A rant

recess62 · Dec 22, 2016

I have been watching this guy at a local bigbox pet store for the past few weeks. My QT presently has some new stock in it so is unavailable. I could not stand it anymore and asked the store manager If I could get a discount on the fish if I I purchase a new tank setup. I was told this fish looks fine by the store manager and that he could not provide a discount. After paying my bill for the dog food I was flagged down by the fish department attendant who told me the manager asked him to euthanize the fish. I wish 4 letter words were permitted here

Lowstorm · Dec 22, 2016

what the heck... The guy should have snuck out the back door with It.

ahiggins · Dec 22, 2016

WOW.
I always get so sad going into the big box stores like that...it would break my heart to see this guy suffering.
Its sad they would rather "write it off" than sell it to someone who gives a crap.

JBradford · Dec 22, 2016

That's messed up!

recess62 · Dec 22, 2016

JBradford said:
That's messed up!

Very sad and totally messed up

Elementalj · Dec 22, 2016

I'd have asked to speak to the manager again and reminded him as to what a sociopath is. Then I would have asked for a refund on my items I purchased and recorded the entire event.

Tyreef2016 · Dec 22, 2016

This is the downside to our hobby. really sucks. I saved a purple tang from a local Petco cause i couldn't bare seeing it stay there.

Tyreef2016 · Dec 23, 2016

I feel these stores never feed the fish ether..I asked them if I could see it eat and they didn't even know what to feed him.

Empress · Dec 23, 2016

It's a felony in my state to abuse animals. That should apply to fish store managers too.

Valkyrie · Dec 23, 2016

Horrifying!!

If this is happening anywhere, it's neglect and it's inexcusable. I know for a fact that PetCo will pay to have their birds, reptiles and small mammals treated for illnesses/diseases and the only time they're euthanized is if they're beyond treatment or the treatment would outweigh the profit. (I know the store wasn't mentioned and it could be any big box, I'm just sharing my experience with A big box store and if PetCo can do it, anyone can do it.) To deny that fish a chance was criminal. How dare any big box store allow a fish to suffer as if they are not sentient. ARGH!! It kills me to think of a creature suffering like that. That poor fish is clearly starving, whether it be from lack of food, parasitic or disease, it's suffering!
The manager was the worst of his kind, a liar. I would have been hard pressed to leave the store without that fish. I can be a real pain in the behind when I want to be and I'd be sure to make that manager miserable until the fish was in a bag in my hand. Then I'd go somewhere else to buy the tank. :mad:

GHsaltie · Dec 23, 2016

That is truly pathetic, which is putting it rather mildly compared to how I actually feel about it. On a business level that manager wasn't even thinking of his store, even discounted its still profit. The only thing that guided his choice was pride, and an animal had to pay the price for it. Not a care for the animals that are his responsibility and he put his pride before his store. He isn't fit to have that position. Disgusting, that's all I can think.

McMullen · Dec 23, 2016

Stop giving them business!

erinmegan85 · Dec 24, 2016

Valkyrie said:
I know for a fact that PetCo will pay to have their birds, reptiles and small mammals treated for illnesses/diseases and the only time they're euthanized is if they're beyond treatment or the treatment would outweigh the profit.

Unfortunately it doesn't take much to outweigh the profit on most animals that these stores sell. They typically do not get any kind of discount for veterinary services, so they do the cheapest fix they can do or end up euthanizing. I used to work at Banfield in a Petsmart, so I've seen it first hand. I also used to work in a private veterinary hospital that treated Petsmart (no Banfield inside of it) and Petco pets.

Valkyrie · Dec 24, 2016

For the past 12 years I have been working at a private veterinary hospital that regularly sees and treats pets for 3 local Petco stores. I'm continually amazed at how much they are willing to spend even on a $10 hamster. Sure, it's not hospitalization or hundreds of dollars but it's more than I'd expect.