Pets @Home To Sell Tortoises! - Page 2

piglet · 29-07-2006, 12:58 PM

If this is tuely going ahead perhaps we should try and stop it before it happens or at the least get thecorrect advise to them
I can just see many happy new tortoise owners leaving the store with there new expensive vivarium and a pot of coloured pellets and little do they no they are cageing there new bet with intent to kill .
Darren

sandy · 29-07-2006, 01:21 PM

Why dont petshops/garden centres sell open topped enclosures, I am sure they could make
just as much profit. At least the torts would have a fighting chance then.

**sarah** · 29-07-2006, 01:22 PM

God im shocked, I hope to god they dont start stocking tortoises, think of the hundreds or thousands that will die from teh importation alone.

Henry-flash · 29-07-2006, 01:30 PM

I agree with Darren lets try and do somehting before this happens!!!

Tracy · 29-07-2006, 02:08 PM

I've got a pets@home near me i'll ask there next time i'm in & see if they will be selling tortoises & if so what they will be selling with them & advice they will be giving. after being bought totally unsuitable housing for mine on the advice of where she was bought it is terrible to think that maybe many more will be bought on impulse then made to live in totally unsuitable conditions then prob given up when when people realise you cant just bung them in a viv with afew greens & expect them to survive.

saucysqueezy · 29-07-2006, 03:22 PM

another thing to consider - what sort of price are they going to be selling them for.... and what types, will they sell licensed torts?!

Pitcorthie · 29-07-2006, 03:29 PM

When I asked in the other pets at home after I found out from the previous store the man (I think it was the manager)was pretty shocked that I knew they were going to be getting them in.He became very cagey and just said that they were not going to sell them in all the store's but just see how it goes first

Sharon

shootinglou79 · 29-07-2006, 03:58 PM

wellllll if this horrid thing does decide to go ahead, maybe us our selves could do some care sheets and take them there, explaining the ins n out, there care and housing etc, if we all go to our local pets at home (if you have one) then maybe all the other stores will get wiff, and explain about these forums!! how there is hundreds of members willing to jump on them lol, MIGHT be worth the shot

piglet · 29-07-2006, 04:38 PM

Well still no joy in finding out the facts , but been told a rumour is about that pets at home might start reselling reptiles including tortoises but there's nothing concrete yet .
Linz this is a good idea we should have fliers that state good places for advice research etc for the first time tortoise owner , not sure if the store managers would appreciate it mind but yes worth a try .
Darren

Dazza · 30-07-2006, 08:50 PM

Sorry have'nt read every message so if i am already saying whats ben said forgive me..

Try and get Andy Highfield involved, i am sure he has had "conversations" for want of a better word with some of the inexperiancd staff at pets at home.

Maybe someone should post a snap shot in the Ask Andy section so he does not have to trawl through this !!

Darren

29-07-2006, 12:58 PM	#11
piglet Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,976	If this is tuely going ahead perhaps we should try and stop it before it happens or at the least get thecorrect advise to them I can just see many happy new tortoise owners leaving the store with there new expensive vivarium and a pot of coloured pellets and little do they no they are cageing there new bet with intent to kill . Darren __________________ 17 years old 25 years ago

29-07-2006, 01:21 PM	#12
sandy Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent UK Posts: 12,146	Why dont petshops/garden centres sell open topped enclosures, I am sure they could make just as much profit. At least the torts would have a fighting chance then. __________________ < > 60+, keeping ibera, graeca and box turtles \0/ /_\ http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/tortoisefriends

29-07-2006, 01:22 PM	#13
sarah Administrator Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Newcastle-Under-Lyme Posts: 11,914	God im shocked, I hope to god they dont start stocking tortoises, think of the hundreds or thousands that will die from teh importation alone. __________________ Click: www.shelledwarriorsshop.co.uk STRUGGLING TO FIND WEEDS? LOOK AT OUR DRIED WEEDS 'READY TO FEED' Home of 'Grow Your Own Food' Bearded Dragon, Tortoise, Rabbit, Hamster seed mixes from 89p FREE POST Livefood, Thermostats, Housing, Heating, Mercury Vapour bulbs, UVB etc etc CHEAP PRICES TORTOISES ARE MY PASSION

29-07-2006, 01:30 PM	#14
Henry-flash Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cheshire Posts: 9,304	I agree with Darren lets try and do somehting before this happens!!! __________________ Peter Keeping: Testudo hermanni, Testudo graeca (graeca & ibera ), Testudo horsfieldi, Astrochelys radiata, Malacochersus tornieri and Kinixys belliana. The North West Tortoise Group

29-07-2006, 03:22 PM	#16
saucysqueezy Member Incubating Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 166	another thing to consider - what sort of price are they going to be selling them for.... and what types, will they sell licensed torts?! __________________

29-07-2006, 02:08 PM	#15
Tracy Member Incubating Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Hampshire Posts: 214	I've got a pets@home near me i'll ask there next time i'm in & see if they will be selling tortoises & if so what they will be selling with them & advice they will be giving. after being bought totally unsuitable housing for mine on the advice of where she was bought it is terrible to think that maybe many more will be bought on impulse then made to live in totally unsuitable conditions then prob given up when when people realise you cant just bung them in a viv with afew greens & expect them to survive.

29-07-2006, 03:29 PM	#17
Pitcorthie Member Hatched Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dunfermline, Scotland Posts: 251	When I asked in the other pets at home after I found out from the previous store the man (I think it was the manager)was pretty shocked that I knew they were going to be getting them in.He became very cagey and just said that they were not going to sell them in all the store's but just see how it goes first Sharon

29-07-2006, 03:58 PM	#18
shootinglou79 Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,743	wellllll if this horrid thing does decide to go ahead, maybe us our selves could do some care sheets and take them there, explaining the ins n out, there care and housing etc, if we all go to our local pets at home (if you have one) then maybe all the other stores will get wiff, and explain about these forums!! how there is hundreds of members willing to jump on them lol, MIGHT be worth the shot

29-07-2006, 04:38 PM	#19
piglet Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,976	Well still no joy in finding out the facts , but been told a rumour is about that pets at home might start reselling reptiles including tortoises but there's nothing concrete yet . Linz this is a good idea we should have fliers that state good places for advice research etc for the first time tortoise owner , not sure if the store managers would appreciate it mind but yes worth a try . Darren __________________ 17 years old 25 years ago

30-07-2006, 08:50 PM	#20
Dazza Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,486	Sorry have'nt read every message so if i am already saying whats ben said forgive me.. Try and get Andy Highfield involved, i am sure he has had "conversations" for want of a better word with some of the inexperiancd staff at pets at home. Maybe someone should post a snap shot in the Ask Andy section so he does not have to trawl through this !! Darren

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