Ed's Pet World selling Homewood property and closing

SIX. WELL, IT’S BEEN A FIXTURE IN HOMEWOOD FOR DECADES, BUT SOON EDS. PETE EDS PET WORLD WILL BE CLOSING DOWN FOR GOOD. OUR WVTM13’S LISA CRANE GIVES US A LOOK AT INSIDE OF SOME OF THE UNUSUAL PETS, AND SPOKE TO THE OWNER ABOUT WHAT’S NEXT. SETH COSBY HAS CARRIED ON THE TRADITION. HIS FATHER STARTED 50 YEARS AGO. HE SAYS SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR ANIMALS AT ED’S PET WORLD ARE THE EXOTIC BIRDS. HELLO. THE COOL THING IS, I MEAN, THEY KNOW MY YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW EVERYBODY THAT WORKS HERE. THEY KNOW EVERYBODY’S NAME AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. GERTRUDE THE TORTOISE IS ONE OF THE LONGEST RESIDENTS. SHE’S LIVED AT ED’S PETS FOR DECADES. SHE’S CAGE FREE AND COMES AND GOES AS SHE LIKES. GERTRUDE. I MEAN, SHE ESCAPES CONSTANTLY, SO SHE’S DEFINITELY A BAD GIRL ON THAT PART OF IT, FOR SURE. COSBY SAYS BIG BOX PET CARE RETAILERS HAVE MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR HIS BUSINESS TO SURVIVE. THE DECISION TO CLOSE THE STORE HIS DAD OPENED IN 1974 DIDN’T COME EASILY. THERE’S NOT THAT MANY OF US AROUND, YOU KNOW. SO, I MEAN, THAT’S KIND OF THE SAD. IT’S THE SAD PART. IT’S JUST THE WAY THE WORLD IS MOVING, YOU KNOW? IT’S DEFINITELY SAD. YOU KNOW, WE LIKE TO SEE SMALL BUSINESSES CONTINUE TO THRIVE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT’S UNDERSTANDABLE. I GUESS NOW THERE’S NO SET DATE FOR ED’S TO CLOSE. BUT UNTIL THEY DO, THEY’RE GOING TO BE WORKING TO GET RID OF ALL THE ANIMALS IN THE STORE OR AT LEAST THE ONES THEY’RE NOT KEEPING. LIKE THESE PYTHONS, AND THEY’RE GOING TO BE ON SALE, TOO. SO WHO WOULDN’T WANT A PYTHON UNDER THE CHRISTMAS TREE? COSBY SAYS HE’S GOING TO KEEP SOME OF THE EXOTIC BIRDS AND REPTILES, AND WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER PARTY APPEARANCES WITH HIS ANIMALS. THE PROPERTY IS LISTED FOR 2.2 MILLION. THERE’S NO BUYER YET, BUT NO MATTER WHAT ENDS UP HERE NEAR THE CORNER OF 18TH STREET AND 28TH AVENUE, IT WON’