Not sure about the prices, haven't went lately, but need to go this coming weekend.
As for the mice, I thought maybe she had a snake she wasn't mentioning! whew! Then I thought maybe she meant toys.
As for dedicating entire dept stores for pets. One of my favorite things to do since I got animals is to go to pet stores. All we have is a Pet Supplies Plus, but if I had a PetSmart or PetCo near I would be in heaven! I think its a great idea b/c you can get such a selection for everyone's pets.
The "Mom and Pop" store I occasionally is the only place for about 50 mi that sells Innova food. The people that run it are very nice too, I am just afraid that sometime when I go there it won't be there. Personally, I don't understand why they dedicate stores to sport things. I am not talking about a sporting goods store, I get that. What I am talking about are the sport paraphenilia stores. Our local mall had a store for a awhile that all they sold was Ohio State Buckeye and Michigan Wolverine stuff (Big Rivalry). It wasn't opened for very long!