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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Yeah I had to tell a worker about a bird that was lying dead in it's cage,it was a canary which got put into a cage of finches and I passed by it seeing it fly around because very frantically, and i ran back too it and there it was dead, I could tell that all the birds were underfed and had no water what so all, so I told them and they said the bird was fricken sleeping like BRUH NO ITS DEAD petco sucks
Bakuhomo I found a bird laying on its back on the bottom of the cage, still breathing and blinking. Told a worker, they picked it up and walked to the front and threw it in the trash.
Update: went back for crickets bc no place else had any in stock, and there were 3 dead baby leopard geckos and 1 live one with its tail fallen off and no toes
@@sarinnaneumann8182 I would of took the bird and sat outside with it until it passed so at least that way it died peacefully. Also what kind of worker just tosses it in the frikin trash like WTH I hope they get fired.
Many years ago wen I had a budgie (( had to give it away wen I was like 7. getting another bird soon 16 now btw )) and I was looking to get a second budgie and unfortunately the one I picked had a parasite or something because it had diarrhea which is a sign of sickness in birds ( which I only learned recently wen doing research for my new bird ). So yeah I got sold a sick bird and it broke my heart wen it died because it was so sweet and frendly. Poor thing.
Giyu Tomioka I reported it to the manager and she said he did nothing wrong and then I sent her a picture of the Leo’s with their toes falling off and she said that it was normal for baby Leo’s and they shouldn’t be on any substrate except sand and when I sent her the faces she called me mentally retarded, a druggie, and then told me to kill myself LMAO
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!!
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 :)
sadly, petco rarely hires reptile enthusiasts. as most of the time, they are more focused on the more popular pets like cats, dogs, and birds. i once saw a turtle with shell rot when i was little, and the employee told me the shell was a normal color. almost no one there knows anything about reptiles other than the absolute basics of "reptile needs heat"
PetSmart and Petco here are basically the same... my leopard gecko died because they recommended calcium infused sand. He was blinded and his other eye was swollen shut. I loved him so much, and I feel horrid for listening for them
I agree chain petstores take horrible care of animals. But here's the thing if you want to take care of animals do the research yourself don't rely on someone who has little to no knowledge of animals
Im actually a newer petco employee and have been lucky enough to be in store certified by the humane society! Our leopard geckos are cared for very differently than what I'm seeing here (no clumping sand, fed variety of dusted insects, given multiple hides, etc...). Ive never seen any of our geckos with issues beyond eye sight, but thats because we had a few albinos and that just comes with the territory of albanism. Anyways i could go on about how much i love my store but basically i wish more petcos would understand their animals better :
Might as well tag @PetSmart in here as well since they commit the same atrocities. I have questioned employees on the housing and conditions at both companies and it really seems they just don’t “get it”. I walked into a local PETCO and the humidity was upwards of 70-80% relative humidity. The reason? They were having a “bad shed”. These 10 or so leopard geckos in the same tank probably wouldn’t be having a “bad shed” if they had the correct conditions! Thank you, again, for your open letter to PETCO. I will be sharing this with those interested to remind them of how these companies still haven’t changed much over the past decades.
PetCo chops off pet limbs (like ears, bits of tail, or chopping the nails too short) by accident when grooming and don't tell the owners, instead they try to glue or stitch them back on.
To be fair, it only happened once and will likely never happen again due to the bad publicity it gave the company. But I was mortified when I found out...poor dog.
So I just recently bought a Beardie at petco without knowing much about how badly animals are treated there. I found that out after. Thankfully my beardie is healthy and happy but I feel so bad for the animals that have to suffer through that. I *luckily* had done quite a bit of research on how to house a beardie and everything they need to thrive and while the petco employee was talking to me about how to care for mine he was saying all this nonsense and I was so upset. And then on the way out I caught a glimpse of the leopard geckos and they looked so skinny and sad and they looked like they were in pain and my heart just broke. I knew my parents would never let me get all of those animals but I wanted to so bad. We wanted to buy from a breeder but there aren’t any around (I live in the middle of nowhere) the closest place to buy a reptile was at a petco and even that was almost an hour away. A few weeks later we went back to the store to get something and I was so relieved to see that most of the reptiles had been sold. I just hope they’re in good homes that know what they’re doing. But I’m very glad my baby survived and is happy. I’ve had him since June and it is Official he’s a boy and I named him Ash. He’s the happiest and most energetic thing ever. He’s literally the light of my life. I still do research and watch tons of videos to try to get info on them to make sure he lives the best life possible and he’s as happy as possible. Remember to always do your research before getting a pet! Thank you!!
For future reference you can get reptiles online off of morph market, just be sure to research the breeder before buying. You can also check Craigslist to see if any are being rehomed near you.
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.
+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.
+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.
+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.
+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 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 😂❤️
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.
@@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.
@ 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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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
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 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
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”
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
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,
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
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!
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.
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*
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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)
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
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 😬
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
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.
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?!!!
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
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!!
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.
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.)
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.:(
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
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.
@@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
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)
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!
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?
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.
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.
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,
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
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.
@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.
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 :)
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.
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
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 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...
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😢
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
I don't think it's that the employees don't care, I think it's more so that they are told to say these things so that (I know it sounds horrible) the animal they sell someone will die, causing them to come back to Petco to buy another. And another one. And another one. It's all about the money
Sarah Johnson No. because you have a six week return fee on all animals you get there in case it dies so you can go back and get another one. It's just they train the employees who most likely don't know a lot about reptiles and take the quick and easy information so the customers will buy the more expensive 'Reptile Kit' with sand, a heat lamp and just what you'd think at the ball a desert reptile would need.
Sarah Johnson most petcos (Or at least mine) have a policy where if the animal dies within 30 days, they'll replace it for free. so really selling sick or injured animals doesn't help them out at all if their goal is to sell ones that will die. I think it's just misinformation. a long history of it. employees were misinformed somehow years ago, and then passed on their wrong information to new employees who trusted their higher ups enough not to look into it themselves. and then THEY pass on that Informatiom as well; rinse and repeat.
