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I'm sorry you lost your guinea pig; however, this is a classic example of why buying from pet stores is a bad idea. Pet stores sell sick animals. Even buying a young animal from a pet store is no guarantee that he will necessarily be healthy; death can be just as imminent with a young animal as with an older animal, especially if treatment was withheld or delayed at a pet store.
If you want a young animal, shelters and rescues frequently get the offspring of accidental pregnancies or the unwanted offspring from backyard breeders. Shelters/rescues often have pregnant sows within the rescue, and then put the babies up for adoption once they are weaned.
You'd most likely get a healtier animal from a shelter or rescue because, unlike a pet store, all animals in rescues/shelters get the examinations and/or treatment that they need. They are quarantined until they are assured the animal is not carrying any disease.
On this forum there is NO excuse for buying an animal from a pet store, not even wanting to get an animal that is young. It's just not acceptable.  |