Just to address a few comments about my chinchilla so that I don't have to keep writing out the same replies: Could I have done more to prevent his death? Possibly. But I was not a legal adult with access to my own money / car, admittedly had limited knowledge on chinchillas compared to what I had now and was pulling together what I could for an animal I wanted to get out of a bad situation that he ultimately would have died in too. Why did I not take him to a vet? It's easy enough now looking back to say 'this is what I should have done different / maybe a vet would have been able to save him' but dwelling on it doesn't bring him back. He had months / weeks of illness in the store left untreated, and was seen by a vet that didn't find anything wrong, so an exotic / chinchilla vet would have been needed. I personally think the months worth of damage done by the store not treating whatever was underlying, probably couldn't have been unpacked in the 5-6 days I had him home. It takes a few days usually for vets to give you an appointment, and if there was any medication they could have given him I fear it would have been too late by that point. I also, back then saw no signs that led me to believe he was declining (small animals are very good at hiding illness), if anything he improved once I got him home, was eating, drinking, active and mostly alert, chinchillas diet should primarily be made up of hay, and in the store he had none, fed only on pellets, it likely contributed to his issues, as soon as I brought him home he had unlimited access to hay, and his pooping improved, although not as frequent as it should have been, but perhaps it was a little too late. There's a lesson to be learnt from everything and I certainly learnt mine, I'm always honest about my mistakes on this channel, and as a young adult I was swept up in the emotion of wanting to get an animal out of a terrible system, yes I could have done better, and these days as a 25 year old I would do better (by avoiding situations like these entirely), I did as much research as I could in 2 weeks but could have done more. It's a story I here time and time again, about impulse purchases, animals that were failed by multiple people, and many animals dying days / weeks after purchase. Moral of the story is don't buy animals from chain pet stores, even if they're tugging at your heart strings. He would have died alone in the pet store, instead he had a final few days where he got to experience his first dust bath, an appropriate diet, and love.
@theonewiththehorse
2 жыл бұрын
he was lucky you got him ❤️
@mikoto7693
2 жыл бұрын
In my opinion you did good to at least try to save him and you gave him proper love and care. At least he got to experience love and care because of you.
@cyberpunkedgerunner2644
2 жыл бұрын
It's a fucking chinchilla... Get over it. I bet you wouldn't talk so much if it was a dead roach... I'd understand if it was an intelligent animal like a cat or dog... Not a fuckin puffy rat that my cat hunts around for fun.
@morgancohen634
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this thoughtful explanation - it’s clear you have a big heart and the best of intentions.
@wolfymudkips4266
2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad he got to spend his past few days with someone who cared for him properly and loved him. You did a really good thing.
@lauracort9912
2 жыл бұрын
I bought rats from a store pet chain and one of them had a hole in his foot and it had gone green. So I nursed him back to health with the help of my vet because I knew if I took him back he would die. He recovered completely and then I went into the pet shop with the vet bills and demanded they paid for it. They paid instantly because they realised they were going to get in big trouble.
@Emiology
2 жыл бұрын
omg! Poor guy
@Panda-cute
2 жыл бұрын
That’s horrific. I’m glad they paid
@MyCuteHamster00
2 жыл бұрын
Asking them to pay is so smart! If everybody did that they would think more about the care they provide.
@Panda-cute
2 жыл бұрын
@@MyCuteHamster00 it would, especially if they get sued a few times
@d-meth
2 жыл бұрын
You got very lucky that they paid instead of claiming the rat was fine when leaving the store.
@PetConnectionInternational
2 жыл бұрын
I think we definitely need more regulations for pet stores - what they can sell, how they care for animals & the information they provide all need to be regulated in my opinion
@Emiology
2 жыл бұрын
I agree! Unfortunately the government standard for pet stores to follow is so low, and the only other people who would hold them accountable are the RSPCA, who aren't the best at times and are also now caught up in a certain chain pet stores business...
@PetConnectionInternational
2 жыл бұрын
@@Emiology yeah, and one of the problems with the RSPCA and the current law is that their requirement is that the care must be "suitable"... Which is totally not subjective at all 😑
@MyCuteHamster00
2 жыл бұрын
Pet stores shouldn't be allowed to sell animals at all, IMO. Only ethical breeders should.
@PetConnectionInternational
2 жыл бұрын
@@MyCuteHamster00 I agree!
@d-padqueen1103
2 жыл бұрын
Emiology is doing a great job, because the next best thing really is raising awareness while also raising awareness of good animal care - if people stopped buying from pet stores, it would require a less expensive lengthy wait for parliament to umm and ahh about legislation and force them into stocking acceptable products and animal care in their stores :)
@SmudgeWCUE1
2 жыл бұрын
So my rabbit had babys and we were thinking of dropping it off at the local pet store, Now I'm definitely not. Thank you for helping.
@aleisterlilywhite1109
2 жыл бұрын
Look for local rescue shelters ✌️
@SmudgeWCUE1
2 жыл бұрын
@@aleisterlilywhite1109That was our plan right now, thanks.
@fishlady7930
2 жыл бұрын
Please find a rescue that is specifically with rabbits, not all places have actual knowledge about caring for rabbits but also young rabbits as well.
@SmudgeWCUE1
2 жыл бұрын
@@fishlady7930 Yeah that's what we tryed to do, and we found the best one we would. (Not saying the location, for my own privacy) Thanks for the suggestion thought. We longer have any of the babies but one we decided to keep.
@fishlady7930
2 жыл бұрын
@@SmudgeWCUE1 om so glad you found one! I have learned a lot of rescues may say they take any animals but doesn't mean they know how to care for them very well.
@gidol3790
2 жыл бұрын
I’m glad my local pet store is good. They sell big cages, c&c cages and good products in general. They don’t sell any living animals and my guinea pigs LOVE their hay :)
@Sophieivy1_
2 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely disappointing. You would assume that a pet store could be trusted but no. All they care about is making profit. I can’t imagine what these poor animals has been though. I knew pet stores weren’t good but this is horrific. Edit: I appreciate the likes ty.
@Panda-cute
2 жыл бұрын
I worked at a petstore for awhile (rhymes with setso) that was okay, but I’ll tell you that I would never buy animals from them due to personal moral choices and because the animal are literally almost never handled
@UnlikeVarjak
2 жыл бұрын
I remember on my 18th birthday, I went to a pet store to buy a Leopard Gecko, what really shocked me is how skinny she was and I just had to get her back home. I named her Kerrie Anne and she lived a lively healthy life till she passed in. Missing her everyday x
@GalaxiiBunnii
2 жыл бұрын
I used to work for this company. My store was pretty good, the isolation room had the correct signage and we were told to wear PPE (gloves, an apron and, in some cases, a mask). We definitely had to remove all of it and wash our hands before going in to the "quiet room"/quarantine, or before going on to the shop floor. The iso room was always cleaned out last every morning because of this, to avoid possible contamination. Luckily, I didn't see anywhere near as much death in the 4 years I was there. The fish seemed to be the worst, but not as often as 10-20 per hour, although there was a period where the "stock" that came in must have had issues, because we kept losing so many of one particular type. There was an incident with a batch of hamsters that we think had wet tail, I think we ended up losing all of them because the treatment didn't work. Like it seemed like wet tail, but was worse :/ I agree the no natural light in the quiet and iso rooms is horrible. The DFC being changed to FHC (fish health check) cracked us all up for how poor it was. Me and my colleagues were passionate and did try our best to educate people correctly, referring them to resources for them to do further research. We did refuse sales to people we felt were sketchy, but sometimes if the customer called customer service, customer service would contact us and tell us to "just sell it to them" >.
@janenightreadsandwrites223
25 күн бұрын
We got a hamster from a chain store. By the 3rd day of having her home she developed wet tail (a very serious diarhea in hamsters). Luckily, we were able to save her but that definitely opened my eyes to the fact that the stores aren't invested in the animals as sentient beings.
