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Former pet store employees speak out
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Pet Stores and Puppy Mills in the News
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A local ferret rescue organization estimates that 75 ferrets purchased at Petland are surrendered to their group every year, and there are 5 other ferret shelters in the area. They add, "Petco is the other major offender. The staff of both of these stores sell ferrets without giving the purchaser accurate information about care/vacs/diet.
"The biggest mistake is that they promote these as easy-to-care-for pets. In reality, they are a very high maintenance companion pet with a transit time of 4 hours (thus making them poop machines!). They are vet exotics and expensive to treat. They are obligate carnivores, not just carnivores, and have very strict diet requirements.
"For more info, visit www.ferretuniverse.com and read 'Ferrets for Dummies' by Kim Schilling, both of which are required reading for those I adopt to. Our group has accepted and adopted well over 3,000 ferrets in the 11 years we hav been in operation as a ferret shelter."
Remember that you can locate ferret rescue groups near you through www.petfinder.com!