Someone advertising hutch as "hamster hutch!!"

[Kerri C]

Could someone who is registered with e-bay please advise this seller that an outdoor hutch is not suitable for hamsters!! I am not registered with
e-bay, so I cannot do this.

This is the advert:-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=301&item=4364124697&rd=1

Thanks!! :wink:

[Jaypot]

Done :?

[Kerri C]

Also look at this horrible TINY hutch, how on earth is a poor rabbit supposed to see out of that pathetic mesh door - that is just plain cruel!! I wouldnt even sell it as a guinea pig hutch. Makes me mad!! :x He has put that it is 3ft wide (yeah including the roof that slopes out obviously, and it is 2 ft 9 inches high which also includes that roof). Im going to get my Husband to log onto ebay so I can e-mail this bloke, that is just plain cruel. :cry:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=63513&item=4363204448&rd=1

[Kerri C]

Done :?

Thanks Jaypot you are a star!! :wink:

[missblondebunny]

Could someone who is registered with e-bay please advise this seller that an outdoor hutch is not suitable for hamsters!! I am not registered with
e-bay, so I cannot do this.

This is the advert:-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=301&item=4364124697&rd=1

Thanks!! :wink:

This was the guy that i had words with as he was selling the exact same hutch but a 2 level one and he was advertising it for medium to large bunnies!!! As if a french lop would fit in that!!! i wouldnt even put a nethie in there or piggies in there, and certainly not hamsters!!!! :x :x

[bunnynurse]

The mini log cabin style hutch with tiny door actually has a bid on it - someone is going to buy this thing and put a rabbit in it!

[Kerri C]

The mini log cabin style hutch with tiny door actually has a bid on it - someone is going to buy this thing and put a rabbit in it!

It makes my blood boil - how would the person selling/buying it like to be penned up in what can only be described as a "prison" where they couldnt stand up or stretch their legs or see out without lying on their side - makes me mad!! :x

[jrn1310]

I certainly wouldnt recomend putting 2 guinea pigs in it either, the minimum size I would consider acceptable would be 48 inches. I just hope no one bids on this one.

[Kerri C]

I certainly wouldnt recomend putting 2 guinea pigs in it either, the minimum size I would consider acceptable would be 48 inches. I just hope no one bids on this one.

Someone has bid on it, and actually paid £25.00 for the privilege!! Poor little rabbit, what a horrible life it will have in that horrible cage.

[BinkyBun]

Also look at this horrible TINY hutch, how on earth is a poor rabbit supposed to see out of that pathetic mesh door - that is just plain cruel!! I wouldnt even sell it as a guinea pig hutch. Makes me mad!! :x He has put that it is 3ft wide (yeah including the roof that slopes out obviously, and it is 2 ft 9 inches high which also includes that roof). Im going to get my Husband to log onto ebay so I can e-mail this bloke, that is just plain cruel. :cry:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=63513&item=4363204448&rd=1

Right I've just sent an email to the buyer of this hutch pleading with him not to use it for any rabbit and if he doesn't believe me its too small to contact his local rspca.

[Kerri C]

Just found another one Romy - look at the state of this!! Looks like something used in a laboratory. :cry:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1286&item=4365065813&rd=1

[BinkyBun]

OMG that must be an old laboratory one...its disgustingly miserable thing :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[Toby]

Just found another one Romy - look at the state of this!! Looks like something used in a laboratory.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1286&item=4365065813&rd=1

What the heck is that???? :roll: :?

[bunnynurse]

The stainless steel cage is being sold in America - what a surprise!

[Caz]

The bit that concerns me about the first one is the line "only used for a short time"!! What happened to the occupant? Died of boredom perhaps??

The second does look like a lab cage - I wouldn't have thought anyone would buy that for a pet :( !

Caz

[Kerri C]

The bit that concerns me about the first one is the line "only used for a short time"!! What happened to the occupant? Died of boredom perhaps??

The second does look like a lab cage - I wouldn't have thought anyone would buy that for a pet :( !

Caz

I totally agree, and the thing that gets me is that they've worded the metal cage advert as though the rabbit is going to be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy cos its got ventilation holes and its hygenic!! Some people are something else. :x

[BirdieBun]

do you know, I have never brought anything from Ebay and after reading so many horrid threads on here I will never buy anything and am extremely glad I haven't in the past :?

[FunnyBunnyRunny]

The good or bad things with ebay are all down to the ethics and morals or the individual sellers and buyers, I buy a fair amount of things from ebay, mainly books, really it's just like the classified ad's in your newspaper or the AD-Mag and that's how I treat it,There are honest and dishonest people eveywhere, a lot of the badly listed auctions you see on ebay are down to the seller being ignorant rather than deliberately trying to mislead.