@Creatureexotics
2 жыл бұрын
One thing I have noticed is that ermm….. Sets Cat Roam…. near me have stopped selling rabbits thank GOODNESS!
@Emiology
2 жыл бұрын
That's good, death at home seem to have stopped selling chinchillas in most if not all stores too thankfully
@Creatureexotics
2 жыл бұрын
@@Emiology yes definitely I haven’t seen one in a long time thankfully. I remember going as a child they used to sell BIRDS like finches and budgies 😔😔 thankfully that stopped. 27 now and still disagree with pretty much every set up they have it’s such a shame because they could have a huge impact on pet care standards if they tried! My local sells reptiles and amphibians though 😳 leopard geckos on reptile carpet, snakes with a single coconut hide, the lot
@reptileclub8681
2 жыл бұрын
One time when I was at petco I overheard a store employee telling someone that single tail goldfish could, and should be in a fish bowl... no fish can survive in a bowl, and single tail goldfish need a pond, while double tail goldfish need a 20 gallon.
@edithsmith4485
2 жыл бұрын
I tried to tell my boyfriends mom that pet stores are not ok but she said her firneds own and work there so they are good people, and I tried to explain that the workers do not alwyas try to hurt the animals. It’s just the buissness in general that is never going to keep the animals that healthy or happy
@dubliners0999
2 жыл бұрын
So sad. Thank you for posting this video. I suspect that this is also true of Petco and Petsmart here in the U.S.
@sleepless.sprout
2 жыл бұрын
usually not a huge fan of commenting bc it gives me anxiety, but i just wanted to say i really appreciate the hard work and emotional and physical effort you put into your videos. rats and mice, as well as some "less cute" reptiles have a huge stigma around them, especially here where i live in a part of america where they are very commonly known as vermin instead of sweet things that deserve their place in the world too. i also suffer from chronic illnesses that are similar to yours and actually had to miss work today (i work at the local shelter store for my county where all of the profits go towards the animal shelter) because of my pain and fatigue. you clearly have such a huge heart and so much love in it to work so hard to make videos informing people and shedding light on the sweet, beautiful side (and harsher reality too) of these incredible animals. the fact that you do youtube, run multiple social media accounts, as well as an online store and make merch all at the same time while dealing with two very draining chronic illnesses is so inspiring and admirable. thank you for making my sick days and time off work so enjoyable and enriching while also spreading such important messages that all pet owners should be aware of. the best for you and your whole family (including your pets ofc), you deserve the absolute world 💕
@Emiology
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for such a lovely comment 🥺 Honestly sometimes I feel like I’m not doing ENOUGH and I have my eggs in too many baskets so it’s nice to feel appreciated ❤️
@teamrat3532
2 жыл бұрын
When I was about 6 I had gotten my second hamster and in the store the lady said “they are good together” these hamsters fought. We ended up spending around 200$ on a new cage and some bedding. (Not including toys hideouts and food) and it was so much more work I spent hours cleaning out the cages and it was horrible just because somebody lied trying to get us to buy another.
@LenazRandomz
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for talking about this! You deserve so much more love and likes :D
@SilverDemon456
2 жыл бұрын
I worked in both PetSmart and Pet Supplies Plus and this sounds so much worse than both of those stores.
@NarwhalPLURR
2 жыл бұрын
Omg I work at a pet store and your experience sounds horrific. The most dead we get is feeder fish and that's about it[aside from the day after fish are shipped in, but thats just the way they come and the people who ship them]. Extremely rarely we get a dead ham on arrival but they come in huge containers[1-4hams in a really big shipping container] with food and water, even carrots🥕. Ugh I'm so sorry you had to deal with that.
@Minecraftergirl17
2 жыл бұрын
Pets at home in Oxford is incredible with their rats, and I know most of the staff there have rats or were breeders. Still not ethical but it means when I bought my rats from there, as I was uneducated, they have fab temperament!!
@ericaallisonc
2 жыл бұрын
For every living fish that makes it in shipping, there are 2-3 dead. I work for UPS and we handle most fish shipments to big box pet stores. I’m in the damage department, so when those boxes of fish start leaking, i’m the one who has to see dead and or dying fish, fish in less then an inch of water, bags of saltwater fish with holes in them leaking water and watching me count down until they suffocate, knowing there is nothing i can do to help. :(
@yurlcalweird7205
Жыл бұрын
I've been going to several Petco's and Petsmarts to buy enchrichments for my rats before I bought them and we went to just glance at their rats, just to see a big group of rats kill the smallest of the bunch and started to try and eat her. The employee we told about it just went and picked it up before saying " This is pretty normal, I've had to take out around 5 this week."
@MadameCorgi
Жыл бұрын
The other day I went to pets at home and there were fish on the msinrainance/filtration tanks. Like, how? Guppies and shrimp of various sizes
@its-justjade3946
2 жыл бұрын
I did work experience in a chain pet store. It’s was so horrific. Cramped conditions. Sick animal were being placed with “healthy” one in the “isolation” room as they had no room in the “quarantine” room for the delivery. I found a rabbit covered in diarrhea in a cage with a mother rabbit and her babies. Would never go back.
@kawaiiikaty
2 жыл бұрын
It’s truly sickening knowing what pet stores get away with 😓😓
@QuasiMonkey
2 жыл бұрын
My sister worked at Best West Pet Foods in Winnipeg where I bought my 2 rabbits because she worked there & I would visit. They sold a rabbit that was clearly sick but never took it to a vet :( I bought the poor little guy just so no kid would buy him. Little Julian passed away in my arms after going to the vet. He had the Snuffles (a rabbit respiratory infection) and there was nothing they could do by the time I bought him but give him some pain meds. But at least he had a decent couple of days being comforted by my first bunny Bubbles who let Julian sleep on him & cuddle with him. They bought their rabbits from some guy out of the city who also did reptiles so you can probably guess what the main purpose of the rabbits were for :'( At least my other 2 rabbits had long, healthy, happy lives. RIP little Julian, Bubbles & Buttercup. I miss you all.
@elin_
2 жыл бұрын
I saw a hamster standing in his food bowl, doing a backflip and then run back to the food bowl to repeat the process. The hamsters cages are waaaaaay too small! When I had a hamster he got to live the majority of his life in a big rat cage. I gave him a fabulous, long life.
@luciaaraujobrieva5306
2 жыл бұрын
These poor animals i swear, i genuinly feel sick
@aimeesims4
Жыл бұрын
I’m so sorry for you Chinchilla that passed. He had a wonderful week with you though, much better than if he had stayed at the store. Definitely had a much better experience with rats from a reputable breeder than from the pet store, will NEVER buy from a Pet Store again.
@jazz5842
2 жыл бұрын
The thing is you were there for only 2 weeks that’s absolutely terrifying how bad it was
@evelynnowadnick2247
2 жыл бұрын
I've gotten a total of 4 rats from a petstore (Because thats all we had around) and sadly two died but where very comfy and had a nice cage to sadly pass in. But atleast I know that I gave 4 rats a nice home and life and two of them are still alive and are thriving maybe i'll send in a picture of it one day.
@sealink129
2 жыл бұрын
I know there are lots of awful pet stores (mainly those of a franchise chain), but I think a lot of them are trying to do better for the animals, but can’t due to corporate rules and regulations. I own reptiles, and The Petco and Petsmart where I am, really seem to try and do good. While the tanks are small, they put enrichment in there, and I have yet to see any dead or particularly ill looking animals. They also are changing the info they have readily available for pet buyers to be more accurate, even if it’s still a bit off. However, they house some reptiles together, that under any circumstance SHOULD NOT be together. And perhaps I’m not seeing what goes on behind the scenes, but I’ve seen stores that don’t even attempt to hide the lack of care they give their animals. And it’s a real shame. Because I can tell that a lot of the workers love animals, but the corporation they work for is greedy and doesn’t care about animal health as long as it makes money.
