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Originally Posted by alm_nin  I just don't know if I would be able to give them up when they got adopted, and I was wondering how other people deal with this.
I have heard that some rescues routinely treat even healthy looking pigs for parasites, is this common and necessary? |
I don't know if this will be much help to you because we rescue on a "permanent home" basis. Once they're here...they live out their lives here.
We
always treat for mites when our new rescues are in the 3-week quarantine period. That's because most (if not all) of them had/have been purchased at pet stores.
We share in clotho's excitement of rescuing unwanted, neglected pigs. To take in a malnourished, mangy, matted, mite-infested piggy and care for it to the peak of health is such a joy beyond words.
Not a day goes by that I'm not amazed at how healthy our babies look, or how shiny their hair is now, or how active and happy they are compared to when we took them in.
Good luck in your decision. Keep trying to find rescues who can answer your questions for you. I know there are several good ones out there. Ask on GuineaLynx and Pigloo.net. You should be able to find rescues there to get some more information.