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Post by pinky on Oct 25, 2007 17:26:41 GMT -4
Last night my boyfriend and I were walking in a mall and checked out a mall pet store. Lots of puppies. If there were kittens I don't remember them. Two chinchillas. And a rat, gerbils, GPs, and hamsters. There was a single Chinese ham. Lots of gerbils. There were "short hair hamsters" available for about $17. And there were two "short hair hamsters" (presumably both male, but I only could sex one) that were $4.99--a Halloween special! They were obviously older--they were larger and had robust testes.
Seeing those hamsters on sale really got to me. I felt very sorry for them and could only hope that they will go to good homes.
What happens to small furries that are not sold?
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Oct 25, 2007 18:51:46 GMT -4
A pet store worker told me such sales sometimes result from someone unexpectedly dumping animals at an already overcrowded pet store - one store I know separates by gender (which I watch for).
I have a sticky thread up on this board: "What to do if you see a bad pet store". Right at the top of this forum.
>> What happens to small furries that are not sold? <<
Looks like you have a pet store to start asking questions about and
talking to the manager. Something I regularly do.
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Post by Hamsters82 on Oct 25, 2007 20:57:24 GMT -4
Aw, poor animals. I would think that the animals not sold are sadly taken care of. That's what I thought I heard once.  Hopefully good people buy those hamsters, etc. |
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Post by Andrea on Oct 26, 2007 13:20:16 GMT -4
Most of the animals just stay there until someone finally buys them.
Thing is they probably don't tell the customer the animal is __ years/months old.
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Post by hamwolf89 on Oct 26, 2007 19:02:41 GMT -4
I have thought that many times.
Most stores keep them on display as long as possible, then eventually they get put into the back. From there (some pet stores) call a fostering place to keep them and other facilities.
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Oct 26, 2007 20:28:49 GMT -4
I still say to speak to the supervisors and manager. I do, and I think I know what is going on at local places, and they seem OK, within reason. I do have a load of rats here as when they were born, well, going back to the pet store was NOT an option!  You know.  BTW, the rats will be a year old in several weeks! Their photos are still up from last November. |
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You know. 