@cryetan
Жыл бұрын
Yesterday my gerbil died. He was one of three brothers and I bought them from pets at home when they we probably around 1 maybe 2 months old. He was 4 and now I have no gerbils I'm interested is getting rats or maybe mouse (or new gerbils) but I'm not sure where I can get them. If you have any recommendations for places to get pets please can someone tell me?
@Fallenangel_85
2 жыл бұрын
Btw, just don't hold Chinchillas. They are not made for being a pet. They need a lot of space, more than any room or house has and they live in very huge grps.
@jadetheos8922
2 жыл бұрын
I bought a guinea pig from Petco and had to bring it back a few days later to be treated by their back because I had an upper respiratory infection and I had him for 6 months before he died and he never really grew and ended up dying from another upper respiratory infection. And I had four guinea pigs at the time (the other three were older and from a rescue) and he was the only one that was sick so I don't think it was my care of that caused it.
@vampire1256
2 жыл бұрын
in the U.S, i have a local pet store called CountryMax, i dont know if it is a chain pet store though, animals there were well kept and everything they sold for Rodents at least were mostly not harmful to them besides the popular ones that people dont know poison them
@nwyk153
2 жыл бұрын
i work at a small family owned pet store years ago. same shit. so it's not only the big chain store. not sure why you are against it. everywhere is the same.
@Emiology
2 жыл бұрын
Why are you not sure why I’m against it when you just agreed all of these things occur?
@jase123111
2 жыл бұрын
Well, that is bad of that shop. But, you can't judge all of them the same. When I was young I worked in several small pet shops and they were fantastic. The owners really were interested in their animals and we took great care of them. Some pet owners treat their pets badly... but that does not mean that all pet owners do, for example.
@josephineguerrero1802
2 жыл бұрын
Is it the green won probably it’s so sad these places are so cruel why do they exist anymore pets stores ridiculous thank you for telling us this
@gerwinthetiel8878
2 жыл бұрын
I did work experience at a reptile zoo their tanks were often way way wayyyyyyyy too overcrowded and most of their reptiles looked super lethargic and really sick they also handled their animal's way to muchhhhh I mean every time someone came in we were told to take 3-5 different animals out that we're constantly being taken in and out all day it made me super sad when the animals where just done but still forced to interact with everyone and I was really happy to leave at the end of my week
@bluefox8011
2 жыл бұрын
so I am half hispanic and I have an uncle that has bought pet store rabbits to say that he "hunted" them and would kill and skin them, de-bone etc. so we could eat them. Mind you I was a child when he did this but I eventually figured this out years later when I realized that he would do this for the sake of looking like a "man" to other people. He's a terrible person.
@TheKlutz31013
2 жыл бұрын
Jesus 😟
@mikoto7693
2 жыл бұрын
Okay well while I’ve never worked at a pet store I can absolutely verify the part about the fish. So, I have a fifteen year old cat that I love much more than most humans of my acquaintance and besides hyperthyroidism which I manage with medication she has kidney disease. This requires me to special renal cat food that most stores don’t sell, therefore I have to go to my nearest big chain pet store to get them to get it specially for me, and while I’m not especially pleased with paying them to ship it and sell it to me because it’s a bit pricey, my sweet cat is totally worth it. So far it has prevented her kidneys from being stressed, and has actually prevented them getting any worse. It’s bought me another year with her so far and I’ll gladly pay it til the day comes that she’s suffering. All that aside it means I visit that big chain pet store fairly often, and honestly I’ve done this for most of my life but whenever I visit any pet store I stop and have a good look at the animals. I used to keep and even breed Guinea pigs as a child, teen and young adult. I had six hutches, two maternity cages and two large movable enclosures made out of wooden frames and tough metal mesh. (Home made because the store bought ones were too small for my purposes.) Five of the hutches were inside a wooden shed I had my Dad put up in the garden to protect them from foxes and the worst of the cold in winter. I loved each one of them, especially the ones that I’d had from their birth. Each day that the weather permitted I’d move them between hutch and enclosure so they could spend most of the day running freely but safety on the grass. I also kept hamsters, gerbils (who made awesome tunnels in the sawdust laden tank), one rabbit, mice and a bird. Plus two cats. I wanted a dog but was never allowed one. And not all at the same time as it was spread out across fifteen years. Once the pond was put in, goldfish too. And a koi carp but that was accidental. I honestly don’t know how it ended up with the goldfish we bought. I mean we couldn’t tell the difference because we thought it was a chibunkin (probably spelt wrong because I’ve never seen it written, only heard, but it’s similar to goldfish and has multiple colours instead of just gold) and we didn’t learn otherwise until it got way bigger than all the others. But quite how the big chain pet store got a koi in with the goldfish etc, I don’t know. They weren’t even in the same tanks! When we realised what it was and our pond wasn’t big enough for it really, my parents just got a bigger pond and dug more room for it to fit. They still have it actually. Anyway because I take a good long look at every single animal in the pet store, mostly to be reminded of what I used to have since I only have one cat right now, that includes the fish. Both cold water and tropical fish and I very often see dead fish either floating at the top or rarely, sunk at the bottom of the tank. Honestly if I don’t see at least one dead fish somewhere in one of the tanks then it’s a very rare occasion. Only twice actually. And honestly unless there’s clearly something wrong with it like it’s died from disease or injury I don’t bother reporting it. I did at first as either an older child or teen but I realised pretty quick that the store/staff must know about it. Judging by the numbers and frequency of it happening, they must be aware of it. But I didn’t know for sure until this video confirmed it. BUT I always report it when I see a sick or injured fish that’s still alive straight to a manager and pretty much insist that all the ill fish are removed and put either into a quarantine tank or an unoccupied one right away. Sometimes I can tell what’s wrong with it/them and how to help them. Such as when the fish is constantly on its side of tilted to one side and has apparently lost the ability to control its depth because it floats up at the surface. It can swim and go deeper but only with great effort, and when it stops trying to swim it just floats back up. Honestly I don’t remember the name of the disease but it can be treated by putting medication into the water. However one must be careful not to frighten the fish because it’ll try to get away by swimming deeper and the struggle and strain of it can kill it surprisingly quickly. If I don’t know then just Google it and explain to the staff what’s wrong and how to help. But honestly after this video it’s probably a waste of time on my part. I now fully suspect that they remove the sick fish and take them out back either to a quarantine tank then just don’t bother to treat them even though the store has plenty of the medication on shop floor to sell, or they take the fish out back and just kill them when I’m gone or the fish are out of my sight. Taking them out back just to placate me.
@dostagirl9551
2 жыл бұрын
I think it's far more likely that those two rabbits that man adopted became snake or monitor lizard food. Snakes need to eat too, but it's pretty low to take two rabbits that are pet specific and human acclimated to use as feeders. I'm not a proponent of live-feedings, though I know it can't be helped in some cases, but this type of dishonesty just perpetuates the negative stereotypes around people who keep snakes and lizards as pets.
@vivianelabelle3992
2 жыл бұрын
I'm shocked to hear the way animals are treated in pet stores. I notice in the past when I bought animals that they could not explain to me how to care for them.😟😠💔😢
@Emiology
2 жыл бұрын
The employees are just regular people as they don’t require them to have any animal qualifications, in fact they seem to avoid hiring anyone that does 😔
@NikkyTikkiTavi
2 жыл бұрын
About the guy that bought the two rabbits: They may have been snake food, unfortunately. If this was Petsmart you can absolutely refuse to sell an animal to someone you suspect is going to feed it to another animal. They sell frozen food for snakes. Petco does sell feeders so their policy is different. Even if it was a store that sells live feeders... the adoption center is not where they are. =/
@Emiology
2 жыл бұрын
We don’t sell live feeders as live feeding is illegal in the U.K. unless advised by a vet
@NikkyTikkiTavi
2 жыл бұрын
@@Emiology Could your coworker have refused the sale? In the US it's up to the store to sell live feeders or not. But that was definitely a suspicious sale and those rabbits were not being bought as pets.
