[jenniwat001]

Apologies in advance for long post...

A bit of back ground-My boyfriend lived with some friends from uni, one of whom had guinea pigs when she was younger, which she showed and bred. She decided she wanted another pig as a pet. She went to a pet shop and bought a pig and a very small cage. I had never owned nor known anyone who owned guinea pigs, as she had had over 30 when she was younger I assumed she knew best (I was wrong and I quickly learned).

I suggested that Piggle might like a friend and said I would buy the friend if we got it from a rescue (all my childhood pets had been from rescues) so we got wiggle, a rather sorry looking pig that we barely expected to live.

But live she did and I quickly became very fond of them both and decided to find out more about the delightful creatures, which is where I fond this site. Well, what an eye opener! I really tried to implement all the advice and their life did improve.

My friend started to lose interest in the pigs and so I became primary carer- getting them out for floor time, buying veggies and food etc. She still maintained they were hers though.

At Christmas my boyfriend and I moved in together and we were asked to look after the guinea pigs whilst our friend went home for Christmas. We had them for three weeks and she never asked about them once. We built them a c&c cage and they got loads of love and attention. When she finally demanded them back I refused to give her wiggle, I would have kept piggle too but she wouldn't let me (and would just have bought more).

I persuaded her to build a c&c cage so at least they had some standard of living. She bought piggle a new friend (from the rescue we got wiggle from) and I bought wiggle a new friend.

Heres the dilema-

The friend (losely used now) is moving back home and her parents have refused to allow her to take the pigs (probably as they know they will end up looking after them). She is expecting her new housemates to care for them but hasn't asked them (we figure she will just move out and leave them, expecting someone else to deal with it (she is a lazy, ungreatful person).

Her housemates have discussed the situation andhave decided that theyhave neither the time or money to care for the guinea pigs (fair enough as they are supposedly hers) and have told her that she needs to find somewher for them. We (my boyfriend, I and her housemates) doubt she will do this and they will be left with the housmates.

So we are trying to sort out a contingency plan- the housemates have asked if I would take them but I can'tafford in either time or money two extra pigs, I could take one but the other (the petshop pig) doesn't get on with my existing two (we tried it several times) I just don't know what to do...I feel awful we "rescued" three pigs only to have two them given back.

I can't believe how selfish and irresponsible she is being. Poor pigges. We are in the North West of UK.