I Bought a Desk Pet from Petco

I Bought a Desk Pet from Petco

May 24, 2026

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The video follows YouTuber Emzotic as she visits a Petco store to investigate the controversial “Desk Pets” marketing campaign. She points out several animal welfare concerns, including how live animals (such as Pac-Man frogs and spiders) are being treated as impulse-buy decorative items near the checkout counter, biological misinformation from the store (such as incorrectly labeling frogs as reptiles), and generally poor management practices.

By the end of the video, she rescues a Pac-Man frog named Gumbo and sets up a proper long-term habitat to give the frog a healthy and suitable environment to live in.

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