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
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.
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.
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.