@Emiology
2 жыл бұрын
@@NikkyTikkiTavi Yep, she should've done really and she felt guilty about it afterwards
@soboblee3439
2 жыл бұрын
Pets at Hell have entered the chat
@PeacheIIe
2 жыл бұрын
Oh my god this is horrific...
@kellirandoja
2 жыл бұрын
Honestly the more I learn about pet keeping, pet stores seem to be a very bad choice overall for selling live animals. Like, why cant they just sell all the equipment needed, that`s where most of their money comes from anyway. Or if they really want to have a live animal to attract people, then why not keep maybe one or two animals from different species as mascots and provide them with bigger cages and better quality of life. And people really need to be more educated about getting their pets from reputable breeders instead of those puppy mills. I never imagined the situation in pet stores would be this dire. Seeing those guinea pigs in those small crates honestly made me so angry because I didnt think they bar was SO LOW. To court with all the chain stores that practice this!!!!
@hedgie_doll2314
2 жыл бұрын
Luckily my local pet store doesn't carry fish anymore so I don't have to deal with animals dying
@wolfymudkips4266
2 жыл бұрын
Omg that guy who got the large rabbits. That's awful. I really hope he didnt get them for dogs or a snake or some other kind of live feeding. Can't employees refuse to sell them if someone is being suspicious like that?
@HateSchoolfr
2 жыл бұрын
wow, I think this really showed how important it is to source your animal from a good breeder.
@margot4139
2 жыл бұрын
I'm adopting Rats on sunday
@-Scraggyanne-
2 жыл бұрын
Pets at home don't take good care of their pets, there were times when me and my husband walked round the shop and saw quite a few dead fish. Not good
@BexEtcArt
3 ай бұрын
Was it pets at home? I’ve just started this video but I used to work there and experienced the same thing LOL they wrote off hamsters like they were fucking cardboard.- edit I have my answer I watched on 😅
@llittlehells
2 жыл бұрын
TW**** pet death Gah, I was hesitant to watch this. As I knew 100% of what i would hear cause I experienced the same. I work at aka "PETShmoo" here in the USA for about a month and it was the hardest thing for me to do. I watched animals come in in the same small crate conditions.. reptiles shipped in boxes that sat in the box for hours before I arrived and hassled for them to be attended to. I'd take a snake out and they'd be ice cold.. so I'd litterily put them under my shirt on my chest to warm them up immediately. I watch two of the worst deaths I can never forget. A ball python with a horrible RI and a ferret that was bleeding on its bottom. They sat in a quartine room waiting for vet apt that was never set and died there. The thing that drawed the line was the comment one of the "animal care specialist" said about the ferret.. that she never heard one scream like that... gahhhh... i could just ughhh! I was like hell no.. i'm done here. Makes me so sad. Also it sucked because i was scolded for giving advice that went against the recommended products they sold, when i suggested better options.. like a 40 breeder tank for hamster then the plastic tiny cages or a large cat litter box for rabbits.. then those small silly corner ones..
@dunnart7827
2 жыл бұрын
I worked in a pet shop years ago. One day three teenage boys came in who were acting weird. They huddled together in an out of the way spot and were whispering about something, so I went around behind some shelves to eavesdrop. I'll spare everyone the details of what they said since it's bad enough that I know, but...they were discussing which animal would be more fun to torture. It was the worst experience I had working there, and there are plenty of other awful stories I could tell. The good news is that because this was a small business, and my Mum owned it, I was able to tell them exactly where to go and to never come back. Even so, it's one of a number of things that's completely put me off working in the pet industry.
@Emiology
2 жыл бұрын
Jesus christ! I hope they didn't go to another pet store :(
@Panda-cute
2 жыл бұрын
My jaw just dropped. What. The. Heck.
@dunnart7827
2 жыл бұрын
@@Emiology It was in a rural town so there weren't any other pet stores anywhere they could have gone to. They could have found an animal some other way, of course, but we can always hope not.
@jackwilliamtaylor5656
2 жыл бұрын
Something similar happened with the ferrets at my college, some of the students on a non animal related course had apparently made a habit out of harassing them whenever there was nobody around, kicking the cage, throwing stones at them, jabbing at them with sticks etc. Nothing has given me more grim satisfaction than telling my lecturer about this, because she came down on them like burning hellfire (they’re both okay now, I got to spoil them for a few weeks to make up for it and now I’m one of the few people they don’t try to bite)
@Panda-cute
2 жыл бұрын
@@jackwilliamtaylor5656 thank you for being a good person
@poppieisabella4728
2 жыл бұрын
I find it disgusting how in this pet store animals are treated as a source of money rather than a living thing. It needs to stop.
@mia250320
2 жыл бұрын
just like how animals are treated in the meat industry, it's truly awful. and yet it's deemed more acceptable.
@d-meth
2 жыл бұрын
Just like most breeders =/
@poppieisabella4728
2 жыл бұрын
@@d-meth I know... when I was looking for a hamster to rescue/adopt, there was so many people who were breeding hamsters and not caring for them anywhere near properly. :-(
@poppieisabella4728
2 жыл бұрын
when I was looking someone wrote 'we would recommend older hamsters for toddlers and young hamsters for children.' PLEASE DON'T SAY THAT THIS PERSON GAVE A 2 YEAR OLD A HAMSTER....
@invaderjoshua6280
2 жыл бұрын
It’s why as a fish breeder I went from wanting to sell discus to pet stores to deciding to open my own online fish store soon. All the pet shops I go to around Tampa for the most part freak me out. None of them treat their pets like pets. A lot of them had tons of easy to care for dead fish, or fish in crazy small tanks. I want my fish to be happy till they go to there forever home. And even then I’m gonna putting videos on my home page on how to prepare your own natural frozen fish foods, and showcasing what an actual minimum tank size should be for discus/angels and how to cycle filters correctly. It freaks me out how so many places sell fish as pets but don’t have this info at the ready.
@vixxenreigns
2 жыл бұрын
I tell people all the freaking time "do NOT get animals from pet stores under any circumstances". And they always try to rationalize buying animals from pet stores as "rescuing" them. And it is like "NO!!! By continuing to buy animals from pet stores and thinking you are saving the animals all you are doing is keeping them in business and allowing more animals to be bred unethically and irresponsibly!!!" It sounds like your chinchilla had megacolon or something similar.
@ewhat10
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly. When you buy a product... any product... you're giving the company permission to produce another one. For pet stores, their "products" are animals. When you buy one, you're giving them permission to breed another. When you adopt an animal, you're opening space for that rescue to save another one. It's terrible for those poor animals in the pet stores, but buying them is not the right thing to do. Buying = saving 1, condemning 1 to the same fate. Adopting = saving 2.
@jadetheos8922
2 жыл бұрын
There is a Guinea pig rescue near me that literally uses donated money to go buy out all the guinea pigs from chain pet stores as much as I feel bad for the guinea pigs in the pet stores you're exactly right and she is not helping the problem.
@TheDolphace
2 жыл бұрын
Yuuuuup if you must "rescue" from a pet store you need to hit their profits. Do not pay full price for a badly looked after or sick animal. Never.
@kyliecrown533
2 жыл бұрын
Yup! I work in a pet store and I won’t buy any more animals from there. I would much rather go to a local place. A place near me has great planted tanks and their fish are soooo much healthier!
@itsKokonutMilk
2 жыл бұрын
To be fair, selling animals isn't their main source of income. It's probably not even 10%. Buying or not buying animals will not make or break these chains.
