Savora":gnhywamf said:I haven't noticed this at my local PetCo.But now I want to go check it out. I have seen that my local PetCo has recently switched from using a carpet liner to sand... I noticed this change about a week or a week and a half ago.
Maybe Zilla has upped their UVB bulb game? I know they make a fluorescent tube bulb, but I don't have a fancy Solarmeter to measure UVB rays. Maybe they switched manufacturers or are using better quality parts in their lights?... (A girl can dream.) In any case, it's awful they're using coil UVB lights.
PetCo needs reputable reptile experts in charge of that stuff... Just like they should have reputable aquarium experts for their fish department, and etc.
Akire":ih6e64fu said:More reason for me not to shop at Petco. I stopped when I went into a local store one day and saw them selling a hamster with obvious deformities. His face was pushed in and he had no teeth. I was looking at him for a while then went home and decided I was going to rescue him because I knew he needed special care. I went back to the store to find he was gone.
I asked the manager and she said he was in the back. I asked why and said I wanted to buy him. She got quiet, looked at the other employee next to her and then told me he had been sold. Yeah right. It's a small town and I was gone an hour. I asked her straight up if she was really just going to return him to the supplier for a refund due to his deformity. She just repeated he was sold and started getting a rude tone despite me being totally polite. I got pissed by her attitude and made a scene, haha. Haven't gone to a Petco since.
If they are using calcium sand now and endorsing Zilla then I definitely won't be shopping at their stores. Not to mention their Betta fish and Leopard Geckos are always in nasty conditions and ill looking. That's my experience with the local stores anyway.
Reptilelady":29jms17l said:WOW! The more i hear about these local petstores really are starting to dig under my skin!
Heres some pics of my recent local petco trip:
I found one beardie active out of all of them. This guy or girl was def not camera shy. The two beardies in the back have their eyes closed.
<<<< he's begging you to " pick me ! pick me ! , it's horrible here."
Look closely on this one, very cute but what do you see wrong here?
I didnt see any coil bulbs in this local petstore yet but from what im seeing and hearing hate petco!
Reptilelady":q8suso54 said:WOW! The more i hear about these local petstores really are starting to dig under my skin!
Heres some pics of my recent local petco trip:
I found one beardie active out of all of them. This guy or girl was def not camera shy. The two beardies in the back have their eyes closed.
Look closely on this one, very cute but what do you see wrong here?
I didnt see any coil bulbs in this local petstore yet but from what im seeing and hearing hate petco!
Reptilelady":1fseypxe said:Let alone when housing bearded dragons together, this might happen. It was on my IG feed and i was like really!?? OMG that is just terrible.
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