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@wossjr4794

2 жыл бұрын

:)

@dayumcammgaming355

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately I couldn't open the link but I was wondering what would be a few good examples of light sources that produce the right amount of uvb?

@nightinggale6470

2 жыл бұрын

@@dayumcammgaming355 Arcadia’s shadedweller.

@KatieDeGo

Жыл бұрын

Oh honey, I so wish your video would've made a difference 😭

@elijahsarkis6746

Жыл бұрын

What store should I go to get a leopard gecko for myself? One that doesn't treat animals this cruelly.

They also keep their bearded dragons in horrible condition

@mandaoberg5387

5 жыл бұрын

They do! I always shop with locally buisnesses because they treat the animals a lot better. It always makes me upset to see the reptiles in petco.

@jaydentarver60

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah once I saw about 12 to 20 babies in a one dragon enclouser it was sad

@i___270___x8

5 жыл бұрын

Hold up.... *THERE'S BEARDED OLD DRAGONS* !?!? ( yes this is a joke. I'm not data at dumb. )

@Real_Yagrum_Bagarn

5 жыл бұрын

Also Hamsters... I think all animals tbh...

@Alyssa-2002

5 жыл бұрын

They really do. I went there recently, they didn't have good lighting and the right temperature. Not to mention the poor thing was lethargic and skinny.

Time to work at petco and steal 12 lizards

@toxic_beees

5 жыл бұрын

egg ikr

@elizabethworrell5315

5 жыл бұрын

I saw another comment and they were about to make a gecko steeling crew, because when u buy them they make more, but then someone was like it's okay to steel them!

@everythingnight_speedpaint3865

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@lizardguy523

5 жыл бұрын

egg mind if I help

@lancer3294

5 жыл бұрын

Or y' know you could just take care of the geckos, and not have to worry about legal troubles

It’s not the employees (most of the time) because they’re just doing their job. It’s the company and managers for giving false information.

@CatTreePaw

3 жыл бұрын

Employees can do their own research though. The Petsmart I have down the street takes fantastic care of their animals (believe it or not) and make sure they're fed with the right temps. The employee I'm friends with is currently trying her damned hardest to save a little leopard geckos life and has been successful with saving it. It is possible for a store to gather the right information. The ones that refused to try just don't care.

@nessacruz404

3 жыл бұрын

@@CatTreePaw Hi. Work at Petco here. We can do as much research as we want and share our knowledge with the customers for what's best for any animal/reptile/fish, BUT we have little to no control on how to set them up and feed them in store. We HAVE to go by the planograms or whoever is in charge of the departments (CAL- Companion Animal Leader) can get fired and just replaced with someone who will go by the planograms. Corporate comes into the store to do a walk and we get points off for every little thing that isn't exactly like is in those planograms. (Literally anything under 97 points is bad and you could get a write up). I know you didn't ask for all of that all but this is how it works.

@nessacruz404

3 жыл бұрын

@ Just tagging you so you could see too, lol. I can't speak for all Petco locations, but at my store, everyone knows their stuff and we make sure to communicate with eachother about each small animal/reptile/fish. And we will not make the sale if we feel the animal will be in bad care.

@belluh-1huey56

3 жыл бұрын

@@nessacruz404 welp, at least some people there know something

@tater8251

3 жыл бұрын

@@CatTreePaw You can't expect employees being paid next to nothing to then take hours of their own time researching all of the different animals at petco and the best thing for every different one. You want to know a simple thing that could make this much easier? Put pamphlets next to each tank/cage for each specific type of animal, a little small area to put helpful and informative pamphlets in that give correct information and stops any mistakes by employees giving the wrong papers. Right there and you'd probably solve a lot since lots of mistakes are made by the wrong papers being given and it'd be relatively cheap. Outside of that, properly train your employees and pay them more, they'll never do that though because they're too greedy for that.

I was getting a leopard gecko at Petco, and there were literally like 7 geckos in a 10-gallon tank! They were also on sand, and only 1 hide! UGGH

Why has no one sued them for animal abuse yet?

@13367amalia

7 жыл бұрын

They've been sued several times. They always pay it off. Large corporation.

@aliviamickelson6115

7 жыл бұрын

Kadri Aalto they actually finally got sued and only have a few mice and a few reptiles etc in each cage now instead of them being jam packed. It was such a nice change

@stephaniemcnugg9693

7 жыл бұрын

True tf

@pokemonranger6162

7 жыл бұрын

Alivia Mickelson That's good but at my pet owners there was like 18 mice in a small cage....poor animals

@mandal.1852

7 жыл бұрын

Kadri Aalto the government should've hit me dead by now and AT LEAST SOMEBODY CALL ANIMAL ABUSE IN HERE!!!

I was at a petco and there was a little girl buying a bearded dragon, she was about 8 ish and the employee started rambling on about tank size. The employee said “adults need about 10 gallons” and the girl said “that’s WAY to small are you nuts?” I love that lil girl now 😂❤️

@jocelyngonzalez3383

4 жыл бұрын

Addison Tesmer she said what had to be said 😌💖

@addisontesmer3211

4 жыл бұрын

Jocelyn Gonzalez facts tho 😌💕

@fishcareforbeginners9781

4 жыл бұрын

That’s what I would have said too, that also proves that she did her research, so she was prepared :3 Which is great!

@addisontesmer3211

4 жыл бұрын

KAnimates uwu exactly!! i’m glad she did do her research:)

@gabbyascher2502

4 жыл бұрын

I know just I HAVE A LEOPARD GECKO AND I HAVE A 20 GALLON TANK FOR IT AND IT TAKES THE WHOLE SPACE

I haven’t gone to petco in over 7 years, every time I need something for my Leo’s or box turtles I go to an actual store that’s meant to sell stuff for reptiles and not just a general pet store.

@daywalker3735

3 жыл бұрын

I wish I had a store like that near me

@snkrhead215

3 жыл бұрын

@@daywalker3735 same, there are only chain stores like petsmart and petco near me, but my petco is full of experienced reptile owners so they know what they’re doing. My local petsmart is full of dummies though lol

@Zero_Is_Stopping_Time

3 жыл бұрын

If you live in Ohio I recommend going to a place called “Captive born reptiles” they sell stuff for all ranges of reptiles, it’s near a place called “Saraga”

@fuzzymelon1261

Жыл бұрын

petco is the only store in my area. I have to go quite far to go to another pet store. I really just get supplies there like crickets

I feel like petstores really like to put solitary animals together, then group animals alone

@phoebezhang1190

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. I have hamsters and it's SO frustrating that Petco thinks it's ok to house multiple syrian hamsters together yet I often see chinchillas (who actually are social animals and need other chinchillas) that are housed alone! Not to mention that they cut corners on care for their pets.

Me: *buys pet tarantula* Petco Lady: “This UV light is perfect for tarantulas!” Me: Aren’t those only for reptiles?” Petco Lady: “Trust me!” Tarantula: *gets cooked alive*

@nectarinn3

5 жыл бұрын

Oh god... You know i killed a lot of spiders in my life and even then this is just... wow. Did this rlly happen?

@sherrybergstrom7957

5 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@datcatdragon5766

5 жыл бұрын

that is actually really sad, she basically forced you to spend money on an extra lamp to just kill your pet. When will people stop giving false information

@sherrybergstrom7957

5 жыл бұрын

She must have sold me the light on purpose because It was expensive, It would kill my tarantula, so I would buy another one. I didn’t buy another one. I adopted one. For free. I also got money from Petco, because she was giving false information.