Yeah...what disturbs me is that they sell hermit crabs, which are never supposed to be kept as pets and are quickly dying out due to people collecting them and their shells to sell at places like Petco
If you can respond to this, what should I get? I used to have rapto mat and it smelled atrocious, so now I have calcu sand and I'm seeing a lot of comments saying it is bad
@@mckenziedewese1902 I thought those would get really stinky unless I cleaned it everyday, I want something slightly low maintenance. yes i have cal sand
SmolBoi Wait You Use Calci-Sand? UGH Do You Know That It Could Kill Your Reptiles??? They Eat The Calcium In Sand AND ACTUALLY EAT THE SAND! Just Imagine Finding Your Vitamins In Sand... UGH YOU'RE SUCH A DISGRACE
Thank you for watching this video! It's been a long time since I uploaded this, and some things have changed with my care, for example I now use UV lamps for all my Leopard Geckos and Deep Heat Projectors, instead of Heat Mats (though heat mats are still fine and safe). If you're new here, be sure to subscribe and keep up with all new, up-to-date Leopard Gecko, Crested Gecko and Chahoua care! 😊
Reyence Chua Violin you can just use a deep heat projector, you don’t need UVB (as long as you’re using artificial d3). Although UVB is very beneficial. I also recommend looking into halogen bulbs, they’re better than deep heat projectors.
I may not be able to find it and if I am wrong and hist have not seen it I deeply apologize. I'm just wondering since you were the one to post this video and call Petco out on their animal abuse and negligence? Where is your video or PSA in regards to the "let's all go and steal all the animal's" comments? I ABSOLUTELY applaud you for letting everyone know the appalling conditions the animal's are being kept in and the absolutely WRONG information the buyers are given how how to care for them at home. PLEASE LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT DO TO HELP FIX THE PROBLEM!!!!
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
I was at a Petco and the guy said that I shouldn't get a big cage because he would GET LOST IN HIS CAGE. It is very sad Edit: I was gonna get a 40 breeder for my gargoyle gecko btw
GeckoGirl, eh I mean someone came into the local reptile store I volunteer at and they came here bc they got a crested gecko at Petsmart or petco idk and thought the info didn’t sound right. They told them that the crested geckos only need a 5 gallon tank bc they will get stressed in a big tank. Luckily we gave them all of the right info and they bought a large tank. :)
Wrigley The Dood, I don’t see what that really has to do with a leo baby. A crestie, of course. But this is no crestie. Baby leopard geckos, especially ones settling in to a new environment, can get stressed out easily and it will take longer for them to adjust. Plus the fear of your baby wondering away from it’s heat source and freezing to death. This is why you should aim for the small side when it comes to baby leos. But for adults/juveniles, bigger is always better🙃
honestly my local petco takes great care of their animals, and from what i have heard they give the right information. now i am only a rodent and a dog owner, i have had my hand in the world of reptile, bird, and fish research. i have never seen such bad animal care in this store and our store has a sign that says "always look in the back first" because they want people to adopt first. i am very sad to hear about these situations, and i am in no way supporting those petcos, it's just that not all petcos are neglecting their animals from what i have seen. i hope all the situations improve.
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!
Their tails in the picture are so thin. Poor things. I really wish that petstores would stop selling animals or AT LEAST take care of them and share the right information. Even shelters, such as my local shelter don't give animals enough space espically small animals such as mice, hamsters, etc.
Its important to know Petco doesnt require their staff to undergo schooling before being eligible for hire. They have hundreds of species if you include fish, and that is alot of information. People who walk in knowing absolutely 0% about the animal they are about to buy are just as bad as an employee trying to meet your needs by playing it off. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH. If you walk into a petco or petsmart and expect each of their staff to be damn near college degree experts on every single species you're delusional
I agree that you should have all your research before you walk in, but I also think that they employees shouldnt give info they arent sure about. They should just say something to the extent of not being knowledgeable on the topic
ImpossibRu no one said that they were college level. Of course they’re not gonna be college level but Petco is the one telling these kids the information about these animals. So yeah people are going to think that they’re going to know information about animals because they work there and they’re supposed to know the information. They’re supposed to be there to help you find an animal and how to care for them. Of course you have to do your own research but it also helps a lot if it’s someone telling you straight to your face and their experience. The fact is that Petco knows that they don’t know anything so they tell them the wrong information. But these kids don’t know that, so don’t be calling people delusional just because they’re asking for advice from people that work at a PET store.
As somebody who worked at a Petco, I can confirm this. Petco is a retail store, not only a pet store. We undergo basic training, but the leadership trusts you to be able to use common sense in terms of how you handle and care for animals. (Along with a short period of supervised work with them) If you want an expert, ask a veterinarian. One of my most memorable encounters was with a customer was when selling products that I wasn’t completely familiar with. I told them that this is what the effects of said product were based on the displayed information and what I knew based on common sense. They snapped at me for my wording and told me: “Well you work at this store you should know what it is you are dealing with” Yes, we do, but we have our own speciality’s, preferences, and experiences in animals but we are by no means all knowing. If you are worried to such a degree you would get mad at an employee for not being able to confirm information for you please do your own research. It’s not our responsibility to know how to take care of every animal in and outside of our store, they don’t get paid a vets salary, they get paid retail wages and probably don’t give a fuck about your dog who just shit in the parking lot.
It's not just geckos. I had a rabbit with crooked teeth who needed regular trimmings. The vet showed me how to do it for her at home and what clippers I would need to do it safely. I asked the rep where to find it and she got mad and called my bunny a disgusting rat who shouldn't be alive if it has defective teeth. Zelda the bunny has passed away now but not before living a long healthy life once I went to an independent pet supply store that gave me the right clippers. It's like they get angry/insulted if you ask them something they don't know.
Melody Rose wow, that was just plain disgusting. Imagine someone saying that to her about her life. Animals have emotions too. I am so sorry for your lost. People say the same thing about my chinchillas. It make me so mad. But your bunny is in a better place. My chinchilla and your bunny is running around heaven making alot children who lost their lives happy.
Most of the time fish are covered with the ich parasite. Luckily the petcos in my area have well informed people and the animals are being housed properly and they have a quarantine tank for the sick fish.
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.
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 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.
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
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)
Mike Sims what I learned is that petco it terrible but in some cases a lot of petsmart people know what there doing like the geckos and turtles there are completely healthy and have a good population know what I dont like is the amount of bearded dragons they put together
I know this isn't a reptile but.. my friend gave me her old budgie who was very healthy, so we went to Petco to buy him a friend since he seemed lonely, we got a budgie, payed for it, and took it home. I carefully and immediately took the budgie out of the box and noticed bruises, blood, cracked and wounded feet, and even a cracked beak! This budgie also had parakeet mange(an infestation of mites on the beaks feet and cere in parakeets) I took special care of the new bird which we named blueberry, and cleaned everything with vinegar and water. next I rubbed vegetable oil on the beaks and feet of the birds and let them bathe. Blueberry is nearly back to health after 2 weeks and was only around 3-4 months old. When I was at Petco the cage was extremely warm only a plastic chain and artificial wooden play tree were there to occupy them! and on top of that the wings were cut super short! they only had seed and even unclean water! It was so sad, and I hope that soon Petco will change the living conditions of these animals.