@theplushfrog
2 жыл бұрын
I'm very glad that in highschool I worked for a small non-chain pet store. It wasn't the greatest, but it was a LOT better than the stories I hear about chain stores. The owner of my store was sweet and loved animals, so she tried her best, even if the store still suffered from not having enough space for some animals and misinformation for others (pre-internet era). Your story reminded me, that one of my co-workers fell in love with a beautiful adult blue macaw who was named Tequila. He had been abandoned at the shop and absolutely HATED people (I didn't blame him, what with all the dumb kids who tried to grab him even with all the signs saying he bites). My co-worker spent every break she had slowly gaining his trust and eventually his love. We all teased her (lightly) about being into "older men", but she was dedicated. She saved up every paycheck and the moment she purchased him and everything he needed, she quit. I'd like to think she and him have grown old together, healing one another in the process.
@ThatOneKyoyaSimp
2 жыл бұрын
Aww such a cute story! Glad she got the bird she wanted and nobody got it before her! ❤️
@theplushfrog
2 жыл бұрын
@@ThatOneKyoyaSimp Honestly, no one really even tried to get to know him. They would see how pretty he was, then try to pet him and have him rear up to bite them. Most people immediately backed off and they decided he was too much work for them. I don't blame them really, but it was rather sad. The other workers and I would try to sweeten him to us, but we always gave up before we got very far. Mostly we'd get to the point where we could handle him without being bitten, but we couldn't pet him. It made everyone happy to see him warm up to SOMEONE at all, even if it took a LOT of work on her end. In contrast, adult red macaw that was surrendered to us (can't remember the name) was very sweet and only stayed with us for a week or two. Tequila also didn't like the red macaw and we had to have them on separate ends of the store. We also had other birds but those were the two adult bird rescues/surrenders we had while I worked there.
@lilbirdy2607
2 жыл бұрын
I find pets or critters whose trust you have to gain are some of the best and rewarding. I spent some time at my sibling's home with their partner who had a few cats. However 1 was deemed "unfriendly" but I just knew she was afraid. She would hiss at anyone who got too close, and ran away, sometimes false swiping. Everyday I would look at her and just say hi, let her cross any path I was about to take, smell any veggies I was chopping since she was quite curious. I also fed the cats every morning, cleaned and filled their water too. And after some time she finally let me pet her. Only a bit at first but allowed more as days passed by. Her owner, my sibling's partner, was jealous that I was able to do that. I simply told them that all you need to do was take baby steps everyday and respect her space. They told me they "knew" and just didn't have time to do that. 😑
@katlasdahgreat
2 жыл бұрын
@@lilbirdy2607 I completely agree, gaining trust with an animal - especially when they were from the beginning untrusting of humans, is incredibly rewarding for both the human but also the animal because they can finally feel safe. I remember when I was 10 and my family got two kittens that were 12 weeks old. The problem was that they grew up in a barn on a farm in the middle of a forest with basically no human contact prior to them moving to our house which is in a neighborhood. They were understandably absolutely terrified and the first thing they did outside of the carrier was to find somewhere to hide for the rest of that day. My parents told me to "just act normal" and that they will get used to the environment soon enough. Me, being an animal-loving 10 year old hated the fact that they were terrified and wanted them to trust humans. what I did was to get lots of cat food, go to their hiding place and had patience. After a few days they could eat in front of us and after a few weeks they trusted all of us and had accepted their new home. Too many people are ignorant of animals' needs. They say they know what's best but either do it wrongly or not at all.
@theplushfrog
2 жыл бұрын
@@lilbirdy2607 As a fellow cat lover, I was the only one to slowly coax one of my childhood cats out from her hiding spots and show her that the world wasn't all scary, as well as the only one to befriend all of my extended family's cats--no matter how antisocial. My own cat, while friendly, has some, if not PTSD, then PTSD-like behaviors that seem to point to trauma from his life on the streets before we adopted him. It's been incredibly rewarding to go from a friendly but aloof cat, to a cat who has just found out, not only what cuddles are, but that he likes cuddles, and wants to shove his entire body into yours while purring. It really is amazing when you can earn an animal's trust with your patience. Sadly I just didn't have enough time to get through to Tequila myself (I was incredibly busy with school and rarely could get hours on the schedule to work at the shop) but I was incredibly glad my coworker was able to and give him the love every creature deserves.
@lizzie3075
2 жыл бұрын
I love that your spreading awareness about this, it’s so sad that so many people don’t know about this it’s awful 😞
@mousenation3867
2 жыл бұрын
I’ve seen horrific videos of rodent mills in the States, didn’t think we had the same issues here. I’ll look for a breeder next time.
@HappyLiz123
2 жыл бұрын
Don't look for a breeder. Please go to a rescue instead. X
@lunawolfheart336
2 жыл бұрын
Yup supporting responsible breeders is the way to go
@valkeakirahvi
2 жыл бұрын
@@HappyLiz123 Rescues are not the best choise for everyone. Many rescues have behavioural or health problems that inxperienced owners are not equipped to deal with. Also at least where I live there are almost no rescue rodents (which is definitely a good thing). I recommend checking the options though, there are many rescues that are also suitable for beginners, but if not, go for a responsible breeder!
@olecer
2 жыл бұрын
Not even as a source of money... if they are getting around 10 dead fish per hour, and 2 resupllys a week, that's money going down the sink... I work at a pet store and I get about 15~20 dead fish a week at most, and those deaths are the agressive fish in small aquariums going at each other. It's clear that no one on that store knows about aquarium basics.
@kaelamay320
2 жыл бұрын
My hamster was terrified of everyone and everything when I got him, he's now the most confident little boy I've met and loves to get my attention for cuddles
@diamondzzz3316
2 жыл бұрын
Same here!
@brioche8123
2 жыл бұрын
That is so cute
@eddie5940
2 жыл бұрын
same!
@heart6200
2 жыл бұрын
Your so lucky! I wish we were allowed hamsters in other parts of the world :( It’s illegal to get hamsters where I live
@kaelamay320
2 жыл бұрын
@@heart6200 I’m so sorry to hear that I never knew that was a thing!
@4evawoohoo
2 жыл бұрын
Whenever I'm in the shop near me that I think you're referring to, I can always see the very obvious difference in care standards. People obviously love cats and dogs but I don't think that should mean the effort and care standards between say a dog and a mouse should be different.
@Emiology
2 жыл бұрын
It’s quite obvious from their social media and particularly their Instagram account when you look that they’re very dog and cat orientated as that’s all they post, unfortunately it just feeds into people viewing them as more than compared to the smaller animals they sell, if they just stuck to selling products, but safe ones it would be a better place for everyone.
@sherilynwong3989
2 жыл бұрын
I work in a specialist fish store and since then, I've always bought from speciality stores. If you're going to buy a fish, buy from a LFS. If you want to buy reptiles, find a place that specialise in reptiles. The amount of people who come to me with bad or just plain wrong information that they hear from chain pet stores is astounding. The workers are not trained and usually just assigned to an animal group based on some arbitrary experience with the animal. You've kept a goldfish in a bowl alive for 3 months? Here, take charge of our entire fish section. Also, theyre not allowed to say no to a customer who wants to buy a fish in an inappropriate setup. I however, have flat out refused people who want to keep fish in miserably small setups. Support stores that have your and your animal's interest at heart, not a corporation that only cares about money.
@tannerolafson3619
2 жыл бұрын
I always buy from my lfs. It’s more expensive but the fish are much better quality
@marylock3105
Жыл бұрын
I did get 2rats when I was a tenager they were girls I noticed they getting bigger especially the belly I ask pet shop is there a possibility they pregnant they said no then early in the morning I heard crying and saw pink thing's I noticed it was 2litter of rats
@xBloodxFangx
2 жыл бұрын
I know this took place in the UK but this is also very common for pet stores (probably even worse with the pet mill being legal) in the usa. Lets call them “PetDumb” and “Petno” are the biggest offenders and should not be supported when it comes to buying small animals.