@panzerschiff9805

5 жыл бұрын

It's because the Petco employees get probably 0 training for the animals and give false information because the have no idea about what they're fabricating.

A lot of these geckos are so skinny they look like salamanders. Holy shit.

@thatsavage1202

5 жыл бұрын

NPC #7048164 ikr

@yeeturmcbeetur8197

5 жыл бұрын

Bearded Dragon geckos are supposed to be wide bois. They stick to surfaces. They have to be low profile. These things are actually being starved or not fed the right stuff.

@thatsavage1202

5 жыл бұрын

NPC #7048164 bearded dragons and leopard geckos are stocky reptiles and need the fat lmao

@yeeturmcbeetur8197

5 жыл бұрын

Bearded Dragon yea. These thins look like a snake. Same diameter all the way down. Poor things.

@whenyoulovesomebodyyouputy7193

5 жыл бұрын

NPC #7048164 er they aren’t bearded dragons they’re Leos ( leopard geckos ) and my beardie is awfully big you were correct about that and I have two Leo’s which are terribly smaller than my beardies they aren’t fat and I have been told by me exotic animal vet that they are super healthy

Being a new petco employee myself, I realize now I need to take more personal time into learning about our animals. While I can’t do much about their habitats, I could at least provide the right information for our customers. I was hired with little to no knowledge of animal care, besides my experience with my family dog, and was very briefly told how to feed our reptiles. Tbh I’m not even too fond with handling live crickets yet. Unfortunately, the truth is not all petco employees are experts in all the animals we sell.

The picture with the emaciated hatchling made me physically sick. That poor thing was clearly suffering. I'm a beginner to the reptile world, but I have researched enough where I even pointed out errors in pet care pamphlets in Petcos and Petsmarts.

I went to petco yesterday and they were feeding baby bearded dragons crickets that were twice the size of their heads. Also no heat lamps for them :(

@madelinebogle7475

5 жыл бұрын

Oh noooo

@lea_e3242

5 жыл бұрын

*in a few days I’m braking into petco to steal what I can, who is with me?*

@madelinebogle7475

5 жыл бұрын

Skoanz Adventures ME!!

@lea_e3242

5 жыл бұрын

Madeline Bogle 🤝

@socrates1168

5 жыл бұрын

@@emmap564 any at all i breed them. As well as no sand. At least with eating. And salad big as inbetween there eyes

Hermit crabs are not well taken care of either! They put them in painted shells to look cute but in reality they’re being poisoned 😔 petsmart is much better in this area!

@calebcollywager2374

5 жыл бұрын

Brooke Chance hermit crabs can actually live for 20+ years, but they only survive an average of 6 months in the conditions they endure within stores. This isn’t just pet stores, this is also convenience stores as well. I got my two hermit crabs from a beach store.

@bri7768

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, we have a petsmart near me and the animals seem in much better condition rather than what i just saw.

@noramac7269

5 жыл бұрын

Its opposite where I live...... i live in Florida (btw)

@Maya-ud4se

5 жыл бұрын

Brooke Chance lol my sister got one from petco and it’s like 3 years old but still hasn’t switched shells lolll

@turtlecakeyt3287

5 жыл бұрын

Brooke Chance yeah! We gave our hermit crabs a choice of a painted shell or a normal shell, one of them chose a painted shell (nontoxic paint)

I remember when i got my first gecko, my baby didnt even live for a year. I didnt know then how they were supposed to look and what a heathly one looks like. I feel so bad,

_Did anyone else look through the comments looking for a comment from Petco?_ 🙋‍♀️

@chpsuey

5 жыл бұрын

You will never see a comment from them. Far to much liability in the response they give, unless someone from their legal team drafts it.

@mxltinqmoon6885

5 жыл бұрын

Me! lmao 😂😂

@bangerangbean

5 жыл бұрын

I did I would like to see there reaction

@locarre

5 жыл бұрын

@@chpsuey good point :)

@ThatRatInDisguise

5 жыл бұрын

I did

Petco: "Where did the lizards go??" Me:*runs out of door with 10 lizards*

@hazakurasuyama9016

5 жыл бұрын

YES

@Noname-hz9pw

4 жыл бұрын

Save the lizards

@hmmokay314

4 жыл бұрын

Ek ek ek ek ek and i uop save the lizards

@finnmorris6328

4 жыл бұрын

Next time take everything ok everything even the fish,cats and dogs

@bluecowboy1486

4 жыл бұрын

😂that’s awesome

Looks at leopard gecko with his tail as skinny as a freaking paper clip* *Me "OMG Is that baby ok!?!?!?!?!

I can't believe I was shouted out!

I legit couldn’t tell that those were leopard geckos, they are SO SKINNY.

@supertacticaldroid1751

4 жыл бұрын

"No they're just fasting" said by Petco

@baylencenteno7726

4 жыл бұрын

I actually thought the same thing. It's so skinny I see why they confused it with a house gecko!

@lizardlad279

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s a thing they can be born with they can have a parasite and they just constantly use more weight until their entire organ system is messed up

@esmen292

4 жыл бұрын

Ik :(

@jessikitz9397

4 жыл бұрын

my friend just got one from pet i & i currently just took it in... she is SO tiny!!! she won't eat or anything. i have no clue what to do :(

The situations that the beta fish are in is absolutely atrocious as well. They don't even move, and their colors are dull when they are supposed to be bright, like jewels.

@majesticwolf5653

7 жыл бұрын

Alexandra Olson ya and a lot are dead

@captainsneet2141

7 жыл бұрын

I thought most betta fish there were okay, until I went to a pet store that hooks their bowls all up to a machine that cycles out the water and constantly keeps it clean and has nice, flowing water. They looked amazing, happy, and comfortable there. I had no idea what a healthy betta was until then, but now I know that they are not supposed to look like what they look like at a lot of pet stores I go to. I got my current betta, (Dragon King,) from that pet store I spoke about above. He's so energetic, beautiful, and loves to swim around his 10 gallon tank we have for him, but I've been told that bettas do not usually swim so happily, and are usually bored and aggressive. My betta is so calm, and leaves the other fish in his tank alone 100%, (it is a fish that's very VERy docile, but large compared to my betta, so they're fine with each other, but don't socialize. The bigger fish is getting moved to a 20 gallon once we get it up, but for now they're alright.)

@a-bird-lover

7 жыл бұрын

Alexandra Olson I used to have a beta that I got from petsmart, and I never knew betas could be _friendly_. Maybe it was because I had him in a tank with other (not beta) fish? I tried it with another beta after he died, and that beta was friendly too.

@diegofuego4086

7 жыл бұрын

every time I see the betas at petco half of them are dead and/ or dying honestly this corporation is too big to take care of all of it's animals

@someonessidechannel1485

7 жыл бұрын

The reason betas are called "fighting fish" is not because they will eat any other fish, but because the male betas will fight each other to the death to be established as the "alpha" with all the mating rights. They probably couldn't care less about mating with a fish from another species, and without another male, there's no reason to fight.

Tf. They aint feeding them geckos right. Im getting some leopard geckos and trust me ima feed them the highest quality food. I will spoil them rotten.

