What I think is terrible and misleading that petstores do is selling the little hamster, piggie, whatever, for 20 to 30 dollars. Then selling the cages, bedding and other supplies they need for sometimes twice what you paid for the little animal. You go in there, the little animal may be 35$ but my cousins and their family ended up spending nearly 200. I think the 'cheap' pricing of these little animals gives people the idea that they're 'cheap', disposable, low care, etc etc. And they often are bought for people who think of these little animals as a product and disposable too. Hence the breeding mills breeding the poor sows to DEATH, and they are purchased for snake food and other things. I just think it's wrong. I mean, Frankie was..35 dollars? And the deluxe "super cage" which was not super by ANY means, was 200 dollars! Pet stores are just whacked out! And I don't like the idea that those little animals are "product" and "cheap" and whatever.
Pets have so much to share and give to us, and starting with the pet stores little animals are pretty much treated like garbage. They're living feeling creatures. It's just, ugh I don't understand it.
Okay now I'm on a tangent heh. So I'm pretty sure you here feel the same way.
07-23-08, 06:27 pm
What I don't like about animal selling pet stores 
