Pokie1
11-13-2004, 10:18 PM
Rating: Negative
Problems: Initially, Ts found to be in bare and dry critter keepers with dryed cotton in the bowls. One had a leg missing, but they were still selling it at full price.
Went in several times and spoke with store employees about the problems. I bought an A. Seemanni from them, but they did not know what it was called or how to care for it, except to say that they do not "do Spiders" and hand me a caresheet for G. rosea. I asked for a stock list but they did not have one and could only give me a couple of common names.
Last time I visited 11/13/04 things had gone from bad to worse. They had 3 T.s all kept in swamplike conditions with dirt, brownish cotton and insect guts in the mire that were now all 3 T.s homes. I talked to the "expert" there and asked some questions cuz he admitted that he "knows a lot" about T.s. I asked for the scientific names of the stock, but he did not know. I looked at one G. rosea (the only healthy looking one) and asked the sex. Answer I got was "I dunno that kinda stuff." I asked when was the last moult? "I dunno" Then I showed him how the spider (G. rosea) is standing in 3/4 inch of water/mud and that this was not the way they should be kept. I informed him that the dirt and cotton needed to come out of the water dish and the water needed to go in it, and that the substrate (mud)needed to be replaced with clean and dry substrate. He stared at me, rolled his eyes and then walked away without saying another word. I decided to rescue the healthy one and brought it home with me.
Aaargh! Should anyone have to rescue pets from neglect at pet stores? Shouldn't they fix problems when they are pointed out? Should they be offering sick/injured animals for sale? I think that Olympia Petco is poorly managed/staffed with people who obviously don't know anything about their stock and am furious that they neglect animals like this? Pics of my rescued Ts enclosure (as it was in Petco) are attached.
Problems: Initially, Ts found to be in bare and dry critter keepers with dryed cotton in the bowls. One had a leg missing, but they were still selling it at full price.
Went in several times and spoke with store employees about the problems. I bought an A. Seemanni from them, but they did not know what it was called or how to care for it, except to say that they do not "do Spiders" and hand me a caresheet for G. rosea. I asked for a stock list but they did not have one and could only give me a couple of common names.
Last time I visited 11/13/04 things had gone from bad to worse. They had 3 T.s all kept in swamplike conditions with dirt, brownish cotton and insect guts in the mire that were now all 3 T.s homes. I talked to the "expert" there and asked some questions cuz he admitted that he "knows a lot" about T.s. I asked for the scientific names of the stock, but he did not know. I looked at one G. rosea (the only healthy looking one) and asked the sex. Answer I got was "I dunno that kinda stuff." I asked when was the last moult? "I dunno" Then I showed him how the spider (G. rosea) is standing in 3/4 inch of water/mud and that this was not the way they should be kept. I informed him that the dirt and cotton needed to come out of the water dish and the water needed to go in it, and that the substrate (mud)needed to be replaced with clean and dry substrate. He stared at me, rolled his eyes and then walked away without saying another word. I decided to rescue the healthy one and brought it home with me.
Aaargh! Should anyone have to rescue pets from neglect at pet stores? Shouldn't they fix problems when they are pointed out? Should they be offering sick/injured animals for sale? I think that Olympia Petco is poorly managed/staffed with people who obviously don't know anything about their stock and am furious that they neglect animals like this? Pics of my rescued Ts enclosure (as it was in Petco) are attached.