@urk1ttyg1rl69

3 жыл бұрын

Gay bowser lmao i do that with my bearded dragons they each have a lil blanket

@julietf3360

3 жыл бұрын

I’m gonna do that when I get my BTS. Nothing but the highest quality dog food, chicken, and veggies from my garden lol

@Uaveatz2

3 жыл бұрын

@@julietf3360 when I get my kenyan sand boa and hognose they are safe with _ME_

@julietf3360

3 жыл бұрын

@@Uaveatz2 lmao yep

@pencilRC1

3 жыл бұрын

When I get a bearded dragon I will give best food and enclosure

The petco where I bought my leopard gecko have me little to no information on how to care for them and was housing at least 30 in a 1 gallon tank. She is thankfully now being properly cared for after much research

THIS IS WHY YOU RESEARCH FIRST

@thatkimgirl

5 жыл бұрын

Yup! I have two pages about to start my third about geckos before I get mine

@temperance7582

5 жыл бұрын

Preach

@creppyuwupaster2180

5 жыл бұрын

You Deserve The Mean Comment I imagined out profile picture saying that

@Ic3lyn

5 жыл бұрын

You Deserve The Mean Comment yes that’s what I was thinking petco must research

@Ic3lyn

5 жыл бұрын

Kimber W same

Its not ONLY Leopard Geckos, Bearded Dragons are treated horribly as well as most of the animals there.

@TheAdaoo7

7 жыл бұрын

Karra cheroni all repriles are in some cases. the petco equivelent in the uk called pets at home have now lost their reptile liscense

@holdendaugherty1760

7 жыл бұрын

Karra cheroni especially chameleons

@karra6492

7 жыл бұрын

Ive been on the whole Petco abuse for years. Trust me I know.

@TheSmurfHunterXD

7 жыл бұрын

African Fat tailed geckos aswell

@thahdeepseadivuh7501

7 жыл бұрын

Tortoises get screwed there too, three full sized Russian torts in a maybe 10-15 gallon GLASS aquarium

Leopord gecko: petco doesn't look after me properly. Bosc monitor: hold my coffin

The leopard geks with the died out tails made me cry-

Remember everyone: DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH. Don’t be lazy and take everything a pet store tells you at face value. Extensive research is the best way to ensure you have the best information

@geckoloverzoey1935

4 жыл бұрын

I am learning a lot about geckos i know everything about housing and what they do what they eat and other stuff i watched so many videos about them

@iamhuman1912

4 жыл бұрын

Gecko lover zoey meme two

@zenatheassistancedog3958

4 жыл бұрын

i did research before asking my parents if i could get a beardie found a breeder and he said that they were pymg ones he said they are not for fisrt time reptile people and yet my parents got me a blotch blue tongue from a friend, as soon as i saw the lizard i called her to ask about the temp it need to be at and what he liked to eat she also showed me how to trim the nails. now i have two from her and have had them for over 5 years they are easy to handle but wont be getting anymore until i have a shed up so i can put there cage(big) in there and have heating as well, only got 1 heat lamp so i put it in the middle of the enclouser as i have a divider wall there for my lizards. i was told by the local pet shop in my area that 4foot reptile tank would fit both lizards, yeah they were babies but we i seen them grow bit bigger i started building there enclouser to be bigger now i need to make another one as they want more space enver though they have enough,

@Cause023

4 жыл бұрын

You don't even have to do that hard of research for beginner pets, everything is on KZread nowadays

@abbyfoxall5468

4 жыл бұрын

Brandon Cosme agreed! There’s really no excuse for being misinformed these days because there’s endless information at our disposal. It’s probably harder just trying to get the *right* information and knowing what’s good and what isn’t

omg this is absolutely terrible! I hate how these pets are being treated. Oddly, the petco near my house is much better than shown here. They are not kept on sand, their substrate is repti carpet. Their tails look like the tails of your geckos, they have clear eyes, nose, and mouth, and after doing alot of research and watching your vids i talked to one of the reptile people and they seemed to kmow what they were doing. However, when i asked him for one of those info packets about leopard geckos he told me i'd be better off looking on the internet.

@leopardgeckotalk

8 жыл бұрын

+wolfheart ninja yeah as I said, thankfully there are some better petcos out there, but the bad seems to outweigh the good. haha wow pretty up front about their lack of knowledge lol.

@paranoidlizard6338

8 жыл бұрын

+Leopard Gecko ya, the guy that worked here seemed pretty cool. He owned geckos himself, and he seemed to really care about them.

@kaylaporter1926

8 жыл бұрын

+Leopard Gecko I'm consered about my leopard gecko. He is almost one year one ( I got him from petco). I feed him every day give him water everyday and hold him every day, But he has not yet sheaded and he looks tired. could you reply if you know what could be going on. Thank you.

@OrangeblossomCraftsCanada

8 жыл бұрын

+wolfheart ninja That's wonderful to read! The ones at my nearest Petco's usually look a little worse than they should, but not completely run-down. I think it's because they're sold so quickly that they don't have enough time to be neglected. Which is sad in a ways, but at least they start out healthy so new owners get a starting point of how they should look.

@gordonnewton3200

8 жыл бұрын

+Leopard Gecko i feel so sorry for them i saved my two leo's who were getting bullied but that was not petco fault and there are some pros the one i go to a gut who's my mom friend has ove 30 lizards and he says don't listen to anything petco tells you just do whats good for it dont put a boy and a girl and so one he even sid that sand is bad for them there alot of smart reptile owners in petco but there are some were i have seen leo abuse and so i ask her how long do they live and she said 5 years when it litary said 20 years but thank you for the nice info to stop animal abuse

I have one precious leopard gecko named Ruby, My mom bought it on petco, some days after my mom bought it, I noticed that Ruby had missing some fingers, literraly, some of their fingers don't have the roots of the claws, but still she is very good and healthy

@webodeescorpion7037

2 жыл бұрын

@MS Cous I always do that, I am very concisious that she haves problems with shedding, so I always chek her after shedding if she haves skin in her fingers for removing it.

The pictures are unbelievably hard to look at. I went to a petco once to buy a leopard gecko and it was just sad to watch these beautiful animals sit there and wait to die. Petco employees also gave me wrong info. Its was either this or that sand or a carpet or a special kind of sand or whatever they had. I am lucky i bought a healthy young gecko and hope that we have a great life together❤ Your videos help me out so much, so thank you

Is it weird a feel an urge to go to Petco/PetSmart, ask questions and correct their answers 🤷🤔 Edit: Guys CHILL! I just felt that ME being annoying is better than animals being abused/killed.

@mbr4702

5 жыл бұрын

Skye's Slimes Yeah! Do that so the employees have even less time to feed and care for the dozen plus animals they’re supposed to be taking care of and that you’re trying to help

@luluv5198

5 жыл бұрын

Mbr they have plenty of time to feed their animals lmao, someone asking them a few questions will not take too much time away.

@MicroDogland

5 жыл бұрын

I do it all the time. We had a great petsmart for fish care and then no manager basically fired any fish care specialist and basically all of the water systems failed and killed all fish

@T.ariel.234

5 жыл бұрын

I did that at pet smart when I went to get a betta. I was only 14 at the time and begged my mom to take me. I had been researching for about 6 months then and my mom had no idea I had been researching, so she asked a lady at the store to help me. The lady gave me a bunch of VERY incorrect information such as they live in tiny 0.25 gallon bowls, they don’t need any sort of heater or filter, they can live in a cup, she even said that if their “tails” are deteriorating, it means they’re just “stressed or just getting used to the new water” (??). It was funny because every time she said something I’d correct her with facts to back me up until she just left and said she’ll get someone else to help me, so we left.

