DeniseD
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There's a pet shop local to me, well, it's more of a garden center that sells fish.We're friendly with the guy that's over the fish section as we keep marine fish.
A few months back, I spotted an Axolotl that we now own. Still to this day his growth rate is very slow and for his age, is much smaller than the other two mature adults. I can only put this down to the fact that he was being fed fish flake (half the reason I bought him, rescue mission).
More recently, my partners' relation bought another Axolotl from the same place, that I was unaware of. He lasted about 2 weeks and died. Apparently the guy in the store had told her to keep the lotl at higher temperatures rather than letting the winter cold get to it and also to feed it fish flake.
Bare in mind, we have had conversations with him about our Axolotls, how we keep them, what we feed them, etc. At one point before I bought our little guy, I asked him to remove the gravel from the tank as he was looking bloated and explained the situation with gravel.
So, long story short, he has been talked to, everything has been explained and yet he's still buying in Axolotls and selling them with the wrong information. It's irritating because he's a really nice guy, and is really careful about his fish so it doesn't make sense. If this was someone selling puppies and keeping them inhumanely, the authorities would be all over it. Is there someone (in Ireland) we can go to about this? Or is it just going to take us kicking up a major fuss?
A few months back, I spotted an Axolotl that we now own. Still to this day his growth rate is very slow and for his age, is much smaller than the other two mature adults. I can only put this down to the fact that he was being fed fish flake (half the reason I bought him, rescue mission).
More recently, my partners' relation bought another Axolotl from the same place, that I was unaware of. He lasted about 2 weeks and died. Apparently the guy in the store had told her to keep the lotl at higher temperatures rather than letting the winter cold get to it and also to feed it fish flake.
Bare in mind, we have had conversations with him about our Axolotls, how we keep them, what we feed them, etc. At one point before I bought our little guy, I asked him to remove the gravel from the tank as he was looking bloated and explained the situation with gravel.
So, long story short, he has been talked to, everything has been explained and yet he's still buying in Axolotls and selling them with the wrong information. It's irritating because he's a really nice guy, and is really careful about his fish so it doesn't make sense. If this was someone selling puppies and keeping them inhumanely, the authorities would be all over it. Is there someone (in Ireland) we can go to about this? Or is it just going to take us kicking up a major fuss?