Introductory Questions for Every Interviewee

1. What pets do you have?

2. Why did you get your pet?
3. Where did you get it from?
4. How long have you had your pet(s)?
5. What do you like about your pet(s)?
6. What things do you need to buy for your pet?
7. What sort of maintenance do you have to do for your pet?
8. What pets have you had in the past?
9. What pets would you like to have in the future?
10. What kind of pet would you not consider getting? Why?
11. What is the most exotic pet youve seen?
Questions for Exotic Pet Owner
1. What sort of pet do you have?
2. Why did you decide to get your pet?
3. How long have you had your pet?
4. What sort of pets have you had in the past?
5. How much do you spend on your pets in a month?
6. What do you like about your pet(s) the most?
7. If you had the choice, what other pet would you get?
8. Where did you get your pet from?
9. Have you, or would you, ever consider breeding your pet?
10. What sort of maintenance do you have to do for your pet?

Questions for Shelter Worker?

1. How long have you worked in this pet shelter?
2. What made you want to become a volunteer?
3. Whats your favourite part of your voluntary work?
4. What sort of pets do you look after here at the pet shelter?
5. How many pets do you look after?
6. How many people work in this shelter?
7. How much does it cost to look after one pet in a month?
8. How many donations do you receive in a month?
9. Is this enough?
10.What would you change about your role as a shelter worker?
11.Have you ever adopted a pet from this, or any other, pet shelter?

Interview question for a pet shop owner

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What would you say is the most popular pet you sell?
What are typically the age range of people that buy pets in your shop?
Do you find that any of your pets are hard to sell? Why do you think this is?
Why pets do you think take the most work to maintain and take care of?
Are there any months that you sell more pets than usual?
Which of the pets that you sell has typically the shortest average lifespan?
Which of the pets that you sell has typically the longest average lifespan?
How long have you owned a pet shop?

9. Do you ever breed any of your pets?

10.How many different pets do you sell?
11.Do you sell any other pet products other than pets themselves?
12.If so, what do you sell?
13.Which pets that you sell are the most expensive? Why do you think this is?

Voxpops Questions
1. What pets do you own?
2. Whats the name of your pet?
3. Why did you choose the pet that you own?
4. Where do you buy your pets from?
5. If you could have any pet, what would it be?
6. What exotic pet would you like to own?
Breeder Questions
1. Why did you decide to become a breeder?
2. How many animals have you bred before?
3. Do you keep any of the pets that you breed?
4. What sort of pets do you breed?
5. What prices do set each pet at?
6. Whats the hardest thing about being a breeder?
7. How much do you spend on the maintenance of the pets?
8. Who helps you to breed pets?
9. Whats your favourite pet to breed and why?
10.How long have you been breeding pets for?
11.What would you change about your style of breeding pets?
12. What sort of exotic pets do you breed or have bred in the past?

Guide Dog Owner Questions

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How long have you needed your guide dog?

How important is your dog to you?
What would you do without your dog?
Do you ever treat your guide dog as a pet?
How expensive is it to look after your guide dog?
Has your dog had previous experiences of being a guide dog?
What types of dogs are used as guide dogs?
Do you know of any other animals that are trained to be a guide?