@isthatzoey8420

5 жыл бұрын

I wanna do that too

I went to petsmart and asked for a Betta heater and the employee said "bettas don't need heaters" keep in mind I'm in Canada and it's cold here. I told her that they do need heaters to thrive but she didn't seem to care. I was 13 and she didn't care to listen to me

@evilgenius97

6 жыл бұрын

Compos The Whippet everyone thinks they know i grilled a guy and he said "all i do is sell them". Im not buying if you cant talk.

@chris5410

6 жыл бұрын

I work for Petsmart and we sell a specific heater for Betas. If you came asking in my store I would escort you to it and advise you to even check online to see if it was cheaper because Petsmart price matches itself online.

@mixonisse5618

6 жыл бұрын

Chrissy Botan speaking of that online thing... Is it from any online store or just the Online petsmart store? Ive heard about it before

@karlaacosta8283

6 жыл бұрын

I work at a petsmart she needs to be trained wayy better, i’m in the process of being in petcare. Also don’t be so hard on the petcare people because they are still being trained and learning. I have been studying and trying my best to memorize and learn about all the animals that we have. If you’ve ever been in sales you know people can be veryyyy rude if you get even question wrong.:(

@shadowandholly

6 жыл бұрын

Mixonisse The only *online* stores u can price match with are chewy and petsmart(srry no amazon). You can price match with other stores tho, like walmart

I bought my leopard gecko from petco, luckily the employee I got had/has leopard geckos, I picked a healthy gecko luckily all the ones I’m there looked fairly healthy and they were using calcium, all the information in this video are right, so be aware

my family always gets annoyed when we visit petco and i constantly remind them of how awful the conditions are, what should be different, and that we shouldn’t be supporting this, but oh well stay mad i will keep doing it

A PETCO opened in my town and closed in a couple months. I was happy to see it close.

@kirwitch8236

5 жыл бұрын

@Omegon or they got adopted

@slvrrgld9

5 жыл бұрын

Hope the animals got to new better homes

@YouAreStarDust

5 жыл бұрын

@@kirwitch8236 that was what they said

@abelstropicalfruit8647

5 жыл бұрын

They probably killed all remaining animals☹️

@Enchantedtinyfriend

5 жыл бұрын

trevor aldrich GOOD

They changed the sand to repti carpet near me... Finally

@fishmansf4573

5 жыл бұрын

Same

@fishmansf4573

5 жыл бұрын

They also got quarentine tanks for the sick fish.

@TheFlippyNioa

5 жыл бұрын

My pet shop just changed their reptile carpet to calcium sand... I work there and I tried to tell the manager to fix it but she trusts zoomed more than me because I'm new. :/ All the reptiles' humidity is all at 10% too, including the crested geckos, chameleons, frogs, etc. Tried to tell her the soil is too dry but she's worried about mold. We mist them but it just doesn't help if the eco earth is dusty. I don't know why we have hygrometers if we're not abiding by them... Also, the axolotl tank is HEATED. >:( Honestly thinking about quitting, I can see one of the chameleons fading away as it refuses to eat and an anole has an abscess from a stuck shed in its eye. It's so frustrating that she won't listen to me.

@BpthsntBeforeboopthesnoot

5 жыл бұрын

Joey Carter me too

@windexofficial

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheFlippyNioa I recently quit working at a local Petco for almost this exact reason. Poor Pacman frogs died within weeks and I just had to watch. I'd take the little guys in if I didn't know that the store would benefit from it and use the money to buy more

yes... i got my ferret yesterday and today she had to go to the vet bc she had a GI impaction... we had to pay 12 hundred dollars for surgery. our other choice was to put her down bc she was in such critical condition, but we knew we couldn’t do that. she’s in surgery right now, so if you’re seeing this, please pray for my little baby. i will never get pets from petco or petsmart every again.

Thanks for showing

i went into petco and i had to leave because the cats litter box clearly hadn’t been cleaned in a LONG time and i asked the lady why and she said she wasn’t allowed to GIRL WHAT?!!!

@spookyhden10

5 жыл бұрын

a lot of petcos have cats from other rescues, so volunteers take care of it. it isnt the employees fault, the rescue should take care of iy

@UrskaFur

5 жыл бұрын

i worked at a petco once. and that is a thing... i got yelled at cuz i got SICK of looking at the poor cat with a gross box. i told my boss to grow the fuck up. i left and called AC on them... they closed the next day.... rip store. i mean jail

@septicdagger88

5 жыл бұрын

My favourite animals. Reptiles, cats. All being tortured.

@randomfandom-weebyt5581

5 жыл бұрын

Same here... but with the puppys in their cages. (I've seen the kittens too at my local petco.. but they had NO litter box!! Just the room in the cage to do their business. And the rest.. the same as what I'm about to say) I asked them where the puppy's where and they showed me, and, I was disappointed and disgusted. There was literally NO room to move for them to move!!! I never asked anything about if their ever let out of the cage (problably not since some look like they have a bone degrowth in their legs.. atleast I think that's what it's called) because I just straight up left. They had poop and pee all over them and the small amount of ground the cage had to offer. Worst part of it is I saw a few with TWO dogs in it!! THEY ARE JUST BABY'S GODDAMIT!!

@Living.Dead.Rocker

5 жыл бұрын

WHAT EW!

Using sand is very wrong! Leopard geckos can accidentally eat the sand and die. I have a deeeep hatred for Petco.

@oren8699

5 жыл бұрын

Also, that it preferred they should not have lights, it worse

@oren8699

5 жыл бұрын

@Kelvin Daugherty Jr all sand is vad

@DiamondYoshi101

5 жыл бұрын

*CALCIUM ENRICHED SAND IS A LOT WORSE.

@bellaboomboom9370

5 жыл бұрын

Kelvin Daugherty Jr what do you mean calci sand is horrible? My friend uses calci sand and her gecko I’d healthy

@bellaboomboom9370

5 жыл бұрын

Kelvin Daugherty Jr I think it really depends on the calci sand...

I went to Petco to get crickets and the fish section is right next to the reptiles. I peeked over and saw this tiny tiny tank and around 100 goldfish and minnow. I’m heartbroken to see they do this to all of their animals :(

A few things: Thank you so much for posting this video. I bought a leo from Petco 11 years ago. She is still happy and healthy, but I bought my second leopard gecko from a breeder after finding out how horrible places like Petco and Petsmart are. Thank you for trying to bring awareness to this horrible topic. Second: your accent is amazing

I work at petco and trust me I try my hardest. I’m frustrated at the amount of time and care the animals get. I feel u I really do

@aktugkanl7765

4 жыл бұрын

A hero is here

@thomato7590

3 жыл бұрын

I respect you because of your important Job

@sspinda4494

3 жыл бұрын

Thx

@tanyadoherty2591

3 жыл бұрын

U uncal runs a pet store and there being perfect nothing's wrong with them we live in Ireland im ten and know ALOT about reptiles so he wants me to work with him if I work there for a week I get to choose a reptil I know to breed (we live in Ireland buncrana btw)