Breanna Barnes I told the lady what bird I liked so I picked one that look active and okay. and this bird looked active and healthy, even getting fed from the birds also in the cage, so no lights were going off in my head. I can't see too well so I didn't notice any of these things until I was looking closer when I came home. blueberry is fine and dandy now and eats very well, even fights the other birds for treats
For Christmas last year I got a chameleon from a petco store close by, I did everything the person at the store told me to, within 3 weeks it had died a very long drawn out death. We called the store and they said that we could get a refund for the lamp and habitat, but they did not once apologize. They were mad at us because we wanted to return the stuff we bought. I hate petco, I refuse to purchase anything from petco and will forever be angry with how they treated us.
Alix Hart You shouldn't listen to anything an employee says. Didn't you learn that from the video? A lot of them give out the wrong information that will kill your animal. You have to do your own research before getting an animal.
Christina Smith This was months and months ago, I didn't know about how horrible Petco was at this time. I trusted them because I was never told to do otherwise. When you go to a petstore wouldn't you expect them to give you correct information about the animals they have. This was my first pet that wasn't a dog, so I didn't really know exactly what to do. I got the chameleon for Christmas so it wasn't really planned for me. I agree that I should have researched more, but I did think I could trust the people at the place where I got him. I found this video months after he died, so I did not know how horrible these stores are and how wrong their information was.
yeah that store is probably run by businessmen/women - not animal lovers. Luckily enough, my local Petco is pretty okay, the only complaint I have is that one of the employees tried suggesting this microscopic mealworms for our new leopard geckos. We ended up sticking to crickets.. for now.
Today, I went to buy another hamster set up, and the petco employee said that a tiny crittertrail would be perfectly fine for a SYRIAN hamster. I just said ''Oh, I will think about it.'' and I literally ran out of the store, the crittertrail was far to small for even a mouse! The man said that he had a hamster in that type of cage and said that the hamster was ''happy'' and ''joyful''. I was so shocked.
I got a leopard gecko yesterday from Petco, I used your youtube channel to get the right things for my gecko, hes really skinny though but hes gaining some weight.
Le Baguette That’s like saying don’t vote because your vote won’t make an impact. Yes, if ONE person bought an animal it wouldn’t make an impact. But it obviously isn’t just ONE person. Hundreds of people everyday buy animals from Petco, and the more we can spread awareness the less buys Petco will get, or any chain pet store. Plus, wouldn’t you want to buy an animals from somewhere where you’ll know it’s healthy and from a good source?
@@howellaboutno9500 but are we just supposed to let the unhealthy ones at places like that die? I see where you are coming from but even so the chances of Pet co shutting down are so low anyways so why not help those poor babies nevertheless?
@@howellaboutno9500 but are we just supposed to let the unhealthy ones at places like that die? I see where you are coming from but even so the chances of Pet co shutting down are so low anyways so why not help those poor babies nevertheless?
Mackenzie - It’s an ethical matter, I suppose. Save one animal, subjecting others to the same treatment, or leave the one animal for it to die, possibly saving others? It’s just like the common problem with the trains. Turn and you kill 10 strangers, stay straight and you kill 1 loved one. But, there are other factors to consider. By leaving the animal at Petco, you can buy a healthy animal from a reliable source, supporting trustworthy breeders and knowing your animal will be healthy. Our goal isn’t to shut down Petco, but rather stop them from selling animals. By spreading awareness, one person choosing not to buy an animal turns into 10. If those people tell other people, 10 can turn into 100. It’s videos like this or posts on social media that can make those changes. Profits go down, maybe Petco decides to sell less geckos. Then no geckos, then no snakes, then no fish, etc. See how that works? It’s your choice. Don’t let your emotions rule out reason.
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.
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.
Jesus am I lucky my Petco doesn't sell live animals, only my Petsmart does. Was there the other day actually, my Petsmart takes good care of their animals. Then again I live in a small town so that's probably why.
+JFCMsnakes I wasn't disappointed at the end, I think I'm going to do a video on p@h go into their store and film the whole thing of me asking about care for a Royal because I bet their info is shit.
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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?
@@dayumcammgaming355 Arcadia’s shadedweller.
Oh honey, I so wish your video would've made a difference 😭
What store should I go to get a leopard gecko for myself? One that doesn't treat animals this cruelly.
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 :(
Oh noooo
*in a few days I’m braking into petco to steal what I can, who is with me?*
Skoanz Adventures ME!!
Madeline Bogle 🤝
@@emmap564 any at all i breed them. As well as no sand. At least with eating. And salad big as inbetween there eyes
_Did anyone else look through the comments looking for a comment from Petco?_
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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.
Me! lmao 😂😂
I did I would like to see there reaction
@@chpsuey good point :)
I did
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.
i think you meant impaction but yes you are very correct and it is very sad
It’s perfectly fine
AdriMrie “yes :) I fixed the mistake sorry. I was typing super fast so I must have missed that”
And they need a THICK layer of education and a THICK layer of common sense
1. why is there A "ME:"
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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.
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.
hippypower123 You started crying? Jesus Christ
hippypower123 I'm still scared of spiders fuck that
hippypower123, you cried over a spider, nuff said, your crazy
Tiffany Feng lol
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
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.
Yeah I had to tell a worker about a bird that was lying dead in it's cage,it was a canary which got put into a cage of finches and I passed by it seeing it fly around because very frantically, and i ran back too it and there it was dead, I could tell that all the birds were underfed and had no water what so all, so I told them and they said the bird was fricken sleeping like BRUH NO ITS DEAD petco sucks
Bakuhomo I found a bird laying on its back on the bottom of the cage, still breathing and blinking. Told a worker, they picked it up and walked to the front and threw it in the trash.
Update: went back for crickets bc no place else had any in stock, and there were 3 dead baby leopard geckos and 1 live one with its tail fallen off and no toes
@@sarinnaneumann8182 I would of took the bird and sat outside with it until it passed so at least that way it died peacefully. Also what kind of worker just tosses it in the frikin trash like WTH I hope they get fired.
