I'm DISGUSTED By Petco's Hypocrisy

[@suzannewalek2885]

I purchased my very 1st piggie, Lana, through Petco or Petsmart(I cannot see a difference in them). My other 3 came from rescues. I could always tell that poor Lana had seen some things the other piggies hadn't. While she's been thriving with me for years now, she is still the most timid of the bunch, and the most susceptible to illness. I still remember the day I got her, and how uneducated the petstore was about guinea pig care. That's how I found Scotty's channel! I've been a regular viewer ever since.

[@samanthaoconnor1982]

How cute. My skinny girl, her name is Lana as well.

[@maryamullins4332]

It just makes me incrediably sad. Animals are so trusting and it just kills me to think that the trust they have is thrown out the window because of corporate greed! Please keep putting out these videos for people that do not know. You are a hero Scotty! 💕

[@garden.of.thistles]

Screw pet stores that sell live animals. If people knew how many die behind the scenes before even getting onto the shelves, they'd be absolutely horrified.

[@nifferscritters]

I’m so disgusted by the animal care at Petco, Petsmart and Pets Supplies Plus stores. Shopping at one big pet store is more convenient than splitting up my pet supply orders between Chewy, Chuck & Dons, my local reptile store and stores like Target/Walmart, but I don’t want to support stores that sell animals that they’re keeping inappropriately and failing to properly educate new pet owners. Animals that will ultimately end up in rescues and shelters. It’s not on the staff (at least generally speaking), it comes from corporate, and they aren’t going to change unless people stop buying animals from them.

[@kristivenancio7816]

I am a momma to 3 beautiful rescue rabbits and it drives me absolutely crazy that Petco SELLS animals as opposed to partnering with rescues to educate people on proper care and work to rehome animals. This shows that their marketing is just that, marketing. I am so disgusted!!!

[@heatherburrell]

Yes this is my thought, too! How far we could come and help animals, if petshops would advocate for shelters, rescues and sanctuaries!!

[@holyapple9145]

sadly, the closest Guinea pig adoption from Arkansas is over 300 miles. So we had to get our girls from Petco. Regardless we are giving them their best life.

[@angelacatellani5731]

Omg my eyes are wet... poor babies that need a home , please don't shop , adopt ❤️🙏🏻.. thank you for always spreading awarness Scotty, it's so important ! ❤❤

[@Butterrcuppp]

I’m 28, as a child I wanted to own a pet store and as I grew older I decided I wanted a pet store that only has adoptable rescue pets and only sells adequate supplies and enclosures. I wanted to sell fish tanks without the gimmicky boxes showing 100 guppies in a 10 gallon tank. I wanted to have pamphlets all over and free educational classes on occasion. I was discouraged by a lot of people telling me I could never compare with the “real” pet stores meaning shops like Petco. I never did make any attempt to own a pet store, but I also decided by 16 years old I could never work in any of the pet stores near me as I wouldn’t be able to decline animal sales if the home didn’t seem educated.

[@AlysonMcNulty]

I was out when I saw the notification for this vid and my immediate reaction was 'What is Scotty mad at them for now?' I figured it had to do with food for BB but I didn't think about your fish. I am stuck going to PetSmart right now because Nini has become addicted to the crunchy shapes in the Oxbow Forage Wise pellets and my independent store does not carry them-but I can get everything else Oxbow there so I do (with the other exception of Critical Care). When they used to press me for donations I just sweetly said I'm a Small Animal Volunteer at Angell's shelter. I do my part that way.

[@beverleymason9038]

The UK version of Petco has a supplier and people talk online about the supplier. I phoned the supplier and he spoke as if he also sells to the public and will "ship rodents to anywhere in the UK".I asked Pets at Home why they don't have bowls of food in the cages any more. They used to. "The SSPCA told us just to sprinkle some on to encourage foraging". It's cost cutting. They only put a tiny bit of hay and no shavings in the cardboard carrying box that they put them in. Their piggies feel bony.

[@juststeph3315]

Scotty once again your love and passion for the little piggies and other small animals is so amazing! I am always inspired by your devotion and dedication!

[@queenchoyo6016]

I do not shop at Petco, and I have to be absolutely desperate for supplies to go to Petsmart. I'm not sure how else we can get them to stop selling animals and supporting awful breeders and mills, then to hit them in the wallet. What else can we do to get this to stop?

