Bobbi McCanse - >They don't keep records of who buys their animals so they certainly >couldn't do any notifiying. I frequent the Petco in my area (Independence, Missouri) and I have bought animals from there, including; 1 ferret, 2 hamsters, and 1 guinea pig. and each time I bought a pet, I had to fill out paper work. I had to put my name, address, phone number and ss# in thier records even when I bought the hamsters, so I would HAVE to disagree when you said they don't keep records. This was about a month and a half ago, so it is recent. The Independence store is allways clean the ferrets are usually active, they have toys and full food and water dishes and a clean cage filled with litter pellets. Thier cages are allways locked and the Sales person in that area stands there while you handle the animals. so I wouldn't go flaming all the stores for ONE stores mistake. Chrissy [Moderator's note: I can't resist: It would be a cold day in hell before I would give Petco my ss#. BIG] [Posted in FML issue 2587]