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Re: Pet Shops
Originally Posted by NC Penguin
(Post 6484164)
I'm pretty sure they do but what pisses me off is that there's bright lights in the pet stores and the rats are trying to sleep ('cos they're nocturnal).
I'm never buying any pets from a pet shop again.
Originally Posted by mellybrown
(Post 6484169)
but at least it gets them out of that hell!!!
There's plenty of animal shelters and non-profit animal adoption organizations that have unwanted animals. Pet shop animals are bred to be sold. |
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I definitely wont buy an animal from a pet store and strongly discourage others from doing so. Most of my friends have dogs from shelters or bona-fide breeders.
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Originally Posted by SagenOnion
(Post 6484176)
Sympathy for rats :eek:
Check out my ratty pics in the Photo Gallery. |
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Depends I know our pet store takes them to kennels at their home after each day.
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thanks everyone for all the info, although I find it alittle hard to stomach. :mad:
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Re: Pet Shops
Originally Posted by EnglishRose84
(Post 6484199)
thanks everyone for all the info, although I find it alittle hard to stomach. :mad:
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:o
Originally Posted by Poppy girl
(Post 6484226)
I know I know I am the woman that can't even watch Lassie it reduce's me to a total wimp crying.:cry_smile:
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For those of us who like doggy stories with a happy ending:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ue-centre.html |
Re: Pet Shops
Originally Posted by NC Penguin
(Post 6484185)
Domesticated rats, not the ones you find in your house or on the street. Domesticated rats are altogether a different class of rat.
Check out my ratty pics in the Photo Gallery. ..and thanks, but I will pass on the pics! |
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i do also agree that i wouldnt buy from a pet shop - im hopefully adopting my cat on saturday from a rescue centre!!
Wish I could take them all home tho :( |
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Originally Posted by SagenOnion
(Post 6484341)
NOT...in my house :eek:
..and thanks, but I will pass on the pics! |
Re: Pet Shops
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
(Post 6484174)
It only encourages more dogs to be sold that way. If no one bought them from a pet shop the market for them would dry up.
A good dog breeder wouldn't dream of allowing their puppies to be sold in a pet shop. To the OP...yes the poor things are kept in the cages overnight...most of the day too. :mad: I know at our local Petsmart, all the cats and dogs there are fostered, so they go home with people at night. I assume the birds, & rodents stay there. |
Re: Pet Shops
Originally Posted by sunflwrgrl13
(Post 6484446)
Most people don't have $300 to plunk down on a full bred pet either. So what's the answer?
I know at our local Petsmart, all the cats and dogs there are fostered, so they go home with people at night. I assume the birds, & rodents stay there. |
Re: Pet Shops
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
(Post 6484452)
The only dogs and cats Petsmart sell around here are from the animal shelters or as you said they are foster homes. They are usually brought to the store on a Saturday or Sunday. I'm referring to the smaller pet shops...normally located in malls and strip malls. They normally keep the animals in the store 24/7.
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Originally Posted by sunflwrgrl13
(Post 6484446)
Most people don't have $300 to plunk down on a full bred pet either. So what's the answer? I hate seeing them locked up too, but how else do they get to find homes?
I know at our local Petsmart, all the cats and dogs there are fostered, so they go home with people at night. I assume the birds, & rodents stay there. Buying puppies from pet stores only encourages more puppy farms. |
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