[@ghostdoodles]

Perhaps Petco could become a shelter so to speak and take in animals to be adopted, which they and PetSmart do do and stop selling them outright, but only take in animals to be rehomed or adopted and then sell supplies for those animals, but high quality supplies and educate their sales force and customers on best care practices. Petco and all pet supply stores could do this and have their mission be about pet care and not money, but let the monetary success flow from a better mission and practices rather than just turning a profit.

[@amandaliverpool3374]

They don't save lives like YOU do 😢❤

[@ScottysAnimals]

I'm doing my best and can always do better. The rescues are the heroes

[@amandaliverpool3374]

@ScottysAnimals You're a great team 👍❤️

[@schokolina2401]

​@@ScottysAnimalsabsolutly ❤

[@MarrisaPlays]

the terrible part is people go to pet shops expecting to get a "new and healthy" pet as if buying a new product vs used. But that's where the many of the sick pets are coming from

[@rudikraus4405]

You are so cute, dude. Still making videos and fighting for better conditions for pets and also informing holders about alternatives. Great! I totally respect and appreciate what you are doing. Cool guy! 😉

[@michelleschneider3220]

Oh my gosh, Scotty, I got my beloved Harriet from Petco and honestly the whole corporation is set up to manipulate the customers. When I was getting Harriet, it was through their educational classroom program and getting a grant. Of course, I didn't take the grant, when I did more research and was overwhelmed and realized the classroom wasn't the right and then found you for care. Finding then where Harriet came from, gave me nightmares, still get them and I have written to Petco about this same thing. You can't do both. We as a community need to be a stronger voice for our beloved guinea pigs and make them valid in everyone else's eyes. It's not enough to post just in our groups, but also, on our personal pages too, just like others do with their dogs .cats. If we want our guinea pigs to be valid in others eyes, we need to be their voice and I don't think there is many who do that. I let people know about Harriet, I let people know about pet stores, especially Petco and I don't buy anything from them. I know emergencies arise, but yeah, i also write to the companies too. There is no excuse, there are as many animals lost to abuse as their is trying to save, so yeah, that is hypocrisy!

[@joshrice5894]

GOD Bless You Brother you made a lot of excellent points. I agree with you on all of them. Evil is real and those people will suffer the consequence one day. It is sure sad for the innocent amazing little animals. Keep doing what you are doing brother you are making a bigger difference than you know. Thank You

[@madwitchful]

I'm so glad that 90% of our pet stores here have stopped selling animals, even if their knowledge about what guinea pigs and rabbits need are limited. Our biggest pet store group do donation drives a few times a year for one of the many animal shelter

[@atreb56]

All these big box pet stores should stop selling animals who are bred in mills. And stop selling any animals and have adoption programs.

[@beverleymason9038]

Thank God for Amazon and pet food supply companies. I haven't set foot in a pet shop since the 30th December 2023 when I came home with two tiny guinea pigs. One of them with breathing problems, the little one I told you. about, so I stay away because I have to walk past the guinea pig enclosure to get to the guinea pig food 🙈. Kylie and Kirsty are doing very well. Never grew quite as big as my other girls - inbred maybe. Otherwise healthy and always bossing me around. They all get their carrots before I get my breakfast 🐹

[@ghostdoodles]

Lol, me too, my piggies get their lettuce first thing and there is some loud whining if I'm too slow like not getting it to them instantaneously.☺

[@beverleymason9038]

@ghostdoodles 😂😂😂 they're such lovely little characters and highly intelligent if the speed of how quickly they learn that the sound of a plastic bag being opened means goodies !! 🤣 Same with the sound of the fridge door opening, despite them being in another room 😂😂

[@AlysonMcNulty]

​@@ghostdoodlesThe minute Nini knows I am awake she wants out of her cage and breakfast.

[@beverleymason9038]

@@AlysonMcNultyawww such great little companions.

[@MdnightWnd]

Pet stores should only be allowed to sell maybe some fish - and that shouldn't include bettas unless they can house them and care for them properly. Putting them in those tiny dirty little cups breaks my heart. I absolutely despised when Walmart sold them too. Every single time I went there were multiple that were dead and the rest looked close to it. It's straight up abuse. And the small pets get the same treatment. I made the mistake a couple of times of adopting piggies from the pet stores - mostly because I felt so darn sorry for them. I know that just perpetuates the issue, but when I see what's obviously the runt getting picked on and looking poorly I can't help it. I think if nothing else, Petco/Petsmart should only adopt out pets who were surrendered. I got one of my piggies from a Petsmart as an adoption because his owners had surrendered him there. The hamster that I have now was a surrender to Petco. That's the only way I will adopt from those stores. Otherwise it's rescues or shelters all the way.

