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Old 10-11-2009, 03:44 PM
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i would sign and i agree some rat farms are nasty.but my father in law breeds for pets at home and i know my self his rats are well cared for and have large boxes and toys and get handel daily so please dont tar every one with the same brush
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Well if he's not a rodent farm, he has nothing to worry about from the petition?
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Well if he's not a rodent farm, he has nothing to worry about from the petition?
no true i just dont like tar people with the same brush
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Old 10-11-2009, 10:40 PM
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When I used to work at Pets @ Home, they got all their rabbits & rodents from what you would call a farm. The general quality of the animals that came in was poor, with wet tail common in hamsters & diahorrea (sp) often seen in rabbits. The whole chain get their small furries from these sorts of suppliers, as whilst I worked there they stopped getting animals from local breeders.

This is the main reason why I only get animals from local breeders for the shop.
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Old 10-11-2009, 11:34 PM
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If this petition succeeded what would happen to the places that breed our frozen food?Harry
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Old 11-11-2009, 03:42 AM
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they'd have more stringent rules in place to be sure that animals were kept humanely, fed well and dispatched humanely?

I'm after a local supplier for mine to avoid having to come across wretched little fuzzies that are skinny, mangy looking and more often than not have great big bruised/raised/bashed in heads when they're meant to have been gassed... I'd rather pay more for a small time supplier that looks after em then get em from these poor quality chains. Better for my snakes AND the feeders if the feeders are kept in decent conditions.
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Old 11-11-2009, 07:58 AM
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"If this petition succeeded what would happen to the places that breed our frozen food?"

prices will go up at best ,
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shut down and your have to breed your own, but then the rule would make that impossable,

so i for one wont be sign in,plus wasnt that farm out of the uk ??
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Old 11-11-2009, 08:02 AM
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I'm sorry, but I won't be signing the petition. I sure as heck am not going to legislate my snake food out of existence.

You can do more to prevent rodent farmers from selling live rodents to pet shops by *not buying pet rodents in pet shops* and even by boycotting pet shops that sell rodents. Tell them why you won't shop there any more - if enough people do it, then pet shops will HAVE to stop selling pet rodents.

And yes, Rockkeeper, the photograph shown on the petition is of a rodent farm in Europe.
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"And yes, Rockkeeper, the photograph shown on the petition is of a rodent farm in Europe."
thought so,



whats next to ban , hmmm ban reptiles in homes,?

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