| Re: Anyone here foster or run a Guinea Pig rescue?
There are a few of us who either rescue part time or full time. I do rescue when I can (rats, hamsters and gerbils these days because I have no room to take in anymore pigs). If you are interested in fostering, your best bet would be to contact the agency you'd like to foster for and get information from them. Different agencies may have different policies.
It's very common for rescues to treat incoming pigs for parasites and to do a vet checkup.
To make sure they go to good homes, you screen the potential adopters very well and they do fill out forms for adoption (if you are fostering for a rescue/shelter then they would do the screening). Some rescues do home visits.
Spaying carries more of a risk than neutering but if the vet is very experienced then the risk should decrease, but as with any surgery there can always be complications. |