dead gerbil

[KathyM]

Originally Posted by Emmaj

Our pets at home are pretty good

i got a hammy a few years back that had wet tail.............they took her back and treated her they gave me an option of another ham i said i would wait for mine to get better which she did and lived for 3 1/2 years

I also had 2 male rats die on me and they let me have 2 more

If PAH were "good", they wouldn't have sold poorly rats or hamsters in the first place.

Good luck with the replacement gerbil - perhaps it would be better though not to take it and quarantine your current gerbil then source a companion from a decent breeder or rescue once you know your remaining gerbil is not carrying whatever illness killed its cagemate?

[Emmaj]

Originally Posted by KathyM

If PAH were "good", they wouldn't have sold poorly rats or hamsters in the first place.

Good luck with the replacement gerbil - perhaps it would be better though not to take it and quarantine your current gerbil then source a companion from a decent breeder or rescue once you know your remaining gerbil is not carrying whatever illness killed its cagemate?

i ment good with replacements and sorting out ill/dead animals

its a chance people take when buying from somewhere like that but not everyone knows the horror stories and these were animals that i purchased way before even joining this forum so knew no better at the time

[KathyM]

Oh absolutely, I've done it too. Wasn't meaning anything bad on you, just PAH. They look so impressive being a big chain it's easy to get sucked in, it's only with experience that you learn how terrible they are.

[Emmaj]

Originally Posted by KathyM

Oh absolutely, I've done it too. Wasn't meaning anything bad on you, just PAH. They look so impressive being a big chain it's easy to get sucked in, it's only with experience that you learn how terrible they are.

yeps i totally agree

our local pets @ home are one of the stores that sells reptiles

saying that though whenever i have been in the reps all look pretty well looked after in decent set ups and such

but thats not to say the staff know what they are doing

[felix93]

Not a big fan of PAH, and I also usually don't join in those pet shop threads because you just read those threads everywhere on the net.

We have a new PAT store just down the hill of the village I am living, in the retail park. They sell reptiles too, and funny thing is I don't know what they feed those reptiles because they only stock adult black crickets and those lizards are mainly babies. The staff in there don't know anything about reptiles because I did ask as I was desperated to get a tub of small crickets for emergency at that time.

I thought although by law, you can return your animals to any pet shop within a week, PAH's policy is only 48 hours.

[RubyCurtis]

they have offered to replace both gerbils because apparently it would be too risky to introduce another gerbil with her. im gutted i really like the gerbil i have she is really friendly and i dont want her to go back to living in a small crummy tank

[KathyM]

You don't have to take them up on it, you could quarantine her, get her ready and get a better gerbil from a reputable source (ie. not a petshop).

[RubyCurtis]

they told me gerbils have to live in pairs though? the woman said they die if kept alone

[AndyJY]

Originally Posted by AndyJY

mine was happy alone for over 4 years just change its tank around every now and then stop it gettin bored.

[pigglywiggly]

she wont die kept alone, might be happier with a friend admittedly.

did they not offer you a refund for the ill one ?