The store was very pretty from the outside. Flowers in boxes, clean windows...When I got in there I thought I would die! The place was filthy and smelled! There were dead fish everywhere including on the floor, the gerbils and hamsters looked as though they hadn't been changed in weeks, the lizards were all thin and shedding.
I was just about to leave in disgust when I noticed in the corner there was a small cage with 2 male gouldians and a canary. I think the cage was MAYBE 14 x 10x 10. There was about a quarter of an inch of feces and seed in the bottom of the cage. They had very little scummy water and no seed in the cups.
Normally I would NEVER give money to a store like this, but I felt so bad for them. The clerk said that the owner was on vacation for a month. I hope she fires theses people when she gets back.
The birds looked in pretty good health except the nails were really overgrown. So I plunked down my money and rescued them. I just couldn't leave them there! Then I promptly called th S.P.C.A.
When I put them in the cage at home I almost cried! They attacked the seed and lettuce as though they hadn't eaten in days then dove into the water. I have never seen a bird drink so much so quickly!
This morning the 3 of them are sitting on a branch side by side and looking quite well and satisfied. They seem a bit confused at the space though...
There's a pet store near me that is horrid, every time I used to go in there there'd be dead fish, they kept their lizards in those plastic stacking drawers like you get at Walmart, they over crowd their rodents and keep males and females together and the let their kittens and puppies get sick and die. The last time I was in the store was 2 or 3 years ago, they had 2 puppies with terrible diarrhea, totally dehydrated eyes sunk in awful. I went home in tears and called the SPCA, they investigated, I don't even think there was a fine. It's really pathetic 