Many years ago wen I had a budgie (( had to give it away wen I was like 7. getting another bird soon 16 now btw )) and I was looking to get a second budgie and unfortunately the one I picked had a parasite or something because it had diarrhea which is a sign of sickness in birds ( which I only learned recently wen doing research for my new bird ). So yeah I got sold a sick bird and it broke my heart wen it died because it was so sweet and frendly. Poor thing.
Giyu Tomioka I reported it to the manager and she said he did nothing wrong and then I sent her a picture of the Leo’s with their toes falling off and she said that it was normal for baby Leo’s and they shouldn’t be on any substrate except sand and when I sent her the faces she called me mentally retarded, a druggie, and then told me to kill myself LMAO
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!!
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 :)
Sad to see that almost 5 years later, nothing has changed.
sadly, petco rarely hires reptile enthusiasts. as most of the time, they are more focused on the more popular pets like cats, dogs, and birds. i once saw a turtle with shell rot when i was little, and the employee told me the shell was a normal color. almost no one there knows anything about reptiles other than the absolute basics of "reptile needs heat"
WHEN I GROW I AM GOING TO BE A LAWYER!!!!!!! PETCO HERE I COME!!!!
LOL 😂😂😂😂
HERE COMES DAT MITTEN!!
When i grow up i want to be a animal health inspector PETCO U BETTER WATCH YOUR BACK lololol
When I grow up I'll be the president PETCO HERE I COME
+SAMRAUI BROTHA is Petco a school? xD
PetSmart and Petco here are basically the same...
my leopard gecko died because they recommended calcium infused sand. He was blinded and his other eye was swollen shut. I loved him so much, and I feel horrid for listening for them
I agree chain petstores take horrible care of animals. But here's the thing if you want to take care of animals do the research yourself don't rely on someone who has little to no knowledge of animals
Paul Binkley yes, but this was before I knew. So, technically, it's not completely my fault
Shadow Kitty cat im not saying it is your fault im just saying that its good to research . I have to correct petstore employees constantly
Paul Binkley oh, I know. I just randomly felt the need to say that-
It's not your fault
My family gott a bird from petco one time and they kept him in a broom closet with the light off in a small cage.
Im actually a newer petco employee and have been lucky enough to be in store certified by the humane society! Our leopard geckos are cared for very differently than what I'm seeing here (no clumping sand, fed variety of dusted insects, given multiple hides, etc...). Ive never seen any of our geckos with issues beyond eye sight, but thats because we had a few albinos and that just comes with the territory of albanism. Anyways i could go on about how much i love my store but basically i wish more petcos would understand their animals better :
Good job I got my little crack head from petco on jan 2nd and she is healthy and strong she loves me very much and I keep her fed
Might as well tag @PetSmart in here as well since they commit the same atrocities. I have questioned employees on the housing and conditions at both companies and it really seems they just don’t “get it”. I walked into a local PETCO and the humidity was upwards of 70-80% relative humidity. The reason? They were having a “bad shed”. These 10 or so leopard geckos in the same tank probably wouldn’t be having a “bad shed” if they had the correct conditions! Thank you, again, for your open letter to PETCO. I will be sharing this with those interested to remind them of how these companies still haven’t changed much over the past decades.
PetCo chops off pet limbs (like ears, bits of tail, or chopping the nails too short) by accident when grooming and don't tell the owners, instead they try to glue or stitch them back on.
OHHHH WHAT THE!!
iToffee Graal
What the fuck
Orange Guy Search 'Dog's ear gets cut off by petco' You will be disgusted.
To be fair, it only happened once and will likely never happen again due to the bad publicity it gave the company. But I was mortified when I found out...poor dog.
Turtle Tail to be fair why the fuck would you let yourself cut off a dogs ear AND HOW STUPID TO YOU HAVE TO BE TO FUCKING TRY TO GLUE IT ON.
So I just recently bought a Beardie at petco without knowing much about how badly animals are treated there. I found that out after. Thankfully my beardie is healthy and happy but I feel so bad for the animals that have to suffer through that. I *luckily* had done quite a bit of research on how to house a beardie and everything they need to thrive and while the petco employee was talking to me about how to care for mine he was saying all this nonsense and I was so upset. And then on the way out I caught a glimpse of the leopard geckos and they looked so skinny and sad and they looked like they were in pain and my heart just broke. I knew my parents would never let me get all of those animals but I wanted to so bad. We wanted to buy from a breeder but there aren’t any around (I live in the middle of nowhere) the closest place to buy a reptile was at a petco and even that was almost an hour away. A few weeks later we went back to the store to get something and I was so relieved to see that most of the reptiles had been sold. I just hope they’re in good homes that know what they’re doing. But I’m very glad my baby survived and is happy. I’ve had him since June and it is Official he’s a boy and I named him Ash. He’s the happiest and most energetic thing ever. He’s literally the light of my life. I still do research and watch tons of videos to try to get info on them to make sure he lives the best life possible and he’s as happy as possible. Remember to always do your research before getting a pet! Thank you!!
For future reference you can get reptiles online off of morph market, just be sure to research the breeder before buying. You can also check Craigslist to see if any are being rehomed near you.
I got my ball python from petco she was under weight told us to give her a hot dry climate with aspen shavings for bedding
Petco is like some girl on youtube calling herself an experienced keeper and keeps her ball python on sand, like wtf
ive had friends who have (or know someone) who keeps their ball python on the stuff they use for hamsters at pet stores
@@hopoff812 oh jesus christ, tell them to change the substrate, i beg
I got a gecko from petco and they actually are in great condition but that’s just from my local petco idk about other
When ever I see the lepord geko's in those condishons I get soooo ticked of at the pet store workers and manegers!!!
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.
+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.
+Leopard Gecko ya, the guy that worked here seemed pretty cool. He owned geckos himself, and he seemed to really care about them.
+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.
+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.
+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 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 😂❤️
Addison Tesmer she said what had to be said 😌💖
Jocelyn Gonzalez facts tho 😌💕
That’s what I would have said too, that also proves that she did her research, so she was prepared :3
Which is great!
KAnimates uwu exactly!! i’m glad she did do her research:)
I know just I HAVE A LEOPARD GECKO AND I HAVE A 20 GALLON TANK FOR IT AND IT TAKES THE WHOLE SPACE
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.