@Emiology
2 жыл бұрын
Petdumb lol
@ThatOneKyoyaSimp
2 жыл бұрын
PetDumb and PetNo really do sum them up pretty well..
@dh.151
2 жыл бұрын
I think it's so crazy how every pet store even w in chains is managed differently. Some US pet store chains will sell reptiles and know nothing about them, and it really depends on the employees themselves to care for these animals and do research on their own it seems, which is a lot to put on employees. They should have more training about the animals they sell.
@rowdyrats7035
2 жыл бұрын
Years ago I bought a budgie from a chain pet store, my first and only time doing it. He lived around 5 years and had health issues from the start, so he had a lot of vet visits. When I got him he was underweight, had digestive issues and he had scaly face mites. I couldn't really see him that well from the distance when purchasing him and they actually told me that he's a female because the mites had turned his cere brown. He passed from a tumor sadly. I hate that I supported a chain pet store with buying him, but I'm glad he was able to live 5 years with me and my flock. ❤
@mllnx
2 жыл бұрын
i’ve had some awful experiences with this pet store. i’ve been a hamster owner since i was around 10 and most of them have been from this pet chain. my first two hamsters were sold to me as “social animals” and i was encouraged to keep them together in a TINY cage which they told me was a good size for two hamsters. obviously, i had no bad intentions at all and wanted to give my hamsters the best life possible but because of the advice they gave me and their handbooks, i didn’t take care of them adequately. after the FIRST night of having my two hamsters, one had passed and after going to the vet they told me it probably had a heart issue from birth. after this, i bought another hamster to keep the other one company as advised and they both ended up fighting. i separated them and they lived for a good while. this comment is already too long but i have WAY more stories about the advice and traumatic things that occurred as a result of the misinformation this company is spreading.
@TeriyakiDior
2 жыл бұрын
My condolences on your pet Chinchilla 😞❤️
@carlyh283
2 жыл бұрын
So with the hamster, I was working at a pet store where we had radios and headsets and at the beginning of the shift I overhear that a hamster has escaped. I’m at the register so I can’t go looking for them, but I get to listen to my coworkers looking around and eventually I hear my boss say “Got him!” I radio back asking if she caught the hamster and she quickly radios back “Hamster? What hamster I caught the snake?” And I had no words.
@SilverDemon456
2 жыл бұрын
haha omg I hope the snake didn't eat the hamster. At the pet store I used to work at somebody kept letting parakeets escape. So we always had parakeets flying around the store. We left food and water out for them, and customers helped to catch them. They probably had the time of their little lives.
@kirstenberlin9285
2 жыл бұрын
I agree. You should never buy animals from a chain pet store, I have bought multiple mice and a hamster from a chain pet store and they all died in less than a month and that just broke my heart.
@alp4315
2 жыл бұрын
I agree, I adopted mice from one and all though they were the sweetest they were all VERY sick and I spent over $600 on vet visits in about 3 months
@20dabarr58
2 жыл бұрын
The first hamster i ever had was sent in a tiny cage, with *sawdust* bedding and poor quality food --- I was eight-ish, with no experience, and we thought that me and my parent thought the pet shop knew what they were doing :( The silver lining was that she was from a previous home who couldn't look after her due to ill health, so she was a lovely pet, but i didn't give her the life she deserved :( Godspeed, Amber Edit: she was about two years old when I got her Edit x2: I have a lot more experience and knowledge. I have rats (I've got a four tier cage with more climbing opportunity than a mountain, plus my own mix). I'm able to look after animals far better now
@peachrenard2320
2 жыл бұрын
I don't think any child is able to give their pet the life it deserves. Even though my hamster when I was 7 had two large, multi-story cages with lots of freaking tubes. But I also didn't seem to get that just because you can feed something to your hamster doesn't mean there's not a limit and Popcorn ended up so chubby he could barely make it through the tubes. (If the snack I had was on the list of things you COULD give your hamster he ended up getting more than a few bites. It seemed really nice then but looking back on it, that was really bad.) Maybe your Amber rest in peace.
@pokabrows
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your experience. Like I knew it was bad but hearing how bad it really is still sucks. At least the chinchilla got a good last week with you.
@LordOfTheWigs
2 жыл бұрын
I worked at a pet shop for work experience for my course (it wasn’t a chain store, just didn’t have owners that listened to staff that were educated) and worked there once a week, I was the only one that cleaned the enclosures, it was honestly awful, the small animal enclosures were cleaned only once a week when I went in, which was disgusting because of how small the enclosures were. Every week I took out around 1-3 dead animals (mostly hamsters and mice), and this was a small business, they didn’t have as many animals as pets at home would. But honestly it was disgusting, I recommended a few things to help them with them losing the animals and they never listened. The fish were a different story, they didn’t get them from good breeders until another person was employed (which she helped a lot) and I would have to scoop loads of dead fish out a week. I remember when the axolotls were all sick, they were dropping like flies, it was so sad. They luckily had stopped selling exotics when I joined but i can’t imagine what it was like when they had reptiles.
@LordOfTheWigs
2 жыл бұрын
Oh, they also had guinea pigs and rabbits housed together. Which isn’t good because they have different dietary requirements.
@artisannoteworthy
2 жыл бұрын
I bought my hamster buddy Nugget from a chain store. He's a Syrian Hamster, so he's pretty big. Almost the size of a full grown rat now. He's mostly grey and white, with a little Cresent moon white shape on his forehead. He was the only one left in the tank. I went through the whole checklist, and the clerk was SHOCKED when after she asked if I had a cage for it, I replied with "yes. I have a 40+ gallon sized enclosure for him." Getting him home, and after he got acclimated to his new forever home, he warmed up to me pretty fast. He was scared at first, but I figured it was just because he was in a new place. I'd like to add he never tried to bite me- always such a sweetheart. When I did hold him, I noticed he had a few scars on his back. If anyone doesn't know, Syrian hamsters are solitary. My guess is he was bought before with other hamsters but when they fought they returned him. Either that, or he was left in the store with others. He's now my little fuzz butt, who loves running around and napping on my lap. I'm working on teaching him to stay on my shoulder. Recently a friend and I had to go back, and the amount of dead and dying fish floating in the tanks was so sad....
@Creatureexotics
2 жыл бұрын
I love your impression of a ‘big muscly guy’ 🤣🤣
@Emiology
2 жыл бұрын
That's how men with muscles walk apparently lol
@tricia3710
2 жыл бұрын
I got so angry at this story, you can refuse the sale of animals if someones being dodgy or doesn’t seem interested in proper care :((
@Preppy_Duck-hb4en
2 жыл бұрын
@@Emiology hi! Is it okay to do blankets with rats? If so what blankets?
@honeymoonaddict5000
2 жыл бұрын
@@Preppy_Duck-hb4en most people use fleece because it’s soft and can stretch a bit :) but be careful because if your rats are not littler trained then the fleece will smell bad and get gross
@zoestafford9193
2 жыл бұрын
@@Preppy_Duck-hb4en It’s much better to use substrate, it gives rats the ability to dig, it has better odor control, it provides enrichment, you can scatter feed, and so much more. Blankets smell really bad and can cause ammonia build up and respiratory infections unless they’re changed every day- they also get chewed up by the rats and the threads can wrap around their necks or toes. Overall, definitely go with a substrate 😊
@4my4blessings
2 жыл бұрын
My daughter is studying animal care at college, and in their animal care unit she is constantly shocked by the bad husbandry the students are exposed to in their TEACHING environment... so it is no wonder that pet store employees are giving poor advice and not caring for animals correctly. It is so sad. Hamsters in the big "home pet" store in the UK hamsters are kept in enclosures the size of an a4 sheet... when they need a minimum of 100x50cm. Then people wonder why their hamsters are neurotic and bitey. 🙄 DON'T BUY PETS FROM PET STORES. And DO YOUR RESEARCH, never trust the minimum wage off the street employee for husbandry advice!
