Saw this petition on facebook and think it makes a valid point!
https://www.change.org/p/pets-at-home-sell-rabbits-responsibly-or-don-t-do-it-at-all
https://www.change.org/p/pets-at-home-sell-rabbits-responsibly-or-don-t-do-it-at-all
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P@H petition - sell responsibly or not at all!
- Thread starter FloLo
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MummyBunnyEm
Mama Doe
I have signed
Ruthyjones89
Mama Doe
Signed xx
Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
Done xx
Signed.
MrsCoultas
Mama Doe
Signed 
willow and squiggles
Mama Doe
signed it xx
Mischief and Tinker's Mum
Wise Old Thumper
Done x
hoppetylop
Mama Doe
Done.x
Yes, signed.
But in all honesty, it's not just Pets at Home, it's ALL pet shops. No pet shop should sell any animal other than fish, in my opinion.
When we bought our rabbits, from a pet shop (not Pets at Home) she didn't offer us any advice whatsoever on husbandry, cost, nothing. Luckily we'd done our research so weren't going in with our eyes shut, but have still had a shock really given Thumper has had so many stasis episodes. A lesser person would have had her put down a long time ago, I'm sure.
When we got Skittle, Niamh's hamster (from Pets at Home) we weren't offered much in the way of advice for him either. Not that there is much for a hamster, to be fair, but they didn't even point out that they don't live long, given that Niamh was only 10 when we got him and we emphasised he was for her.
So it's not just P@H, it's all pet shops really.
But in all honesty, it's not just Pets at Home, it's ALL pet shops. No pet shop should sell any animal other than fish, in my opinion.
When we bought our rabbits, from a pet shop (not Pets at Home) she didn't offer us any advice whatsoever on husbandry, cost, nothing. Luckily we'd done our research so weren't going in with our eyes shut, but have still had a shock really given Thumper has had so many stasis episodes. A lesser person would have had her put down a long time ago, I'm sure.
When we got Skittle, Niamh's hamster (from Pets at Home) we weren't offered much in the way of advice for him either. Not that there is much for a hamster, to be fair, but they didn't even point out that they don't live long, given that Niamh was only 10 when we got him and we emphasised he was for her.
So it's not just P@H, it's all pet shops really.
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Agreed! Got Bo, a bridge bunny, from Focus DIY store when I was 6 for my 4yr old sisters birthday. We were the same, fed him on museli, shut him in the hutch at night (he had free range of the garden during the day) and we kept him alone. Kinda sad looking back. He was friendly and he lived until 11yrs. Luckily I have very caring parents who happily paid when he needed pain killers for arthritis and then when he became ill when he was old. He was really part of the family, but no doubt his littermates did not have that luxury.
They probably don't give out much advice because they probably don't know themselves how to appropriately look after these pets. Pet shops are in it for the sales.
honeybunny
Wise Old Thumper
Signed
William
Wise Old Thumper
If you're thinking of the animal's well-being and the horrible advice that most pet shops give out, then fish are the last animal that they should be selling. Fish require a LOT more research than people think.
Crunchie
Warren Veteran
What have you got against fish?:shock:
biscandmatt1
Wise Old Thumper
signed
