Don't buy unless you can properly house

[Vela]

I have to agree I am always saddened to see this and the "revolving door policy" on some pets. Oh I want this! Buy it now, figure out what do to with it and the proper care it needs later. Oh dang that's a lot more work than I expected, don't want THAT one! I'll get rid of it and get something else.

What people fail to understand is that ANY animal is a whole lot more work and money to !properly! care for than they are led to beleive by pet store employees and/or unehthical breeders of whatever animal, thus the animals are the ones who suffer from lack of proper housing, proper medical care, and proper socialization for their needs. There are NO cheap pets! I paid 4.99 for a rat...I then paid 50 dollars to the vets two days later for a checkup and medication when she came home with a respiraotry infection and pneumonia. I paid 85 dollars for a cage for them, then paid another 25 when they ate the bottom off and I had to modify it to safely house them...This was a 4.99 rat, almost the cheapest pet you can buy except maybe a fish!

[Kalei]

I agree with you, alot of people do agree with the same thing, but also some don't. Some people can't help what happened, for instance when I got my fish two years ago. I got it from a petstore and it was marked as a comet and looked exactly like a comet and was a baby, certainly a 30 gallon tank was big enough for 1 comet, but then now 2 years later I find out that the pet store was wrong, my fish is a koi/comet hybred and can get to 4 feet long, I just found that out not too long ago, and that made since as to why she just doesn't stop growing, now that I coiuldn't help, I had no idea and obviously the pet stores didn't know that it wasn't just a Comet. Now that I do know, i am going to get her a much bigger tank

Like my rabbit, I knew what breed she was and I got her the proper space and everything, she has more space than she even needs because I knew how big she'd grow, but I didn't know how my fish would get that big because it was listed as a comet.

But please, don't get me wrong, I very much agree with all of you, if you know what animal you want to get, you should get the proper tank size, cage size ect before purchasing the animal.

[Vela]

Well obviously nobody meant a situation like yours, where nobody knew the fish was a mixed fish. That's not the same thing at all as intentionally buying pets with no idea how to care for them and not providing the proper environments.

[zoey]

I agree!!!
If you don't have the time or money to devote to an animal, don't get one. You can always volunteer to walk dogs at the shelter, or something!

[Miss Z]

Finally! THANKS FOR POSTING ABOUT THIS!

I've seen this from a few members, even more times in 'real' life, and held my tongue a fair few times. It's just not fair on the pet at all. It doesn't take much to buy a book or do a little research on not just the equipment and commitment needed but on the pet itself. I hate it when people just seem to go out and come home with animals when they feel like it.

[Zippy]

I agree totally.I have some family members who don't get that.
Sweet P.has a big cage really he has 2 cages.Piglet was in a cage the size for a hamster when we got him he is now in a nice cage.My bettas are also in nice tanks.Let me tell you for my 5 or so dollars I bought my bettas for I have spent a whole lot more money then that on there tanks,plants,decor,meds,ect....I love my bettas very much and know I would be spending more then 2-6 dollars on them when I got each of my bettas.