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[colorr]ystray i wnt in pts@hom in Bolton an i must say thir animals look wll clan an car for
no ovrcrowing an lots of toys an trats in th pns/cags an foo bowls full to th brim thy look so happy an contnt almost a sham to buy thm :laugh: 10/10 to pts@hom 0

w wnt to an aquarium shop bfor this who also sol small pts an thir cags wr awful ovrcrow an smlly no toys or trats not much foo, watr in bowls that look filthy with poo in
it was a sham as thy ha som bautiful rabbits an guinas i want to buy thm all to gt thm out of thr :tickoff: :polic:
 
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Hi Littlepiggy, yes the Pets at Home near me looks lovely now, plenty of space for the pets & they look well cared for. My only criticism is the wood used in the bottom of the rabbit pens is too smooth for them & their little feet slip. :-\

The little petshop don't have such good conditions for animals, a couple of my small local ones have stopped having pets for sale now which is good.
 
[colorr]Hi Sian :)

Th aquarium shop i`m on about is as big as pts@hom if not biggr thy just pack as many as thy coul in an i`nt sm to car about thm :'(
i i`nt buy anything an won`t b going thr again :tickoff: :tickoff: :tickoff:
 
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If the conditions are that bad, would you consider having a chat the management? Failing that with your local RSPCA or contacting the council who grant the licenses for these shops?
 
[colorr]ys i think i will hav a chat with th managmnt as its bugging m :tickoff:
 
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I did try to stop shopping in Pets@home as much and was going to use my local pet shop because I thought they looked after their animals more... WRONG!

When I went in there last I was looking at the guins and there was only one pen (the rabbits were separated into sex I assume). The lady did start to chat about how they were struggling to find any breeders at the mo and that her own pig was pregnant and that she would breed again from her (I was getting annoyed at this point). I then asked what sex the pigs were in the pen and she said boys and girls! I did ask about them getting pregnant but I think the idea was to breed the pigs in the shop to then sell but I have to wonder what happens if a customer wants a female but not the babies that will most probably follow on not long after!

Does anyone know what council department I should write to and what info I need to include?
 
Our store is lovely, all the animals are clean, piggies and rabbits are kept seperate and the staff are v friendly.

Nicky xx
 
It's nice to hear some possitive responses about Pets at home. Not every store is the same and i don't deny that some stores have some major issues but there are many stores that go above and beyond when it comes to the animals welfare.
 
Our local p@h had had an overhaul and the animals looked well cared for (apart from buns & guins still being kept together which is a bit hypocritical considering their care leaflets clearly state that the two shouldn't be kept together). The store was caught in last weeks floods and when I phoned this morning to find out if it had re-opened yet I was told it will be closed for about 2 months.

Kat
 
I went to pets at home today and was pleased, fish overcrowded though.

The only thing i was NOT pleased about is the fact that 2 rabbits had just given birth.
 
I used to be on a crusade against pets at home. I wrote many many complaint letters and emails about the conditions their fish were kept in, the attitude the staff had to the fish, the state of their chinchillas and where they were kept, and what they did in the summer (they just turned a fan on and pointed it at them! They cant sweat, so it was just like pushing more warm air at them at a higher rate!), and about a chinchilla I got their who developed malocclusion and I nearly lost him :tickedoff: I eventually got in touch with the woman who runs the acquisition of animals at the corporate level, first about the fish. A week later the fish dept was closed down and revamped, and then later about my Chinchilla Cedric who I made them pay the vet bill on as the staff should have read the too clear warning signs. Not long after that they stopped getting in chinchillas, and the revamped the whole small mammal section with the chinchillas cages way in the back away from high traffic with a cooling system. I was well impressed with what they had done, and I was glad I finally got in touch with someone who really cared.
 
Its a pets at home store, its very very clean, the staff really are lovely and seem knowledgeable which makes a refreshing change, they were happy to answer my questions and let my son hold a piggie, the pigs and rabbits were seperate, I do love our store.

Nicky xx
 
Pets at Home has definatly improved. I am quite proud of ours now! Its clean and all the animals are well looked after and fed. The guineas are seperate from bunnies and all the animals are put in same sex groups.