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.
@@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.
@ 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.
@@nessacruz404 welp, at least some people there know something
@@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.
They also keep their bearded dragons in horrible condition
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.
Yeah once I saw about 12 to 20 babies in a one dragon enclouser it was sad
Hold up.... *THERE'S BEARDED OLD DRAGONS* !?!?
( yes this is a joke. I'm not data at dumb. )
Also Hamsters... I think all animals tbh...
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.
A lot of these geckos are so skinny they look like salamanders. Holy shit.
NPC #7048164 ikr
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.
NPC #7048164 bearded dragons and leopard geckos are stocky reptiles and need the fat lmao
Bearded Dragon yea. These thins look like a snake. Same diameter all the way down. Poor things.
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
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.
I wish I had a store like that near me
@@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
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”
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
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
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
Gecko lover zoey meme two
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,
You don't even have to do that hard of research for beginner pets, everything is on RUclips nowadays
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
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!
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.
Yeah, we have a petsmart near me and the animals seem in much better condition rather than what i just saw.
Its opposite where I live...... i live in Florida (btw)
Brooke Chance lol my sister got one from petco and it’s like 3 years old but still hasn’t switched shells lolll
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 feel like petstores really like to put solitary animals together, then group animals alone
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*
Oh god...
You know i killed a lot of spiders in my life and even then this is just... wow.
Did this rlly happen?
Yes.
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
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.
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.
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?
They've been sued several times. They always pay it off. Large corporation.
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
True tf
Alivia Mickelson That's good but at my pet owners there was like 18 mice in a small cage....poor animals
Kadri Aalto the government should've hit me dead by now and AT LEAST SOMEBODY CALL ANIMAL ABUSE IN HERE!!!
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.
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
Mbr they have plenty of time to feed their animals lmao, someone asking them a few questions will not take too much time away.
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
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.
I wanna do that too
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
A hero is here
I respect you because of your important Job
Thx
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)
My uncal lol XD
I legit couldn’t tell that those were leopard geckos, they are SO SKINNY.
"No they're just fasting" said by Petco
I actually thought the same thing. It's so skinny I see why they confused it with a house gecko!
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
Ik :(
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 :(
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
...did you
That’s fucked up
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 😬
Exactly man
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
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.
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?!!!
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
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
My favourite animals. Reptiles, cats. All being tortured.
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!!
WHAT EW!
Petco: "Where did the lizards go??"
Me:*runs out of door with 10 lizards*
YES
Save the lizards
Ek ek ek ek ek and i uop save the lizards
Next time take everything ok everything even the fish,cats and dogs
😂that’s awesome
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.
Alexandra Olson ya and a lot are dead
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.)
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.
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
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.
Gay bowser lmao i do that with my bearded dragons they each have a lil blanket
I’m gonna do that when I get my BTS. Nothing but the highest quality dog food, chicken, and veggies from my garden lol
@@julietf3360 when I get my kenyan sand boa and hognose they are safe with _ME_
@@Uaveatz2 lmao yep
When I get a bearded dragon I will give best food and enclosure
Its not ONLY Leopard Geckos, Bearded Dragons are treated horribly as well as most of the animals there.
Karra cheroni all repriles are in some cases. the petco equivelent in the uk called pets at home have now lost their reptile liscense
Karra cheroni especially chameleons
Ive been on the whole Petco abuse for years. Trust me I know.
African Fat tailed geckos aswell
Tortoises get screwed there too, three full sized Russian torts in a maybe 10-15 gallon GLASS aquarium
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
Sherman 8 well they probably would live two years with the current info on how to keep them lol
Non- Existent True!😡
WTF!
Oh no I just set up my leopard gecko cage wrong dang it
Mine just turned 2 and is healthy.
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
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.
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.
Chrissy Botan speaking of that online thing... Is it from any online store or just the Online petsmart store? Ive heard about it before
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.:(
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
E: they are desert animals:
Also E: keep them at room temperature
Me: HMMMMMM
they want it to die quicker so u have to buy a new one
Brody Willson yea exactly
I SMELL🧢
when I heard that I was like: oh hell no my room hella cold
they need 75• at least and 90• at most ( there is no degree symbol so count that as a degree symbol)
They changed the sand to repti carpet near me... Finally
Same
They also got quarentine tanks for the sick fish.
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.
Joey Carter me too
@@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
look at how skinny the tails are.....
*poor unhealthy lil' dudes :(*
im ready to get myslef a job at petco and steal 12 lizardssss
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.
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)
@@axaxii1588 I know it's a joke, but I think it's a serious topic that should be handled in a serious way.
I like how you stole the comment from 3 years ago but added more to it.
@@onyxth3ripper get a sense of humor bruv.
Looks at leopard gecko with his tail as skinny as a freaking paper clip*
*Me "OMG Is that baby ok!?!?!?!?!
Time to work at petco and steal 12 lizards
egg ikr
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!
Lol
egg mind if I help
Or y' know you could just take care of the geckos, and not have to worry about legal troubles
1:35 I have never seen a leaperd gecko with such a skinny bod and tail... Poor thing.
That one was a baby but adults should definitely not be that small
@@elloryhansen4199 my baby has a bigger tail
@@Toyhub2345 oh okay
I bought my leopard gecko at pet smart how bout you?
@@vujuu606 Craigslist. He was 7 when I got him. He's about 12 now and still very healthy.
Using sand is very wrong! Leopard geckos can accidentally eat the sand and die. I have a deeeep hatred for Petco.
Also, that it preferred they should not have lights, it worse
@Kelvin Daugherty Jr all sand is vad
*CALCIUM ENRICHED SAND IS A LOT WORSE.
Kelvin Daugherty Jr what do you mean calci sand is horrible? My friend uses calci sand and her gecko I’d healthy
Kelvin Daugherty Jr I think it really depends on the calci sand...
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?
save the animals!
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.
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.
Silver The Riolu Or animals die. your choice.
Silver The Riolu I don't follow any morals.
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,
THIS IS WHY YOU RESEARCH FIRST
Yup! I have two pages about to start my third about geckos before I get mine
Preach
You Deserve The Mean Comment I imagined out profile picture saying that
You Deserve The Mean Comment yes that’s what I was thinking petco must research
Kimber W same
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
Rocken reptiles
A Leopard Gecko doesn't need bedding just a reptile carpet and maybe a small pillow for softness
It’s gonna die from impaction
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
Rocken reptiles you can use sand, but not thick sand
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
The most ironic thing about this video is that I got a petco ad before it
Is your profile Glory From WIngs Of Fire?
