Hi all, hope you are all well,

I have a small pet shop, and last May we began selling animals, i breed the rabbits & guinea pigs, as well as the birds. However we have had to buy hamster and gerbils in from a commercial breeder, which for me is far from ideal. Usually you find hobby breeders locally that want to move on any surplus babies, but here i have yet to be offered a single one! So i feel that i may have to begin breeding to supply myself, so i am going to need some excellent stock to do that. Do any of you guys know what colours are most popular these days? When i used to sell a lot of hamsters 10 or 12 years ago we used to sell all of the grey phase very well and the lilac, dove and cream, though most of these colours are weak stock to breed with.

Any thoughts would be appreciated

G

I am afraid you won't find any help here. No self respecting breeder would give their animals to be used as breeding machines for the pet trade.

As a pet shop, why not do something many of us have always wanted to do, advocate rescues and ethical breeders?

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not many breeders would be willing to give up their own surplus stock to supply a pet trade , sorry.
no advice i`m afraid , just thought i`d comment on that aspect of things.

I can see how you think you're doing the world a favour because you'll know where your rats came from and they'll be healthier and tamer than 'regular' pet shop rats. But how can you know what sort of home they're going into? Plus to have a constant supply of stock you'll have multiple litters from multiple animals on the go which you can't possibly devote enough time and attention to.

The fact you're asking about popular colours is sort of a red flag really- proper breeders breed for temperament and think about colour later.

As has been said, noone here is going to help you find any animals to breed from since there's a billion in shelters and rescues from these sort of situations.

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There quite a few breeders around who prioritise variety/type/showability above health and temperament sadly.

I would never consider supplying a petshop for all the reasons already mentioned.

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Hi Gareth, Sorry to add to the already negative comments. You would never find me or anyone who had done enough research on a small pets buying one from a pet shop.

There are far to many small pets already in rescue centers, young, old, mad and lovely.

Do you not have a local pet charity that you could support instead? you could work closely with them and advertise the animals they have and offer advice to potential owners

You must know there is no money to be made by selling rabbits in particular what with the twice yearly vaccinations and worming.

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I'm not gonna be much help as I don't agree with petshops selling animals full stop.
No responsible breeder will supply you with animals knowing they are going to be petshop baby makers

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sorry but no self respecting breeder will sell to a pet store, i also doubt the animals you breed are being bred ethically im afraid, if you breed correctly, there is NO money AT ALL to be made in selling animals, it is a hobby only and actually involves great loss to be done correctly

We run a pet store ourselves and would NEVER dream of selling any live animal, there are thousands upon thousands of small animals in rescue, many of these are killed daily in shelters to make space for the next pet store cast offs

pet shops NEED to stop selling animals, it is the only way to minimise the amount of animals in rescue, if some one wants a pet they should have to go to an approved breeder or rescue.
store selling animals only spur impulse buys

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Hi guys,

Thank you all for your points of view on that. We offer the service as we know that otherwise people are straight to national chains that always pedal sub standard poor quality stock.

Again thank you all