P@H have changed their hay bag

Has anyone seen it? :wave: First thing I thought was that it doesn't exactly stop people thinking rabbits and guinea pigs can live together, but I don't know if I am reading too much into it and being silly. I was thinking of writing a complaint, maybe suggesting they change it.

For those who haven't seen it, the front of the bag now has a rabbit kissing a guinea pig saying 'Goodnight sweetheart' on it. It's cute, and I'm sure its not real, but I still think people may think its OK to keep them housed together.

What does anyone else think? I'll get a pic if you want one.

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Spot the naughty one ^^^ who then ripped the bag open as soon as I took the photo!

I dunno, the P@H stores I've been to specifically state that rabbits and piggies should not be housed together under any circumstances It's probably not good if people are already foolish enough to house them together though, it'll serve to reinforce their misguided belief that it's acceptable.

havent seen it, but it cant be a good thing...

If people take their pet advice from the pictures on a bag of hay then I don't think there's any helping them :lol:

Pebblesetc said:

I dunno, the P@H stores I've been to specifically state that rabbits and piggies should not be housed together under any circumstances It's probably not good if people are already foolish enough to house them together though, it'll serve to reinforce their misguided belief that it's acceptable.

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Oh I know, my local P@H are good too and won't sell a rabbit and a guinea pig together either, of course there is nothing to stop people buying a rabbit one day and a guinea the next day. But I just don't think this helps that!

helennnnnn said:

If people take their pet advice from the pictures on a bag of hay then I don't think there's any helping them :lol:

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I know, and usually I think the same. But there's just something about this bag that annoys me.

Having seen the bag I don't mind, as it depicts the animals who should always have hay It's more like saying "these are the animals who need hay" and joking around with them talking to each other like with the animals on their playpen boxes

Before they only had rabbits on the bag when in fact buns, pigs, chins, and degus all need hay and are all pets sold in P@H. I guess it's better for when people go in and say, buy chinnies (I wish they wouldn't, but it happens) for them to see a chinnie on the hay bag too so they know it's suitable for their new pet.

I dont think anyone would see it and think 'oh they must mean to keep them together' but it works on a subliminal level and reinforces the idea that they can be 'friends'. The 'goodnight' suggests that the animals will be sleeping in the same area, or at least spending time with each other before they go to sleep, whilst 'sweetheart' furthers the 'friend' metaphor.

nessar said:

I dont think anyone would see it and think 'oh they must mean to keep them together' but it works on a subliminal level and reinforces the idea that they can be 'friends'. The 'goodnight' suggests that the animals will be sleeping in the same area, or at least spending time with each other before they go to sleep, whilst 'sweetheart' furthers the 'friend' metaphor.

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That's what I mean! I didn't explain it well