Originally posted by Gina's Ark Inc.
oh ps, walmarts and PETCOs have sick bettas! beware.. petsmart is only the chained-store who would think of animals, not profit..
Well I can't speak for ALL PetCos of course, but the one I worked at I know for a fact that they took very good care of their animals. A reason why you may see a lot of dead or sick fish in a store is because after transportation to the store its VERY stressful on the fish, being transported and put into a 'new home' so many don't make the trip.

Likewise, the Petsmart near me never took care of its animals, so it all depends on location.

But at my store anyway, I got yelled at once for calling a rat a stinker or something (playfully, of course) because he tried to bite me while I was cleaning his cage, haha. So I can only speak of my PetCo and assure you that the animals WERE and ARE taken care of there. Otherwise, I don't know. Each store is different, each store is run by different management and has different employees.