Pet Shop Shocker!

[slither61]

Hi all,

It is absolutely disgusting no wonder people are having a go at the RSPCA.

At £89 it is not a cooks.

If it is true the shop should be shut down.

slither61

[Reptilerescueden]

There is no IF's mate... its true and I agree should be shut down!

[slither61]

Originally Posted by Reptilerescueden

There is no IF's mate... its true and I agree should be shut down!

Hi all,

This does nothing for genuine reptile keepers, and a snake in that bad a condition even joe public would be able to see it was not right.

I think the RSPCA are only intrested when film crews and reporters are around, they will hound someone when they are keeping reps correctly, but when some person reports someone they will do nothing about it, double standards to me.

We had a problem with a shop near us got the council licensing involved we gave them so much grief they accidently lost the file on the shop, they had loads of complaints we tried and a brick wall was put up they said one thing and did another we had pictures and letters, we had approached a rep vet on our own and she was pepared to inspect it.

But the shop involved the person is selling up.

slither61

[tombraider]

Poor snake Ive not visited this shop in ages but what ive heard from friends that have been there recently im not missing much. My eldest used to work there about 2 years ago and she said it was a disgrace with rabbits crammed into small glass tanks and bird cages so full of months of dried on bird cack she had to scrape it off with a knife.

they used to be members on here too but i cant find them in the members list now, unless they have changed their forum name so no one knows who they are

[Graylord]

The snake in question was in good nick too when it first arrived.
Been there since Feb i think and now only going one way.

[glidergirl]

Originally Posted by Reptilerescueden

http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/gener...ps-go-bad.html
I went off this thread above,as I knew the RSPCA wouldn't friggin help, and no point speaking with the shop manager. Been there and wore the tshirt. All that results in is them covering up or euthanising the animal and getting rid of the evidence. So figured Trading Standards and the Licensing Dept at the council was the best bet. In the past I have gotten no where reporting cruelty and neglect cases within shops. After the phone call with Trading Standards today (they rang me) I voiced my concerns and told them what I do etc. Offered to help at no cost of themselves also. I explained how the RSPCA let the snake down etc and he agreed. Plus he claimed he has issues with animal welfare himself. So just maybe something ood will come out of this mess.

I see, licensing dept I can understand, environmental health I understand too. But, whichever dept, just so long as something is being done is all that matters.

[zoeu]

I know nothing about snakes, but it's plainly obvious that one isn't looking at all good
Well done for doing something about it.

[Nickg91]

this wasn't manchester pets was it by any chance?

[Shell195]

No it was a shop in Blackburn although they are not much better

[Blitza2007]

this is my first time on hear and i read this note it reminded me of a pet shop i went to it has reptiles and smalls and also kittens they had kittens in a glass tank and a glass lid rspca were contacted don't think they did ant thing so i got the number for the peps who give out the pet licensing and they told me there as a thin line to stopping them selling animals most of the complaints were about kittens even though the terrapins looked like they were dieing and the tortoises didn't have any food just brown dry lettuces the lady didn't even know what breed they were.....its a shame that some pet shops try so hard in making sure people know what they are buying and others just want the sale it gives all shops a bad name i cant say the name of the shops as i don't want to get done for slander now do i.........most shops don't even have the right setups in the shop for there reptiles