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Originally Posted by suzy_99 I have read to many threads where the second post is an order that sounds quite hostile. This is not the way to educate people.
I also believe that if a person is intentionally abusing there animals, they deserve all they get, but this is not the case with owners who just don't know better. Would you not get kinda defensive if people started telling you that you are a terrible owner and that you are hurting your animals?
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Couldn't agree more-well said suzy!
As much as I find the different smiley icons to be a bit cheesey, they are often very helpful in a text only medium to set the tone of a post-a little happy/angry icon at the start of a post is good for removing most doubt surrounding the tone of that post.
To address voodoojoint's original question, I believe you should address an issue (if it wasn't the subject of the post) if it helps to safeguard the well-being of a guinea. A lot of posters come here wanting the best for their guineas without fully knowing what that entails, and most are grateful for the advice (depending on whether it's put across as friendly advice or a direct 'barked' order)-those that don't want to hear it, well, it's better to have tried and failed than to have not tried at all.
I don't believe you should wait to address a particular issue, because chances are if the person is doing something wrong (unintentionally) then they aren't aware of it so will never bring it up themselves-meaning they would never get the advice they need. I think it's safe to assume that 99% of the time, people are here because they want the best for their pigs, so as long as any advice given is done so in a friendly manner they will probably be receptive to it.
The example pennick gave about the poster who got told to move furniture struck a chord with me, because I too have limited space and there was nothing I could do to change that, and pennick is right-some people are almost robot like in their thinking. They read that 'a guinea's home should be 'x' amount of feet', and that's as far as they go-rather than consider that (for example) it's better to have a rescue cavy in a home that is a foot undersize than a cavy still in a rescue centre who may not ever get a home, they just jump on what they see as a great wrong doing, and blow it all out of proportion. I personally believe that as long as the home isn't small to the point of being cruel, and as long as the cavy(ies) get plenty of floortime, then no harm done.
Everybody has different opinions, just because they are different to our own doesn't automatically make them wrong, and if they are, you stand a better chance of getting your point across if the person doesn't feel like they are being accused or blamed.