@tanyadoherty2591

3 жыл бұрын

My uncal lol XD

this is just sad. I got my leopard geckos from petco, and although they are perfectly healthy, the reptile "specialist" told me that I could put a baby in with an adult

@CptBlackAce

6 жыл бұрын

...did you

@savannahratz8875

6 жыл бұрын

That’s fucked up

@wickedworld5500

6 жыл бұрын

Not a baby but I got two geckos from a friend they are 5 and 7 years old and they can be together for a good amount of time but need to be separated for the majority because just like us humans they can get tired of each other and because of their weak bone structure they can break each other’s face 😬

@savannahratz8875

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly man

@paganathiest6349

6 жыл бұрын

The Tester gg I would never trust any reptile fish or insect alone with their offspring, as those animal groups tend to eat their young due to them being weaker

Like a month ago I went to a pet store with my aunt for her bearded dragon and my leopard gecko and I found 6 leopard geckos in a 10-15 gallon tank or even smaller and I think there were more than 1 male in there

The petco near me actually takes really good care of their animals, and they give out correct information. They also have very good selections for how small it is, they had a leucistic ball python, the most gorgeous bettas I’ve ever seen, and adorable chunky little leopard geckos in many different colors. They don’t overcrowd their habitats, and they ask you if you have a setup already and how it’s made, and if it’s not correct they explain why and suggest what to buy, and if they think the animal could be harmed they will deny the sale. Not every Petco is bad

@nightinggale6470

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately that store may still get their animals from mills, and if it does, they shouldn’t be supported.

Petco told me that Bearded Dragons are vegetarians. They also told me a 10 gallon tank would hold a full grown one.😑🤦‍♀️ They also told me they live about 2 years. Edit: Yes I realize I should have researched more before purchasing my beardie, it’s a mistake I regret dearly, but I don’t regret my short time with my Beardie, he lived 3 years in a far larger rank then they recommended and with a even mix of veggies and insects and died from unknown causes

@Jcreamy513

5 жыл бұрын

Sherman 8 well they probably would live two years with the current info on how to keep them lol

@sherman8917

5 жыл бұрын

Non- Existent True!😡

@k3iK3ig0

5 жыл бұрын

WTF!

@dogwithacamera2722

5 жыл бұрын

Oh no I just set up my leopard gecko cage wrong dang it

@eggtennis5215

5 жыл бұрын

Mine just turned 2 and is healthy.

A snake in my local petco was trying desperately to get out of its cage. A Week later, there was a major flood and I heard that all the animals died. The store no longer has animals now. That snake knew...

@dapperdino6044

6 жыл бұрын

GreySquirrely 17. Animals do have senses to indicate natural disasters. So you are right. It did know. R.I.P all the animals in the store. They just wanted a home😢

@sienna_1596

6 жыл бұрын

That is so sad and a scary thought to think that he/she knew what was to become of him! Imagine how he/she felt! 😢The poor thing!

@toxic_beees

5 жыл бұрын

person out there oml... If only they knew WHY the snake tried to escape... Also... My friend has a bunch of pets. One story is the saddest though. There was a bearded dragon who had just a heat lamp, was in the basement, they owner hired a teenager to feed him and she gave him one piece of kale, AND to make it even worse he just threw the uncared for dead animals in his backyard. Luckily the bearded dragon (now named Doris) is a healthy 2 year old lizard.

@ashleighgaskill4707

5 жыл бұрын

Animals always know before humans

@LadyLeviathan

5 жыл бұрын

I wish could have taken them away from those fuckers of mothers

I remember my friend has seen a dead baby chameleon and I saw a dead baby bearded dragon in a petco store. I was so disturbed. The baby bearded dragon looked emaciated and the chameleon looked sickly. Probably why they died smh 😒

I need to tell you how thankful I am that you made this video. I got a leopard gecko from Petco and if I had found this video and other videos telling me the real information on how to care for my gecko Sammie, they would be dead. Sammie and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

The internet: Petco how could you do this to these poor defenceless creatures! Petco:I like money!

@rosevampire3755

4 жыл бұрын

I read that in a mr krabs voice and it killed me.

@weenusfranklin2752

4 жыл бұрын

@@rosevampire3755 same!! XD

E: they are desert animals: Also E: keep them at room temperature Me: HMMMMMM

@sirjimmy

4 жыл бұрын

they want it to die quicker so u have to buy a new one

@londonmeier5144

4 жыл бұрын

Brody Willson yea exactly

@summ3r1z

4 жыл бұрын

I SMELL🧢

@thecoolestpersononyt859

4 жыл бұрын

when I heard that I was like: oh hell no my room hella cold

@Ryanbros

4 жыл бұрын

they need 75• at least and 90• at most ( there is no degree symbol so count that as a degree symbol)

I work at a smaller petco location and all of this seems so weird to me, we take care of the animals there just fine.

@marieking428

3 жыл бұрын

I have that same feeling as someone who works at petco

@AllMightsSister

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, its only some Petcos. Mine is great, aside from the crested gecko habitats.

I was the most happy person in the entire world when I went to Petco and I picked up my bearded dragon that I saved for months to get and within two months and died from a disease I hate Petco

The most ironic thing about this video is that I got a petco ad before it

@reahigg

7 жыл бұрын

Is your profile Glory From WIngs Of Fire?

@mandal.1852

7 жыл бұрын

Echty a Sketch WHY IS GLORY IN A SUIT IN YOUR PROFILE PIC XDD

@baconlover8634

7 жыл бұрын

Echty a Sketch r.i.p

@FlippinEgg

7 жыл бұрын

Now I want see all of the dragonets in a suit

@carnoyoutubeman

7 жыл бұрын

A_Fellow_ Pyukumuku Wings Of Fire?

We need to protest about Petco, who’s with me

@LadyLeviathan

5 жыл бұрын

This anon certainly is!

@rover4802

5 жыл бұрын

toby. fx Me! They told me my lizard had bone disease the entire time when I told them he died!

@agatkagrzyb653

5 жыл бұрын

me

@monsieur_gyoo

5 жыл бұрын

Let the boycotting begin!

@yourlocalgermanstormtroope1679

5 жыл бұрын

toby. fx fuck yeah

This reminds me of how my brother cares for his gecko. He told me that he could care for his on his own because I had my own.. But he NEVER fed him or cleaned his tank, so I just took him into my own care. The two were raised together, and the male gets depressed without the female..

@nightinggale6470

3 жыл бұрын

Keep in mind that they may snap and fight one day. I’ve seen countless cases of geckos tolerating each other for years, only to snap and seriously injure or kill each other. They could also breed. Make sure they have a massive enclosure (I’m talking 4x2x2 or bigger).

@beautifuldisaster1336

3 жыл бұрын

@@nightinggale6470 I do have a huge enclosure. If they did breed, all their eggs have been infertile. And, they are 7 years old and have been together for a long time. In some cases, the male has snapped at the female because she like to make it look like her tail is a mealworm. :>

when I saw how thin that leopard gecko was it almost made me cry.

1:35 I have never seen a leaperd gecko with such a skinny bod and tail... Poor thing.

@elloryhansen4199

5 жыл бұрын

That one was a baby but adults should definitely not be that small

@Toyhub2345

5 жыл бұрын

@@elloryhansen4199 my baby has a bigger tail

@elloryhansen4199

5 жыл бұрын

@@Toyhub2345 oh okay

@vujuu606

5 жыл бұрын

I bought my leopard gecko at pet smart how bout you?

