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When You See a Rabbit and Guinea Pig Being Sold Together

Beapig

Mama Doe
Why is it that rabbits and guinea pigs are still being sold together? I thought it was common knowledge now that this is a bad idea for many reasons?
 
I’ve not seen any being sold together thankfully, yes, I thought it was common knowledge now that it shouldn’t be done!
 
A local pet shop got quite shirty with me when I queried them about this practice.
 
It's certainly known in animal husbandry in our audiology dept, which has GPs for testing: they've just bred their last batch (they won't be breeding anymore due to not needing as many) and I said I wouldn't go and see them when offered as I have rabbits and they agreed it was best safe than sorry. But then animals for medical testing are much more highly regulated than the pet industry :(
 
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