Pets at home adoption?

Lizwig · 02-09-2018, 04:41 PM

I have a simple, short and sweet question to ask if anyone would be kind to answer me; is hamster adoption at Pets at Home (UK) free?

I ask because I was in store the other day picking up hamster food for my Syrian Raphael, and saw two Robos up for adoption and I currently have two empty cages spare and would like to give at least one of the a new home.

SKB_Hamsters · 02-09-2018, 04:55 PM

I adopted my Pumpkin form Pets at Home - it not exactly free however you make a donation to the “support adoption for pet” charity (normally they suggest a minimum of retail price of the hamster if it was for sale). The money doesn’t go to [email protected] so won’t support pet mills.

lozzapops · 02-10-2018, 11:17 AM

I paid a donation of £8 when adopting my Robo from Support Adoption for Pets at Pets at Home if that helps

CMB · 02-10-2018, 11:22 AM

My two adoptions were half the price of the hamsters for sale.

velliott · 02-10-2018, 11:34 AM

I adopted my Syrian from pets at home and he cost £10 as a donation.

Fluffagrams · 02-10-2018, 12:46 PM

When I adopted Garfunkel (Dom Spot Chinese Hamster) in 2015, the minimum donation was £5. They couldn't tell me all that much about him other than he'd originally been bought for some kids who had lost interest him and he had been in a fight at some point.

The money goes to the 'Support Adoption for Pets' charity and they work to support pets in rescue organisations.

Robo2017 · 02-10-2018, 01:20 PM

I adopted a Robo and it was a minimum donation of £8. They couldn't give me any information about him. Just make sure they have properly given them a health check as my Robo seemed to be limping when he was in the store but they said that he was fine. When I got him home though I noticed his foot was really red and a bit swollen. It has only got worse from there and when I called to speak to them about it they wouldn't help even though it says on the adoption email that they will allow you to see one of their vets.

GhostsInSnow · 02-12-2018, 03:32 PM

I've had 3 [email protected] adoptions in the past: 1 Syrian (in 2012) and 2 Robo's (2013 and 2015) and the minimum donation for each was £5. I think it depends on the store and how long they've been in the adoption centre for although I may be wrong.

flowerfairy · 02-13-2018, 12:59 PM

I recently adopted a white hybrid dwarf hamster from pets at bome and they charged me 5 pounds. He was old stock!

racinghamster · 03-04-2018, 05:04 AM

I adopted my last Russian dwarf from PAH for a £5 donation. He was returned to the store by the person who bought two together and he was the bully apparently!

That`s him in my avatar image (RIP) wee man. He was a cheeky wee soul who wasn`t really into handling, but as he grew older, he was much more settled. Rescue/rehomed hamsters in my opinion are the way to go.