Pet shop rant grrrr

[bothrops]

Disgusting though this, please remember that swearing on this forum is not allowed (even with token asterix..)

[Zoo-Man]

Originally Posted by brittone05

They are asking £1000 for the wee one! The guy in pet shop really knows his stuff about birds I will give him that but he is stepping into unknown territory with reps and exotics.

I am moving home soon and have sold the entire contents of our current house to fund the move - that nearly never happened as I was tempted to just buy him cash and bring him to live with Zooman so he would be properly cared for

Our local paper is crap TBH as is our local RSPCA although I will call them asap to inform them and see what they say

Hey hun, if I lived closer, I would go in & have a word myself. I would report the shop to the council, & make sure you emphasise that being alone at 5 weeks old is extremely detrimental to primates as intelligent sentient beings. If need be, you could give the council my mobile number & tell them to call me if they want more information on marmosets. I educated my local head of environmental health fella when some toxic malicious witch reported me to them for having dangerous wild animals.

[brittone05]

Sorry Bothrops

Colin - chuck me your mobile over hun, today I go on a rampage to show how disgusted I am at the fact that they have him there, moreso that a "BREEDER" would allow a marm that age to go to a pet shop.

Apparently, he told someone he had 5 others waiting to come when they were well enough as they had all been rejected by the mother! Didn't think marms had sextruplets???

[FreddiesMum]

I agree with you it is indeed cruel but I find it strange you are so angry about the wee monkey when you jumped to the defence of a forum member accused of animal neglect.

[brittone05]

With all due respect FreddiesMum, this situation was posted regarding the psychological and emotional needs of a very young primate who is by all accounts and views TOO YOUNG to even contemplate taking from it's mother and being poked and prodded all day by children through the 6 week holidays for the financial gain of a man who knows nothing about exotic mammals.

With regards to the situation you brought up, firstly whom I choose to defend is my own business. The person in question has been a very close friend of mine for a number of years and I don't beleive that anyone has the right to kick someone when they are down. We each face things in our lives that become too much yet we are blind to see the circumstance we place ourselves in. Call it stupidity, selfishness, denial - whatever term you would like, but from time to time some people are unfortunate enough to find themselves in difficult places of which they can't see a way out despite the people surrounding them offering it freely.

This forum is so, so quick to jump on the bandwagon of witch hunting and pitchforks at dawn - perhaps that is why it sees a steady decline in reasnoable posts about animals and why there is more activity in off topic chat and 18+??

I would not ever jump in to kick those who are down but will always instead offer a helping hand back onto thier feet. Perhaps it is how I was brought up or it is just how I choose to base my morals in life but that is my personal choice and not something that I will be swayed from by any amount of pitchforks sorry :hug:

[selina20]

Originally Posted by brittone05

With all due respect FreddiesMum, this situation was posted regarding the psychological and emotional needs of a very young primate who is by all accounts and views TOO YOUNG to even contemplate taking from it's mother and being poked and prodded all day by children through the 6 week holidays for the financial gain of a man who knows nothing about exotic mammals.

With regards to the situation you brought up, firstly whom I choose to defend is my own business. The person in question has been a very close friend of mine for a number of years and I don't beleive that anyone has the right to kick someone when they are down. We each face things in our lives that become too much yet we are blind to see the circumstance we place ourselves in. Call it stupidity, selfishness, denial - whatever term you would like, but from time to time some people are unfortunate enough to find themselves in difficult places of which they can't see a way out despite the people surrounding them offering it freely.

This forum is so, so quick to jump on the bandwagon of witch hunting and pitchforks at dawn - perhaps that is why it sees a steady decline in reasnoable posts about animals and why there is more activity in off topic chat and 18+??

I would not ever jump in to kick those who are down but will always instead offer a helping hand back onto thier feet. Perhaps it is how I was brought up or it is just how I choose to base my morals in life but that is my personal choice and not something that I will be swayed from by any amount of pitchforks sorry :hug:

Agree with this completely hun.

Maybe some of you should look at the skunk i got from Nerys when all this kicked off and tell me his ill.

However this isnt about that member this is to alert people of the shop.

[Zoo-Man]

Originally Posted by brittone05

Sorry Bothrops

Colin - chuck me your mobile over hun, today I go on a rampage to show how disgusted I am at the fact that they have him there, moreso that a "BREEDER" would allow a marm that age to go to a pet shop.

Apparently, he told someone he had 5 others waiting to come when they were well enough as they had all been rejected by the mother! Didn't think marms had sextruplets???

I've PM'd you my number hun.

[joey snakes 21]

Originally Posted by brittone05

So our local parrot/bird shop - who also keeps reptiles rather badly and fish - have decided the "latest" must have for the folk of Moreton is a marmoset!!

They have a 5 week old baby common marmie in a hamster cage on the counter in the shop - 5 WEEKS OLD GRRRRRR

HAd to rant to people who actually understand that " aww it's cute" isn't bloody justification for substandard housing, advice, greed and plain cruelty!:c ensor:

[wigan]

firstly can i say i agree with every comment made if only the infor mation you have was correct.i know this person by visiting his shop and taking the time and effort to talk to him as brittone05 as said this guy does know his stuff about birds/parrots he as kept/bred/handreared these for nearly 30yrs.he is a member of some 12 societys of which he sits on committes.he does not profess to be a reptile specialist but as had reptiles for some 6/7 years if he does not know the answer to any question he always puts the customer intouch with someone who does.the marmosets as he agrees is totally new to him he as only had themfor some 18 months or so, his first pair recently had 2 babies of which 1 died within 12 hours of being born.he contacted a primate specialist vet for some info.they visited him and checked the surviving animal it was decided that with their help he would hand rear the surviving baby.the animal was in the size of cage that he was told to put it in because of its age,he was given a 3month in advance what you will need and have to do list,he had food brought in from america and he brought the animal into the shop so he could feed him.it was not for sale in the shop but as all his others would of been sold privately from his home address which is not illegal the RSPCA did contact a vet for advice on this person and this vet was the same vet he was using upon which they said they were happy with what they had been told, PLEASE PEOPLE DO NOT BE SO QUICK TO CALL FOR THIS PERSON TO BE EITHER SHUT DOWN/PROSECUTED OR CASTRATED UNTIL YOU ARE IN FULL BENIFIT OF ALL THE FACTS.

[brittone05]

It WAS for sale as several people asked and he told them - I was there when he did so!

~If he has been "keeping" marms for 18 months then he should already know that stress is not good for them and being in that shop is nothing but stressful. He should also be aware of the social infrastructure they have and that to sell singly for £1000 each in Moreton cross is morally wrong!

( and for the record, I don't live in Moreton any more so don't know the current situation )