Free 3 male GP & huge C&C cage IL St. Louis area

[WildKingdom]

I have 3 male Guinea Pigs that need a new loving home. They are all about 2 years old, cute, healthy, and very friendly. I will also include their "home", a huge 4x2 C&C cage with storage shelves and tons of extras. All accessories like houses, water bottles and "toys" will also be included. All you need to do is arrange to pick them up. I just want them to go to a home that will be able to give them the attention they deserve. If you could come with a truck and load the cage right onto the back it would be great. Otherwise, I could dis-assemble it ahead of time. Please email me for pictures of them. Serious interest only please.

[evilnumberlady]

Originally Posted by WildKingdom

a huge 4x2 C&C cage

Just so no one is misled, a 4x2 grid cage for 3 boars is not "huge", but may be adequate. This is the minimum size for two pigs, as stated on the size chart on the main page of this site. The minimum size for three is 2x5.

[WildKingdom]

Please do not reply to this thread unless you are interested in adopting. I don't have time for all the nit picking that goes along with this site. Honestly. I've read some of the threads and most people on here are rude and just looking for something to nit pick. I just need to find a new home for these guinea pigs. Two of them were rescued and their cage is so much larger than what they would have had to live in had I not taken them in. I also paid for a $100.00 surgical cyst operation for one of them when it was rescued because it was going to be left to die. He had a cyst the size of an egg on his throat. He is perfectly healthy now. And the other rescue was mite infested and cost me another $75.00 for vet treatment. He was also in very poor shape and neglected. They are all three healthy and happy now. And again, the reason I'm looking for a new home for them is that I don't feel that I can give them enough attention here. So I really do have their best interest in mind.

So please do not email me and tell me I'm horrible because their cage is too small! The cage has enough extra pieces that it can be modified and made bigger if you have more space than I do. I have a small house, 3 kids, and two dogs. So it was made as large as possible to fit our home space. Please get the whole story before you go off on someone. I saved two (possibly 3) pigs from a very bad situation, made them healthy, and wish to adopt them out to someone who will give them the attention they deserve.

[Percy's Mom]

It's certainly your decision whether or not you wish to give information about your pigs on this thread or not, but you really do not have any say as to who asks the questions or posts comments here. Frankly, you're much more likely to get emails or private messages regarding interest in adopting if you address a few things in this thread and post some pictures of the boys.

If you're really interested in finding new homes for them, here are a few things you might want to address.
1)Do the boys get along with each other, or do you have to keep them seperated?
2)Do you have any problems getting them to eat proper veggies?
3)Are any of them neutered? This could be important in case you have to split them for some reason, and a prospective adopter has girls.
4)What are you currently bedding them on?
5)Is it possible to get a copy of their records from your vet?

All evilnumberlady was doing was clarifying the size of your cage to people who might possibly be interested in adopting your cage, but probably have the wrong idea about the cage they are living in because of the title you put on this thread, or might be new to this site and don't know better about cage sizes. It's great that you've been able to help get the 3 boys healthy, but she was right. Your cage is by no means huge. It's not even what this site would recommend for 3 boars.

As far as adopting them out because you don't have the time to give them proper attention, that's part of the beauty of multiple pigs. If you are particularly busy, they have each other. As long as you have time to feed them, clean their cages, and have a safe space to set up floor time for them with occasional laptime, which is really more for the human than the pig anyway, they will be fine.

I'm sorry you feel that this site is nit picking about details, but the details are extremely important, and like you, we also have the animals' best interest at heart.

[WildKingdom]

Maybe I did jump into that last reply, but I came to this site over a year ago to obtain more information on Guinea pigs and I did not have a good experience. People were rude and hateful and ready to jump on any little thing. I got more criticism than information. For that reason, I was hesitant about posting them for adoption here.

Two of the pigs get along great. The third one has some issues when they are all together. Although, I haven't had any time to work with them so it could possibly be worked out and they could all be together. Right now I keep him separate from the other two. There is just a grid between them and they do lay next to eachother with the grid between them. Good fences make good neighbors I guess. Actually, he was originally housed with one of the other ones when I got them so it could possibly be worked out.

They are not neutered. They are all healthy.

[evilnumberlady]

I just wanted to say that I didn't mean to imply you were a bad owner by any means.

I just thought your wording was a little misleading, and I wanted to point that out to the people who might take your cage and your boars. It would be great if whoever takes them can make a slightly bigger cage but I don't think you are "horrible" because you didn't do so yourself.

[PiggieMom]

WildKingdom, I would just like to suggest something I have learned while rehoming my sister's Beagle. If you charge an adoption fee you will get a lot more people that are interested in the pigs and not just people searching for snake food. Say it's just twenty bucks, then you know they are willing to spend the money that it takes to care for these animals. I stated that I was going to charge fifty dollars adoption fee for the beagle. When I finally got a serious family that was interested I waved it when they picked up the dog. Just something to think about. Good luck in your search for a good home for your pigs.