Runestonez
Retired Moderator
My Dad took me out today to go to a couple aquarium stores...we wandered into one in Mississauga I think...it was on Dundas anyway...I get lost when he drives.
Anyway aquarium store...sells primarily tropical and marine fish...except for the rabbits and other fuzzies they had stacked like cord wood on the floor. They don't even have a small pet area...usually they onlysell fish. But they had five rabbits...each about 3 months oldor so in two starter cages 24 inches long and a little over 12 inches wide...the two larger ones were in a cage divided in two...neither had enough room to even lay down. The remaining three were all in together...an orange lop, a black and white dutch and a darker one that was hiding so I couldn't see what he was...sitting side by side they had no room to move...no food, no hay and their water bottle was the kind for hamsters...far too small for them to get sufficient water...which wouldn't have mattered since it was empty anyway(it only holds about 8oz of water maximum). My Dad is very non-confrontational and beat a hasty exit when he saw my face...I was so MAD.:X I grabbed the one kid and told him to fill all the water bottles...and when he looked like he was going to wander off I had to stand there and glare at him till they were properly watered...the poor little buggers hit the water bottle like they had been in the desert...all three trying desperately to push each other out of the way. I told him to get a bigger one...but they don't have any since they don't sell pet supplies or pets. The one cage was on the floor with a little syrian hamster stacked on top of it and a guinnea pig without water or food as well to the right of him...then the other two rabbits stacked on an aquarium of teddy bear hamsters to the left side...disgusting...the cages were filthy...the poor buggers were crowded and dying of thirst. :grumpy:
I called the OSPCA when I got home (I didn't have their number on me) and I desperately hope they get off their butts tomorrow and go take a look...the bunns seem to be fine for now...I don't think they have been there too long yet, but a couple more days and I fear for the worst...I work for OREO here and sometimes I wonder if anyone is actually listening to us. And if people are...when will I start to feel like we're making a difference?:tears2:
Danielle
Anyway aquarium store...sells primarily tropical and marine fish...except for the rabbits and other fuzzies they had stacked like cord wood on the floor. They don't even have a small pet area...usually they onlysell fish. But they had five rabbits...each about 3 months oldor so in two starter cages 24 inches long and a little over 12 inches wide...the two larger ones were in a cage divided in two...neither had enough room to even lay down. The remaining three were all in together...an orange lop, a black and white dutch and a darker one that was hiding so I couldn't see what he was...sitting side by side they had no room to move...no food, no hay and their water bottle was the kind for hamsters...far too small for them to get sufficient water...which wouldn't have mattered since it was empty anyway(it only holds about 8oz of water maximum). My Dad is very non-confrontational and beat a hasty exit when he saw my face...I was so MAD.:X I grabbed the one kid and told him to fill all the water bottles...and when he looked like he was going to wander off I had to stand there and glare at him till they were properly watered...the poor little buggers hit the water bottle like they had been in the desert...all three trying desperately to push each other out of the way. I told him to get a bigger one...but they don't have any since they don't sell pet supplies or pets. The one cage was on the floor with a little syrian hamster stacked on top of it and a guinnea pig without water or food as well to the right of him...then the other two rabbits stacked on an aquarium of teddy bear hamsters to the left side...disgusting...the cages were filthy...the poor buggers were crowded and dying of thirst. :grumpy:
I called the OSPCA when I got home (I didn't have their number on me) and I desperately hope they get off their butts tomorrow and go take a look...the bunns seem to be fine for now...I don't think they have been there too long yet, but a couple more days and I fear for the worst...I work for OREO here and sometimes I wonder if anyone is actually listening to us. And if people are...when will I start to feel like we're making a difference?:tears2:
Danielle