p@h prices !!

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neep_neep said:
I don't have a problem with the *animals* being high prices - surely if they are more expensive, people are more likely to think twice about buying them - which can only be a positive thing.
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Definately agree with you there. Then people also think they have to buy the cages too, it all adds up!
 
My sister paid £18.50 or something like that for delilah in december as a present for me :)
Didn't think of that MintyAndGarry :-\
 
Why do you all think that it is fair to donate £5 for an adoption piggy ?
Many of you would happily pay the set adoption fee if you got them from a rescue, which is usually about £15.
So why do you think that these piggies are any different!
 
Because that's all I can afford! I couldn't afford to pay £15 for a piggy and I'd rather donate what I can and give a pig a loving home than leave them in the shop! The charity is also linked to a large pet store chain who can have input, whereas rescues have to survive.
 
The less the piggy then the more money to spend on them in my opinion and id never pay £15 for a rescued piggy as i think thats a bit too much in my opinion as id prefer to spend as little as possible to spend more on the piggy as whetehr they are pedigree, rescued or pet piggies theres no difference to me except the proce so why not go for the cheap one ? :)
 
I didn't pay anything for Pudsey and didn't think of offering anything. St Helens and Aintree seem to make a point of these adoption pigs being free. I noticed in St Helens today they had a bunny up for adoption because he was too big to be housed with the other buns. I looked at the other buns in the pens and noticed they were the same size of him.

Pudsey is supposdly allergic to woodshavings, I am not sure how true that is. Whether Pudsey was just unsellable. I don't know why he is gorgeous but different from your regular pigs with being a rex.

To be honest, the adoption money doesn't go to a rescue at all and its just profits to buy more pigs. I wouldn't give it, but its a personal choice. :) I would pay and have paid £15.00 for a rescue pig because it's not about us spending money on them, it's about where they have come from and any money that is given to rescues goes on the welfare of those pigs still looking for that special home.
 
here is australia prices vary too, but i think i would pay anything for a piggy if i had fallen in love with it, but with in reason of course! prices usually range for males $12.00(about 6 pounds) and females $18.00 (about 9 pounds). not many do like females $18.00 each or two for $30.00, it is normally always single price piggies. like i said in an earlier post if people aren't happy with p & h's prices then why shop there? if people shopped else where they would have to lower their prices or close up! if their piggies are sick take notes, photos, keep vet reciepts and report them. this is just my opinion. hugs and cuddles to you and your piggies. :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:
 
SunshineAndTwinkle said:
To be honest, the adoption money doesn't go to a rescue at all and its just profits to buy more pigs.
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This isn't possible though - the donated money goes into the charity. Not the company. The charity money is totally separate to the company money and is used solely for charity things - not for buying more animals in! That is what the company money is for...

By buying food and toys you are giving money to buy more animals in.

By making a donation for an adoption piggie, you aren't.

Sorry, just clearing up any confusion!
 
Ah right, thanks for clearing that up neep! I think St Helens don't ask for money because they don't actually have an adoption centre, pigs are just kept out the back and you ask if they have any that need a home. They put buns in cages in the store, seperate from the others. :)
 
MintyAndGarry said:
Because that's all I can afford! I couldn't afford to pay £15 for a piggy and I'd rather donate what I can and give a pig a loving home than leave them in the shop!
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I apologise if you were offended by my previous post it was not aimed at you personally, I haven't got a problem with how much you choose to donate as he has gone to a loving, caring home with lots of piggy knowledge. I can't wait to hear more about him and see your pics. :)

But they don't want to give the impression that the adoption centre is a place to get free or cheap pets.
Many stores will rehome certain animals for free if they are a special case, or if they are going to a very experienced home.
 
when i have been in my P@H i have got to admit they are really good because everytime the see a young child near the cages the dodge going near the animals unless parents are buy and all the parents i have seen say no to the child which i am pleased about
 
Apology accepted! :) I think I jumped on the defensive a little bit, what with all the new piggy love yesterday!

