[Paula]

Originally Posted by tk-421

What are you all doing. i mean some one puts a post asking for help as they have found that they are allergic to there pet that is a part of the family and instead of offering help all you all do is just rip in to them with a mightier that thou mentality.

There’s no “mightier than though” mindset or mentality. Members of this forum are committed to guinea pigs and seeing them live healthy, happy lives, being properly cared for. The notion that guinea pigs are being attacked by a cat (you did read the title, yes?) because of a choice the poster made is deeply disturbing to many members here and they are obliged to speak out about it.

Originally Posted by tk-421

I wonder what any of you would do if someone in your family became allergic to your pigs you "advice" of Give them to a new home. hardly helpful. could you give up your pets that you loved? if you really loved them you would not.

Well. If I really loved them I’d prefer to see them in an indoor home where they are being cared for properly rather than banishing them to a life outside where they’re exposed to the elements, not to mention insects and other animal attacks.

My husband is allergic to my guinea pigs. We’ve made accommodations so he doesn’t have to handle or encounter them. It’s really not that hard, and if the allergy were so severe he was facing death because of it (which, by the way, is a bogus notion) I would choose to rehome the animals to a home where they’d be loved and cared for properly LONG before I’d choose to force them to live outside where it’s too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter, and where they’d often face the very real possibility of being attacked by neighborhood cats, raccoons, etc. One is a humane choice that would no doubt hurt to have to make, because I love my animals and I have made a commitment to them for the duration of their lives. The other is a selfish choice that would allow me to keep said animals, but to their detriment, and for no real good other than it would allow me to still have possession of them.

Originally Posted by tk-421

you do know that you made the member who posted this thread leave this forum because of how you treated them. i hope you are all please with your selfs. that you turned on someone in there time of need.

If this person chose to leave, it was strictly his/her choice. No one’s going to say something this awful is acceptable simply so that the original poster doesn’t have to feel bad for a choice s/he is making that’s doing real, tangible harm to the pets for which she is tasked with providing care.

Originally Posted by tk-421

as for onkers having to live in side. now correct me if im wrong but guinea pigs live outside in the wild. from what you all where saying you make it sound like they will die if you show them the outside. what do you think they did befor humans brought the in to there homes?

Onkers?

Guinea pigs in the wild are not stuffed into a cage with no means of escape should they be threatened by another animal. Guinea pigs in the wild have a reasonable ability to shelter themselves from cold or heat.

Originally Posted by tk-421

now im sure that my post will eather be removed from this thread or you will all just presume that i know nothing of guinea pigs and moan about me.

No, it’s not being removed, and although I can’t speak for anyone else here, I am not presuming that you “know nothing” about guinea pigs. I’m presuming you’re a pet owner who would always put your needs and desires above the innocent animals you’ve chosen to make a part of your life.

Originally Posted by tk-421

but for your information i do have a lot of knowledge of guinea pigs. I have been a guinea pig breeder for 15 years and All my guinea pigs lived OUTSIDE all the time and they where the Happyest guinea pigs i have ever seen. you know what I never had a guinea pig die of heat or cold and i live in England.

Well. Outstanding. Being a breeder lends no credibility to your claims or your story. That you thought your guinea pigs were happy living outside simply tells me that you have no experience with guinea pigs living indoors being cared for properly. Of course they’d seem “happy” if they know nothing different. That they live outside means you probably don’t notice when they’re sick, or acting off, much less when they’re threatened by wild animals or other elements. You’re breeding these animals while countless others face euthanasia and other unknown horrors in shelters. Out. Standing.

Originally Posted by tk-421

i am never going to come back to this forum this is my 1st and last post.

We can most certainly hope.

Originally Posted by tk-421

so dont bother posting any thing about me.

Members will be allowed to respond to your silliness, just as you were allowed to post it in the first place. You made the choice to post here and you don’t get to control what people may or may not have to say in response.

Originally Posted by tk-421

just think what you might of done to that poor person who came here looking for help and only got Abuse and Bulling. I hope you are all very proud.

Yes, I hope you’re quite proud of yourself as well. While you breed animals for your own selfish reasons, I hope you keep in mind that others are dying because of people like yourself. Oh, but yours are happy living outside in a hutch, so it's all okay. Right?