Petco Reliable Dealer?

[Amphibians]

I noticed some people on here have purchased frogs from Petco. Does anyone have an opinion on how their frogs are? I know the other pet stores around me like Petland Discounts are not really to be trusted with amphibians. Any testimonials? thanks.

[Kurt]

It changes from one Petco to the other. Most Petco management, especially those at the corperate level, don't know squat about animals, never mind frogs. Once in a while they do manage to get some talent working for them.

My White's as well as five of my fire-bellies, and three of my tomatoes all came from Petco. The White's and the tomatoes came from the Nashua NH store. Two for the fire-bellies came from the Plaistow, NH store, while the remaining three came from the Woburn, MA store.

[Tom Highum]

It seems like they have habits of misnaming things (sometimes leads to great deals) and giving bad advice (always double check what they say) but as a dealer they seem to do a good job and have healthy animals. The ones near me seem to do a good job with keeping them healthy and keeping there enclosures clean .I have a white's and have had many other things over the years from them and have never had a problem.

[John]

I've never bought an animal from a petco and I don't see myself ever doing so.

[JeffX]

It all depends on the Petco itself and the employees. I have three of them in my area, and it's hit and miss with all of them. The managers will probably have no clue what they're doing as far as Frog care or anything "exotic." Some of the employees will have a great amount of knowledge while others have very little and are Petco-trained which means they probably don't know anything. I worked for a few years at a couple different Petco's, and the mangers and above knew jack about the Reptile Section and that goes for the higher-ups as well. I could never get them to stop feeding mealworms to the Firebellie's and I could never get them to stop ordering so many snakes and jam-packing them into those smaller cages. I did buy my Firebellies, and my Tomato frog at Petco after I stopped working there. They were in great shape when I got them, and still are. I only wish I had bought a second Tomato as they were onsale for 10 dollars.

[Kurt]

I remember that sale, got three of them for the price of one. Not all Petco locations had them.