Echty a Sketch WHY IS GLORY IN A SUIT IN YOUR PROFILE PIC XDD
Echty a Sketch r.i.p
Now I want see all of the dragonets in a suit
A_Fellow_ Pyukumuku Wings Of Fire?
The internet: Petco how could you do this to these poor defenceless creatures!
Petco:I like money!
I read that in a mr krabs voice and it killed me.
@@rosevampire3755 same!! XD
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.
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
@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.
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 :)
"do you like animals?"
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.
Destroy petco from within. Get hired and actually take care of their animals for them.
Thank god the guy at my petco didn’t say any of that he was honest with all of it
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.
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
@@lexarealone shouldn't even be eating kale tbh shit nuits
Or take them home with you
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 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...
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😢
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!
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.
Animals always know before humans
I wish could have taken them away from those fuckers of mothers
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
fish guy u say
Thank you for doing your best, of course all employees do but most don't learn the right way. But you tried really hard
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
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.
It's also up to the store to set protocol
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.
satunbreeze true
satunbreeze It's not their job to research. They're taught these things.
Yeah but they don't have to lisen to that crap as do the research themselves.
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.
Ivy Mulhern YOUR SO KIND
THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH PETCO
That poor baby :((((( glad he’s in a nice home now
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.
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!!!
1. Start a go Fund Me
2. collect money
3. SUE THE PANTS OFF THEM
+Shane Carr FUCK YES LE DO IT IT!
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.
Jeah! I would spend some money!
Annette Corrales-Lopez Anyone start one yet?
Ha
My petco actually knows there shit😂 lmao blessed I only trust the manager and she refuses any person that doesn’t know what they are doing
Taylor King lmaooo take me there to buy the whole store
Same
same with me
Same wit my petsmart
Aye. I wanna work there. That place seems cool
I don't think it's that the employees don't care, I think it's more so that they are told to say these things so that (I know it sounds horrible) the animal they sell someone will die, causing them to come back to Petco to buy another. And another one. And another one. It's all about the money
Exactly what I think, petco will then say that THE OWNER did something wrong and the owners will try again and again
Petco get more money
Sarah Johnson No. because you have a six week return fee on all animals you get there in case it dies so you can go back and get another one. It's just they train the employees who most likely don't know a lot about reptiles and take the quick and easy information so the customers will buy the more expensive 'Reptile Kit' with sand, a heat lamp and just what you'd think at the ball a desert reptile would need.
Sarah Johnson yes I agree with you 100%
Sarah Johnson most petcos (Or at least mine) have a policy where if the animal dies within 30 days, they'll replace it for free. so really selling sick or injured animals doesn't help them out at all if their goal is to sell ones that will die.
I think it's just misinformation. a long history of it. employees were misinformed somehow years ago, and then passed on their wrong information to new employees who trusted their higher ups enough not to look into it themselves. and then THEY pass on that Informatiom as well; rinse and repeat.
Yeah...what disturbs me is that they sell hermit crabs, which are never supposed to be kept as pets and are quickly dying out due to people collecting them and their shells to sell at places like Petco
We need to protest about Petco, who’s with me
This anon certainly is!
toby. fx Me! They told me my lizard had bone disease the entire time when I told them he died!
me
Let the boycotting begin!
toby. fx fuck yeah
I'm cringing so much. They.do.not.need.sand. it is not good for their feet or their system. Ugh this is just...ugh
If you can respond to this, what should I get? I used to have rapto mat and it smelled atrocious, so now I have calcu sand and I'm seeing a lot of comments saying it is bad
@@chloebaloneyxx did you already get stuff? Most people use tile and or paper towels instead
@@mckenziedewese1902 I thought those would get really stinky unless I cleaned it everyday, I want something slightly low maintenance. yes i have cal sand
SmolBoi Wait You Use Calci-Sand? UGH Do You Know That It Could Kill Your Reptiles??? They Eat The Calcium In Sand AND ACTUALLY EAT THE SAND! Just Imagine Finding Your Vitamins In Sand... UGH YOU'RE SUCH A DISGRACE
@@midnightcookiegaming2089 I just switched to eco earth
I love how liberals , conservatives, and independents all feel the exact same about petco lol
Rusty Irons LIBERALS JUST GOT OWNED EPIC STYLE 😎
Conservatives rektt
No animal should be treated this way. I think that is something everyone can agree on. No matter what political views they might have.
Thank you for watching this video! It's been a long time since I uploaded this, and some things have changed with my care, for example I now use UV lamps for all my Leopard Geckos and Deep Heat Projectors, instead of Heat Mats (though heat mats are still fine and safe). If you're new here, be sure to subscribe and keep up with all new, up-to-date Leopard Gecko, Crested Gecko and Chahoua care! 😊
Is it ok to just use a deep heap projector or i have to use it with a UVB for d3
Oh hello!
Reyence Chua Violin you can just use a deep heat projector, you don’t need UVB (as long as you’re using artificial d3). Although UVB is very beneficial. I also recommend looking into halogen bulbs, they’re better than deep heat projectors.
@@nightinggale6470 thanks. actually I am using a halogen bulb
I may not be able to find it and if I am wrong and hist have not seen it I deeply apologize.
I'm just wondering since you were the one to post this video and call Petco out on their animal abuse and negligence? Where is your video or PSA in regards to the "let's all go and steal all the animal's" comments? I ABSOLUTELY applaud you for letting everyone know the appalling conditions the animal's are being kept in and the absolutely WRONG information the buyers are given how how to care for them at home.
PLEASE LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT DO TO HELP FIX THE PROBLEM!!!!
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
I got a PetSmart ad on this video.
Oh god
Chloe & Rosco Random! Perfect
pet smart is better than pet co
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
Same 😭😂
I was at a Petco and the guy said that I shouldn't get a big cage because he would GET LOST IN HIS CAGE. It is very sad
Edit: I was gonna get a 40 breeder for my gargoyle gecko btw
That is actually true.. a baby could potentially stray from his heat source and possibly die. Maybe don’t assume things.
