Hello!
I just wanted to introduce myself, and my 2 new piggies, Rock 'n Roll. My name is Amanda, and we live in Indianapolis, IN with 8 rabbits and a cat. I'm the "crazy small animal lady", instead of the "crazy cat lady", I guess. I've been involved in rabbit rescue (www.indianahrs.org) for the last 6 years, so 4 of the rabbits in residence are fosters.
I just adopted Rock 'n Roll from a local Petco store this past Friday. IN HRS showcases adoptables in the store, so I was there to give the rabbits some playtime when I noticed this pitiful pair of piggies up at the front of the store. Someone had surrendered them almost a month ago, in a teeny cage -- the manager put them in a much larger cage so they'd have some room to run. My sucker light must've been blinking -- I just couldn't leave them there any longer. I figured it wouldn't take a lot of extra effort to add cavies to my house -- their dietary needs are not so different from my rabbits', and I have the room. Not to mention the grids needed to make an enclosure -- I use the grids to build pens and condos for the bunnies, so I have a blue million of them. I also happened to have a large enough sheet of coroplast in my garage, so I figured it was fate!
Rock 'n Roll are both males, ages 2 and 4. Those are the names they came with, and I haven't decided if I'm going to change them or not. I like to give new names when a "rescue" comes to my home, just to start new -- it helps that I don't really know which one is Rock and which is Roll! I haven't taken pictures yet -- figured I'd give them the weekend to settle into their new digs. Any name suggestions are certainly welcome, as is other advice... I'm totally new to guinea pigs, though I've read all the info I can find online.
Anyway, we're excited to be here!
I just wanted to introduce myself, and my 2 new piggies, Rock 'n Roll. My name is Amanda, and we live in Indianapolis, IN with 8 rabbits and a cat. I'm the "crazy small animal lady", instead of the "crazy cat lady", I guess. I've been involved in rabbit rescue (www.indianahrs.org) for the last 6 years, so 4 of the rabbits in residence are fosters.
I just adopted Rock 'n Roll from a local Petco store this past Friday. IN HRS showcases adoptables in the store, so I was there to give the rabbits some playtime when I noticed this pitiful pair of piggies up at the front of the store. Someone had surrendered them almost a month ago, in a teeny cage -- the manager put them in a much larger cage so they'd have some room to run. My sucker light must've been blinking -- I just couldn't leave them there any longer. I figured it wouldn't take a lot of extra effort to add cavies to my house -- their dietary needs are not so different from my rabbits', and I have the room. Not to mention the grids needed to make an enclosure -- I use the grids to build pens and condos for the bunnies, so I have a blue million of them. I also happened to have a large enough sheet of coroplast in my garage, so I figured it was fate!
Rock 'n Roll are both males, ages 2 and 4. Those are the names they came with, and I haven't decided if I'm going to change them or not. I like to give new names when a "rescue" comes to my home, just to start new -- it helps that I don't really know which one is Rock and which is Roll! I haven't taken pictures yet -- figured I'd give them the weekend to settle into their new digs. Any name suggestions are certainly welcome, as is other advice... I'm totally new to guinea pigs, though I've read all the info I can find online.
Anyway, we're excited to be here!