Hi All,
Well I went out today with the family once Emily had finished school. We went food shopping and then popped into a pet shop which used to be an old swimming pool so as you can imagine it's quite a size. They have buns mixed with pigs :'( in dirty hutches. As soon as you go in to the rabbit and pig area all of them come to the wire mesh and want to be taken home, it's heartbreaking. There was one pig there, he was a crested tri-colour and was such a big ol' boy. Peter took a shine to him, we have seen him before about 2 months ago. Poor thing was desperate to be taken home. He was in with another pig of a similar size who kept rumbling at him and mounting the rabbit! 98) So I asked the women who worked there how old were the boys, she said 'oh about 12 months' there was no way in hell they were that young! His teeth were not in great shape, quite long but he seemed healthy enough, I'd say for his size he was about 2-2.5 years old!
I said to Peter you know, we shouldn't get him, it just makes them buy more (see I'm learning). I know it's heartbreaking but in the long run we aren't rescuing we are just funding them! But I feel I can't leave it there, would the RSPCA do anything? I feel they won't find a home in a petshop, they should be in a rescue. Peter was even looking at hutches so we could have him and his little mate. But no I firmly put my foot down as much as it pained me to do so!
We then went to P@H, Emily likes looking at Pigs, I heard one of the workers giving the wrong information on cold water fish (which I have a tankfull of) she said to feed them just to flakes of food per fish per day! ROFL If I did that to my fish then they would go mad! I've bred fish out of my tank (lemon tetra and cat fish) so I must be doing something right!
I also came across a woman buying a Nero 3 for 2 rabbits! ? I said to her I house one guinea in a Nero 3 and he is fine, was trying to say to her look it's not big enough but the worker at P@H didn't mention it! It's so frustrating, poor buns where gorgeous too!
I think I just go to pet shops to confirm what I already know that some of them don't have a clue! (Not all I may add, some are quite good!)
Anyways just thought I'd ask about the pigs, feel so sad for them!
Well I went out today with the family once Emily had finished school. We went food shopping and then popped into a pet shop which used to be an old swimming pool so as you can imagine it's quite a size. They have buns mixed with pigs :'( in dirty hutches. As soon as you go in to the rabbit and pig area all of them come to the wire mesh and want to be taken home, it's heartbreaking. There was one pig there, he was a crested tri-colour and was such a big ol' boy. Peter took a shine to him, we have seen him before about 2 months ago. Poor thing was desperate to be taken home. He was in with another pig of a similar size who kept rumbling at him and mounting the rabbit! 98) So I asked the women who worked there how old were the boys, she said 'oh about 12 months' there was no way in hell they were that young! His teeth were not in great shape, quite long but he seemed healthy enough, I'd say for his size he was about 2-2.5 years old!
I said to Peter you know, we shouldn't get him, it just makes them buy more (see I'm learning). I know it's heartbreaking but in the long run we aren't rescuing we are just funding them! But I feel I can't leave it there, would the RSPCA do anything? I feel they won't find a home in a petshop, they should be in a rescue. Peter was even looking at hutches so we could have him and his little mate. But no I firmly put my foot down as much as it pained me to do so!
We then went to P@H, Emily likes looking at Pigs, I heard one of the workers giving the wrong information on cold water fish (which I have a tankfull of) she said to feed them just to flakes of food per fish per day! ROFL If I did that to my fish then they would go mad! I've bred fish out of my tank (lemon tetra and cat fish) so I must be doing something right!
I also came across a woman buying a Nero 3 for 2 rabbits! ? I said to her I house one guinea in a Nero 3 and he is fine, was trying to say to her look it's not big enough but the worker at P@H didn't mention it! It's so frustrating, poor buns where gorgeous too!
I think I just go to pet shops to confirm what I already know that some of them don't have a clue! (Not all I may add, some are quite good!)
Anyways just thought I'd ask about the pigs, feel so sad for them!