[Kerri C]

The good or bad things with ebay are all down to the ethics and morals or the individual sellers and buyers, I buy a fair amount of things from ebay, mainly books, really it's just like the classified ad's in your newspaper or the AD-Mag and that's how I treat it,There are honest and dishonest people eveywhere, a lot of the badly listed auctions you see on ebay are down to the seller being ignorant rather than deliberately trying to mislead.

I agree with this, my Husband buys alot of things on e-bay which have been excellent, but then there are always the people who are out to get you, and my Husband found this out last year when he paid £150.00 for something and it never turned up, and the bloke selling kept saying he hadnt received the money even though we had proof that he'd cashed our cheque!!

We contacted fraud but they wernt interested as it was such a small amount (not a small amount when its your hard-earned money!!).

Suppose its just a chance you have to take, and there will always be idiots out there who will sell these small tiny hutches, due to being ignorant, whether its on ebay or in the local newspaper. Id love to squash the advertisers up in the hutch they are selling and then ask them if they would like to spend the rest of their lives living in it. :x

But I can honestly say the good buys my Husband has had from there have far outweighed the bad - and we have saved alot of money on bits for our cars over the years.

[Delphinum]

I've seen some american breeders who keep their rabbits in cages not unlike that lab cage... I was shocked when I saw some of them... :( These are animals, not inanimate objects to be put in a cabinet and kept until ready to use.

[Kerri C]

I've seen some american breeders who keep their rabbits in cages not unlike that lab cage... I was shocked when I saw some of them... :( These are animals, not inanimate objects to be put in a cabinet and kept until ready to use.

I know, there are some very cruel people in this world, some are deliberately cruel and some are just thick & dont realise how much room a bunny or guinea actually needs. :cry:

[Lee-Sian]

Pet shops are the worst offenders.

I've worked in a few while gaining my small animal husbandry courses and was shocked at what they just pass through their check outs.
Cages built to be cheap and small with no legs being sold alongside (I’m talking not big enough for one piggy) a Dutch to go outdoors. Not one of the members of staff selling that rabbit mentioned that the cage will be far to small for a happy rabbit and that it doesn't even have legs to keep it away from the cold wet ground. I tried to help but the staff being older then me just shoved me in a different direction

Staff are selling lives they should be trained to sell the best with all their pets and to offer the right information.
Jo public assume you know about animals when you work in a pet shop.

I have only ever worked in two (well 1 and a half the last shop was a pit but there were a few members who really knew their stuff) where a complete sale offering the best advice and helping them see the suitable and unsuitable accommodations for their pet.

I miss working with animals and knowing I have changed peoples view for the better

[Misty&Cassie]

Just found another one Romy - look at the state of this!! Looks like something used in a laboratory. :cry:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1286&item=4365065813&rd=1
:( I hate it when people can be so stupid! And he is from America! I must talk to this man/woman!

[ollie]

:shock: some people should be shot :x I cant believen anyone could contemplate keeping their 'beloved' pets in these type of prisons. BRING BACK CORPORAL PUNISHMENT :wink:

[Aspen'n'company]

I am a bit late on this but here it goes. The US is very different when it comes to rabbits, pets in general. About half of the people here do the research, make the comitment, and take proper care of their pets. The other half have no idea what they are doing. The walk into a petshop and say "Oh, what a cute bunny, I am going to buy it." These people then buy the piece of junk "set-up" that the pet store has put together, leaving out important things (hay, hay rack, chew toy, food) and sell a cage that is to small. The original rabbit cage I have I only use if it is an emergency. I used it when two little boys in my litter got into a fight and bloodied eachother up, and that was only because it was that or let them kill eachother! I wish there was an orginization in the US that educated people about rabbits and/or was a reliable rabbit rescue center.

All in all it is a sad story, but it is what it is.

[Caz]

The best thing about American rabbit care in my view is the House rabbit society: http://www.rabbit.org/

I think they were the ones who really got house rabbits accepted and they have loads of good info on their site - they also run chapters across the US that are involved in rescue!

If it wasn't for them my hubby wouldn't have thought about buying me a rabbit for indoors (I had never heard of it and thought all rabbits lived in hutches outside ;) )!

Caz

[Aspen'n'company]

Buns can't live outside year round in most parts of the US. Most people get them trained and put them on harnesses and go for walks, and we build out door runs for their outside time. All three of my buns have never even seen outside. In fact 2 of them (Willie and Ashlee) have never left my room since the day they were born! When I get some cash I am building them a run outside and they will spend lots of time out there. Indoor buns are very common in the US. But most people hear still think of them as some big smelly rodent that eats their flowers and has litter like crazy in their back yards. It is really sad when they do that because lots of people here have fenced in yards with indoor dogs. When they get let out for their bathroom break they wreak havic on the bunny nests :cry:.

Got to go!