Pets at Home - Rehoming Section

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I went to Pets at Home in Farnham, Surrey yesterday. They had a couple of sows in the rehoming section, one of which was a beautiful texel the other a lovely chunky ginger self. They both seemed to be in really good condition but what bothers me is that they're in there because the owners couldn't cope with the texels long frizzy hair and the shop assistant told me she had been terribly matted when she was taken in. The store seemed to have done a good job trimming the mats out and cleaning her up (I had a cuddle), but what’s to stop her getting into the same mess when someone else who knows nothing about caring for her needs swans up and takes her home?

They claim to be a rehoming section but surely it’s just a cycle if they don't home check or screen potential owners... If I had the room I would have whisked them both away they were very beautiful...
 
The Pets at Home 'adoption' section is not always animals who've been given up for adoption (although it sounds like these two are) - they also use it for pigs that don't sell in the sales pens i.e if they've got a boar left from one lot and a new lot comes in, he gets put in the adoption bit with a made-up story.

Long haired piggies in petshops worry me too, but presumably if they told you they'd tell someone else the same thing, i.e that they need grooming/trimming

Sophie
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True, but I did ask alot of leading questions! Hopefully they will find a nice home...
 
I must admit my local pets at home told me soooo much about piggies...the guy went in depth about Diet - amount of veg and fruit to feed and what types...the best bedding, how they need to be left to settle in. Also said about the long haired ones how it would be best to trim their bum fur and groom them every day...etc etc I was impressed.

They had a piggy in the adoption bit the other day - but I didnt ask about it...I do know also that rescues can have an afiliation with p@h and they will have some of the rescues pigs into the adoption centre if they are full up.....I know pet shops cause the issues with too many unwanted piggies but its good when you find staff that work there who care as much as you
 
Some shops are decent; it depends on the quality of staff and their interest in animal welfare. We shouldn't brush them all over the same comb.

My p@h have separated rabbits and pigs some years ago, they have also enlarged the pens; and there is always hay and water and pellets.

It's just a pity about the far too many that don't care one bit!
 
we are asked P@H if they could link up with us for the adoption side but the head office said no. There reasoning was because they have the breeders old stock in this section and therefore have a waiting list of piggies to come in.

This makes me mad. A service that is meant to be helping piggies in need is actually profiting breeders and causing more need for rescues
 
I havent stepped in a p@h for years after seeing that 2 differnt people had pigs that got ringworm from there sadly they all eneded up losing their pigs 1 died and the others well its a long story they got re sold when they shouldnt and through no fault of the owners as they took then back to the store to get treated so the store had the bill etc. so no way will I step foot in there.

What are they asking for their "adoption" fee?
 
It's basically just to tug at heartstrings. If a pig comes in pregnant either from the breeder or unwanted to the adoption section the babies go in the sales pen, not in the adoption section. Lovely!

The manager of my local store was unable to confirm to me whether or not 100% of the donation you give goes to charitable causes or whether or not it's spend on administration, too (the so-called PAH charitable trust).
 
Yep, same at ours - whatever you want to give. It goes to the trust, they even put the money through the till separately - but I'm sure they make money on the admin as you say.

So many of the 'adoption' stories are made up - ones I've seen include 'all of my brothers and sisters got new homes but no-one wanted me' - translated as 'too big for sales pen when new lot of babies arrived!' and quite often it says they're aggressive - esp. rabbits and guineas. I actually did take a young boar from the adoption section because it said he had to live on his own - he was only about 8 weeks old, and went to a lovely new home with an adult boar that he loved.

Sophie
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In my local store there was an enclosure of rabbits that said "we were getting too big to be sold in the Bunny Village". Think there must have been some sort of memo go out because next week there was a sign on their enclosure, same rabbits, "my owners didn't want me any more".

So it's all a load of nonsense, really.
 
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