Thread: Pets shop cages
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Old 02-18-2016, 04:53 PM  
Pebbles82
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Default Re: Pets at home cages

Good question. I think because there is no legislation on minimum cage size in the Uk. There was a welfare law passed in the last year or two that states that pets have to have a suitable environment for their species, but the wording is quite vague and not specific to exactly what is not suitable. The cages are cheap to buy and it's an extra sale when they sell a hamster. All commercial really. But if they stocked more suitable ones people would buy them. I really think it needs legislation, so manufacturers have to make the cages a minimum size.

Pet shops probably think they'll lose custom if people realize how big a cage they need.
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