Who buys things from pet stores?

Who buys things from a pet store?

  • I buy everything from a pet store

    Votes: 2 8.3%

  • I buy only my pets from a pet store

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I only buy supplies ect. from a pet store

    Votes: 18 75.0%

  • I hate them and buy nothing from them!

    Votes: 4 16.7%
  • Total voters
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Just wondering if it is okay to buy things from a pet store as long as it is not an animal? Who buys stuff from there?
 
I only buy from pet stores if they don't sell animals. Otherwise it's online.
Someone said that only a small percentage of their profits come from selling animals - the rest is from food & accessories. So just not buying pets from them won't really hurt them that much financially.
 
I buy my supplies from my local pet store. It's not a big chain store, just a local and only has 2 shops in the country. I know the guy well too. A big bag of meadow hay for £2.50 so i can't grumble!
 
I'm afraid I buy things from Pets at Home. Its the nearest pet store to me so thats where I buy food. There's one further away, a smaller chain that doesn't sell pets, but because the pigs go through the food so quickly it wouldn't be economical to go there :(

I bought my last hutch online, and I'm planning on buying the new one from online, too.
 
There's a pet shop a hundred yards down the road from me that doesn't sell pets, but I'd have to sell my pigs in order to shop there its so expensive. But there's a larger one 10mins away by car that does horse feed etc and also doesn't sell pets so I get the majority of the pigs stuff from there.
 
No, I don't buy anything from pet stores that sell animals. I don't want my money making more animals' lives miserable.

We buy all our supplies from the vet who sells them at cost price. For people who claim Pets at Home etc are their only options, they should contact their vet about supplies if they haven't already.
 
I buy supplies from local feed merchants and online. I get everything delivered as I buy in bulk. I can't remember the last time I actually bought anything from a store that stocked animals.

The stats for P@H according to their business report is 5% of sales are from animal sales and the remaining 95% is from the supplies side of things.

Suzy x
 
daftscotslass said:
No, I don't buy anything from pet stores that sell animals. I don't want my money making more animals' lives miserable.

We buy all our supplies from the vet who sells them at cost price. For people who claim Pets at Home etc are their only options, they should contact their vet about supplies if they haven't already.
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My vets are really good and I use them for my rabbit's food (Science Selective) although they don't sell the food the pigglies like so I order that online usually from Vet UK or Chemist Direct.

Suzygpr said:
I buy supplies from local feed merchants and online. I get everything delivered as I buy in bulk. I can't remember the last time I actually bought anything from a store that stocked animals.

The stats for P@H according to their business report is 5% of sales are from animal sales and the remaining 95% is from the supplies side of things.

Suzy x
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Thanks Suzy knew I'd seen a stat somewhere :)
 
I buy my stuff from pets 4 *, which I believe is a small chain, and they don't sell animals. I sometimes get stuff from Dobbies too which does sell animals but they don't have many, a few budgies, mice, hamsters, some times rabbits and piggies but piggies are few and far between and I do know they won't sell unless they go as a pair. So yes and no with me, it depends what I need.
 
I rarely buy anything from pet stores, just for the fact I know I can find things cheaper else where! I buy hay and products from 'The Range' and then piggy food from either morrisons or wilkinsons depending what is cheaper and as for sawdust I get a bag that is bigger than a black bag for just £3, from a guy who has a small 'stall/shop' set up behind a bank. Hardly ever buy anything from pet shops if I do its usually offers on cat food, that I see when passing
 
I buy whatever I need either from the Supermarkets or the local pet shop. Occasionally I will buy online but usually it's cheaper for me not to.
 
I buy dry food, toys, and 'good hay' from a tiny local pet store. I buy bales of 'cheap' hay from a local farmer.
 
I get my hay from Just For Pets as its the only decent hay I can get hold of, the stuff the farm shop sells is horrible. The mixed dry food I buy from various places, sometimes pet shops but other times supermarkets.
 
I buy my hay from a family run pet store that doesn't sell animals and their hay is green and fresh smelling!
 
In getting items to set up housekeeping for Redemption, I have had to go to pet stores; for example, the water bottle. I broke the one he came with, and had to see bottles with my own eyes to know whether or not the replacement was suitable. Fortunately much of his food grows wild around me, and the rest is available at the local grocery. I did buy his timothy pellets at a pet store a few days ago, as I wanted to see them, also, before I selected a brand.
 
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