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I visited a Petland Discounts in Yonkers, NY today. I had never been in one before and was curious to see if they had the Fluval replacement sponges that I need; they're hard to find where I live and I'm getting a little tired of paying shipping costs online. At any rate, I found the sponges but I also found something that's still bothering me. As my friend and I walked in, she said, "Look at those birds!" I noticed them too - parakeets, maybe about 10 of them, in what looked to be a 10 gallon aquarium! This disturbed me. As I moved to the back of the store, I naturally gravitated towards the aquarium section, and found the turtles. This bothered me even more - 4 adult (10 inch or so, I would say) RES were crammed into a 30 gallon tank, with barely enough water to swim in, let alone room to move in. The turtles looked healthy enough (i.e., no visible shell rot or cloudy eyes) but seemed terribly unhappy, and glad to see me when I bent down to talk to them; it didn't seem like they got much attention at all, if any. I am so worried by this. The general atmosphere of the store was dirty, dusty, and cluttered, and the other animals in there seemed crammed in and unhappy as well. I did buy the sponges since I need them, but felt terribly guilty about supporting this business and needless to say I will never be shopping there again. Has anyone else had this type of experience there, and is there anything we can do?
~Amanda
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0.0.1 Crumpet
In this world, this new world of ours, there will be rocking.
~Dave Eggers

I've never seen a Petland Discounts... we have two regular Petlands in the area, one pretty much sucks, but the other is at least trying. Petlands are franchises so each one can vary a lot from the other and the condition of the store is pretty much up to the owner.
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"The serpent crams itself with animal life that is often warm and vibrant, to prolong an existence in which we detect no joy and no emotion. It reveals the depth to which evolution can sink when it takes the downward path and strips animals to the irreducible minimum able to perpetuate a predatory life in its naked horror."
Alexander Skutch

hey i live inn NJ and i have a petland discounts no more than 5 minutes from my house... minne is no better than yours with dead animals LEFT IN THEIR CAGES!!! these stores in my opinion are no better than the chinnatown turtle dealers... my petland is a totaly disgrace to any petstore and i refuse to go to it... its one of the few chains i truthfully hope files for chapter 11 12 13 14 and just goes down... they treat no animals right and will cage up animals that are known to not get along but they do it cause it looks good... horrible horrible stores

Try www.planetfeedback.com to complain to to HQ for many retail establishments.

Katrina

If you make a complaint they will investigate. I have
successfully helped close down 2 of these types of petshops.

Linda

hey amanda,
which petland was it? was it the one on central avenue? if so then i'm glad you haven't seen it a year ago it was much worse. that one isn't great but they seemed to have cleaned things up alot. but i know there's alot of them in yonkers so it may not be the same one.....yea petco on central ave had parakeets like that too . most chains have people that dont know much about the animals & half the workers have attitude (at least at petco.) i'm not sure if you can do much about them except dont shop there but i myself dont have much choice for my pet needs. i cannot afford to pay shipping if i dont have to.

Hey...it was the one on Central Avenue! (Where do you live in Yonkers, Slytherin? I'm in Bronxville.) You're right; I'm glad I hadn't seen it a year ago because this seemed pretty bad to me as it was! I'm never shopping there again - I don't care if I have to pay for shipping. (The Petco is close and seemed a little bit kinder to its animals; at least it's CLEAN!) Thanks for all the input, I'm going to planetfeedback right now to complain.
~Amanda
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0.0.1 Crumpet
In this world, this new world of ours, there will be rocking.
~Dave Eggers

lol yea it was bad a year ago....i'm wondering if they are still remodeling cuz i remember the place being a real mess becaues they were redo-ing something..well not defending them call everybody..lol yea i hate the petco more..they are over priced & i find that the people who work at petco & petgoods (right across the street frompetland in that little mall complex with the blockbuster) have alot more attitude & are alot slower. but over all it seemed like petgoods took care of their reps better.. mind you the caging isnt ideal but it seemed to look better than petland & petco. i live on palmer right outside of bronxville after the central ave overpass (where the cadillac dealership is) up a block...you?? how many pets you have??