I hate hearing the horror stories about what goes on in the pet stores in the USA. But P@H is a place I don't mind shopping in anymore. :smitten:
 
daftscotslass said:
They all sell animals to anyone that wants them... 'nuff said.
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I have to agree with you daftscotslass but my local Pets@home has also revamped it's store and separated guins and rabbits. When I bought Spike there I was served by a lovely lady who was very knowledgeable and helpful. My parents also had a good experience with another lady at my local store but I suspect as with most retail outlets you can have really good staff or rubbish people!

After such a negative experience in my local independant store I am going to shop back there from now one or shop online.
 
daftscotslass said:
They all sell animals to anyone that wants them... 'nuff said.
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If you do some digging you will find that it is usually the 'top breeders' of any animal that supply pets to the pet shops. Barring the occational accidental pregnancy, the majority of animals that are in pet shops are provided by the breeders who are at the top rungs of the showing circuits. If they did not they wouldnt be able to keep breeding to better the breed. This is true in the Chinchilla world too. I refuse to even concider additions to my herd that come from the lines that I know produce to pet shops as I dont like it. But if it wasnt them it would be people who are doing it just for the money, which is worse. If it wasnt pet shops selling them, it would yet agian be someone else, who may not be regulated by the laws so much. I dont agree with people buying pets on a whim, but at least in a pet shop situation they can be monitored and held accountable for neglecting the animals.
 
But they can't be held accountable for the owners they sell them to who abuse and neglect the animals because they sell to anyone and everyone. Why? Because it's not profitable to do that.

The only reason the "top breeders" provide pet shops with animals is because it's an easy way to offload the excess stock that they don't need to "better the breed".

Forgive me if I seem jaded but then of the 6 P@H stores within an hour of me, I don't have a good thing to say about any of them.
 
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But they can't be held accountable for the owners they sell them to who abuse and neglect the animals because they sell to anyone and everyone.
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Neuther can rescues or breeders that dont sell to pet shops. Once the animals off the premises, unless regular and suprise inspections are done, you just dont know how they are being treated. A person can seem nice and knowledgable and caring but being honest no one can ever know what/who they really are and if they are lazy taking care of their pets.


Also, a pet store's majority of profit comes not from selling the animals, but from the supplies and items and food for the animals.
 
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[colorr]ystray i wnt in pts@hom in Bolton an i must say thir animals look wll clan an car for
no ovrcrowing an lots of toys an trats in th pns/cags an foo bowls full to th brim thy look so happy an contnt

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I was in P@H in Bolton last Wnsay... for no rason (as that isn't whr I buy my piggy foo) othr than to skulk lik a complt troll an hav a goo look aroun- but I rally just couln't fin anything to complain about ::)

I agr with vrything you sai littlpiggy an thy hav crtainly ha a 'makovr'. Th cags wr big, vry clarly labll an thr was information vrywhr. Thr was vn a notic pinn up whr th buns wr cag rmining ownrs to b vigilant for flystrik at this tim of yar. I think that thy ar rally having a goo go at th 'rsponsibl ownrship' bit.
It's a pity if USA an Scotlan ar so far bhin.
 
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Our local pets@home is good too staff are friendly & knowledgable . The animals are clean & well caed for ,no over crowding & whenever you go there is fresh veg available. I know that the same may not apply to all but credit to those that are doing a decent Job. I've had bad experiences from Rescue centers , not guinea pigs, but dogs , where I've been lied to about the reason the dog has been in there & also the condition.
 
I went in the PAH in Nottingham, and this may sound silly. but the only thing i could see that wasnt right was the the hay racks in the guinea pig pens are placed that high that the baby guins cant reach them. Anyone else noticed this?
 
BubbleSqueak said:
I went in the PAH in Nottingham, and this may sound silly. but the only thing i could see that wasnt right was the the hay racks in the guinea pig pens are placed that high that the baby guins cant reach them. Anyone else noticed this?
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Yep... Ive noticed it at my local p@h too. Poor little piggies are too tiny to reach bless 'them :(
 
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