ewww...dont mean to be heartless...but did you keep a receipt?

Right thing to say here:
That's not exactly the most respectful thing to say here, show a little heart, please.

Devil's advocae response:
Well yeah, I think there should be a warranty period.

My comment to the poster:
I'm sorry for your loss, hun. I'm just a little tegu, and I know what it's like to be small and helpless sometimes. We little guys fight as long as we can, and try to hold on, but we all love the people who take care of us. Any love, even for a short time, was still more love than she would have gotten if you hadn't picked her up. Stay strong. <3

im sorry
i shuld give a little back story to why i would say such a thing:
im tired of pet stores breeding rodents carelessly, only to have them die soon after you bring them home. they figure nobody will ever call them on thier warranty, bringing back a dead animal " um hey yah wtf"
im sorry i didnt mean to be as heartless, but im just pissed off at pet stores inbreeding a box of critters in the back room with no heed for health or temperment. not even just "feeder" mice too, but more expensive rodents like dwarf hamsters and gerbils. its time they got held accountible.
im sorry again, ive felt that pain of bringing a cute little pet in, only to have it die suddently and prematurely >.<

I understand. I came from a nice pet store where the owners were real breeders, and they took really good care of the rodents. I wish there were more nice places like my old store. My owner even works there on weekends, helping out and taking cae of the other reptiles. I just sit up at the counter and watch though. :3

To Tsuki,

Don't support big megalomaniacs like PetCo and PetSmart. They're the ones who are more heavily involved with the Humane Society. They're not careful, and with any major corporation, they're just after money, not your pet's welfare (unless, again, you have money).

lol yeah id rather trust some kid who keeps some gerbils in his garage and lets em breed, cause at least to them, inbreeding is icky

Okay comments in general, yes I had a receipt, but I had to bring the dead mouse too, and they would have just thrown her away. I cared so I buried her, it was like three bucks anyway. If the other one dies I"m bringing the cage and giving them the finger. I know not to support Petco, but there is only one other pet store here and they only have the white mice which isn't much for variety. I get most of my supplies from a little store here, but I just happened to be in petco one day and I wanted her so I got her. Simple stuff. I got two other mice from there months ago that are fat and happy (and love pumpkin seeds) and healthy. Its the luck of the draw at these places.

awwwww poor mousey I feel for you, I bought two baby elbino corn snakes from petsmart and both died in less than a week

:3 thanks sweetie. yea.. I wouldn't buy anything other than mice or pet treats from that place.

all the other pets I bought from them were fine, I think the snakes were sick though. and RIP mousie *nodnod*

She is become death.

Happy trails, mousie.

Thanks :3

*hugs*

-Hugs- :3 thanks for caring.

Awww, I'm so sorry.

If my Chinchilla ever died. I'd totally cry, and I'd be totally sad. :(

RIP.

awwr >_< that sucks

You aren't a sap. I've become emotionally attached to pets even new ones. I don't think I'd handle death very well myself.

My condolences.

Sorry for your loss. *hugs*

It's not stupid at all. I had a hamster and a couple of gerbils once.. I cried when they passed too.

Sorry for the loss, I know that it's like. She was a cutie though =3

I cried when my lizards died. And yes i buried dem. HUGS T_T

-Hugs- Thank you.. :3 I got two more mice to go with the one I had in the cage with the one that died.. it stopped eating and i was worried so I put those new mice in there and holy crap she's overjoyed.

Awww, sorry to hear. *hugs*

r.i.p. :(

oh no...shiva...I'm so sorry to read that ...((((HUGS))))

I'm very sorry to hear about this, Tsuki... You did what you could, and gave her the respect she deserved. I'm sorry for not responding earlier, but I hadn't logged into FA in a couple days. :(

*hugs*

I understand being upset about things like that... I'm the same way. I've cried over a beta once, roommie killed it by putting it in water without the treatment stuff. I totally cried... and I would've cried over the mouse too. Sorry that had to happen, and I also would have buried her... I think its nicer. I hope you have better luck in the future with them *hugs again*

I had a small teddy bear hamster named Tribble. He was so nice to me and I would always pet him and hold him when I couldn't be with my fiance for a few months.

One day I was upset because I missed my fiance so I went to see Tribble and he was dead in his cage. I just burt into tears and I cried the whole day. He was my baby...

I am sorry for your loss. She was a cute mousey

:(

im sorry about that hon i work in the vet field now so i see and deal with a lot of loss as well as a lot of happy

i assure you you are no sappy person

Peace and love

Thanks hun ^^

I'm sorry for bringing up such an old and, more than likely, hard memory, but I just had to say that I know what you went through.. I actually just lost my lil mousie a few days ago.

Slippy was a rescue from my grandmother's, one of those stupid sticky traps. He was just a lil baby too. But after using a lil vegetable oil to get him off the trap humanly I kept him for a few days hoping he'd calm down and cleaned up the vegetable oil enough so I could release him. After waiting a few days and realizing he was too young to know how to, I decided I needed to get it off myself. The only thing I can figure is that added stress of being handled and washed caused him to have a heart attack. I know I wasn't the best caretaker and really didn't know what I was doing, but I hope he knew I only wanted to help him. I think that's all we ever want them to know. After two nervous break downs, one to my mate and one to my mother, I was finally able to have Slippy's burial this last weekend out where I had planed to release him. I think he would have loved it there.

What I'm trying to say is that hearing your story.. knowing you're doing ok after sometime.. it helps.

Thank you for being willing to post something so personal and heart felt.