Is it spring yet?

Wow! Here in Illinois, we are so tired of winter this year! I'm not sure why, but it seems like the sun has only been out about 3 times this winter!

The pet store plugs along. We've gotten in some new dog toys this week that I still need to make room for. Our saltwater fish selection is improved and there must be more available to order. People are coming in daily wanting to plunk down some dollars on new pets and we are trying our best to accomodate. We are LOVING the new Aqueon fish tank stands. Finally, something new and COOL! I've had quite a few requests for burmese pythons this winter. Hope to find some eventually.

A customer returned a hedgehog he had purchased last week. That makes me sad! Poor little fella! He said his landlord didn't allow pets of this kind.....Hmmmm.......Shouldn't you find out about that first, before you spend such big money on something?

Another customer was asking how to make a tank octopus safe! But every time I offered a solution, it didn't fit with his "vision". His vision was a 50 gallon "normal" tank on a dresser, with hang-on-the-back filtration. Not gonna work! The tank is already up and running on the dresser, so no way he's going to fork out for an overflow tank and sump. It's got a standard plastic lift hood, so no chance he wants to spring for a new escape proof glass/plexiglass top. He just had some other idea, that was truly cheaping it up, and nixed every suggestion I made. I suddenly found something more important to do.

My favorite pet? RATS. We have had some adorable small rats that my neice and nephews have been playing with and I'm hoping to sell these for kids instead of the traditional hamsters. They are just so much nicer and less nippy! And we've had some cute colors lately.

So that's it for this week. Next week is spring break here and it will probably be a bit slower traffic in the store. We can catch up on some cleaning that way!