APH 'the must-have pet' in the Daily Mirror

[LauraandLee]

stupid!!!!!!

Read all kept together at night so INBREEDING by sounds then left to run around in day!!!

Seems like she has renamed them as they are egyption Pygmy hogs

[Rum_Kitty]

All I have to say.

[aliconda]

Originally Posted by angeldog

breeders have been inundated with emails yesterday, personally ive sent out a standard reply to them all putting a hold on all sales and adviced anyone serious to contact me after xmas and to join the pygmyhogsuk forum
i dont think it would be an ethical breeder to sell to random people

angeldog, i salute you it can't be an easy decision to make when you weigh up the financial side and then the moral side.

[Shell195]

Ths is also in the free newspaper brought out by the bus company and left in the buses for people to take as my son brought me a copy in

They also make out that adult hogs fit in an eggcup. The whole thing was utter rubbish

[BARDNEYLOCK]

as i help in a reptile shop I have been asked by the local newspaper for my advice which i gave and basically told them not to buy unless do reasearch first learn about them and then decide as cost is a major benifactor, all to try and put off the xmas pet trade.
I have my own hog so could answer truely and no mine dont live in egg cups or escape

[angeldog]

Originally Posted by aliconda

angeldog, i salute you it can't be an easy decision to make when you weigh up the financial side and then the moral side.

Thank you, for me the moral side for outweighs the financial side, ive never made any profit from them anyway with every penny going back into them in some way or another. i just find this particularly bad advertising, it wouldnt be so bad if the facts were actually correct and it gave a better indication of the needs. unfortunately there are alot of people who just want one and they want one now, in a few weeks theyll have had enough and will be rehoming them

[Athravan]

I had 9 emails today alone, I didn't know about this article until the first person who came to visit mentioned it. Funnily, the second person who came to view my babies was horrified at their size, and was under the impression adults were the size of an egg. I had absolutely no idea where she got that impression... but now having seen this article I fully understand why she thought that!! I have sent off caresheets and I don't think many of them are genuinely interested it's just a craze because they think they're tiny and cute.

[Amalthea]

The exact same thing happened in the glider world after those ridiculous articles about sugar glider last year.

[DazedLewis]

our phone has been going non stop today... 20+ people ringing about hedgehogs, wanting all the care requirements explained etc. We dont even have any babies at the moment...

[jenny09]

hi, i dont understand y ppl give out the infomation they do, there is so much more to looking after the hoggs than they think. as breeders give the right info, becouse its in the paper it reaches millions of ppl and becouse the paper says so thats it everybody knows how to keep them. my chap gets cheesed off when ppl call pythons boas and boas pythons.