Anyone in Brooklyn? - Guinea Pig Cages, Care, Store, Photos of Guinea Pigs and More Forum!

**MissGinger** · #1 09-09-08, 10:43 am

This poor guy need's to be saved. I'd get him but i have girl's.
http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/pet/832898081.html

**ProudPiggyOwner** · #2 09-09-08, 09:48 pm

I'd love to get him but sadly my cage is to small and I dont think i'll be able to take care of another one yet.

**BklynStar555** · #3 09-11-08, 03:32 pm

I just emailed this guy before I saw this post... Here was my reply to him:

Hi saw your guinea pig ad on craigslist. I probably can’t take him, but you really ought to feed him more than grass (not even sure what you mean by “grass”.) He should have pellets and fresh timothy hay every day. And he should have leafy greens and oranges/strawberries regularly so he doesn’t become vitamin-deficient, he could have serious health problems
Is he a short or long-hair? Long-hairs require grooming so they don’t get painful matting. And how big is his cage? What kind of bedding? Sorry if I am coming off as annoying, I just love the little buggers so much! Please let me know if you can’t find a home for him. And if you do find another to take him, please pass on the info I gave you. The pellets are really cheap though! Also, they shouldn’t really be alone, they get sad. GPs should always have a buddy!

I haven't heard back from him. I am 5 minutes away. I don't know if I could keep him since I have 2 boars, one of whom is sick (vet thinks ear infection.) I also don't think I have space. I have a 3x2 C&C with an L-shape (3 grids) up top. My sick guy is on top and I have closed it off & taken away the ramp until he feels better. So as is, they are cramped from being separated!!!

I don't know what to do.

There was another in Mastic I wrote back to from CL. ADORABLE piggie! He was housed in what looked like a rabbit cage, right on the bare wire, and his owner was "re-homing" him and including "balls he runs around in"

!!!

I wish I had more room.

**MissGinger** · #4 09-11-08, 06:12 pm

Are you able to foster him Till you can find a good home I think He would be better off with you even if he's in a temp. smaller cage.

Hopefully he found a good home already & isn't stuck there!

**BklynStar555** · #5 09-12-08, 10:08 am

He got back to me. This is his reply

thank you for your reply, i feed him pelets but havent recently for about a month, and i always feed him leafy greens, apples, and stuff. and mainly give him grass, i read up on GPs and saw online that their main diet is grass when i looked up wat they should eat and wat they should not eat, right now its in a snake aquarium where i had my old snake and i put him outside, i also read up that they are allowed to b housed outside during warm seasons. and also have a 3 story cage for him. he is short hair'd i think . i think im gonna keep him and take care of him cuz i dunno if he's gonna end up in the wrong hands but havent been able to take care of him like that cuz im never home. and i really dont want another pig, too much too do and clean, it sucks and hate it. i guess im a lazy s.o.b. .

"aquarium were I had my old snake"

I don't know what to do. I have a 2x3 C&C with a ramp to the upper level which has a 3-grid L shape "loft" with a pigloo. I had to separate my 2 guys because one is sick and the other was beating him up. So now my poor little guy is upstairs which is obviously way too small for him. I'm already trying to solve that issue. I don't know what to do about this guy's piggie.

I wish I could take him in. I wrote him back and told him that I would like to help him find a new home...

Suggestions?

**MissGinger** · #6 09-12-08, 10:10 am

WOW I'm in shock that poor baby!!

**BklynStar555** · #7 09-12-08, 10:11 am

Just realized that this guy is a stoner too. his email is eggsandbacon420.

420 is code for weed. I hope the piggie isn't getting high!

**MissGinger** · #8 09-12-08, 10:26 am

I just found his myspace I pmed you.

**BklynStar555** · #9 09-12-08, 12:01 pm

Found a rescue in Brooklyn. I am going to get him in there or maybe I can foster him if the guy doesn't have the space, until we find him a home.

**MissGinger** · #10 09-12-08, 12:10 pm

That's great !! Thank's for helping you are awesome!

**BklynStar555** · #11 09-12-08, 03:57 pm

OH NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The rescue I thought I found rescues primarily REPTILES! As in guinea pig eaters...

I didn't hear back from this guy yet anyway, and now I'm not sure I want to.

I really need to find another home for him!!!!!! I'm thinking of maybe fostering him in the short-term, I don't know. He would have to share a 2x3 with Oscar and Iggy is still segregated on his top "floor"

*sigh*

**BklynStar555** · #12 09-14-08, 12:01 am

...I took him in.

I couldn't NOT do it! He is really REALLY sweet. The guy was calling him "MoFo" whcih I promptly shortened to "Moe" to go.

I am steering clear of that animal rescue that has a reptile specialty, even though they have placed guinea pigs before. Just freaks me out. I found another rescue in Jersey that is all hamsters and guinea pigs. For now, Moe is with me!

He needs to see a vet. I'm not sure how I will pay for it, my Iggy is still not feeling well. Right now Moe is separated from my other guys. He has a bad bald patch behind his ear and the kid who dropped him off said "when he scratches, it looks like that, when he doesn't it's white [fur]...he has always been like that" Ear mites maybe? I couldn't see anything in his ear but I am not a vet...

The guy wasn't a bad person, just not knowledgable or committed I guess. He told me to give him back to him if I didn't want to keep him and i think he was a little sad when he left. But he was keeping him outside in a small glass aquarium and when he dropped him off I had a suspicion that the tray he delivered him in was the bottom of his cage... it was TINY! I must say that Moe is a friendly little guy... a real gem! And his has a funny little duck-butt! I will post pics.

So I'll keep you all in the loop. If I can't find a home for him I guess I will have to move things around and build a bigger cage somehow... I am already thinking of how I am going to expand my setup for my 2 pigs (who fight)

**MissGinger** · #13 09-14-08, 09:57 am

Omg that is great, Please post some picture's of him!!
I'm so glad he is out of that situation.
Please keep on updating me i'd love to hear about it.

**CTgpig** · #14 09-14-08, 03:28 pm

Thank you for helping this little guy. If you would like to send pictures I can post Moe on our website www.ctguineapigrescue.org We do get alot of inquiries for adoptions from the NYC area so it would give him exposure. I'd offer to take him, however, we are full right now and have several guinea pigs on the waiting list to come in.

It is not unusual for guinea pigs to have bare spots behind their ears. Some are more noticeable than others. Check him over for signs of excessive dandruff, hair loss or scabs. Also watch for excessive scratching around the area. If you don't see any of those signs then he most likely does not have mites.