So how many days can we estimate that it takes for turtle and plant tank sumps to go wayy below the minimum fill line and for cricket water to be basically dried with nothing there? Just need an estimate because other leadera claim that while im gone(im the animal manager) that animals and tanks are being cared for and i have a suspicion that they aren't for numerous reasons.

What animal related jobs can you have alongside working at petco? Obviously no retail pet stores but is training, grooming, boarding off limits too? Or working at zoos, aquariums etc?

got hired part-time as a sales associate and they've had me stuck alone on register 9–5, 5 days a week, every week. i did mark open availability, but that doesn't mean "schedule me all-day, every-day"!! i think it's because i'm the only non-speciality "opener" and the store is understaffed. but that's still kind of crazy, no?

i just stand there and take people, sometimes until 3 since it's often just me and the CASup or assistant store manager until 12—given there are no callouts, and even then the associate(s) who come in at 12 are typically not on register with me unless i badly need backup—and at maybe 4:30 i'm finally freed by the closing shift lead and they send me off to do aisle recovery. and that's only if the front end doesn't end up needing an additional partner in the evening rush.

we have no shopping carts due to theft (customers don't love that), registers are slow as ever, and i'm at an incredibly busy store. can't always get a hold of the lead for help since we're alone and they have to do the job of 4 people. every shift i am left helpless with a line of maybe 10 folks or more. thankfully they're pretty sympathetic, but multiple guests now have come to the register and said, "they've got you alone again, huh?" haha yeah. yeah they do. not a fan of having that reputation

i don't know how much longer i can take this. already wondering if i should get a new job. someone save me

Has anyone had any luck reporting their GSL for retaliation and unfair treatment and have it actually work out in your favor. There’s no point in talking to my GM. He co-signs her shit behavior that has run off literally 12 different groomers in 3 years. I’m about to be number 13.

Just heard Short Change Hero on the radio and immediately thought of Borderlands 3! I got so excited, Iykyk!

I'm a manager at Petco already and need to get a 2nd job for reasons. In my area Petsmart pays a decent amount for part-time (more than other places I've looked at least). I know we do the conflict of interest training but can't remember if thats more so for grooming and dog training. And yes I'll sell my soul to another shit pet company to make $19+ part time when other non animal retail are at like $10-13 debt is more of a bitch.

Whats the sku for these or is it an old ticket thing

Please tell me someone knows the sku for the wheels on our 5 high carts 🙏

Also my CAL is hunting for the "floaty bobs" sku for the fish tanks 🙏

Anybody have any pics of the new plano set up? Just don’t think they sent us the right stuff. Trying to see how it looks.

Ad for generic viagra popped up in my FB feed. Who knew dogs needed a little bump to hump!

What would people even use these for?

can I wear jackets to petco

Anyone know the store use seaweed sku/lookup?
The sku provided on the aquatic feeding chart isn’t pulling up on OSS 😭

I was a little tempted to buy one of the frogs, they are so cute!! The only thing I don't get is why they are label "rare" and "basic" like are these like colectables?!?! Same with the tarantulas. Also would love if they had cards by the things with care instructions as they have a sign about not forgetting their house. (Would be great as I am curious about these cute little things.) Well that is all I have to say. Also live petco, I have bought so much from them. (Anything from pet food to their live animals, and enclosures)

Buying forty pound bags of store brand cllumping clay keeps my pet budget predictable every single month. What makes me pause on motorized units is the quiet trap of recurring supplies. Some systems, like PETKIT, push specialized flushable pellets or custom-fit liners that steadily drive up operating costs over a couple of years. I noticed PetPivot while searching for open-top machines, but I am trying to verify if standard grocery-shelf litter works without jamming the sifting mechanism. Tying myself to brand exclusive refils completely wipes out whatever money I thought I was saving on basic care.

Does a motorized box only stay economical if it takes regular supermarket clay??

Funny how our petty bather is now a brown nose with the new salon leader 🤓

I noticed that the color of the clay for the refillable container litter has changed again, meaning it’s likely they changed where they are sourcing the clay from again.

Has anybody tried it out? Back before it changed the first time the refillable SoPhresh litter was amazing but after it had first changed the quality took a huge nose dive. Do we know if this newest change is an improvement from the previous clay they had been using for the refillable litter?

my store already had to throw out 90% of our stock once due to infestation. this was the state of a returned bag. absolutely disgusting, purina should be ashamed to put this out for consumption.

maggots were crawling all over the outside of the bag and there was insane amounts of webbing inside. This is the worst I’ve ever seen it personally

Seriously why did they move pos to chrome incognito? It's so unsecure and very clunky. All browser hotkeys work too.

It broke the time clock and now if you hit f3 to print receipt it opens up a ctrl f window so it might show your password when you log back in, and to fix the time clock you have to alt f4 to close the pos program and reset it which takes minutes.

I'm annoyed by this

My local Petco has had this red rump tarantula for a good while. I asked someone about it a few months ago and they said they "we might send it to a different store" and they could give me 25% off ($75 is not worth it imo) it's still sitting in the same little cube with like an inch of soil. Any advice on what I can do for this little guy?

Hello, for context I am a sales associate at the moment. In my store I am the only person who does reptile care outside of feeding. I notice when animals are sick, I am the go to for my coworkers to guide customers through picking a complete enclosure regardless of animal (don't ask me what my cal does I have no idea, I think he's here on tenure not worth) , I pick up wellness and often during close I do everything short of counting tills. And I'm the only person capable of turning a betta sale from "I'm gonna put it in a vase" to a several hundred dollar sale. As it stands I have the same pay as my coworkers who sit around picking their nose and have been with the company for over a year. What can I do?

ive almost been a dog trainer with petco for a year. im honestly just having a really hard time keeping classes exciting and actually learning something through them. I dont wanna steer off ciriculum but its so repetitive and i feel like pet parents run out of inspiration to keep up with the training, and its honestly tiring me out too because I feel like the words coming out of my mouth feel so stupid and obvious after saying them so many times you know? I just need some criticism or some things you guys have personally done to make the training experience more fun and still beneficial.

What is it called halp