Pets One Stop For Pet Care

15 Responses

1. Pam

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   Donovan

   Any pet store that DOES NOT sell warm blooded animals is fine. We all need supplies!
2. Kim C

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   Ariana

   Yes, small petshops like that are owned by moms and pops….please support their business.
3. Lynsey M

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   Delilah

   this is a lie not all pet stores support puppy mills! i got my cat from the shelter but she was on display at a petsmart. pet stores help shelters by displaying adoptable dogs, cats, bird even guinea pigs. so not all pet stores = bad.
4. Huntress

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   Maxim

   Honey, yes. You have to buy it somewhere!
   And not ALL pet stores are bad…There is one that is near my home that brings dogs and cats from the shelter to sell. You pay a little more, but the shelter sends a person with the animals, and they leave at night.
   Although I do cringe at most pet stores.
5. Karatekid

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   Deena

   if they do not sell dogs or cats, you are not supporting a puppy mill by buying from them. if they do not sell puppies or kittens, they are against the mills too. =] so theres not harm in getting your goldfish there.

   p.s. i wouldnt get fish at walmart either…
6. Gina C

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   John

   Use your common sense. If there are so opportunities for abuse…there is no abuse. Have a great time! Hugs, Gina C.
7. Rosalie

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   Fabian

   Yup. Somebody needs to sell fish…most pet stores that even sell small mammals such as gerbils and guinea pigs are OK – they most often will take them back if you can’t keep them. If the animals are healthy, that’s OK – the concern is that a shop that sells puppies isn’t getting them from a good place, and also isn’t keeping them in a good environment.

   But let’s face it, we keep the gerbils in the same aquarium they would in the store – it doesn’t really matter as much with them.

   Go ahead and buy your fish – and it’s fine to support a good small store that is trying to survive in the shadow of Walmart – better to buy from the little guys.
8. Twinkle

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   Brian

   That’s perfectly fine! We all need pet supplies, and it’s easier to get them all in one place then having to go to a few different stores to find everything we need. Fish are fine. As long as they don’t sell warm blooded animals I’m fine going to those stores.

   The Petsmart I use for my dog and two cats has some birds and a few small rodents, but that’s it. They also have cats, but they’re all adoptables. And funnily enough, they’re all adoptables from the shelter I volunteer at, and there’s always someone from the shelter to make sure that the people looking to adopt from the store get the same questions and tests that people adopting from the shelter would.
9. Hayden

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   Esmeralda

   yes they are fine its just if they have pups they arnt from good blood lines i know one person that got one from a pet store and it died 4 months later fish and all that stuff is fine i dont really think you can get bad fish bloodlines
10. Courtney

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    Marquis

    I think that really depends on the individual pet store that you go to.

    Honestly, some people saying you should go to smaller pet stores.. I don’t think that is necessarily ALWAYS the best thing. There is a “Mom and Pop” pet store in my area, and they sell puppies, birds, rabbits, hamsters, fish, gerbils. The puppies are kept in close quarters, and are sold for rather high prices with no papers. All of those animals, and they are not NEARLY as well cared for as the animals that I care for at Petsmart. Not to mention the fact that we have adoption agencies bring in cats and dogs.

    I went in there once and there was a hamster STUCK behind his water bottle, and the man at the counter just told me that hamster was “stupid” when I told him about it, and he did nothing to help it. Not to mention the dead fish all over the floor in the fish section and the painfully small cage crammed with budgies..

    I’m not saying ALL small pet stores are like this, just that they aren’t ALL the best choice. It varies, just as it does with larger chains. Another store a bit farther away from me is “Mom and Pop” and takes good care of their animals, and has a really knowledgeable proprietor who I ask for tips all the time.

    It’s best to judge on an individual basis. I work at Petsmart, as I said, and the animals we have at MY particular store are well cared for and we also try to handle and play with them as much as we can. We have very few sick animals, and take any sick animal to the vet, even if it costs more to fix them than to euthanize them. We also do all that we can to inform people about the care requirements for their new pets. I don’t know why people seem to think that ANYONE working at a chain pet store would just not care about whether people can take care of an animal. Maybe some do, but in my store, anyone working in Pet Care LIKES animals. We don’t want people who are going to keep them in a back room and never take care of them, or who will let their kids crush them to death. Naturally we can’t really refuse to sell them to someone, but we will try to tell them about the responsibilities of a small animal, and that there are no “easy” pets. I don’t get a commission for each pet I sell, so there’s no reason for me to care so much about “the sale.”

    I chose that job BECAUSE I love animals. As long as you find a store with people who care about the creatures they’re selling, I think it’s OK. Naturally, I’d prefer if small animals were not sold that way, but I am a realist if nothing else, and I am glad to work there to make sure that the ones I care for, at least, will be safe and happy.

    Basically, it depends on the INDIVIDUAL store. If you go to the store and the animals look OK and cared for, go for it!! ;)
    Sorry for the lengthy answer! Just trying to make my point clear. I get a lot of criticism for working where I do! :P
11. ksd

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    Annie

    If you really feel like you dont want to support a bad petstore, then buy your fish and supplies from a private family owned small fish store or pet supply store.

    The big chain stores like petco and petsmart are oftenly horrible with animals. They just help shelters adopt pets because they want a good reputation. There is many homeless small animals , so why do they sell those?
    THey just sell them to attract naive inexperienced pet owners that buy the hamster out of an impulse, becase their child pleaded and convinced them. Then they make money selling them supplies.

    The healthiest fish are sold in fish stores that are small family businesses.
12. Eddie (Baseball Monster)

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    Addison

    Yes, at least in my view, its NOTHING wrong. As long as it doesnt sell WARM BLOODED animals, its fine. We all need pet supplies, and good ones at that. Its totally fine.
13. Rebel

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    Ignacio

    Have you asked the owners if their fish come from “Fish Mills”?

    Just kidding.

    Buy all the fish you want from them. They are fun too watch, and relaxing.

    Enjoy.
14. Helen W

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    Athena

    Go to petsmart they dont sell puppies but they help ADOPT out cats that need homes. And they are very strongly against puppy mills. I adopted my best friend / Dog from a petsmart adoption day
15. Kimberly A

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    Junior

    After being to both big chain pet supply stores, and small “mom and pop” stores, I think that animals are kept in better conditions at the bigger stores. At mom and pop stores, they generally have to cut corners to stay afloat and make money any way they can, and that generally the animals suffer. At the larger stores, they have a much bigger cushion, and don’t have to worry about money. They have company guidelines to adhere to, and care for their animals much better. At the PetSmart I go to, I know that the pet care dept. alerts the vet for every little bump, bruise, cough, what have you. They’re very vigilant in their work, and the animals in the store receive the utmost care. There’s also an adoption area where cats from the local shelter are on display, and receive more public attention than if they just stayed in the shelter.