Quote Originally Posted by Aztec4mia View Post
99% of the cage setups that PP has at shows and fairs are just for displaying the animal only, not the proper setup, but if you ask them they should give you all the proper requirements for the animal (at least they did for me).
I understand this display is for display only, despite it looking exactly like their instore stuff... this animal was in bad shape way before it was placed in this cage. Obesity doesn't happen over night.

As for proper husbandry I can speak from personal experience that they don't ... and reading the sign on the cage is evidence to support that.


Another thing you have to remember is that a majority of the animals that are brought to these educational shows are rescue's (with the exception of their high end stuff and unique species) that were turned over to them by a previous owner and were probably in worse shape when they first got to the store which could explain the obesity.
Why would anyone take an obese, dehydrated animal to show anywhere... let alone to a fair with hundreds of kids... that's not a rescue that is a death sentence.

Don't you hate it when you clean a cage and 5 minutes later another animal in a different cage needs cleaning and at the same time you have to watch your kid or make dinner or just busy in general, it's not like you are neglecting the animal you just need to get some other stuff done first so what’s another 30 minute wait to clean the cage;
No sorry I can't say that I can. I try not to buy more then I can take care of and when I have worked in a business situation with animals we simply called people in to work an extra shift or you pulled overtime. Animals aren't widgets the last time I checked... maybe things were different there because we had state inspectors and guest relations to deal with also.


Except, annostic, you spelled "Savannah" correctly, whereas they did not.
Thanks Chris, and to think I'm a horrible speller... huh go figure?

Any ideas or suggestions on combating this? sooner or later we'll all be dealing with the products of exhibits like this on one of the various forums... and it would be nice if they at least got the information right... let alone add some details.... maybe a "this is what you don't want!!!" clause.