@elloryhansen4199

5 жыл бұрын

@@vujuu606 Craigslist. He was 7 when I got him. He's about 12 now and still very healthy.

1. Start a go Fund Me 2. collect money 3. SUE THE PANTS OFF THEM

@iivenne_

8 жыл бұрын

+Shane Carr FUCK YES LE DO IT IT!

@rosiecaswell6523

8 жыл бұрын

I agree with the raising money but if you sue them there wouldn't be any place for the animals to go. I think someone should raise money and help get the right habitat in the petco near you.

@Namenlos34

7 жыл бұрын

Jeah! I would spend some money!

@screamingpopsicles4260

7 жыл бұрын

Annette Corrales-Lopez Anyone start one yet?

@hithere537

7 жыл бұрын

Ha

Thank you for putting this video out there. This took some strength to do and you have my full respect ✊ 🫶👍👏

I am so glad I found you're channel. I found out I haven't been caring for my babies right and I feel bad. Thank you for informing me on how to properly care for my geckos :)

@nightinggale6470

3 жыл бұрын

Just wondering, are they housed together?

Lady: “You’re gonna need a “THICK” layer of sand” Me: Umm what in the world are you talking about? Geckos lick everywhere to sense things and if they lick the sand that can cause serious impaction because of all that building up inside them..so you are very wrong and pls don’t say that again.

@adrimrie

4 жыл бұрын

i think you meant impaction but yes you are very correct and it is very sad

@benjones424

4 жыл бұрын

It’s perfectly fine

@therealapplejack1758

4 жыл бұрын

AdriMrie “yes :) I fixed the mistake sorry. I was typing super fast so I must have missed that”

@keira6977

4 жыл бұрын

And they need a THICK layer of education and a THICK layer of common sense

@originaluseername

4 жыл бұрын

1. why is there A "ME:" 2. *YOU'RE

Leopard Geckos: *Literally lick everything* Keepers: Ah yes, clumping sand, perfect for this gecko. Honestly I'd love to work for Petco just so I can actually educate and correctly inform people about how to care for their reptiles.

@maddog980

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I got one and the worker was a dumb ass she told me to get a small ass crab cage for it and she said they didn’t need any lights

@hannahthefallenangel788

3 жыл бұрын

@HAEDYN RICHARDSON (Student) it sucks that you have to be 18. I wanna work at petsmart since it's closer to me and looks cleaner. Honestly I just want to inform people on reptiles since I have a ball python of my own. Plus i can get more snakes too.

@lumi4008

3 жыл бұрын

i work at petco for this exact reason! it really depends on the store. there are lots of employees that actually know their stuff and wish to make petco a good place for our animals :)

@kadenbane

3 жыл бұрын

"do you like animals?"

@claiire3860

3 жыл бұрын

I’m been to research and I’m still confused what to feed them. I don’t 100% don’t want to feed crickets but if i need to i will.

I went to a Petco and looked at the bearded dragons some were orange and some were gray, but here's when I got mad the gray-bearded dragon's enclosure was REALLY SMALL, while the orange ones had a 50 gallon enclosure.

@urk1ttyg1rl69

3 жыл бұрын

Ezekiel The bearded dragon IKR IVE SEEN THAT! It’s like orange beardies are much more appreciated :( I have a grayish-greenish color you were talking about and an orange beardie! And i spoil them rotten xD But luckily i didn’t get them from petco i got them from a professional breeder :3!

@wormify4057

3 жыл бұрын

〚 σkαmí ɦǟռǟ〛 I reported this to the workers there and, good news that they changed both of the enclosures for orange and gray beardies to 50 gallon enclosures which is amazing

@wormify4057

3 жыл бұрын

Try reporting it, it might work!

I personally work at a Petco and I’m so glad we don’t have that type of store! We always try to keep the tanks under stocked and we don’t order anymore until we know we’re low!

Destroy petco from within. Get hired and actually take care of their animals for them.

@giraffeeggs8387

4 жыл бұрын

Thank god the guy at my petco didn’t say any of that he was honest with all of it

@kimbinblebbins3133

4 жыл бұрын

My roommate wants to work at Petco or Petsmart. I couldn't. You HAVE to take care of them like they're taken care of there, or you don't keep your job. The only good that can come of it, is helping a new owner buy the correct items, and explaining why everything that is in the display enclosure is horribly wrong. Which is a great thing. But I just can't imagine putting hatchlings and juveniles in with each other and adults, etc. Ugh, nope, makes my skin crawl.

@lexarealone

3 жыл бұрын

Its definitely hard, I work there and they barely give you time to properly take care of them. I once looked up what to give the bearded dragons because we were out of the kale we give them so i read that peppers were okay to give and i got yelled at saying we don't do that here even though it says so online

@MarquezFamilyReptiles

3 жыл бұрын

@@lexarealone shouldn't even be eating kale tbh shit nuits

@kailynnfay2644

3 жыл бұрын

Or take them home with you

Umm ur gunna want to use a thick layer of sand. Umm excuse me no sand ur gecko is gonna die if u put it in sand

@baileysubliminals7192

4 жыл бұрын

Rocken reptiles A Leopard Gecko doesn't need bedding just a reptile carpet and maybe a small pillow for softness

@zeyunggiscool

4 жыл бұрын

It’s gonna die from impaction

@micahhuge1474

4 жыл бұрын

Ya. I’ve made that mistake many times. When I was younger 4 of my geckos died from impaction. Also my bearded dragon died from that too. I’m now using reptile carpet and tiles. I’m reaserching so much and am not buying pet smart or pet co ever again

@irisjaffe4657

4 жыл бұрын

Rocken reptiles you can use sand, but not thick sand

@micahhuge1474

4 жыл бұрын

IrisBeauty well possibly. It’s not about how much there is it’s about how much they eat. I would personally stay away from it though

THOSO POOR BABYS LOOK AT THIER TAILS :( we need to fix petco

When buying my leopard gecko (Sherman

What do you guys think; It's better to adopt an animal at Petco, as to save it from the harsh environments it's living in, OR It's better to not adopt any animals from Petco, as to not support them & their harsh treatment to their animals. I can't decide, maybe you could?

@bjgeantil

7 жыл бұрын

save the animals!

@angelinawhatsherface5907

7 жыл бұрын

hold a heist. go in there with masks and guns and state exactly why you are stealing the animals. say its like a rescue operation. take the necessary supplies to house the animals too.

@SaltineCrackerPacker

7 жыл бұрын

Someone said about saving petco bettas that you're not saving them unless you steal them because then the store gets no money. The flip side to this is innocent employees get blamed, fired, fined, etc. It does NOTHING to the company's policies on its pet keeping, only to how many cameras and employee training exercises on theft that it needs. And now that I'm reading Angelina's comment- yup thats pretty much what you'd have to do.

@bjgeantil

7 жыл бұрын

Silver The Riolu Or animals die. your choice.

@bjgeantil

7 жыл бұрын

Silver The Riolu I don't follow any morals.

To be honest by reading the comments, it seems like the difference between a good Petco and a bad one is the the employees. If the employees really care enough to research things about the animals, then you have a good one, but some people just work there to have a job.

@erikajewel

7 жыл бұрын

It's also up to the store to set protocol

@SaltineCrackerPacker

7 жыл бұрын

And let me tell you, their training is garbage. If i hadn't already known information on my leos, and my fish tanks, I might have believed the training flash videos and worksheets at face value.

