The pet store near work…sucks. In the sense that ALL pet stores suck, they sell kitties that you could get free from a neighbour (or adopt at a shelter), puppies bred at puppy mills and lizards from who knows where. Not to mention exotic birds that have no business being in Canada (or a cage) and a wide assortment of rodents.
And fish. And this store hires people that offer BAD fish expertise, it was here that I was told that I must use a cleaning product to get rid of the poop in my pond, which I did do, assuming they were the experts, and one of my fish promptly DIED. A horrible, pain filled, miserable death. That was Kelly #1, she was maybe 14 years old but at least 12, a plain, old, boring ‘feeder’ fish.
Ok, so anyway, I do go in there occasionally to buy fish food for long weekends. And I do like looking at kitties and puppies and rodents and fish. I love the fish, I love the plecostamus, at the store they’re so tiny, smaller than my pinky finger, unlike Brenda, my pleco, who’s as long as my forearm. This garbage bin was sitting on the floor beside the tanks with one small fish, dead, laying in it. It made me sad, poor little fish, no friends, all alone, dead.
She’s the tiny orange blob you can barely see.
Gosh, that is sad.
My local pet store gave me absolutely terrible advice that had me end up wiping out about 10 fish over 5 months. Add this, check for that, now add this, oops too much, add this….and the fish kept dying. I finally retired the tank for a month, scrubbed it clean and replaced the filter and stones, added water and one fish….and we’re fine.
I hate pet stores for all the reasons you listed above…
That picture however is just sad.
Maybe that fish tried to make a run for it and died an honorable death “with his fins on”?
I suppose it’s no less honourable than being flushed down the toilet. We did that with the second fish that died here, but the first one, Kelly #1, was too big.
re the post about your quilts. They are lovely. You could sell them or exhibit them at quilt shows. I wish I were that competent.
Aww Caitlin.
I totally know.
I love animals, I have a great deal of experience with reptiles and fish especially. But just can’t resign myself to getting them from an awful shop anymore.
Sorry little fishy. :(