[@beverleymason9038]

@@MdnightWnd when the numbers of piggies in Pets at Home get down to just a few, they get a new "shipment' and the new piggies just get put into the enclosure with the existing ones. The shop in my town opened in 2010 and I've often seen bigger ones in the same enclosure as new arrivals. The irony is, they have veterinary surgeons upstairs.

[@HareyMon]

You are a hypocrite. Fish deserve the same treatment as mammals.

[@MdnightWnd]

@@HareyMon Take your insults and your ignorance elsewhere, because I never said fish don't deserve humane treatment.

[@meowinde]

Have you seen the betas? It's awful. There's a video of them throwing away an entire storage bin of beta fish. LIVING BETA FISH.

[@heatherburrell]

From all of the videos and posts on how bad Petco treats the animals they sell, and also dump, I don't think that the company and some staff, actually have an idea on what it means to care. So the fact that the company wants support for their charity sounds ridiculous. It is dispicable! This company needs to step up and really make sure that the animals in their care are actually taken care of, and it makes me wonder what the actual charity care is like. It's actually sad that real animal lovers work at Petco, probably realising that the company is crap. The workers that care are the only thing that gives Petco any credit, and that is only because of those wonderful workers. Petco deserves no credit for the care that the staff actually put in. And yes, Petco is a big part of why there are so many homeless pets, and so many in por condition. I often wonder why petshops don't advocate for shelters, rescues and sanctuaries. The idea of adopting and how important animal care really is can be the idea brought about by petshops. It must be so frustrating and make you angry, especially with everything else you're all facing there right now. It's horrible to profit from animals, you're absolutely right, especially because places like Petco can really make a difference if they actually tried! Thankyou for bringing this up, if petshops weren't so wrapped up in making money, you could all go so far to make a much more meaningful difference ❤❤❤❤.

[@schokolina2401]

In our country they does. You can buy food for animals that came in a Box for rescues and shelters for donation. Our selbst animals too but not so often anymore. Bc of animal Controller. The stores have to sell a lot when they found bad situations

[@Guineapigrefuge]

This is why I can't go into any pet store. I try to buy everything through Amazon.

[@user-fk5sf8iq2p]

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[@angierobertson2907]

It was about 6 years ago that I adopted Peach and Daisy who were surrendered to P co. At that time they asked to round up your change for homeless pets. I did because I have always been compassionate to animals so makes you feel like doing something good for an animal. I understand your point, although as long as pet stores sell live animals no matter what species, there is a supply and they are money makers for the stores. They are counting on the impulse buy or the kids begging for a pet that eventually the newness gets old and those end up in the shelters or worse. The pet merchandise is very overpriced. They also have veterinarians and grooming in those stores. Which if have medical care, that is more important than to be selling sickly animals I think. Where are these animals coming from? Because Teddy was from P mart and he had extra toes. So these breeders are cross breeding with relative piggy of the mother. The employees need their job and they would not work there if they were not animal friendly people. It's the people in the higher offices that create the programs or policies. I will give credit to P co for handing out health brochures related to human health contact in caring for each pet. And I don't know if they still do, like P mart, and P S Plus hold adoptions of dogs and cats. My late sister adopted a dog from P co. He was a rescue dog that came from a bad situation. I think that side of offering their store space for adoptions is a good thing. If they are going to have animals for sale then they need to be in bigger enclosers not glass. The need veggies and hay. I am guilty of buying guinea pigs from these stores although. Neither had veggies just pellets. When I bought Billy and Benji. Their food bowl was about 4 inches round. The hay barely covered the bowl. Teddy who passed away a year ago and Billy and Benji didn't know what veggies were. There is no reason why as much as they charge, that they can not supply the needs of they animals they sell. Ironic, they are usually next to a grocery store.... Angie

[@kaitlinjule]

I adopted 2 of my pigs through the animal shelter but I felt so bad for my 3rd little baby pig that I saw in a glass tank at pet supplies plus so I bought him.

