A few weeks ago, I visited a nearby PetCo and was overjoyed to find that they had started to sell hand-fed sun conures. Unfortunately, I noticed that the only conure they had was obviously suffering greatly from bird mites. On top of that, she had almost no toys and her water was disgusting. Thinking that since she was new, her mites were a problem they were taking care of, I left only slightly concerned.
Today, I returned to the same PetCo to find the same conure in a worsened state. Her mites had gotten so bad that she was no longer the inquisitive, friendly bird I had met originally. All she could do was itch, and she was becoming barren of feathers. It troubles me even more that the store sells the cage inserts that kill mites in the next aisle over, and still nothing was being done about it.
Either the store did not recognize the signs of illness, or they simply did not care to do anything about it. Either way, why would I entrust my own animals to a store like that, much less adopt pets from them?
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