PetsMart Treating their fish badly

ikermalli · 10-26-2007, 04:38 PM

I was at petsmart and I noticed some CTs that I saw a while ago and they were in the SAME DIRTY water! Also when I got my steel CT he was about to eat his own poo cuz he was so hungry! I don't get why pet stores only take care of their expensive fish like tiger oscars and fish like those

Dr_House · 10-26-2007, 05:31 PM

Fish that are expensive to the consumer are not necessarily that expensive to the store. I used to work in a pet store and at the time bettas were $3.99. The store paid less than a dollar for each of them. You'd be surprised at the markup on most fish. I'm not complaining about it. That's just how it is.

Also, if you look at the average pet store employee, they are a combination of only there for the money and jaded from seeing so many fish die. However it is still an unfortunate situation, and you have every right to be upset by it.

ikermalli · 10-26-2007, 05:44 PM

Yeah, if you check the petsmart tags will say Clowntail instead of Crowntail give it a barcode then it says 1.00 and the price they mark it up to is 8.99!

khachdatinh · 10-31-2007, 10:38 AM

Same thing as we saying " slaughter houses don't treat their cattles well " . I love cattles that doesn't mean slaughter houses have to love them too. Petsmart is just a retail store. Petsmart is not a person who religiously in love with bettas. Petsmart is not Peta. Petsmart is not a betta breeder nor betta fans. Petsmart is there to make money. They buy .10 cent a piece and resell it for $4 . Within a couple weeks, they will throw all of them away and get new ones. Their businesses and our emotions are not even related. If you don't like Petsmart's fish, go to your local Joe's fish store or breed them yourself. I feel very uneasy when people expect others to do certain theings their ways because they FEEL its the right way. We are taking care 1 fish, Petsmart has 100+

BV77 · 10-31-2007, 10:47 AM

trouble is that many of us feel ethical treatment of animals is paramount. This includes dogs, cats, fish, bunnies, cattle etc. If a store does not want to feed and give clean water to the fish, I won't patronize them..

Kyoberr · 10-31-2007, 01:50 PM

Wow, I can't believe they mark up the price that much.

ikermalli · 10-31-2007, 01:58 PM

lol yeah, but business is business. I know how it is, my dad gets shipping for quite cheap and marks it up a bit

10-26-2007, 04:38 PM	#1
ikermalli Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 708	PetsMart Treating their fish badly I was at petsmart and I noticed some CTs that I saw a while ago and they were in the SAME DIRTY water! Also when I got my steel CT he was about to eat his own poo cuz he was so hungry! I don't get why pet stores only take care of their expensive fish like tiger oscars and fish like those __________________ Take a look at my site http://aquariumexpertise.freeforums.org/

10-26-2007, 05:44 PM	#3
ikermalli Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 708	Yeah, if you check the petsmart tags will say Clowntail instead of Crowntail give it a barcode then it says 1.00 and the price they mark it up to is 8.99! __________________ Take a look at my site http://aquariumexpertise.freeforums.org/

10-31-2007, 01:50 PM	#6
Kyoberr The Hip Hop Hippopotamus Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 391	Wow, I can't believe they mark up the price that much. __________________ There are always more fish in the sea!!!

10-31-2007, 01:58 PM	#7
ikermalli Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 708	lol yeah, but business is business. I know how it is, my dad gets shipping for quite cheap and marks it up a bit __________________ Take a look at my site http://aquariumexpertise.freeforums.org/

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10-26-2007, 05:31 PM	#2
Dr_House Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 346	Fish that are expensive to the consumer are not necessarily that expensive to the store. I used to work in a pet store and at the time bettas were $3.99. The store paid less than a dollar for each of them. You'd be surprised at the markup on most fish. I'm not complaining about it. That's just how it is. Also, if you look at the average pet store employee, they are a combination of only there for the money and jaded from seeing so many fish die. However it is still an unfortunate situation, and you have every right to be upset by it.

10-31-2007, 10:38 AM	#4
khachdatinh Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Age: 26 Posts: 52	Same thing as we saying " slaughter houses don't treat their cattles well " . I love cattles that doesn't mean slaughter houses have to love them too. Petsmart is just a retail store. Petsmart is not a person who religiously in love with bettas. Petsmart is not Peta. Petsmart is not a betta breeder nor betta fans. Petsmart is there to make money. They buy .10 cent a piece and resell it for $4 . Within a couple weeks, they will throw all of them away and get new ones. Their businesses and our emotions are not even related. If you don't like Petsmart's fish, go to your local Joe's fish store or breed them yourself. I feel very uneasy when people expect others to do certain theings their ways because they FEEL its the right way. We are taking care 1 fish, Petsmart has 100+

10-31-2007, 10:47 AM	#5
BV77 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alaska Posts: 474	trouble is that many of us feel ethical treatment of animals is paramount. This includes dogs, cats, fish, bunnies, cattle etc. If a store does not want to feed and give clean water to the fish, I won't patronize them..

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