them.

 

[CedrikG]

its sad to hear that, god they are ignorant to this point

a pet shop told a friend of mine to destroy the web of his rosie everything they see ANY, because it was really dangereous that she auto-breed herself...

soo the guy destroy the web any time they see it ... I tried to explain him but he told me the pet shop probably know what he's talking about ... LOL!! funny one

 

[Spider-man 2]

HAHAHAHA, auto-breed!!! Even more funny, from thier webs! Ludacris I tell you, just ludacris.

 

[common spider]

WT<EDIT>???????????????????????????????


Thats is the biggest bunch of <poopies> I have ever herd!!!!!!!!!


:wall:

 

[Brando]

Man i hate hearing stories like this, usually one a week. The only petco near me takes good care of their animals and don't neglect the T's. The guy i just bought my new T from works there and is experienced.

So not all petcos are bad.

 

[CreepyCrawly]

He starts to walk away and then says, well another reason it looks like that is that it is still a baby. It is only a couple of weeks old. That is normal. Mind you, this T is between 4" and 5" in size. I say you have got to be kidding and he adamently states that it is a newly hatched T. I told him he doesn't know what he is talking about and that G. rosea spiderlings are about 1/4" and in addition, they grow very slowly. He looked at me like I was nuts.

That is hilarious! I'd like to see the size of that female G. rosea that layed that egg sack! She must be a monster! That is TOO funny. My female G. rosea is about 4.5"-5" and I've had her for the last 7 years, and she's only grown MAYBE an inch at most, but probably closer to a half inch - and she's only molted like two or three times. That's pretty funny. I generally don't talk to the people at my local Petco for this exact reason. The time before last I visited they had a group of kidergarten or first graders there doing some sort of tour or lesson, and the animal "expert" giving them the presentation gave them nothing but bad information! In the five minutes I stood near enough to listen she didn't give one single piece of true information. She covered the poor cramped G. rosea, and moved on to the baby ball pythons and baby iguanas and it was all I could do to not interrupt and tell her what a disservice she was doing to the whole exotics community and to tell the kids, their teachers, and the parents there that the lady was full of a bunch of bull - and I would know as I've kept ball pythons, and G. roseas for years with no problems as of yet. Some of the more interesting pieces of "information" she gave out were:

All poisonous spiders that can kill you are tarantulas, and you can tell how aggressive they are by the color and length of their hair. All of them live in burrows and will attack anything that goes by it. In the pet trade they are fed adult mice.
All baby reptiles have fangs filled not with venom - but with salmonella. A single bite will kill an adult human in a few hours, and a child within minutes. This is because as babies they will have trouble constricting their prey (if it is a baby constrictor - like the ball python) and have trouble overall killing it if it is a large lizard. Once they get older though - they're perfectly harmless. And, by the way, the 18" baby ball pythons are fully grown adults. The small iguanas are juveniles and are safe from salmonella bites, but will continue to grow up to 4 feet long - and will eat only live mice and other rodents.

With that kind of information every single one of those animals sold by her will wind up in an awful home, and probably wind up dead because of it. Something I thought was quite funny was the fact that right next to her on the wall was a little plaque about her that says her name and says she's been in the hobby for 5 years, and worked in the hobby for 2 years which makes her blatantly a liar, or just extremely stupid and unsuccessful. "Why do my iguanas keep dying - I'm feeding them live mice..." Below the plaque were care sheets, with pretty fair information on them. Nothing necessarily incorrect on them as far as I could see, just very concise and probably lacking some useful information.

 

[evil_educator]

He starts to walk away and then says, well another reason it looks like that is that it is still a baby. It is only a couple of weeks old. That is normal. Mind you, this T is between 4" and 5" in size. I say you have got to be kidding and he adamently states that it is a newly hatched T. I told him he doesn't know what he is talking about and that G. rosea spiderlings are about 1/4" and in addition, they grow very slowly. He looked at me like I was nuts.

I figured it was a lost cause at that point and just asked where the fruit flies were at.

Lol maybe he was born a big baby.

 

[Windchaser]

Man i hate hearing stories like this, usually one a week. The only petco near me takes good care of their animals and don't neglect the T's. The guy i just bought my new T from works there and is experienced.

So not all petcos are bad.

I have come across a few decent ones. But those seem to be the exception.

