PetSmart Suspends All Bird Sales Following Outbreak

Well the petsmart in my town is nice like the fish are all nice and clean so are the lizardshamstersthe birds to. The always have budgies there and finches and there nice and kept. They a have a macaw once in a good couple of months. The adopt a cat is always nice. Except for that Kitty Litter smell! well I really dont shop there i make my own toys and just my my bird food at wall mart ect.

I agree with the person above me. I've worked in a mom and pop pet store for a few years and believe me Pet Smart does everything you can possibly do for the wellfare of the animal. They love care and nuture these little guys with all the respect in the world. As for the little pet shops they were there just to make a buck. and didn't care who bought what for what reason and yes petsmart has a 14 day guarantee for any reason the little shops gave you 24 hours only if the pet was dead. And also people get sick And in reality so do pets! We're not God. But we do care and love each little furry or scaly pet. So please don't be a judge and take it upon yourself to trash the good guys.

While some people may assume and assuming is never wisethe worst the birds at PetSmart are alive and well. I've visited many times since they were temporarily moved from the floor and I have seen them and heard them chirping happily in a quiet room. They should be returning to the sales floor next month. PetSmart is being very cautious to made sure all the birds are healthy and happy.

To answer Tamara's question Can you tell me how the birds and other animals are received at your store? Yes They are brought in by somebody usually not in a truck and defintely not shipped!!!! Are they shipped to you? By what method? No they are not shipped who would ship animals Do you receive birds and other small animals that are sick when they arrive? If we do they get sent immediately to the vet where the vet would tell us how to treat the animal then if they get a good bill to stay at the actually store they get brought to the sick room where each animal is placed in its own habitat with a medical chart on it the medical chart looks like something at your local doctors office. these animals get looked at several times during the day to make sure nothing is going wrong and that the make it to a full recovery. after the full recovery they don't get put back in the viewing habitats but to the new arrival room. the new arrival room is in place to make sure every pet is healthy after 5 days there the manager chooses whether not to put the animal in the viewing habitat or whether or not to keep him in the quiet room. the charts in the quiet room also look like medical charts. if the manager does decide to put him back out then a new habitat with new bedding and all is put out for him. all male store Do you receive birds and other small animals that are dead when they arrive? No. You've explained what happens to the sick animals. I tend not to really believe that. It has been documented by PETA that these animals are not always treated for their illness. Hmm.....don't always believe articles! Why would the Humane Society of United States support PetSmart is it because they are trying to stop Euthansia! IS it because they donate money and so does the employees or is it because Petsmart lets the shelter bring in the animals for adoption. Oh by the which Petsmart employees take rather good care of. And the shelter brings in a sick animal we tell them to bring that animal back! If that Petsmart is not doing there job the PETA just got a whole lot of people fired!!! And even if your store always treats the animalsevery single timedo you think it's right that even one animal anywhere at any store is left suffering and ill? How do you justify that? What happens to the animals who arrive dead? You can't tell me that in 112 years you have not seen one animal arrive dead. None of them do... Is that ok with you? that this animal suffered to the point of death travelling just to be sold in a store? How do you justify that? First of all if you know anything about Petsmart you would know that animals do not suffer. Second of all you would know that Petsmart is one of the only stores that doesn't sell feeders. Third of all we DO NOT sell any pets to our pet parents we ADOPT them out to people we believe are suitable. Fourth of all PetSmart is looking for different people they too are not happy about the bird situation. What happens to all those birds right now each individual bird is currently being looked at by a VET to see if they have the out break and each bird is in a clean bill of health so far and if one is sick he will brought back to the sick room while we monitor the other birds. They will be up for REAPODPTION here shortly. And before you get your tail stuck up do research. That way you do not have to waste Heather's time. Also PETSMART is trying to close down puppy mills as we speak. Becareful because ignorance only brings stupidity

Where did you hear the PetsMart stopped selling birds??? I was just in there this afternoon and they HAVE NOT stopped selling birds they have tons of them in there.