Hi, I was just going thru all of my email and saw that everyone is talking about Petco vs Petsmart. Well I can say that were I live here in IL. Petsmart is much better then the Petco. My mom used to work at the Petco and I can tell you stories that would make you sick. They had this one baby ferret come in and it was so sick that I had to convince the store manager and corp. that the ferret need to be seen by a vet. The ferret died two days later-but I was able to get the ferret to the vet-I refuse to shop at any Petco because of they way they treat their animals. I have seen our Petco sell sick pets to customers. Now our Petsmart is a 360. They are so nice there, the store doesn't smell of dead animals. I really fell that they care about all of the pets that come in and all of the animals that are in their care. I have never seen a sick animal there-expect in the vet. office in the store-They don't sell ferrets there so I don't know how they would treat them, but I do know that the store manager has ferrets and I do think that they would be taking care of the right way. If you want to see bad Petcos come up this way!!! I would rather shop at another store then Petco!!!! Thank you for your time Emilie and the Wilson zoo [Posted in FML 5890]