Petco / Knowingly sells bedding that can kill a small animal

Petco / Knowingly sells bedding that can kill a small animal

Petco sells cedar bedding in their store that killed my son's hamster in less than 24 hours. The cedar bedding package said that the cedar was okay for hamsters and other small animals, but in reading a hamster magazine article that clearly states that cedar and pine bedding can damage the repiratory systems in hamsters.

The store personell admitted that pine and cedar should never be used but nowhere do they post that the bedding is dangerous. Nor do they mention in their literature about hamsters at the time that you buy a hamster from the store that pine or cedar bedding is dangerous for small animals. I think that this policy is unnecessarily cruel and demonstrates Petco's desire to knowingly sell a product that can severly dehabilitate animals.

This could all be avoided if you refused to sell products that say its safe to use cedar and pine for small animals and you must also post on the hamster cages that house your animals the type of bedding that is safe to use. It was pitiful to watch this animal suffer and Petco should do everything to avoid these problems in the future and make the public aware if the bedding danger

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