P@H

[poppy1775]

Ness I get my supplies from a horse feed shop and a local shop that doesn't sell animals and is only open at certain I like giving to the smaller trader. We do keep fish, but sadly there are no fish rescues! ;D

;D ;D ;D ;D yeah thats a shame!

no one here is saying nothing bad happens in petshops just that good things do to!

 

[MemberX]

I can't string sentences together today...lol I meant its only open at certain times! 98)

 

[poppy1775]

I can't string sentences together today...lol I meant its only open at certain times! 98)

lol its ok i knew what you mean't i'm always doing that!! ;D ;D ;D

 

[MemberX]

I was trying to do two things at once, it never works out! I'm so old now! >

 

[poppy1775]

i keep getting my letters mixed up or the wrong way round when i'm typing my brains working to fast for my hands! :

 

[crus]

I believe all pet shops should stop selling animals and only animal supplies. There are hundreds of unwanted pets out there and all these pets shops are doing is adding to the problem.

I took an online course last year with discussions surrounding these topics and this is mostly why i have this belief. If anyone is interested it is available from the Scottish SPCA. Think it starts every September and is a 10 week course. A girl on the course worked at P@H and let us all know that they put staff through training courses and also that they have stopped selling birds, which is a great start. I do have reservations about P@H and other large pet shops for that matter as i feel they are mostly out to make money rather than care for the animals, but i won't go into all that when we are trying to be positive on this post!

Tom, please just remember that the people who are 'moaning' are the people who care about the welfare of animals and as long as it helps to prevent hurting even just one animal, then i say feel free to moan away! ;D

 

[MemberX]

Just been to the local pet shop for hay (the one that is a small trader and doesn't sell animals) she said it was just too much hard work having the animals and having to feed them and if they ever got sick.

It's because I love all animals (on my knees worshipping them...lol) that I feel the way I do. That is one thing that unites us all here our love for animals.

 

[Kimmy619]

I got my first two piggys from P@H and the they were brilliant pets and very loving. O0 I went in to get some supplies and ended up buying piggies. Without P@H, I may have never been introduced to the guinea pig world! :smitten: I also had 2 hamsters from there who were probably the most spoilt hamsters that you could imagine!

I have had a few negative P@H experiences. I'm not anti P@H or any pet shop, but my personal feeling is that I would like to support local rescues before going to a pet shop. I know that a lot of people moan, but this is a forum where discussion is welcomed and we should all respect other peoples opinions regardless of whether we agree with them or not.