By popular demand (not really but here you go Christian), I now present to you my own personal thread, specifically about my job! Most of you are aware I work at a pet store and have been for the past 3 years. I've met many good boys and other fur babies so this thread will ultimately be a picture dump of all the different animals we see and have at the store, with a possible work rant sprinkled in here and there.

One of the cutest puppies that came in this week.


One of our cats that got adopted! His name is Licorice and he's a very big fluffy boy


Chinese water dragon that we had a couple months ago. We've since gotten a different reptile to sell after these were gone


Veiled Chameleon! I love this girl, but they usually don't like to be handled very much. This one will eat crickets from my hand though so that's cool



Of course, we've got the beardies! Probably one of the most popular reptiles we have. Super social with people as long as they're handled properly! Also lol at the one in the corner




Last one for now, a milk snake! I watched it eat a mouse :)

Christian @ 1/8/2021 10:19

Excellent. I really do love this idea for a thread. And I liked the variety of animals you have shown us. The Chinese water dragon is cool. And the veiled chameleon looks so small! I've always pictured chameleons to be bigger. Is it a lot of fun to work there? Do you have any fun stories about customers or any really attractive people that might come into the store? lol

The chameleon is just a baby and will definitely get bigger! We also have a tarantula and scorpion. I'll try to find my good pics of those guys.

I think I have one or two great stories; mostly Karens and morons who don't know how to take care of their animals. Sometimes they're both!

More pictures coming tonight!

I took all of these today. We had some new arrivals!

First up, the reptiles! Starting off with our newest pink toed tarantula



Then we have our Black Asian Forest Scorpion, who is just finishing off a cricket dinner



I forgot to take a picture of this guy last time, but this is our Albino Pacman Frog. From the front, he looks like Hypnotoad



Our last Milk Snake sold, so we got a new one!


And our new new, a California King Snake! I know nothing about this kind of snake but I'm excited to learn!

Now for the fuzzies!!

We got new kittens in today! We do a rotation with local shelters to make sure everyone that wants to participate gets a fair share of time to get their kitties adopted and help clear the shelters a little bit. These two love attention!


Two pictures of the first one. Luvie! He's about 4 months old and is a very cuddly shoulder kitty. His tail whips around a lot and he can never keep still





The second is a little bit more timid, but still wants to be held. His name is Avalon



And then, some puppies that people brought in today!

The story time I have from tonight is a woman who wanted to return an open bag of treats. She had the receipt which was great until I noticed she bought the treats back in February. Her reason for returning them? Her dog didn’t like them.

I had to gently explain to her that our return policy is only within the 30 days of purchase and we wouldn’t be able to take them back. Then she claimed someone told her she could bring them back if her dog didn’t like them (:

She did not get a refund.

That actually reminds me of a story my coworker told me!

This guy came in and wanted to find a different dog food that was cheaper because he was tired of spending so much on food every week. He has no idea what the name of the food is, just that it was a square kibble.

So coworker is walking him around, showing him our higher quality brands and he mentions the dog is a really picky eater because of the mix of the kibble and table scraps. Just an FYI for all you pet owners: don’t feed your pet table scraps as a meal. It makes them really picky.

He picks out a bag of food, which is actually one of our most expensive bags, and at check out he points to something and says that’s the food he’s been feeding his dog.


It was a large container of cat treats.

As of 20 minutes ago, Avalon got adopted!

It has been a BUSY week here at the store. I have stories and pictures later today after my shift

The first story I have is a guy that came in a few days ago because there were tadpoles in his swimming pool and his daughter wanted to keep them? So he wanted to get a tank and setup for them and what to get to eat, etc.

Well I know a little bit about frogs but absolutely nothing about tadpoles but I still tried my best by suggesting a tank and looking up what they can eat via my phone. He leaves saying he’ll be back to go take a look at another store. He came back, bought nothing, and left a one star review on our google page because “nobody helped him”.

Christian @ 28/8/2021 10:03

Moose @ 28/8/2021 9:42 The first story I have is a guy that came in a few days ago because there were tadpoles in his swimming pool and his daughter wanted to keep them? So he wanted to get a tank and setup for them and what to get to eat, etc. Well I know a little bit about frogs but absolutely nothing about tadpoles but I still tried my best by suggesting a tank and looking up what they can eat via my phone. He leaves saying he’ll be back to go take a look at another store. He came back, bought nothing, and left a one star review on our google page because “nobody helped him”. what did he come back to your store for? And shame on you for not knowing anything about tadpoles! :P

He was looking at a 5 gallon tank on our top shelf that I had to grab for him. Set it on the register waiting for him to buy along with whatever he needed. I even suggested foods for him to get! My frog knowledge is minimal, tadpoles even less so. We only have one kind of frog we sell and take care of and that one is pretty easy to maintain. Just keep it moist lol

I forgot to post pictures, woops! This is just a dump of pictures, so there's no particular order! Enjoy!

Grumpy Old Man @ 2/9/2021 16:52

1 star review you didn't help me

SIr, you're not allowed to touch the animals according to the judge

My pet store announcement today is I have been promoted to keyholder! I closed the store for the first time with my manager's help showing me the ropes. I am very excited to get paid a little bit more for basically the same amount of work I was already doing.