good petco?

[mncavylover]

Nothing? Look on petfinder. Look on www.cavyrescue.com. There are TONS in MI!

[kebboli]

The 2 animal shelters I went to were not that nice and one of them didnt even know for sure which were male or female. and they were in little cages with cedar bedding and scratching........Sorry Petco ended up being the cleanest and at that time was comfortable getting them there and all ended up fine. Like I said that was before I got to know that you shouldn't get them from Petco...but in the future if I decide to get more I will check into finding a rescue somewhere. But right now I love my 3 sweeties that I have.

[kebboli]

Also have a friend that wants to get a few piggies and has built a big c+c cage, So we are going to check into finding a rescue for her to go look at now that we have done more researching.....thanx

[l_eris_l]

Being a fish lover (and "rescuer" of all of my friends' abandoned fish), I just had to chime in here. I have yet to see a pet store (or Walmart) in my area that didn't have dead fish in all of the tanks. The fish situation really is appalling. The employees never seem to know what they are talking about and I cringe when I hear them give "advice" to customers.

I even got into an argument once with this one Petco employee because I wanted an Oto and I pointed it out to him in the correct tank, and he tried to bag me a chinese algae eater instead. He was convinced they were the same and angry that I made him put back 5 different CAE's and continue chasing the Oto around the tank.

Cheri, how is the fish department at your Petco?

And for the person that asked this question, besides local pet stores there really isn't much of a selection for fish hobbyists. Garden stores sometimes sell pond fish, but not tropical or salt water fish. There are some mail-order companies and online places that sell live fish, but they often have a minimum order size and many fish die during shipping.

One dilemma I have run into is that a mom-and-pop pet store near me has the very best fish department and the employees are very knowledgable. But they also sell tons of live animals, including guinea pigs, rabbits, dogs, cats, opossums, sugar gliders, flying squirrels, etc. I don't want to give my money to a place that buys from breeders, but some of the fish species can't be found anywhere else (especially the catfish, my favorite)...



~Eris~


ETA: Ooops, really old thread! Sorry.