@himynameisjeff6098

7 жыл бұрын

satunbreeze true

@greysoncourtney2374

7 жыл бұрын

satunbreeze It's not their job to research. They're taught these things.

@seafire380

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah but they don't have to lisen to that crap as do the research themselves.

I got my Pacman frog from Petco. He came sick and nobody told me. I was devastated to find out he had MBD and took care of him the best I could. Sadly Chompy passed away but he lives a good and happy life and passed in a warm area surrounded by loved ones.

The picture of the gecko in the paper towel looks exactly like my gecko that pet land gave me (who are just as bad as petco). My gecko was not eating properly and we brought him to the vet and followed his instructions and thought he was doing fine bc he was gaining weight but sadly he passed away. Now I’ve been watching videos on how to better care for geckos to make sure our next one will not end up like Gabriel!

I had two cats from petco they where very skinny and we had to bring them to the hospital many times. They died a year ago. Rip Felix and Stripes 💔

@arbana.boowomp

3 жыл бұрын

I’m so sorry. I’m sure they were beautiful and great cats, i know how it feels to lose someone/pets you really value. Rest easy Felix and Stripes 💙 also, fuck you Petco!

@xenoumbre3010

3 жыл бұрын

Im sorry for your lost

@gooseguts

3 жыл бұрын

My cat is very healthy from petco, I got lucky

Former Petco employee here: I wasn’t specifically on reptiles most of the time while I worked there. I was the fish guy. This problem persists in every department unfortunately. Sometimes the employees don’t actually know the way they kept the animals was disgraceful. Personally I thought that was slightly better than employees like myself who knew it was wrong and were constantly told you can’t do it that way. Also anytime another store is shutting down for a remodel or something like that, guess where all the animals go: to another Petco packed with too many animals already. The tanks are ALWAYS too small with too many animals without their basic care needs. It’s heartbreaking to watch but if you tried to help, you’d get written up. Honestly I couldn’t deal with the guilt anymore and my store manager. The guy never picked up a single animal ever at the store since he had started working there. I was convinced he just hated animals until he told me he had cats which I’m sure he only had because of his wife. I hate how the animals are treated there. It’s the worst

@jerrythegod3606

4 жыл бұрын

fish guy u say

@pinkiecale

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for doing your best, of course all employees do but most don't learn the right way. But you tried really hard

@bluecowboy1486

4 жыл бұрын

That sucks 😓 I wouldn’t be able to stand that I’d lose my mind on my manager if he was like that. I got my first leopard gecko from Petco and she was in a very small cage with at least five other babies. And she was the ONLY one with a tail. I swear the employees messed with them and they all dropped their tails

This makes me wanna cry. I feel so bad for this poor geckos😪

I almost cried while holding my new baby gecko, this is sad. I hope they take better care of there pets

@Damascene_

3 жыл бұрын

how are they doing rn?

@birdosanimation4485

3 жыл бұрын

@@Damascene_ Good, getting bigger and stronger by the day! Their super social, found out it’s a boy, Ty for asking

Alright.. here we go. My family has never gotten a Leopard Gecko, however several years ago we adopted a Bearded Dragon from a pet store (not 100% certain it was Petco.) Several of the lizards limbs were mangled, as the person we were talking to said that it's siblings had been attacking it. This was confusing, as the bearded dragon was almost 5x the size of the lizards around it. We immediately adopted it, as my sister had been looking for as much information as she could on proper care for these beautiful creatures. Thankfully, our lizards set backs did not stop them from living a full life. R.I.P. Flower, you were a great companion.

look at how skinny the tails are..... *poor unhealthy lil' dudes :(* im ready to get myslef a job at petco and steal 12 lizardssss

@onyxth3ripper

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, you shouldn't get defected lizards, it would be best if you reported the problem. I would recommend Snake Discovery's video on the matter.

@axaxii1588

3 жыл бұрын

Belle I know! I would never even try to work at petco. It is a terrible place. This was a joke to show that they’re treating them so terribly in pet stores that I would go steal them to give them better lives. (I would do something illegal)

@onyxth3ripper

3 жыл бұрын

@@axaxii1588 I know it's a joke, but I think it's a serious topic that should be handled in a serious way.

@sipapi1131

3 жыл бұрын

I like how you stole the comment from 3 years ago but added more to it.

@sipapi1131

3 жыл бұрын

@@onyxth3ripper get a sense of humor bruv.

This video made me cry i will never stop at these places

I worked at a Petco in Osage Beach Missouri and animal care was absolutely #1. Every staff member was knowledgable in at least 2 departments, I was fish and "exotics" departments. Exotics being reptiles, amphibians, arachnids, crustaceans and such.

I purchased a rat over a year ago, sick and dying and they picked her up by the tail and put her in a small box (made for an animal the size of a dwarf hamster) and pointed me to a "Rat Manor" that was 2 and a half foot tall and a foot wide, they told me she would live happily there for the rest of her life. She's now 16 inches and 2.5lbs and living in a 5x5 and I can't help but think of the babies they sell to unsuspecting parents.

@skrunklycreationz

6 жыл бұрын

m s Did you get her a friend?

@ms-hn4rt

6 жыл бұрын

Phoe's Stuff yeah! she now has a little sister named Lotus.

@skrunklycreationz

6 жыл бұрын

m s that's great! Rats are amazing. But I don't think I would be able to own them due to their short lifetime. I lost my little mouse Nella today, and rats don't live very long either. I think when I am much older I may get rats

@ms-hn4rt

6 жыл бұрын

Phoe's Stuff I'm so sorry for your loss 💕 but rats are excellent pets and I think you'd love them

@skrunklycreationz

6 жыл бұрын

m s I'm sure I'd love them, maybe a bit too much. I get very attached to my animals. Even my fish, I get very sad when they die. I'm a sensitive person, so I'm going to wait some years before getting another permanent animal (I will be fostering some however)

I went dumpster diving at petco( they throw out perfectly good cat food that isn't even open) and found a cage with a Guinea pig in it, he was freezing and was starving, I had some lettuce and stuff because I just went to the store, I brought him home and made him a C&C cage about 8 feet. I gave him a salad and cut his nails and his fur a bit because it was so long, I named him stitch ( he has a stitch mark on his eye ) and I went to the store after doing a ton of research and got him a ton of fleece stuff and made him a couple cuddle sacks, I got him Timothy hay and Guinea pig diet, I found out piggies need friends so I went to the shelter and adopted a baby, they are both healthy and alive in a 10 foot cage squealing and playing all the time, they love there salads and there tasty hay. Till this day I always hated petco.

@anemone9325

6 жыл бұрын

Ivy Mulhern YOUR SO KIND

@everythingnight_speedpaint3865

5 жыл бұрын

THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH PETCO

@hafh6357

5 жыл бұрын

That poor baby :((((( glad he’s in a nice home now

@spencernorcross7521

5 жыл бұрын

You should have documented it the moment you realized there was an animal there :((. I do know tho some pet owners will dump off unwanted pets at pet stores or even in the back like that.

@aliaskt

5 жыл бұрын

I saw a video of a man dumpster diving behind pet smart, he found live baby lizards in a tiny little bag about 17 in all and he didn’t save any because he was bitching about how it was wrong to throw away live animals. So moral of this true story is that if you find something in need help it before it FUCKING DIES!!!

