To think that a Pets At Home store shouldn't have let this cat move in?

[Distractotron]

I went to my local Pets At Home store and was a bit surprised to see a cat sitting in one of the cat beds on display. There was an odd smell nearby and I wondered if it had urinated somewhere.
When I asked the cashier about it, she and her colleague told me the cat had been hanging about by the bins, so the staff had fed it and now it was coming into the store. I had seen several staff members walk past it when I was browsing. My aibu is - would you have reported this, from a customer perspective? There are lots of small animals in tanks and cages in the shop. It seemed pretty irresponsible to me.

I'd be worried for the rabbits and guinea pigs, they'll only be babies so too young to defend themselves against a cat. My cat would eat my big guinea pigs given half the chance if not he'd at least torment them to death.

I can't get worked up about pet shops having resident animals!

Lots of shops around here have resident dogs. A cat would just make for a refreshing change!

Guinea pigs were fine, staff removed the cat quickly, so I'm assuming it doesn't go in at night

Mael hopefully your dog is on a lead in the store.

The only thing I'd be worried about is fleas. If it is in a cat bed in the store and the fleas lay their eggs and then you buy the bed, you could end up with an infestation.

But seeing as they have flea treatments in store I hope they would take care of it

Is this the pets at home in Lincoln? I think it’s lovely and quite common. Through our store does kick it out at night, which I guess is to stop it making a mess in store or attacking any of the other animals xx