[@gardeningwithtash2485]

I got most of my guinea pigs through my local online classifieds from people that were in desperate need to re-home them. One of mine was born at my house cause it's parents were supposed to be a bonded pair but when i got them a couple weeks later my rancho was born. As i figured out obviously they weren't fixed like i thought so i just separated the male and when his son was big enough i bonded those two to each other and the mom bonded with my other females

[@VickieBell-z7x]

I get my guinea pigs supplies from Chewy for my Rosita and Fred Mertz. The Petco here in Napa I think asks the same thing to donate to their pet charity. The Petco here in Napa sells fish and birds. But no guinea pigs. Good video scotty

[@myoldvhstapes]

Until 2020, Chewy was owned by PetSmart.

[@lenajazuk4231]

I never donate at Petco or PetSmart I’m do donate at Pet Food Express since they ask for donations for specific rescues

[@equestrianrosie]

Love your passion about this. ❤

[@jackiejoplin2556]

The amount of time that I have went into Petco ants petsmart where the Guinea pigs have no hay. And I have asked them if I could bring a big box of small pet Select hay that I have to give that to them is crazy. And they tell me that they can't. They say they only give them just a little bit because they pull it out and they pee and poop on it. I have had the cops called on me because I loose my patience. Id love to take all the animals but I know they would just buy more from their horrible breeders.

[@beverleymason9038]

@@jackiejoplin2556 yep, the pet shop has plenty of hay but they're cost cutting. In my local pet shop they cost cut with the pellets too.

[@meowinde]

Theres videos on youtube of LIVE parakeets being found in the TRASH. LIVE fish, LIVE crickets, and a LIVE mouse! They have awful practices at petco 💔

[@FlickiChicki]

Yet most rescues are equally bad. I work in vet med, the vast, vast majority of “rescues” are just hoarding animals and their adoption requirements are ridiculous. It’s all bad these days.

[@johnmoran7996]

I go there now.i used to go to PetSmart.are they any better!in the past, Scott,I've seen lizards rotting in the cages years ago,at PetSmart yet!!!I did call them out in 2007!oh yeah!surcharges for sure.why?no pet dies on my watch,man!I'm fed up too.come on!

[@meowinde]

Sounds oddly similar to the meat dairy and egg industry in a few ways.... 😬

[@sin6893]

Scotty I need advice please! My 4 year old guinea pig stop eating and drinking water. She used to eat like a pig and finish her bottle in a day.

[@forzafunzone8575]

only thing i get at petco is crickets or fish when i had fish all my supplies are from walmart or online

[@pyenygren2299]

I only donate to the rescue where I've adopted my last three guinea pigs (I live in Norway).

[@marsukarhu9477]

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[@brayrayplays2730]

I'm vary guilty of this i bought 9 guinea pigs from my local petco and petsmart because my local shelter only has females but I only keep males and Craigslist and pet founder they have nothing near me

[@bohditony]

People have found live animals reptiles mainly in their dumpsters

[@cichlidjedi]

Ensure that animals never GO EXTINCT BY PRIVATE BREEDING!!!!!!! Encourage children to bred animals so they learn about proper genetics and the importance of species survival!!!!! We owe it to our animal brethren to make sure they never go extinct! Keep fish, birds, small animal and reptiles to have a strong captive population!

[@susanbrown7429]

I tried with rescue me, no piggies were available at some point

[@rudejunk]

omg scotty im so conflicted about my guinea pig im gonna send you an email later tonight about her i really need your input about this

[@ScottysAnimals]

Yes please send it, I may be on the road later but I'll do my best to reply within the next 24 hours

[@LostHorizons0]

Petco / pet smart are awful no one should be selling animals. It’s awful what they do

[@Ash-zq5pz]

Petco behind the scenes is terrible there is so much bad that goes on. It’s all about profit and not the animals. I hate that petco has the dog food I need. But yes, petco is terrible all pet corporations are evil.

[@keebitreal]

Pet corporation done for $ not the love is animal cruelty

[@keebitreal]

Adopt, don't shop

[@pixie706]

It's actually easier to buy a pet than go through the red tape of adoption from a rescue .That is in UK but maybe not the same problem in your country .

[@KatRo13834]

No, it's true here too. All the animal rescues in my area are defunct out only interested in cats and dogs. A bit sad really.

[@Uhfeug]

Is petco intentionally bad. Let's see if petco is in dueren . No I think there isn't any petco. I think that makes das futterhaus disgusting in comparison but what are the s Reasons you hate petco #catelalbastrujocvideo