I recently overheard an employee at Petsmart telling a man that he could keep a leopard gecko and a bearded dragon in the same tank. I was horrified! I actually yelled out, "NO YOU CAN'T DO THAT!'. I explained to both the employee and the customer that not only would a full sized bearded dragon probably eat a baby leopard gecko, but that their heating needs are different as well. I am so glad I was there that day to save a little life. It makes me so mad and sad when I think about all the little lives that I can't save.

Literally why I adopted a 3 day old Crested gecko from Petco to get him out of there! I love my baby and he’s perfectly healthy now🥰

I remember going to petco and I saw like, 7 damn leopard geckos in one small tank

@masonpearce7144

4 жыл бұрын

Me two!

@cyberwasp461

4 жыл бұрын

@FreezedIcee AJ I saw about 6 in a port richey fl Petco.

@Dennden

4 жыл бұрын

Lucky. I counted somewhere between 15 to 20 in one of the ones I was in.

@morqaner7809

4 жыл бұрын

if a leopard gecko must be kept with other geckos, there must only ever be 3, one male and 2 female.

I started crying at a Petco once due to their new "Tarantula Huts". These are supposed to house baby tarantulas, however they are doing nothing right! They have green foam along the bottom and a single leaf. They are all kept at the same temperature despite some being tropical species and others being desert species. They are smaller than my pinkie nail yet are fed crickets a bit smaller than the size of my big toenail. They are given no place to hide other than the corners of their habitats, and are starving to death. Too many people are scared of spiders, and I hate it. THIS NEEDS TO CHANGE.

@eidola1610

7 жыл бұрын

Also at Walmart, their fish are in atrocious conditions! I counted up to 20 dead fish at a smaller store, and one beta fish was sneezing its gills out.

@Guerrilla727

7 жыл бұрын

hippypower123 You started crying? Jesus Christ

@sara4024

7 жыл бұрын

hippypower123 I'm still scared of spiders fuck that

@yomaulstartickler5926

7 жыл бұрын

hippypower123, you cried over a spider, nuff said, your crazy

@Mrmusic-mv7eg

6 жыл бұрын

Tiffany Feng lol

I just bought my Leo yesterday from petco, I’m so happy I got him out of there after watching this, I had did my own research prior and knew not to buy sand for his terrarium and just bought a heating pad. I will be changing the light fixtures I currently have and will be taking your advice to buy a 3rd hide for moisture. Thank you for the info!!

@nightinggale6470

2 жыл бұрын

For future reference please don’t buy animals from petco, they’re not a good company to support. Heat mats are not a good heat source. A halogen flood bulb connected to a dimmer/dimming thermostat is the most natural and beneficial option. They produce infrared A and B like the sun, heat that penetrates deep into the skin tissue and heats them far more effectively than heat mats. Whereas heat mats only produce IRC, which only heats the surface of their skin. Linear UVB is very beneficial as well :)

I always feel so bad whenever I see these photos, when I think about my own gecko, who is happy, energetic (for the most part) eats well, he also lives in a nice 40 gallon enclosure. I keep him on bioactive substrate. And then I see this and it makes me so sad, the poor little dudes, 😢

I got a PetSmart ad on this video.

@jensonnguyen2169

5 жыл бұрын

Oh god

@rorin.4798

4 жыл бұрын

Chloe & Rosco Random! Perfect

@keirag1826

4 жыл бұрын

pet smart is better than pet co

@blxck-mage_

4 жыл бұрын

Keira XOXO no it isn’t I saw a dead turtle in the tank and I could tell it was there for a while because of the smell of the corpse

@taoutdoors8110

4 жыл бұрын

Same 😭😂

Guys we need to email this to Petco or show it to the staff( this is a team effort!)

@jupiter8037

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Everyone needs to email or share this to the main Petco headquarters!

I recently went to my local petco to look at the leopard geckos, since I'm think about getting one soon. But when I got to the tank they were keeping them in I was surprised. There were about 10-12 geckos (babies and adults) in what appeared to be a 5.5 gallon tank. That isn't even big enough for 1 gecko. And here they are putting 11 in such a small space. I felt so bad for the poor little things. I really hope petco realizes these mistakes and fixes them.

when i got my first reptile ever, bearded dragon, the employee told me to keep the heat at 60-70 and gave me crickets larger than my pets head.. although i didnt know any better since i was only 12 or 13, i took care of it everyday and followed the instructions she wrote down for me, and he soon then died 5 months after i got him.. the vet i took him to said that he was neglected and had a bone disease much earlier on before i had him. really makes me sad. not only that, the crickets i was feeding him soon began to peck at him and try and eat his skin. i also had only one hideout because thats what they told me.

Luckily for me, when I went to a petsmart to get my leopard gecko (I was young) the sales assistant had many lizards of their own and gave us calcium, two hides, a heat pad, and moss to put in a shed bin she told us to use a ten gallon tank while he was a juvenile, but it was a MUST to have a 20 when he was older. I always thought petsmart was like other chain stores, but the workers there (even the cashier) were very kind and had an obvious care for animals, so, know that not all stores are awful, but some of them are bad enough for ten stores.

@seanecus33

4 жыл бұрын

I agree, my pet smart is super good with animals and they have the right knolege.

@annabelleharper8862

4 жыл бұрын

I bought both of my geckos there and they we very healthy and well taken care of the employee helped us get everything that we could possibly need the right crickets and all the vitamins as well as a small book that had so much good information on how to handle them and feed and all the basics. Unfortunately the geckos were crowded and only one hide but once I got home with the first on he grew to a good size and is even healthier now. The biggest down side was the fact that they didn’t know the genders and we bought another one later on not knowing if they’ll get along or if they would fight. I’m pretty sure one is definitely a male but I’m not dead set on it.

@candy9990

4 жыл бұрын

thats why I'm getting my leopard gecko from petsmart

@parkerfrench2996

4 жыл бұрын

I avoid petco at all costs, but Petmarts are usually a hit or miss and it really depends on the employees.

@star_orange3538

4 жыл бұрын

Petsmart is a pretty good store :3

I love how liberals , conservatives, and independents all feel the exact same about petco lol

@MegaC3600

6 жыл бұрын

Rusty Irons LIBERALS JUST GOT OWNED EPIC STYLE 😎

@trentelmao5471

5 жыл бұрын

Conservatives rektt

@maeveshotwell3509

5 жыл бұрын

No animal should be treated this way. I think that is something everyone can agree on. No matter what political views they might have.

This is heartbreaking. I just got a crestie/crested gecko from petco, luckily the reptiles at the location look super healthy and they have great set ups in their terrariums there. They told me detailed accurate information too, and said they give them vitamins and calcium there. I am really thankful I bought from a good store and not like the ones talked about in this. I really hope people watch this and that petco changes things in their stores.

I recently got a 10 year old Leopard gecko (I’m 13) my grandma’s friend’s granddaughter gave it to me because she went off to college and couldn’t be bothered to take care of it anymore. you can tell it was from Petco, The terrarium she gave me had sand in it and that gecko had never seen a cricket before in its life thing, doesn’t even know how to hunt so I’m convinced she only fed at meal worms. I don’t know if she gave her vitamins or not nothing seems to be healthy but I had to get a bunch of new stuff because it was very obvious that she didn’t know what she was doing, I don’t know how it survived this long.