Hi all fellow Ferret lovers, I usualy lurk unless I have something important to ask or speak my mind about. I have worked for almost four years at PetSmart and just now have left because like on of the people who posted here said they really do not care about its consumers..PetSmart used to be a different store called Pet Food Giant,I loved and enjoyed working for them until two years ago when PetSmart bought them out and kind of *merged* though my pay check still bore the Pet Food Giant name and address in Phoneix Arizonna.(That is another story) we as Pet Food Giant used to be able to order any item a customer needed or wanted.When PetSmart took over everything went downhill. Yo can not order they send in what they want to even if it was inferior items.They started to sell their own brand of pet food and stopped carrying name ones..They still sell Guinea Pigs and hamsters and they do take good care of them.It really depends on the store as each store usualy has a few employees that really know and understand small animals. PetSmart is not a nice company to work for they do not beleive in raises or what food is good for what pet..I have three ferrets and when I worked there I was their *ferret person* to help the customers. I also had bred and raised over 20 guinea pigs and was also the small pet person to help answer customers with the care of samll animals..The reason I am posting this is because PetSmart doesnt care one way or another what we as pet owners need all they care about is making more money and taking over small Mom and Pop pet stores..Its a monoploy and I do not see that sotre staying in business too much longer uless they buy out Petco which is another sad place to work at.I for one have no idea how these *big pet stores*can sleep at night knowing that the animals they receive were not always healthy and that they did not carry a big assortment of quality food or toys there.I am not trying to knock these big pet stores I am telling all of you the plain and simple truth and since I no longer work there I am letting everyone know what really goes on there..They do not want ferret organizations there unless thy get some kind of *cut*in it. They endorse grey hound rescues and the like yet will not let most other rescue places in to hand out flyers..Pet Food Giant used to beg for peoples flyers as they always wanted the customers to know what was happening and was very very customer orientated..They could not do enough for the customer and it is ver sad when you worked there for two years and then saw when the store was bought out the sad decline in caring..I applogise if I offended anyone that might love Petsmart but in my heart they way they treated their employees and their customers is sad..yet true.. thanks for letting me have my say.. *michele Sperling* === please visit my web page at: www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/4908 "Don't be afraid to dream..for out of the most fragile dreams come miracles" *************************************************** [Posted in FML issue 2372]