I guess it is just a question of where you see animals. I mean, I don't really have rescues that close to my home (that I know of anyway - there are a couple in Northamptonshire, but even that costs more to get there) and P@H is the only place that has animals now. I'm sounding a bit like a charity case really, but so far the adoption parts in my P@H seem to be genuine. The piggy cages have been empty for weeks at a time so it seems they don't just fill them up again. And once I get back on my feet and have more money spare then I will look at adoption differently.

(The girl was telling me at P@H yesterday that they'd arrived at work this week and found a rabbit in a hamster cage and a puppy tied to the post outside the shop. What are these people thinking? The rabbit has been rehomed and someone from the shop's nan now has a new dog!)

Look in any local paper and you will find adverts for 'free to a good home' piggies.
When I first got Garry and Minty from P@H, they cost me £5 each. Then I had to spend £35.00 on a smaller cage because that's all they had in. Then 6 weeks down the line, I paid out £70 for a big cage. So the outlay was £115.00 initially, not including food, hay, accessories and flipping veg! You could look at it and say that I shouldn't have got the pigs in the first place if I was so skint, but I'd seen them and wanted them!
I don't want to talk about them like this, but when the time comes and I need another piggy, then a rescue would be my first option as I have all the expensive parts already.

Jennifer1990 - I was out with my Dad yesterday and he started off saying no. Which goes to show I still have my powers! Still, I am 28 so I guess it's a bit different from a 6 year old asking!
 
MintyAndGarry said:
Jennifer1990 - I was out with my Dad yesterday and he started off saying no. Which goes to show I still have my powers! Still, I am 28 so I guess it's a bit different from a 6 year old asking!
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I see where you are coming from i was meaning little children though i once heard the mum say "No you already have 7 at home and the little girl wanted more"
 
I think I paid about £36 for my 2 at P@H. I'd never buy from a pet shop again though - I plan to get all future piggies or any animal from rescue places. I agree that I think high prices will put off people from buying from on impulse and stop so many from being unwanted. I think P@H prices are reasonable but there isn't a lot of shops to choose from where I stay and I refuse to buy from my local pet shop as I don't like the way the rabbits etc are kept.
 

I see where you are coming from i was meaning little children though i once heard the mum say "No you already have 7 at home and the little girl wanted more"
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To be honest my son was asking for a gp for ages before I allowed him to have one but I love them so much now there like more children for me to look after! :smitten:
And my hubby who doesn't really do animals, I keep finding him cuddling them and feeding them veggies he adores them as well, so where there were brought for my son they are well looked after and loved for by the whole family :)
 
My husband was dead set against me getting a GP but then I wore him down - after two years of mentioning it nearly every day! Now he loves my piggy almost as much as I do and cuts off bits of veggies and salad for him! I've caught him in the shed talking in a cute little voice to him too!
 
if you tell my other half i'll say i never said it! but men are the biggest kids of all! they act all touch and macho and yet they talk baby talk and cuddle gp's and are real sooks.
but like i said you never heard it from me. hugs and cuddles to you and yours. :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:
 
Atarangi was £19.50 from P@H

I don't really begrudge paying that for her 'cos she could have gone to the family up the road from me to be abused and neglected or come home with me and joined the other three (at the time)

Although there was a gorgeous fully grown boy in the adoption centre the other day am wondering whether to get him for Rosie, if he's still there :-\
 
SUPPORT LOCAL PET STORES!

I had to use P+H the other day cos they are open till 8 and I needed food. They are very expensive and everything is of a low quality compared to the independent in Ashford town centre. They all know me in there now (the independent) and give such a better service. They are really struggling since P+H open but I have told them I will use them whenever possible.

When I popped in to P+H for emergency food I popped by to see what piggies they had in and found a bunch of males without food or water. Two of them were gnawing the frak out of a edible tunnel thing which to me says "we are frakking hungry!"

If I do get anymore piggies I will use their adoption centre. They have tried to play the "big i am" with me about responsible pet ownership and I shot back with "come see my 6 piggies and their luxury lifestyle, they probably have a better life than most humans"

I'm not being spoken too like that by a spotty teenage upstart. They think because I'm male I'm not mad about piggies.

