Something for ALL new small animal owners to consider. - Page 2

Akai-Chan · #11 (**permalink**) 06-09-2009, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Marcia

Great thread

I've heard that some of those pics (i've seen them before somewhere) are rodent farms for P@H

They probably provide for sevaral different chains (P@H, petscorner, probably some smaller stores) Imagine how many rodents those farms turn out per week, probably more than enough to supply for most of the petshops in the UK >_<

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Marcia · #12 (**permalink**) 06-09-2009, 08:14 PM

It's just a money making scheme. They don't care about the animals in their care

Akai-Chan · #13 (**permalink**) 06-09-2009, 08:45 PM

I know

as a breeder this boils my blood. I hate hearing about BYB's of ANY animal and animal farms.

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CarolineH · #14 (**permalink**) 06-09-2009, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Akai-Chan

They probably provide for sevaral different chains (P@H, petscorner, probably some smaller stores) Imagine how many rodents those farms turn out per week, probably more than enough to supply for most of the petshops in the UK >_<

And how many will die in the process.

Looks like a concentration camp for rodents.

Akai-Chan · #15 (**permalink**) 06-09-2009, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by CarolineH

And how many will die in the process.

Looks like a concentration camp for rodents.

You;ve hit the nail right on the head there.

Is there any way we can start some sort of petition to shut down rodent farms and/or make them ilegal?

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Akai-Chan

CarolineH · #16 (**permalink**) 06-09-2009, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Akai-Chan

You;ve hit the nail right on the head there.

Is there any way we can start some sort of petition to shut down rodent farms and/or make them ilegal?

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Akai-Chan

I don't know if that would be possible as most of these 'farms' are in Eastern Europe so I have been told. If there was a concerted education campaign to persuade people not to buy animals from those larger pet stores that might make an impact? But thing is, people want to buy small pets from somewhere and it is not easy to find breeders. The pet shops sell small animals usually at a loss because they can usually sell the whole set up, food, toys etc to the same customer when they buy one and that is where their profit lies.

Akai-Chan · #17 (**permalink**) 06-09-2009, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by CarolineH

I don't know if that would be possible as most of these 'farms' are in Eastern Europe so I have been told. If there was a concerted education campaign to persuade people not to buy animals from those larger pet stores that might make an impact? But thing is, people want to buy small pets from somewhere and it is not easy to find breeders. The pet shops sell small animals usually at a loss because they can usually sell the whole set up, food, toys etc to the same customer when they buy one and that is where their profit lies.

I'm pretty sure there's quite a few rodent farms in the UK. If those could be shut down and we start educating people about where pet shop animals come from it would be a massive step towards people not buying from pet shops altogether which would be a huge blow for rodent farms in other parts of the world.

It isn;t that hard to find breeders, people just don;t really know much about breeders or don;t know where to start looking. I think that people assume that pet shop animals will be healthy.

I know that the majority of the profit lies in the equipment but they still do make some profit from the animals, but not much.

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zany_toon · #18 (**permalink**) 07-09-2009, 07:24 PM

I will admit to getting 4 of my mice from a pet shop. They were oorly but are now very healthy - Scrambled Egg was so ill I could see all the bones in his tail. It's a hard decision to make - do you buy one animal to give it a better life knowing that your money funds more ending up in the same situation or do you walk away and know that some one will feed it to a snake? I'm too soft to walk away from an animal that I can help and I know in the scheme of things that it was the wrong decision but i don't regret it. My pet shop mice cost me more than any of my others and i wouldn't have even been near the pet shop if the breeder I had been in touch with hadn't just disappeared.

IrishSetter · #19 (**permalink**) 15-09-2009, 04:21 PM

Oh dear...

(Thanks for sharing this)
I was going to get my gerbils from Pets at Home - should I or not?

Akai-Chan · #20 (**permalink**) 15-09-2009, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by IrishSetter

Oh dear...

(Thanks for sharing this)
I was going to get my gerbils from Pets at Home - should I or not?

See if you can find a breeder near you would be my suggestion

whereabouts are you?

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Akai-Chan

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