GeckoGirl, eh I mean someone came into the local reptile store I volunteer at and they came here bc they got a crested gecko at Petsmart or petco idk and thought the info didn’t sound right. They told them that the crested geckos only need a 5 gallon tank bc they will get stressed in a big tank. Luckily we gave them all of the right info and they bought a large tank. :)
Wrigley The Dood, I don’t see what that really has to do with a leo baby. A crestie, of course. But this is no crestie. Baby leopard geckos, especially ones settling in to a new environment, can get stressed out easily and it will take longer for them to adjust. Plus the fear of your baby wondering away from it’s heat source and freezing to death. This is why you should aim for the small side when it comes to baby leos. But for adults/juveniles, bigger is always better🙃
@@sour_fallz how do you know it's a baby
Ruby Scorpion, nobody said I do. I said a baby could get lost in its cage. The reason the store would say that is that it was a baby.
honestly my local petco takes great care of their animals, and from what i have heard they give the right information. now i am only a rodent and a dog owner, i have had my hand in the world of reptile, bird, and fish research. i have never seen such bad animal care in this store and our store has a sign that says "always look in the back first" because they want people to adopt first. i am very sad to hear about these situations, and i am in no way supporting those petcos, it's just that not all petcos are neglecting their animals from what i have seen. i hope all the situations improve.
•kayla• dame with my petsmart this women helped me a lot she owned 6 rescue dragons and (I’m not saying that means anything) but yeah my beardie is ok
•kayla• me too
My petco Is great
And they always keep 3 hides in each cage
it's the supplier that's the problem. look up Reptiles by Mack.
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 💔
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!
Im sorry for your lost
My cat is very healthy from petco, I got lucky
As soon as I found the word "petco" on the title of this video
Me-Petco........ FUCKING.petco.
Seriously, if you are gonna open a damn company about animals, how about you try to LEARN about the animals you sell and take care of?
Their tails in the picture are so thin. Poor things. I really wish that petstores would stop selling animals or AT LEAST take care of them and share the right information. Even shelters, such as my local shelter don't give animals enough space espically small animals such as mice, hamsters, etc.
THOSO POOR BABYS LOOK AT THIER TAILS :( we need to fix petco
I remember going to petco and I saw like, 7 damn leopard geckos in one small tank
Me two!
@FreezedIcee AJ I saw about 6 in a port richey fl Petco.
Lucky. I counted somewhere between 15 to 20 in one of the ones I was in.
if a leopard gecko must be kept with other geckos, there must only ever be 3, one male and 2 female.
Its important to know Petco doesnt require their staff to undergo schooling before being eligible for hire. They have hundreds of species if you include fish, and that is alot of information.
People who walk in knowing absolutely 0% about the animal they are about to buy are just as bad as an employee trying to meet your needs by playing it off.
DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH. If you walk into a petco or petsmart and expect each of their staff to be damn near college degree experts on every single species you're delusional
this makes me want to go to petco to actually inform people how animals in their stores should be kept. (i do a lot of research on these animals)
I agree that you should have all your research before you walk in, but I also think that they employees shouldnt give info they arent sure about. They should just say something to the extent of not being knowledgeable on the topic
ImpossibRu no one said that they were college level. Of course they’re not gonna be college level but Petco is the one telling these kids the information about these animals. So yeah people are going to think that they’re going to know information about animals because they work there and they’re supposed to know the information. They’re supposed to be there to help you find an animal and how to care for them. Of course you have to do your own research but it also helps a lot if it’s someone telling you straight to your face and their experience. The fact is that Petco knows that they don’t know anything so they tell them the wrong information. But these kids don’t know that, so don’t be calling people delusional just because they’re asking for advice from people that work at a PET store.
McKenzie Dewese exactly.
As somebody who worked at a Petco, I can confirm this. Petco is a retail store, not only a pet store. We undergo basic training, but the leadership trusts you to be able to use common sense in terms of how you handle and care for animals. (Along with a short period of supervised work with them)
If you want an expert, ask a veterinarian. One of my most memorable encounters was with a customer was when selling products that I wasn’t completely familiar with. I told them that this is what the effects of said product were based on the displayed information and what I knew based on common sense. They snapped at me for my wording and told me:
“Well you work at this store you should know what it is you are dealing with”
Yes, we do, but we have our own speciality’s, preferences, and experiences in animals but we are by no means all knowing. If you are worried to such a degree you would get mad at an employee for not being able to confirm information for you please do your own research. It’s not our responsibility to know how to take care of every animal in and outside of our store, they don’t get paid a vets salary, they get paid retail wages and probably don’t give a fuck about your dog who just shit in the parking lot.
Considering buying a PETCO Franchise and then making it the best PETCO ever.
Caden Mullins I support you
get this one on gofundme
Let me know when and where
i will support that
Don't do it, they'll force you to uphold their standards, and probably hinder your advancements if it makes other stores look bad
I can't believe I was shouted out!
It's not just geckos. I had a rabbit with crooked teeth who needed regular trimmings. The vet showed me how to do it for her at home and what clippers I would need to do it safely. I asked the rep where to find it and she got mad and called my bunny a disgusting rat who shouldn't be alive if it has defective teeth. Zelda the bunny has passed away now but not before living a long healthy life once I went to an independent pet supply store that gave me the right clippers. It's like they get angry/insulted if you ask them something they don't know.
Melody Rose oh heck, that’s hard to believe but i believe it because people say stupid shit to cover the fact that they don’t know something
Melody Rose wow, that was just plain disgusting. Imagine someone saying that to her about her life. Animals have emotions too. I am so sorry for your lost. People say the same thing about my chinchillas. It make me so mad. But your bunny is in a better place. My chinchilla and your bunny is running around heaven making alot children who lost their lives happy.
Lol wtf
Most of the time fish are covered with the ich parasite. Luckily the petcos in my area have well informed people and the animals are being housed properly and they have a quarantine tank for the sick fish.
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.
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 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.
m s
Did you get her a friend?
Phoe's Stuff yeah! she now has a little sister named Lotus.
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
Phoe's Stuff I'm so sorry for your loss 💕 but rats are excellent pets and I think you'd love them
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 was surprised because my local pet smart housed lepord gekos exactly right and knew alot
Mike Sims I just got a leopard gecko at petco and it’s healthy and happy. This video was posted almost 3 years ago so their care has improved a lot.
Mike Sims what I learned is that petco it terrible but in some cases a lot of petsmart people know what there doing like the geckos and turtles there are completely healthy and have a good population know what I dont like is the amount of bearded dragons they put together
@@emoXjessiX2030 you're supporting the mill that the gecko came from though
yes pet smart is a lot better at keeping there animals in better conditions. Though there are some things they can improve.