Anyways to sum up SUPPORT YOUR INDEPENDENTS!
 
I would always go to My local but for guinea pigs they sell better cages. My local don't really sell nothing for Guinea pigs, accept rubbish hutches that break.
 
I will always support smaller well run shops as long as they don't sell animals. I am happy to get my supplies from Sally at Pampered Piggies, she is a lovely lady who gives a first class, next day delievery.

While at Pets at Home the other day, I just went in with Caitlin as she likes to see the pigs and I was inspecting to make sure they were being cared for ok. There was a little guy who was obviously ill, he was huddled in the corner with his eyes closed, I told the girl and she said she would get someone to check him out.

I asked didn't they have any females and she said we do, why do you want to breed? I was like WHAT? 98) I said no I'm opposed to that, I shouldn't have asked I was just making small talk...lol ;D
 
I'm confused as to why the manager of my local P@H told me there was no guarantee on how much of the adoption donation was actually seen by charities. A large lump of it goes towards "administration costs".

I also think it's a good thing that pigs cost more and I dislike the ethos of "reduced pigs" that the adoption centre seems to have created. It's a bit like going to Tesco where the damaged and out of date goods have been cut in price. If they don't want to create such an atmosphere then why are they using the adoption centre as an outlet to get rid of the unsellables? Because that's really all it is.

Personally I'd be concerned that a person wouldn't be able to pay for vet bills if they're not willing to pay/donate a higher amount when it comes to rescue.
 
I agree DSL. As I've said I paid nothing for Pudsey in the adoption section on P@H but he did create a space for more pigss although I didn't fund it. I was in another P@H on Thursday and noticed their adoption section was absolutely filthy.

I am happy to pay a little more for rescue pigs because the money does help the rescue. :)
 
When my daughter got Ginger last year she paid £10 for her from a local independant pet shop, she also bought Cottontail the dutch dwarf bunny from there the year before and only £12 for her. :)
Next time though (should anything happen to our 3 piggies or bunny) we'll look in to the rescue places first.
 
You know, I'm feeling really guilty now. As most people know, all three of my pigs have come from P@H adoption and I only paid £5 each for them. I take very good care of them and they have all they need. I'm not saying I could afford expensive vets bills, but do have the option of a credit card for that. But because I've not gone to a rescue and paid more money for my pigs I feel like I'm being told I've done something wrong, as if I'm inadequate as a piggy owner.
 
Oh I don't think anyone means that, at all! :)

You took in pigs that needed a home - you've nothing to feel inadequate or guilty about. Plenty of us have done the same, or would do in that situation. I went to P@H today and thought twice about taking an 'adoption' pig - we're only human!

Your pigs are happy and loved and that's all that matters :smitten:
 
okay, i understand to get resuue pigs is better, but getting any piggies either rescue or petshop doesn't matter as long as the piggies are loved and cared for! so minty and garry it doesn't matter where you got your babies from as we know you love them and take good care of them. ours were petshop bought, zoe was $8.00(about 4 pounds) and jessie was $10.00 (about 5 pounds) we don't have rescue piggies. it doesn't matter to us how much we paid for them as to us they are priceless! even if you buy petshop piggies whats stopping people from making a donation to the rescue places? you don't have to buy a piggy from the rescue place just make a donation. now before you all jump on me i will try and explain, minty and garry has said they bought their piggies from a petshop and that she feels guilty, well why not just make a donation to the rescue centre to help the piggies? hoping i have explained myself. hugs and cuddles to you all and your fur babies. :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:
 
There is nothing to stop people making rescue donations and ultimately it's up to the individual to decide where they get their pigs.

However, I do think that people need to get the idea out of their head that buying from a pet shop is "rescuing" a pig. The money from that raises enough for the shop to buy another 4 or so wholesale and those will potentially end up in miserable homes as so many do. Naturally the ones bought are no less deserving of a home but spare a thought for the ones that replace the bought ones and end up living in squalor.
 
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