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Have any of you guys experienced these people before? I called them earlier today and they seem knowledgeable...my only concern is that they are a pet shop and their hedges are "shipped in"
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Most pet shops get their hedgehogs from breeding mills. The hedgehog will most likely be inbred, which can cause illness and a number of genetic disorders. They will not be socialized. Most people on this forum don't advocate getting hedgehogs from pet stores because of this. We don't want to encourage the pet store to continue to stock animals from unethical breeders like mills.
What made them seem knowledgeable to you? Remember that knowledge does not make them responsible pet care givers.
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I just purchased a hedgie from them on December 23, as a gift for my 12 year old and prob as a gift to myself to but, shhhhh, don't tell her. ![]()
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No reputable breeder would sell to a pet store of any type because they want to make sure their babies go to good homes and that they can track any illnesses that could show up.
Hedgehogs in pet stores come from breeding mills and are often inbred. The risk of illness and disease is high and most often hedgehogs from pet stores are anti-social (can be worked on but no guarantee it will become friendly), often don't know the true age of the hedgehog and they are feed horrible food. You might get lucky and get a baby hedgie that has just come in so it wouldn't be too anti social but these babies that come in are generally 4-5 weeks old which is too young to have been taken away from their moms. Their immune systems suffer from been taken away at an earlier age and you often end up with a sick hedgie later on in their life. Your best off getting a baby from a reputable breeder and know that the hoglet is healthy, social and is not inbred than risk getting one from a pet store and have hundreds to thousands on dollars worth on medical bills later on and not to mention a hedgie that may never become social.
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Do you provide a warrenty against WHS? and also do your animals come with 4 or 5 generation pedigrees? Are all hedgehogs tracked after sale so that any WHS that shows up can be reported? Do you provide the name of the breeder so that new owners can go to them for help if needed? If a hedgehog sold by you comes down with WHS do you accept it back, and replace it with another hedgehog and then car for the hedgie with WHS? Do you provide 24/7 phone support, anytime day or night for the life of the animal?
These are all things that reputable breeders do. |
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