I can't comment on how pets at home treat their animals because i rarely go in there, i usually get all my pet supplies from the internet and i tend to rescue pets or take on older animals from a owners that can't keep them anymore. which is how i got my BDs. I've had them for a few months now and to be honest i've never fed cabbage. I've done my research and i've never read or heard anything about it being toxic to them. the only reason i don't feed it to them is because the people I got them from said it makes their poo smell worse and obviously, then their viv smells worse. thats the only reason I don't give mine cabbage.

Yes rabbits can be kept indoors, it does them no harm what so ever, I know several rabbits that are kept as indoor rabbits with access to the garden. It keeps them much fitter as they have moore room to move around.
As for the cages being sold being too small, I totally agree with that, if their main priority is the animal's health and welfare then they should bare this in mind when selling animals housing!

our local pets at home have started an adoption centre, i have been in to see if i can get a gerbil and was told that it was a young one and that it was just unable to move with its owners to there new home. on looking closer the poor thing was close to the end of its life, it had oviously had a hard life and was covered in old wounds. knowing that it was for my daughter and not me i desided that i couldn't take it on, and went to look at some of the other pets.
i wanted some toys for my cockatiles but they had so little to choose from i was shocked. when i asked they said that they don't have any call for toys as parrots don't play

i got the the checkout with my new spinner plate for my pregnant mouse and was god smacked to see that they were sexing a hamster that a lady was buying with cage and everything and they told her she couldn't take it.
aparently it was a female and had been in the cage with a male, duh, would you not have thought to check this earier, ok so she was right to not sell it but it doesn't exsuse that they were put in the wrong tanks in the beginning.
when i asked what was going to happen to it she wouldn't tell me.

i went from there to a petshop that i haven't been in before and was looking at there stock the man in the shop was very helpfull, telling me all about the fish and the hamsters. i was very impressed and will be going again soon.

Well as soon as my bann from petshops is lifted lol.

i did come home with 2 gerbils that day from another petshop, really only wanted one but hey the tanks big enough for 4 so i shouldn't moan i left that to my fella lol.

we got advised to feed green foods to our Beardie, and she loves it any veg salad we give she loves didnt realise this was bad food for them.

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Leopard Gecko or Bearded Dragon

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Tom

THat's because it is not, as long as it is supplemented. One of the issues is goitrogens. Substances which can affect thyroid function. Some veg. has more than others. But this can be an issue for human beings too. It's a problem for those that suffer from hypothyroidism. But not everybody does. Lettuce doesn't contain nutrients. So people advise against it. Wouldn't be very filling though and is a good source of water; so I don't see the problem, if your dragon is a healthy weight and eats other things besides.

Wilkinsons sells some tiny hamster cages and they state incorrectly that they are also suitable for gerbils. I emailed them about it stating why they are not suitable for gerbils. They insisted the RSPCA had advised them that the cages were suitable. I f9ound that hard to believe.

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