Dear petco, stop making teeny tiny crappy hamster cages.
Love, Kelly 💗
A PETCO opened in my town and closed in a couple months. I was happy to see it close.
@Omegon or they got adopted
Hope the animals got to new better homes
@@kirwitch8236 that was what they said
They probably killed all remaining animals☹️
trevor aldrich GOOD
I know this isn't a reptile but..
my friend gave me her old budgie who was very healthy, so we went to Petco to buy him a friend since he seemed lonely, we got a budgie, payed for it, and took it home.
I carefully and immediately took the budgie out of the box and noticed bruises, blood, cracked and wounded feet, and even a cracked beak! This budgie also had parakeet mange(an infestation of mites on the beaks feet and cere in parakeets)
I took special care of the new bird which we named blueberry, and cleaned everything with vinegar and water. next I rubbed vegetable oil on the beaks and feet of the birds and let them bathe. Blueberry is nearly back to health after 2 weeks and was only around 3-4 months old.
When I was at Petco the cage was extremely warm only a plastic chain and artificial wooden play tree were there to occupy them! and on top of that the wings were cut super short! they only had seed and even unclean water! It was so sad, and I hope that soon Petco will change the living conditions of these animals.
Crow Feather Excuse me WHAT?!
Crow Feather poor bird 😭
Dont you get to choose your bird? How come you didn't notice these things before you bought him/her?
Jesse Mathis wow, that is ridiculous! rip little birdie....
Breanna Barnes I told the lady what bird I liked so I picked one that look active and okay. and this bird looked active and healthy, even getting fed from the birds also in the cage, so no lights were going off in my head. I can't see too well so I didn't notice any of these things until I was looking closer when I came home. blueberry is fine and dandy now and eats very well, even fights the other birds for treats
For Christmas last year I got a chameleon from a petco store close by, I did everything the person at the store told me to, within 3 weeks it had died a very long drawn out death. We called the store and they said that we could get a refund for the lamp and habitat, but they did not once apologize. They were mad at us because we wanted to return the stuff we bought. I hate petco, I refuse to purchase anything from petco and will forever be angry with how they treated us.
Alix Hart You shouldn't listen to anything an employee says. Didn't you learn that from the video? A lot of them give out the wrong information that will kill your animal. You have to do your own research before getting an animal.
Christina Smith This was months and months ago, I didn't know about how horrible Petco was at this time. I trusted them because I was never told to do otherwise. When you go to a petstore wouldn't you expect them to give you correct information about the animals they have. This was my first pet that wasn't a dog, so I didn't really know exactly what to do. I got the chameleon for Christmas so it wasn't really planned for me. I agree that I should have researched more, but I did think I could trust the people at the place where I got him. I found this video months after he died, so I did not know how horrible these stores are and how wrong their information was.
Alix Hart The exact same thing happened to me a few years ago, it's sad what they do to them.
yeah that store is probably run by businessmen/women - not animal lovers. Luckily enough, my local Petco is pretty okay, the only complaint I have is that one of the employees tried suggesting this microscopic mealworms for our new leopard geckos. We ended up sticking to crickets.. for now.
Alix Hart the same thing happened to me. My poor Pascal..
Today, I went to buy another hamster set up, and the petco employee said that a tiny crittertrail would be perfectly fine for a SYRIAN hamster. I just said ''Oh, I will think about it.'' and I literally ran out of the store, the crittertrail was far to small for even a mouse! The man said that he had a hamster in that type of cage and said that the hamster was ''happy'' and ''joyful''. I was so shocked.
Shame on him.
I got a leopard gecko yesterday from Petco, I used your youtube channel to get the right things for my gecko, hes really skinny though but hes gaining some weight.
PLEASE DON’T BUY ANIMALS FROM CHAIN PET STORES! It just encourages them to buy more animals and treat them horribly!
Le Baguette That’s like saying don’t vote because your vote won’t make an impact. Yes, if ONE person bought an animal it wouldn’t make an impact. But it obviously isn’t just ONE person. Hundreds of people everyday buy animals from Petco, and the more we can spread awareness the less buys Petco will get, or any chain pet store. Plus, wouldn’t you want to buy an animals from somewhere where you’ll know it’s healthy and from a good source?
@@howellaboutno9500 but are we just supposed to let the unhealthy ones at places like that die? I see where you are coming from but even so the chances of Pet co shutting down are so low anyways so why not help those poor babies nevertheless?
@@howellaboutno9500 but are we just supposed to let the unhealthy ones at places like that die? I see where you are coming from but even so the chances of Pet co shutting down are so low anyways so why not help those poor babies nevertheless?
Mackenzie - It’s an ethical matter, I suppose. Save one animal, subjecting others to the same treatment, or leave the one animal for it to die, possibly saving others? It’s just like the common problem with the trains. Turn and you kill 10 strangers, stay straight and you kill 1 loved one. But, there are other factors to consider. By leaving the animal at Petco, you can buy a healthy animal from a reliable source, supporting trustworthy breeders and knowing your animal will be healthy. Our goal isn’t to shut down Petco, but rather stop them from selling animals. By spreading awareness, one person choosing not to buy an animal turns into 10. If those people tell other people, 10 can turn into 100. It’s videos like this or posts on social media that can make those changes. Profits go down, maybe Petco decides to sell less geckos. Then no geckos, then no snakes, then no fish, etc. See how that works? It’s your choice. Don’t let your emotions rule out reason.
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.
I agree, my pet smart is super good with animals and they have the right knolege.
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.
thats why I'm getting my leopard gecko from petsmart
I avoid petco at all costs, but Petmarts are usually a hit or miss and it really depends on the employees.
Petsmart is a pretty good store :3
As the lady was talking, in my head I was just correcting everything she was saying
Like I’m sure she’s nice, but ahhhh none of that was right 😫😫😫
me too
Jesus am I lucky my Petco doesn't sell live animals, only my Petsmart does. Was there the other day actually, my Petsmart takes good care of their animals. Then again I live in a small town so that's probably why.
"Dear pet co" ooooh this one should be good!
ha... ha.... ha
+JFCMsnakes I wasn't disappointed at the end, I think I'm going to do a video on p@h go into their store and film the whole thing of me asking about care for a Royal because I bet their info is shit.
+SkipperReptiles That would be an awesome idea!
OMG I literally said the EXACT same thing to my friend XD
ikr lol