I actually know someone who breeds rodents for PAH, as he rentsbarns where I used ot keep my horses. I am not sur eif his standards are usualy, he is self employed and sells to PAH, but I really have to say, I do feel his animals are kept adequately considering the number he keeps and the fact that it has to be economically viable fo rit to be a business.

His Guinea pigs are all in outside hutches attached to runs, some of the rabbits too. (seperately to the guinea pigs). Smaller rodents, hamsters, gerbils etc are kept in largish plastic tanks. I expect all are bred more than most people would feel comfortable with, and he does not breed with temprement or health in mind, admittedly, BUT his animals are handled daily as the children at the farm help him out and spend time with the animals. The animals are all kept clean and well fed, and I do not feel rodent farms are comparable to puppy farms at all.

I am not saying things in this persons ideally wouldn't be better/different, but I wouldn't say his animals are suffering either. I suspect they have a far better life than the many small pets bought for children and then forgotten about or kept incorrectly,