How can I help a sick animal "trapped" in a pet store ?

Question

I went into a pet store yesterday because I was low on my ferret's food and not close to home.

I found a litter of ferrets in a reasonable sized cage but rusty.
One of the little ferrets looked really ill and skinny. He could not stop shaking, he was filthy and his nose had crust in it.

I really want to help this guy out, who should I go for help ?

please don't say buy it, that's not a solution.

Answer 1

report them to animal services (call the cops - not 911, they can help you)

Answer 2

If I were you I would call animal control & tell them that there is a petstore that seems to be mistreating their animals & you would appreciate if they checked it out. You could also call the cops; or if it's a semi big chain ( the pet store; such as pet land for example ) see if they have a website & look up the main company & report to them that one of their shops is not keeping up with their animals & I'm sure they will do something about it - just make sure you dont call that specific store because I doubt the boss would do anything if he is already letting things get that way. Good Luck though; that breaks my heart to see any animal being treated like that but I'm soon adding another fert to keep my current ferret Rudy company & I cant even understand why people would do that - arg. Anyway - GOOD LUCK !

Answer 3

Hello,
Ask to see the manager ASAP! If the manager acts as if nothing is wrong call the police and report animal abuse and tell him you WILL call the police if he doesn't do something about it. ( if you have a cell phone pull it out right there to show him that you are serious) This might not happen, but people who don't care for animals might do this......... if you told him you were leaving to go the police he might get the ferret out of the cage before you OR the police get back... just stand your ground. I wish I was there to help you, but you can do it..... if you didn't care you wouldn't be asking for help. I do animal rescue and you have to be that litter critters voice. As much as you probably would want to, you are right, DO NOT buy him as it only profits the puppy mills that these little guys come from. Email me if you need any more assistance or questions. [e-mail].
Tanna

Answer 4

Did you say anything to someone at the store? It may have been shaking cause it was new there and it was scared. If he was scared, that may have been why he was skinny too. Maybe he's not adjusting well. I would say something to them. Tell them you're concerned and if they don't do something about it, then you will report them to the humane society for animal cruelty.

Answer 5

Make sure that after you report them to the Animal Abuse department that you also report them to the Better Business Bureau for selling sick animals, it doesn't seem like it's helpful, but I don't think a business like that should be open if they can't even take proper care of their animals.

Answer 6

Call your animal organization. Humane Society where I live. Report the store, and they'll investigate immediately. Animal cruelty is taken very seriously nowadays.

Answer 7

I would definitely report them to the local authorities! It's sad that this goes on in many pet stores and it's also illegal to sell sick pets!

Answer 8

Call your local animal control, animal warden, or police department and report animal abuse. In most places it is illegal not to get help for a sick animal and considered absuse if help is not given.

I am so glad you are doing something. You should be proud of yourself!

Answer 9

I usually attempt to keep away from buying stay animals at any keep for a sort of motives. In my area small mom and pa shops are often plenty worse (a minimum of in terms of animal care) than the vast chain shops. it relatively is not uncommon to confirm a tiny 10g tank crammed with 5 or greater grownup women and swarming with tiny toddlers (maximum of whom have been trampled to dying!). i exchange into given the prospect to excursion a rodent mill some years in the past, and on a similar time because it wasn't nowhere as unsightly simply by fact the sensationalized pictures generated extremist businesses, it wasn't an extremely extreme-high quality place. on a similar time as the power and the circumstances have been extremely sparkling, and all the animals gave the impression to be in stable well-being, the certainty keeps to be that the girls are saved in the minimum area stated for his or her species and compelled to produce clutter after clutter after clutter of youngsters and won little human interplay previous hardship-unfastened husbandry. besides the undeniable fact that the certainty keeps to be that there is a extensive surplus of small animals that prefer properties, and although the circumstances have been as humane as economically conceivable in the rodent mill I visited--i for my area do not think of that's ethically alright to mass produce companion animals, fantastically while such diverse already prefer properties. the time-honored of care in Petco/Petsmart varies drastically from keep to keep. i'm fortunate adequate to stay interior strolling distance of an extremely properly controlled Petco. considering that this keep is interior strolling distance I in many circumstances purchase my ingredients there--if there exchange right into a puppy grant keep close by i could patronize it quite...yet on condition that there is not I determine that it is in all probability the subsequent maximum suitable ingredient. on a similar time as I keep away from actively going out to purchase rats at a puppy keep, i'm responsible for taking living house a rat whom "supplies me the eyes".

Answer 10

go to the Humane Society and report the little animal to them with the name of the pet store... that's why they (the Humane Society) are there