My local pet shop has stopped selling animals

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I am sorry, but I dont believe about that petshop for a second...if they only get 4 ots of animals in a year...that must mean for more tha half the year the animal pen are empty.
 
I don't really see why I should tell you where it is if you don't want to believe it then fine. There is good honest people out there who run pet shops and really do care about animals.
 
Why wouldn't you want to share which pet shop it is if it's so good? If it's in Glasgow area then it's around 30-40 minutes from me and I'd be delighted to find somewhere closer that is so great since I have to order my supplies either from my vet or online (I refuse to shop at P@H 15 mins away).

Edit: Feel free to PM me where it is if you don't want to post it publicly.
 
Our local shop requires pet buyers to give a name, phone # and address so if there are reports of animal abuse they can check to make sure someone is not buying more. Judges will sentence people to have no animals in their posession. I just read about a woman who had been hoarding (100 cats, dogs and bunnies most malnourished and diseased), was convicted and when she began buying more she was violated again. It just helps the ASPCA (I think that is who tracks the violators) keep an eye on things. I always feel bad when I go to a pet shop. I know they try their best but often there are too many in the cages. I wish you could send us some of the rescued gp's that are in need of homes....it does not seem as though there are so many in rescues in the US. Our issue seems more to be cats and dogs. Does any one else here (US) see a lot of pigs and bunnies in rescues? I would not sknow where else to get a guinea pig except a pet shop or the summer fair from farmers.
 
But whats to stop people giving false names and addresses? I think most petshops do ask for them, but they dont ask for ID :)
 
lamore411 said:
Our local shop requires pet buyers to give a name, phone # and address so if there are reports of animal abuse they can check to make sure someone is not buying more. Judges will sentence people to have no animals in their posession. I just read about a woman who had been hoarding (100 cats, dogs and bunnies most malnourished and diseased), was convicted and when she began buying more she was violated again. It just helps the ASPCA (I think that is who tracks the violators) keep an eye on things. I always feel bad when I go to a pet shop. I know they try their best but often there are too many in the cages. I wish you could send us some of the rescued gp's that are in need of homes....it does not seem as though there are so many in rescues in the US. Our issue seems more to be cats and dogs. Does any one else here (US) see a lot of pigs and bunnies in rescues? I would not sknow where else to get a guinea pig except a pet shop or the summer fair from farmers.
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www.petfinder.com and www.craigslist.com - there are pigs all over the US looking for homes. Those are just some of the ones listed online!

I'm also still waiting for the name/contact details of this miracle pet shop, I really want to visit it. I don't see any reason to keep it a secret - if it's as good as mentioned above then I would be promoting it by shouting from the rafters. Or perhaps it isn't that good after all...
 
The pet shop I used to work in stopped selling animals recently too but it was because there is very little, if any money to be made from it. Most pet shops don't make a profiit on the animals in the end with what it costs to keep them but the way they look at it is it brings customers to the shop to look at them, who might leave with someting else and if they do buy an animal, they'll usually but a lot of equipment at the same time.

Unfortunatly I don't think you'll ever stop pet shops from selling animals and there are lots of responsible pet owners out there too. Maybe rather than looking to make pet shops stop selling animals we should be thinking about getting them to do it responsibly. Having a cooling off period so people don't impulse buy animals would be a good start & training people in pet shops so that they know what they're talking about & then making sure they pass this info on to the customers. I know from experience that customers often come in wanting the pet and don't want to hear about how to care about it because they either don't have time or think they know best already, but if they really know best they should be pleased that someone actually cares.

Thats just my opinion anyway. :D
 
I know someone who works it Pets at Home and she told me that they sell the animals on behalf of someone else and like FutureCheese said it is just to get people into the shop because as they see it if you buy a pet you also buy a cage ect. Also she told me that when hireing people they don't look for if you have knoledge of animals you don't even have to like them they only care that you will work hard and fill the shelves. Although i think that way of thinking totally sucks, the animals in their are kept well, they have now started seperating the rabbits and guineas and they always have food, water and plenty of veg. Some of the staff in there are experts on certain animals whereas others don't know a thing but what annoys me the most is when they answer questions like they know what they are talking about when rearly they don't have a clue. I got my pig from P@H and he was a bit of an impulse buy but i had had pigs before, i do believe their should be a waiting period for buying animals to prevent people impulse buying, you arn't even allowed to reserve pets in there. I was asked for ID when i bought him so that is a good thing. He will however be my last petshop pig and when he is settled his friend will be a rescue. In my area there are hardly any pigs in the rescue centres such as woodgreen and blue cross but i found why. There is a man who lives in the same town as me and he takes all the rescue pigs. His garden has hutches all along one side stacked up for all the boys and the girls that don't live in the big group and he has a big group of girlies that live in a shed and in the summer they have run of the whole garden, he even has netting to spot cats getting in. At times he has had about 100 guineas. I spoke to him and he said when I'm ready i should just bring my boy down and we'll see who he gets on with, he also offered to keep him for a lil bit to make sure him and his new friend get settled together. Just wanted to say i think he is doing a great job and so are all you others who rescue guinea's. Keep up the good work!
 
A garden centre near me has stopped selling animals which is great as I they were sort of a side line not what you would ever look for in a garden centre.

I posted on a different thread about how I was in a different garden centre and they had an 18month piggy on its own in a fishtank :'( :'( (not with water)

I refused to buy it because I thought the shop would only put another one in there, I have felt guilty ever since, it wasnt the piggies fault it was there not in a rescue and what kind of life was it having, I could at least have given it a loving home.

I would not intentionally look in places like these for a piggy but if I ever happened to find one like that again I feel I would have to buy it and give it a decent life.

How does anyone else feel about situations like this?
 
M said:
I posted on a different thread about how I was in a different garden centre and they had an 18month piggy on its own in a fishtank :'( :'( (not with water)

I refused to buy it because I thought the shop would only put another one in there, I have felt guilty ever since, it wasnt the piggies fault it was there not in a rescue and what kind of life was it having, I could at least have given it a loving home.

I would not intentionally look in places like these for a piggy but if I ever happened to find one like that again I feel I would have to buy it and give it a decent life.

How does anyone else feel about situations like this?
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Personally I think that as hard as it may be to not buy the piggy it is the right thing to do. Like you say if you buy it they will only replace it.
I know it is sad to see any animal not receiving the care needed and deserved but I feel the only way to stop pet shops from selling animals is by refusing to buy them in the first place. If there is no money in it they will not do it, simple as that. At the end of the day they are a business and not a charity and are only ever going to be in it for the profit. I think this is also true for any pet shop that may be more responsible about who they sell to, businesses need to make money to survive. stop buying and they will stop selling
 
M said:
A garden centre near me has stopped selling animals which is great as I they were sort of a side line not what you would ever look for in a garden centre.

I posted on a different thread about how I was in a different garden centre and they had an 18month piggy on its own in a fishtank :'( :'( (not with water)

I refused to buy it because I thought the shop would only put another one in there, I have felt guilty ever since, it wasnt the piggies fault it was there not in a rescue and what kind of life was it having, I could at least have given it a loving home.

I would not intentionally look in places like these for a piggy but if I ever happened to find one like that again I feel I would have to buy it and give it a decent life.

How does anyone else feel about situations like this?
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You posted after I said about the piggy in the garden centre.
I ended up coming away with him today,
I will never go in again now.
 
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