Now, I'm not trying to justify buying guinea pigs from pet stores as good, or better than adopting from a shelter. What I would like to say though is that I can't help but notice peoples hostility on this site, and others, when it comes to people who have bought their piggies from a store. Your snobbery is childish and very inconsiderate. People need to take into account that not all of us live with a guinea pig shelter in our areas, or even in our towns. For instance, my nearest animal shelter...

Usually I have nothing against pet stores. I bought Picasso and Houdini from Pets Paradise and even though they were infested with mites, I didn't mind horribly. I can understand that the staff may be inexperienced with something like mange mites, but you have to be an idiot not to notice an animal in writhing in obvious pain, covered in bloody scrabs with half its hair missing.

Once upon a time I used to love going into Pets Paradise (what an ironic name!), and a month ago I even...

I run a rescue for small and furry pets that need good homes. I have rescued guinea pigs
(of course), but also hamsters, rats, gerbils, rabbits, a canary, a chinchilla, and 5 ferrets.

I keep all my animals separated and I make sure that the adopters are not using them to feed snakes!!!

I work with Rescuedguineapigs.com in Sellersburg, Indiana and Nelson County Humane Society. They had me pick up 3 guinea pigs which got excellent homes.

I love taking...

Being my first blog post on GPC, I thought I'd start off with something nice that has happened to me recently.

About a week ago, I came into the possession of a baby rat. I knew that I could not take on the responsibility of another pet at this time, so I started out on my quest to find a better place for her. I introduced her to my walking home buddy, and she, as I did as well, instantly fell in love. After much persuasion, my pet-less friend convinced her mother to give the rat a...