@stephanie22345
2 жыл бұрын
I worked at a pet store and I had a couple kids being in a mason jar full of danios. They were buying a gallon tank for them. They absolutely would not listen to me that danios need a bigger tank because their zoology teacher had told them that a gallon is plenty big
@bjorkfangirl
2 жыл бұрын
When I got my rats I bought them from a local pet store here in Idaho and they were so awful when getting my babies out. The man had grabbed them by their tail and threw them in a box and then dropped their wheel on the other rats, it was SO awful and so sad to me I was absolutely enraged.
@Emiology
2 жыл бұрын
Local pet stores can be just as bad if not worse sometimes because they don't have any standard, no matter how small that they're held to. One of my local ones has put chinese and campbell dwarves in the same enclosure, and their rat care sheet still says to keep them in tanks... it's 2022.
@Panda-cute
2 жыл бұрын
@@Emiology The breeder I used for my girls would only give me one, so my other rat is a pet store baby. I feel really bad because I love them and wouldn’t trade them for the world but I should’ve backed out. Breeder didn’t communicate well and I’d already paid so I felt obligated.
@TheRussianBillionair
2 жыл бұрын
Reminds me a lot of the little ratties I've got now. The man had a lot of knowledge about proper care, food, whatnot - I'll give him that - but the way he handled them was just awful. He first stressed them out SO much by chasing them around the cage with his hands, then he picked them up by their tails and pretty much forced all three into a small carrier.. It's been two days and they're still freaked out by sudden movements and noise. One is veeery slowly warming up though. I'm just glad that they're not there any more... :/
@bjorkfangirl
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheRussianBillionair That's exactly what happened to me. They're VERY slowly warming up and are doing a lot better now, but I think it is no secret that their background at the pet store and with a breeder had something to do with that sadly. I definitely will not be buying from a pet store again, regardless of if it's local or not.
@GreymanWalking
2 жыл бұрын
@@Panda-cute If they only gave you one and you didn't have other rats, than that was not a reputable breeder. All the breeders I know will only adopt in pairs or more, unless you can show proof of owning other rats already. Most will still encourage you to purchase two rather than just one.
@tattedbaddiiee802
2 жыл бұрын
Your chinchilla story had me in tears, those pictures were making me cry. I feel so so bad for you, I know how it feels to lose a pet. They’re so important to us it’s like losing a huge chunk of your heart!
@TheRisingIcarus
2 жыл бұрын
Omg I'm not ready for this video
@Jemmaj
2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately I know exactly where you mean and I worked in one myself for about 2 years and honestly I feel so guilty looking back at how horrendous it is there... as you say all the DFCs, the deliveries, the conditions of the deliveries and quiet room, iso... severe anxiety thinking back to this! Its why I quit in the end, I just hated it so much :(
@Eliza_woods04
2 жыл бұрын
We once adopted a rabbit from THE pet store,her name is hovis.Hovis wasn't taken care of badly in the store she had a play pen outside her cage because she had breathing issues and they wanted her to get fresh air. The employees were actually very good and you could tell they loved her. When we saw her she was the sweetest rabbit and trying to every one's attention and just wanted to get petted. We took her home as she also happened to be very drawn to us. When we went back the employees were asking about her and we were notified and her vet care history and that it was genetic. And within a couple of months we took her to the pets store vets (Big mistake,don't ever go there it's terrible) and they charged us a ridiculous amount. Put her on oxygen and said that they can't euthanasia her even though she could barely breath.they said she would die that day, and we took her home and said our goodbyes honestly it wasn't the employees fault but the store and the vet and it was no way for hovis to live because she was suffering I hope she rests in peace now 💖
@little.animals
2 жыл бұрын
I hate big chain pets shops... especially pets at home and the new updating. Some of the products are OK but avoid buying animals.
@apss5736
2 жыл бұрын
That's the reason i have never bought fish from pets at home. The tanks are dirty, have sick fish, the stocking advice is abysmally poor ( I do get occasional supplies). Even the feeder insects are not fed ( even though there is literal insect food right next to them). I go to my local maidenhead aquatics and a family owned business called sweet knowle aquatics with excellent fish. I leant a lot from this video. Thankfully mine stopped selling reptiles
@Emiology
2 жыл бұрын
Maidenhead generally seem to have much healthier fish with cleaner tanks!
@jadetheos8922
2 жыл бұрын
I bought four neon Tetras, a Betta a nerite snail and one corydora from a chain pet store then I realized Cory doors needed a group and and I wanted more tetras so I ordered some from an online store. Every single one of the ones from the chain pet store we're dead within a month and all of the other ones are still living (and breeding and breeding and breeding) over a year later
@d-padqueen1103
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing awareness - I don't think any chain pet store is squeaky clean when it comes to selling live animals. I'm not sure about not much that can be done about animals with genetic problems - they're obviously animals sourced from "factory" breeders and its something that occurs far more commonly in factory breeding than people who do breed animals as a hobby with better care and knowledge of genetics when they breed animals. Simple solution, don't support factory bred animals, support hobbyists who are far more likely to supply more affectionate and beautiful animals. If you don't mind taking your chances there's a bunch of rehoming centres you could make an unwanted animal happier :)
@teaandbiscuits1803
2 жыл бұрын
I did two weeks work experience there too. I took a Guinea pig home who’d had an ear infection and was left with head tilt. I was told he was absolutely fine but I ended up spending hundreds on him on vet care for him to pass away 3 months later. I agree there was positives such as the vet care etc but overall it’s just sell and don’t think of the consequences. I work in a vets now as a veterinary assistant and it’s such a better job
@SmudgeWCUE1
2 жыл бұрын
Off-topic but I love your enclosure in the back, it's very well terriformed!
@SmudgeWCUE1
2 жыл бұрын
Omg- thanks for hearting my comment thats never happened to me before!
@clorby22
2 жыл бұрын
I bought my hamster Pluto from THE pet store and have owned him for about 7 months. He seemed perfectly fine... until a few weeks ago. Don’t worry, he’s still alive thank fucking God, but he became extremely unwell over the course of just a few hours. The moment I noticed something was very wrong (he was violently trembling, could hardly move, couldn’t seem to stay awake and had a bit of a head tilt) we took him to the vets immediately. Before we even arrived I was already in tears convinced he was going to die and that it was my fault because the previous night I had been talking about how lucky I was to get such a friendly and healthy little hamster. We went in, the vets examined him, then we were brought into a private room from the waiting area and one of them told us that he’d be lucky to make it through the night. If I wasn’t already upset before, I was a fucking mess at this point. It was ugly believe me. I was sat there sobbing holding my baby believing that these next few hours were going to be his last. I already had one traumatic hamster death happen so this experience was like reliving that Hell all over again. We were presented with the option of euthanasia, or to give him a chance with medication. The vet told me it wasn’t likely it’d do anything except provide pain relief, but I just couldn’t let go. To make an already long story short, Pluto miraculously survived and recovered. Costed me about £100 in total but that doesn’t matter to me. I’m just so glad he’s okay and even just typing this out is bringing tears to my eyes. The reason I bought him in the first place is because I wanted to rescue at least one of the animals in that store, I know it‘s still not a great idea to do that but I was thinking more emotionally rather than logically. I don’t regret it though. He’s one of the best things that happened to me in a long time
@pokegirl302
2 жыл бұрын
I was moments away from adopting a couple of macaws from a infamous pet store chain when I walked by the front and I saw two macaws and a cockatoo stuffed into a tiny table top cage that they could barely move in without touching another bird. The birds were showing signs of plucking and as much as I am against impulse buying animals I nearly made an aception that day.
@cuhurun
2 жыл бұрын
Pet stores everywhere shouldn't be allowed to keep animals in store. Instead, a booking system should be made law, whereby folk can order the pet they want in advance.
