Is buying from petshops ever good?

I hate people buying from pet shops and usually when someone new comes onto the forum, they've already got the animal from the petshop so there's nothing you can do. I do get angry that people don't think about where these animals have come from. They haven't come from a nice, fluffy place. They have come from a place where no-one cares for the individual animals or the animals that they produce, they just care about profit and the huge amount of animals they produce.

IMO there is no excuse not to research thoroughly before getting a pet. it only takes 2 seconds to type into google your chosen animal and it will come up with information sites. It's not difficult. It just shows how little people actually care about the animal they are bringing into their lives if they do not research properly before getting it.

Before I get a new pet, I spend months on research, finding out everything from housing, to food, to any illnesses or health problems it may have. But most people usually buy the animal, buy some housing which is far too small for the animal to live in, and then come on a forum and ask questions.

I know that people can get taken in by the animals in the pet shops and especially if there is a ill one there and it doesn't seem to receive any veterinary care from the staff. However, unless we ALL stop buying from pet shops, we will never get rid of this terrible business and we can not stop animals suffering from the hands of the breeders who supply the petshops.

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My views exactly

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Well put!

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I agree with all that you've said.

People who buy an animal and then do the research bug me a little, every animal I have ever had has been researched before I have got it/them.
I researched mice and got some and although I still ask some questions I know most of what I need to know.

It also makes me sooooo mad that pet shops are allowed to sell cages and hutches that are far too small, I wish we could somehow put a stop to this.

I've bought animals from pet shops in the past, before I knew better, I would never do it now & I do my best to discourage anyone else from doing it

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Although I would never buy from a pet shop, I can see why people do. Some people do not know the true horrors of where their pets came from. Also it is really difficult to find some pets, such as I have been searching for a few pet mice for aaages now. Still no such luck. Thats where pet shops get there buyers from, its quick and easy, I just wish it wasn't.

It depends on the petshop you buy from, Some petshops (very few i agree) only get animals from responsible caring breeders.

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The fact is that people think they are getting a bargain. When I first had Ferdie this woman I knew came back from Australia (of all places) and told me I had been had because she saw newfoundlands in a pet shop over there for only 350 Australian Dollars. I tried, but I could not get it through to her that there is a reason why I paid £1000, and they were only 350 dollars. And the very idea of keeping puppies in a pet shop window makes me shudder.

And since Harrods sell them, of course you have the snob element who think that everything that comes from Harrods is somehow upper class.

The P@H nearest me does not sell puppies and kittens, but they do sell reptiles, fish and small furries. I know nothing about the reptiles but the small furries all look healthy and are well kept in huge runs. So they are not all bad after all. But, as you say, we have no idea where they came from.

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i do buy from one petshop but only cos i know the owner and a few of her breeders i have visited a few of them and her knowledge of not only the breeders but the aniamls that she sells is really great, she vets you before she sells and wont sell u anything if she thinks that you might have not got your set up right, don't have enough information on that animal, and will go out of her way to give you info or sites to find info from.

so yes there are some good petshops out there.

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you know its only big chains that are the big probs most petshop retailers grow up with animals and work with animals cos is it there passion some of which breed there own live stock, also petshop owners should have an obligation eg selling a kitten if a problem should occur the shop is obligated to help, buy it from tom dick who dont have a clue kitties have major worms,earmites fleas an unsuspecting private purchaser may not be able to recognise th e first signs of disease; but if course a private purchase they have no governing licensing people so often or not will tell you to get stuffed.
so really you are spouting that people go to random places and buy animals under false pretences and breeders dont get me started interbreeding, i tell you once they got your money they really dont care yes they may take back the pet but yeah you want a refund you must be joking. i have seen it!