 

[Justin]

I bought a tokay gecko from a petco once and the guy actually sounded like he did not want me to buy it because they are mean and bite and he did not want to get it out. He said '' Are you sure you want this thing cause they bite alot." and I said "Yes". and he sighed loudly and said " Ok let me go get the gloves".

 

[common spider]

That is hilarious! I'd like to see the size of that female G. rosea that layed that egg sack! She must be a monster! That is TOO funny. My female G. rosea is about 4.5"-5" and I've had her for the last 7 years, and she's only grown MAYBE an inch at most, but probably closer to a half inch - and she's only molted like two or three times. That's pretty funny. I generally don't talk to the people at my local Petco for this exact reason. The time before last I visited they had a group of kidergarten or first graders there doing some sort of tour or lesson, and the animal "expert" giving them the presentation gave them nothing but bad information! In the five minutes I stood near enough to listen she didn't give one single piece of true information. She covered the poor cramped G. rosea, and moved on to the baby ball pythons and baby iguanas and it was all I could do to not interrupt and tell her what a disservice she was doing to the whole exotics community and to tell the kids, their teachers, and the parents there that the lady was full of a bunch of bull - and I would know as I've kept ball pythons, and G. roseas for years with no problems as of yet. Some of the more interesting pieces of "information" she gave out were:

All poisonous spiders that can kill you are tarantulas, and you can tell how aggressive they are by the color and length of their hair. All of them live in burrows and will attack anything that goes by it. In the pet trade they are fed adult mice.
All baby reptiles have fangs filled not with venom - but with salmonella. A single bite will kill an adult human in a few hours, and a child within minutes. This is because as babies they will have trouble constricting their prey (if it is a baby constrictor - like the ball python) and have trouble overall killing it if it is a large lizard. Once they get older though - they're perfectly harmless. And, by the way, the 18" baby ball pythons are fully grown adults. The small iguanas are juveniles and are safe from salmonella bites, but will continue to grow up to 4 feet long - and will eat only live mice and other rodents.

With that kind of information every single one of those animals sold by her will wind up in an awful home, and probably wind up dead because of it. Something I thought was quite funny was the fact that right next to her on the wall was a little plaque about her that says her name and says she's been in the hobby for 5 years, and worked in the hobby for 2 years which makes her blatantly a liar, or just extremely stupid and unsuccessful. "Why do my iguanas keep dying - I'm feeding them live mice..." Below the plaque were care sheets, with pretty fair information on them. Nothing necessarily incorrect on them as far as I could see, just very concise and probably lacking some useful information.

That is beyond I can't even think of words............ :wall:

 

[smokejuan]

Man i hate hearing stories like this, usually one a week. The only petco near me takes good care of their animals and don't neglect the T's. The guy i just bought my new T from works there and is experienced.

So not all petcos are bad.

Same here great people that work at mine except one who is just a jerk to talk too. The only downside is I asked the manager (great guy) why not much in the tarantula area and he said they really did not sell much T's until I came around. They get G. roseas and a pinktoe (Avic avic) once in a while. Everytime I go in there he trys to get me to adopt something. First he sent me home with a rabbit for my son then a really nice Ball Python the is the most calm snake I have ever seen at alittle over three feet. Who ever had it I believe took good care of it and handled it alot. Every time it sees me come in it crawls to the top of the cage wanting to come out. This week its a black cat. Pretty cool looking one...never seen one like this. I am going to have to get my crickets some where else. Starting to turn into a zoo with 60 + T's to go with it it all. :wall:

 

[FRAZE01]

I have been in many pet shops,petco,petland,jack's aquarium,etc.Most of these shops don't know a thing about t's or reptiles.I have bought collard lizards,bearded dragons and snakes from shops just to try to help them out and lost every one.this is after I have had it out with the managers or owners,they don't care.The way I look at it is if you see an animal in trouble and can afford it,take it,because they don't care.

 

[common spider]

One thing that I will admit is the Highland Petco's snakes are very nice and sweet and seem like they are taken care of very well.


Man if I had the money I would buy all the animals and take care of them.

 

[FRAZE01]

It's not about buying them all,it's about buying the ones that need it.If I bought all the animals,I would need a state of my own

 

[common spider]

No doubt!!!!!!!!!!!!