paris: finding market w/ rabbits/hamsters/mice
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paris: finding market w/ rabbits/hamsters/mice
Hi everyone,
I happened to stumble upon a small outdoor market in Paris that sold rabbits, hamsters, mice, pet equipment, etc. I discovered it during my very first day in Paris, therefore I was aimlessly wandering around and didn't have a map with me. I would like to re-visit this market but have no idea where it is located. If there is anyone out there who has also seen this market before, can you please let me know where it is and how to get there?
Thank you in advance for your help.
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I happened to stumble upon a small outdoor market in Paris that sold rabbits, hamsters, mice, pet equipment, etc. I discovered it during my very first day in Paris, therefore I was aimlessly wandering around and didn't have a map with me. I would like to re-visit this market but have no idea where it is located. If there is anyone out there who has also seen this market before, can you please let me know where it is and how to get there?
Thank you in advance for your help.
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Found this...mostly birds (and other small animals)...on Sundays, near Notre dame
4ème arrondissement
Marché spécialisé fleurs, oiseaux, autres petits animaux d'agrément.
Place Louis Lépine et quais alentours.
Métro : Cité
Marché aux fleurs : tous les jours de 8h à 19h30.
Marché aux oiseaux : le dimanche de 8h à 19h.
4ème arrondissement
Marché spécialisé fleurs, oiseaux, autres petits animaux d'agrément.
Place Louis Lépine et quais alentours.
Métro : Cité
Marché aux fleurs : tous les jours de 8h à 19h30.
Marché aux oiseaux : le dimanche de 8h à 19h.
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Thanks again everyone.
Kerouac: when you said the animals have been 'moved inside', do you mean they have been moved inside somewhere nearby? (to an indoor market?)
Thanks for the detailed directions, michel paris.![Imported](https://www.fodors.com/community/images/smilies/imported/smiley.gif)
Kerouac: when you said the animals have been 'moved inside', do you mean they have been moved inside somewhere nearby? (to an indoor market?)
Thanks for the detailed directions, michel paris.
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At the risk of being called a bunny hugger or worse...
Please don't visit these markets, and certainly do not buy anything from them. The animals are the products of puupy mills and the rabbit/hamster etc equivalent. The animals are not well care for, not innoculated and are frequently sick. Usually they are imported illegally from Eastern Europe, and subjected to harrowing journeys before being put on display at the market.
Anyone who cares about animals should be aware of this, and disturbed by the sight of animals being offered for sale in this way.
Please don't visit these markets, and certainly do not buy anything from them. The animals are the products of puupy mills and the rabbit/hamster etc equivalent. The animals are not well care for, not innoculated and are frequently sick. Usually they are imported illegally from Eastern Europe, and subjected to harrowing journeys before being put on display at the market.
Anyone who cares about animals should be aware of this, and disturbed by the sight of animals being offered for sale in this way.
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Even though the conditions are not the best in the world, I would have to disagree with hetismij. There are plenty of illegal animal vendors, but the ones on Quai de la Mégisserie are not among them -- it is an extremely controlled market.
To reply to roundbunny, I meant that there used to be lots and lots of animals out on the curb -- chickens, rabbits, even live pigs in tiny cages. This was considered cruel and unhealthy, so now only the smallest animals are outside, in sufficiently large cages.
The other outside animal market is the bird market on Sundays at Place Louis Lépine, just outside of métro Cité.
For a truly exotic experience, visit rue Myrha at Château Rouge. There is a live chicken store there which caters less to lovers of fresh food that African marabouts (witch doctors) who require sacrifices to bring you love, wealth, health, reverse the evil eye, restore virility, and bring your bad woman back home "crawling on all fours" -- at least that is according to the little cards that you are handed coming out of the metro stations of the neighborhood.
To reply to roundbunny, I meant that there used to be lots and lots of animals out on the curb -- chickens, rabbits, even live pigs in tiny cages. This was considered cruel and unhealthy, so now only the smallest animals are outside, in sufficiently large cages.
The other outside animal market is the bird market on Sundays at Place Louis Lépine, just outside of métro Cité.
For a truly exotic experience, visit rue Myrha at Château Rouge. There is a live chicken store there which caters less to lovers of fresh food that African marabouts (witch doctors) who require sacrifices to bring you love, wealth, health, reverse the evil eye, restore virility, and bring your bad woman back home "crawling on all fours" -- at least that is according to the little cards that you are handed coming out of the metro stations of the neighborhood.
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