Went 2 a Pets @ Home 2day for 1st time, the 1 in Aberdeen, & must say I was pleasantly surpried, althought there were still some things which I was concerned about, dont knw if its jst me looking for things 2 b wrong tho...........
(There is a shortage of decent pet shops here, and I can't get willow sticks/balls anywhere, thought Id try P & H but have a good inspection when there.)
There were 2 enclosures, each of which had Id say it was a 5 ft hutch in. The enclosures themsleves that the hutches were in were huge, easily as big as the run I have (4ft x 4ft) . There were no overhead lights, and highfence type walls so kids couldnt bang or scare rabbits (unless parents lifted them of course.....). , they had loads of wood shavings which was nice and clean, big tubes and wooden tunnels, chew toys, hay in racks & big bowls of food.
The only things which concerned me were - 1? the water in their bottles looked tinged green (although Ive seen bottles with algae before, and it wasnt like that, not lumps floating or scum on top or on sides of bottle, could it b sumthin added 2 the water? vitamin drops or sumthin?) and - 2) there were guinea pigs & rabbits in 2gether (in 1 enclosure were 3 buns & 2 guineas, in the other was 1 gorgeous little lionhead, who my friends affectionatly nicknamed Gandalf :lol: , & 4 guineas. Maybe this is still not enough space 4 the amount in their? I dont know. ALso, in 1 enclosure (the 1 with Gandalf) another rabbit was in the enclosure, but shut in an large indoor cage inside.
Think I'll just pop back next week and see if he's still in there....maybe he's a little ill but not ill enough 2 isolate?
Had a look at everything else, dont know much bout birds so couldnt say if they were crammed or not, but the hamsters and rats were the same, seemed 2 have plenty space, clean bedding, food & a couple of toys each
(There is a shortage of decent pet shops here, and I can't get willow sticks/balls anywhere, thought Id try P & H but have a good inspection when there.)
There were 2 enclosures, each of which had Id say it was a 5 ft hutch in. The enclosures themsleves that the hutches were in were huge, easily as big as the run I have (4ft x 4ft) . There were no overhead lights, and highfence type walls so kids couldnt bang or scare rabbits (unless parents lifted them of course.....). , they had loads of wood shavings which was nice and clean, big tubes and wooden tunnels, chew toys, hay in racks & big bowls of food.
The only things which concerned me were - 1? the water in their bottles looked tinged green (although Ive seen bottles with algae before, and it wasnt like that, not lumps floating or scum on top or on sides of bottle, could it b sumthin added 2 the water? vitamin drops or sumthin?) and - 2) there were guinea pigs & rabbits in 2gether (in 1 enclosure were 3 buns & 2 guineas, in the other was 1 gorgeous little lionhead, who my friends affectionatly nicknamed Gandalf :lol: , & 4 guineas. Maybe this is still not enough space 4 the amount in their? I dont know. ALso, in 1 enclosure (the 1 with Gandalf) another rabbit was in the enclosure, but shut in an large indoor cage inside.
Think I'll just pop back next week and see if he's still in there....maybe he's a little ill but not ill enough 2 isolate?
Had a look at everything else, dont know much bout birds so couldnt say if they were crammed or not, but the hamsters and rats were the same, seemed 2 have plenty space, clean bedding, food & a couple of toys each