@dandywaysofliving
2 жыл бұрын
This right here. Or set a 6month notice or only breed a couple times a year. 2 locations each breeding twice a year with a 3 month gap between locations. That way corporate still has a chance to make consistent money and people never have to wait more than 3 months to adopt a new family member. But I think the most important part is pre-ordering. No refund policy. Or u only receive back 40% if the pet is already born. . Tbh keeping animals in store makes me sad. Especially when I pass by the kitties/cats. But they're all kitties to me
@cuhurun
2 жыл бұрын
@@dandywaysofliving : It crushes my heart to see them stuck in tiny boxes/cages waiting to be sold, too. Especially if they end up being sold to someone who might be a bad owner. It's all a damned nightmare for the poor, innocent little things, an unnecessary nightmare that should be stopped, immediately.
@mongoliac1158
2 жыл бұрын
Pet stores abuse their animals. If you plan on getting a pet, do research and find a reputable breeder or rescue group. Quite a few years ago, I bought two pet rats from a pet store. They were far too small to have been away from their mother, but I was a new rat owner, so I didn't know. The male rat, named Peter, died after less than a week. He had an upper respiratory infection and was too exhausted and in too much pain to move at all. When I confronted the pet store about it, I was told "That's what you get for trying to make a pet out of a feeder rat." The other rat was named Bentley. I later found out she was a female. That feeder rat was as sweet as could be. I could feed her soup from my finger and she would just lick it off. I could scoop her up and cuddle her. Every time I walked into the room, she would run to the cage door. I loved that rat so much. Because of her time at the pet store, she dealt with spontaneous upper respiratory infections every few months for her entire life, even though her cage was kept very clean. She lived to be two. A year or so after I lost Bentley, I found a Facebook post where someone was surrendering some rats. The story of how they got the rats was unclear, but they claimed that they were from the same pet store. A mother and three babies. The mother looked exactly like Bentley, and one of the children looked like Peter. I took them in. Mamacita was what we named the mother. She was a small, extremely fluffy, grey and white hooded dumbo rat. She looked so adorable, I wanted to pet her so much. But I couldn't. She was extremely human-aggressive and would attempt to bite me whenever the chance arose. The only thing she wanted more than the blood of humans was food. Though her children didn't seem to have any brain cells, Mamacita was extremely smart. She knew her name. She knew the sarcastic tone of voice I liked to use with her. She knew how to make eye contact, and gave constant death stares. She knew how to look nice and pettable. Any time there was a plastic glove near her, she would viciously attack it (more so than any of our other rats had done). Her children, Gracie, Feta, and Gouda were all very sweet. They weren't affectionate, but they were always happy to see people and just kinda vibed. Gracie got mammary tumors at age 1, and Feta and Gouda both got what was suspected to be brain tumors at around age 2. Mamacita outlived all three of them. The difference between Bentley and Mamacita was jarring. Bentley had been at the pet store for only a few weeks, meant to be a feeder rat. Mamacita, on the other hand, was a breeder rat, believed to have had at least four litters in the first year of her life. One was a sweet angel, while the other was nicknamed Cujo. Every other rat I've had have been rescued. Some have been traumatized from their previous homes, but nearly all of them have been super sweet, and all of them have been incredible pets. Although buying rats from pet stores may feel like a rescue, it'll just lead to more demand, leading to more rats suffering. The pet stores don't care what happens so long as they get their money. I've heard people say, "Oh, there are regulations though!" Pet stores don't follow them. Don't give them money. Don't let them continue this. I'm sorry for this being such a long comment, but I'm tired of animals suffering.
@lu3791
2 жыл бұрын
I saw a little cage - maybe an armlenght x armlenght big - with around 30 mice in a local pet store... Only 3 houses to hide, it was awful
@platannapipidae9621
2 жыл бұрын
no surprises. i fancy myself as a bird enthusiast and every time i see parrots in the pet stores, i want to cry and to commit violence to store owners. like, i see parrots who literally can't breath, i see them poop in their food and water. they eat grain instead veggies and spices. they die faster, then people buy them. it's awful and shouldn't exist. government should look after the breeders.
@mf-ws3cj
2 жыл бұрын
Expose them queen 🤝
@crazygirlontheblock311
2 жыл бұрын
At the pets at homes near me they had some enclosures which had animals for adoption in. I have never bought live animals from them but seeing as these were for adoption we decided to adopt 2 baby bunnies. They ended up having a deadly parasite which should of been picked up far sooner. One of the rabbits (flopsy) was really poorly and how she went un noticed for so long was just ridiculous. The vet thought they wouldn’t last a week,but I wanted to give them a chance and we started medication they lived for another 2 months and then sadly snowdrop passed away. And flopsy a month after. If the parasite had been picked up sooner they probably would of survived as a lot of their major symptoms wouldn’t of happened. It’s so frustrating. There’s also always dying reptiles and insects. They should not sell live mammals let alone live reptiles that need there environment to be specific otherwise they will get sick. Hamsters are a little more hardy then crested geckos kept in a tiny enclosure with barely any humidity or places high up to hide. They should be banned from the selling of live animals.
@diane9693
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your experience. I’d considered working for a chain pet store as I’d love to work with animals safe to say I won’t be applying! Pet stores shouldn’t sell animals of any species! Support responsible breeders.
@missoli
2 жыл бұрын
Yep I’ve been there. Not a chain pet store but a breeder that’s actually well known in the reptile community. i also don’t wanna say who bc I don’t want a lawsuit either 😂 It’s heartbreaking to watch animals die and having a boss really only care about making money and not providing the proper resources to keep the animals happy and healthy. :( it has definitely traumatized me. Sometimes ignorance really is bliss
@Emiology
2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately when it comes to making money in the animal industry if you want to make a good profit from it you have to cut a lot of corners. Knowing what goes in to breeding rats ethically and how most times good breeders are at a loss, it makes me question any large scale business / breeder that's managing to make a hefty profit from it.
@missoli
2 жыл бұрын
@@Emiology where I worked, 13 of us quit within the same week because we were fed up with the way we and the animals were treated. it makes me so sad to know that animals suffer because greedy humans who don't care about anything but profit :(
@rated-pg7644
2 жыл бұрын
I knew pet stores were bad, but I didn’t know how bad they were. As an animal lover, hearing the horrific conditions, I’m very sad. My sister has been wanting a guinea pig that she found at PetSmart and I’m trying to tell my mom not to buy one for her. (She hasn’t said anything recently but I’m worried my parents will buy one for her( My sister and my other sister share a room, so that really limits the space she can provide for the guinea pig. And she’s going to turn 9 soon, and personally I don’t think she’ll be able to provide the proper needs. I’m going to send this video to my mom.
@molliejameson
2 жыл бұрын
that place makes me feel sick 😞. honestly don’t understand how all this is able to happen.
@kedj9380
2 жыл бұрын
I love u and your content so much xxxxxxx
@skibidicat10
2 жыл бұрын
Before I knew how bad pet stores were I bought two rats. The pet store employee grabbed them by the tails and threw them in the carrier. Never again.
@milirodriguez8493
2 жыл бұрын
Most of them are most definitely NOT trained. I got my chinchilla from a chain pet store and although the lady was very sweet, I dont think she was handling him nicely. He made a crying noise. I have held them(I know chinchis dont like to be held alot) to clean his cage and though he likes to move ALOT, he never made that crying noise with me.
@Silentgrace11
2 жыл бұрын
As one of the many people who have been traumatized for life as kids from misinformation about hamsters being “social animals”, yes, this is such a horrible issue and I can’t believe that misinformation is so common. Well, I stand corrected - I suppose I can believe it, but purely by virtue of the fact that pet stores probably let it continue because a) people buy more hamsters that way, and b) they may end up giving any resulting babies back to the pet store, resulting in even more profits
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