Hi Everyone: This afternoon I headed to one of our Petco's in the Rochester, NY area to appease the staring eyes and planted ferret feet requesting their faaaavorite treat: Chicken chew bones. We were dangerously low in our supplies. It was sale time so off hubby and I went. After securing all the packages hanging on the hook, I went off to show hubby the baby ferrets. At a quick glance there were several more this week than eight days a go. I have a routine in pet stores, it goes something like this: Water in water bottles - half full, almost to the top. Good. Check food - WHAT NO FOOD!! I don't think so! Not a morsel to be seen, not even in the litter. Off I went in search of a Petco employee. Oh look! This lady appears to be the AFTERNOON MANAGER, let's go have a nice chat. I shared my concerns about little babies always being hungry and needing access to food 24/7 being such high energy critters. I told her I noticed they had absolutely no food at all. She did not look happy, she informed me she just came on duty and if I could give her one minute she would get right on the ferret food problem. After clarifying that customers must be told NOT TO PUT THE BETA FISH together because they will kill each other, she went on to feed the kiddos. Low and Behold, when I next passed the furkids a few of them were awake now munching on kibble and looking as cute as buttons. So whenever you are in the pet stores, please check in on the live critters and look for food, water, bedding Hammies or hide aways so they can get out of the light, clean cages and seek the manager to have any problems corrected. Many times the managers are just as upset to hear your news as you were to discover it. Thanks for looking out for the little guys. Cathy Feed rescued animals in two clicks http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=3 [Posted in FML 6751]