I have been reading some of the FML comments (good and bad) about Petco stores. I must say that it seems as though some people are too quick to generalize ALL Petco stores, when in fact, many of them are great and take wonderful care of the animals. It's always wrong to make sweeping generalizations about companies (or individual people for that matter) based on rumors we hear over the internet or a few bad experiences we might have had, etc... Ironically, some of the pet stores that I've seen people rave about on the FML are not always MY idea of good stores either, at least some of the ones I've personally been to in my area. But I would never label all of those stores based on the negative experiences I've had, because I have absolutely no way of knowing how another store in another city or state operates. The thing is, many people here on the FML are extremely passionate and sometimes opinionated when it comes to where you should adopt a ferret, so naturally many of those people are going to slam pet stores. Some people are totally against buying from pet shops at all under any circumstances and will only purchase an animal from a mill or private breeder. I think that's fine if you have that option and choose to adopt in that way, but you must accept that it's a very personal choice for each person. It's all a very personal thing and each person is going to see it in a different way and there is nothing wrong with that. To each his own. Basically, what I'm trying to get across here is that we should be fair and not generalize anyone. Just like you would not want to be judged or compared to another person who mistreated ferrets just because there are a lot of people who DO mistreat animals. It's basically the same idea here. All Petco's are NOT bad. [Posted in FML issue 4341]