Daisy passed on

Well a lot of us learn the hard way the many reasons not to buy from a pet store. That is one of them. I'm sorry you had to suffer through it to learn this lesson though. Remember buying from a pet store you risk getting a sick, dying or pregnant cavy. You also support breeding which is dangerous. 1 in 5 sows die giving birth. Many breeders don't take the proper care of their pigs. If you want proof look at this thread:https://www.guineapigcages.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18812. So even more die. And then the breeder support the overpopulation problem, so pigs end up in shelters homeless and many get put to death. So by buying one pig from a pet store, not only may that pig die but many others as well by supporting the deadly breeding circle.

I know it's hard. There is a pet store I monitor here in Mt. Pleasant. I go in once a week to make sure they are not selling sick animals and that everyone is fed, if not I report them. Just this last week I saw three cavies there in separate aquariums, all loosing hair with scabs. Again I confronted the management. They said they are being treated and that their vet has given them the okay to sell. They were on sale because their were a defective product. My heart wanted to buy all three and take them home and make them better and then find them good and loving homes. But I knew I could not. If I did then they would have won. More pigs would be bred to take their places and more pigs in shelters would suffer.

I'm sorry you had to go through this. I hope you learned your lesson, but it is a lesson I wish no one had to learn. I wish that there wasn't an overpopulation problem. I wish every breeder and pet store was responsible. I wish there was no need for private rescues and humane societies. But this is not the world we live in. By buying from pet stores people kill animals.

https://cavyspirit.com/breeding.htm
https://cavyspirit.com/hollister.htm
https://cavyspirit.com/petstores.htm
https://www.guinealynx.com/breeding.html