Jenah
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Cavy Slave
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- Joined
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I'm Jenah and I'm the proud owner of Pilot. She is a female black and rust colored Abyssinian. I'm guessing she's about 2.5 years old. I've had her since September 2004 and I think she was a few months old at that point.
Yes I bought her at a pet store - Petco to be exact. And from all of the research I've done, it would seem as if she and I both got lucky. She wasn't ill or damaged in any way. Ironically I had done a lot of research before buying Pilot - but that was more in the way of researching the animal itself and deciding if it would be the right pet for my young son [now 9.5 years old] and me. It wasn't until after I purchased Pilot, that I started to really dig down deep in research mode and learned that I had committed a huge faux pas in purchasing her at a store.
Although I do have to say that all guineas need good homes! Am I right or what? lol
Anyway I recently also created a very large living space for Pilot [after doing so much digging around this forum] which is 43" x 58". I don't use the coroplast since Pilot goes pee in the litter box I made for her. But she loves larger space. I had a large cage for her [yes bought at a pet store - hush!] and we gave her regular floor time and lap time - but I learned that she needed more room on a regular basis. So - voila!
AND we're going to be introducing Pilot to a few guineas in a local rescue today in the hopes that she will hit it off with one that we can adopt and take home. As much as we shower her with attention - I know she'll be even happier having a furry friend.
Not sure what else to say. I'm a single mom. I love animals. And I take my responsbilities as a pet-parent very seriously. And I'm raising my son that way.
So - hello!
p.s. I need to figure out how to upload some photos.....
Yes I bought her at a pet store - Petco to be exact. And from all of the research I've done, it would seem as if she and I both got lucky. She wasn't ill or damaged in any way. Ironically I had done a lot of research before buying Pilot - but that was more in the way of researching the animal itself and deciding if it would be the right pet for my young son [now 9.5 years old] and me. It wasn't until after I purchased Pilot, that I started to really dig down deep in research mode and learned that I had committed a huge faux pas in purchasing her at a store.
Although I do have to say that all guineas need good homes! Am I right or what? lol
Anyway I recently also created a very large living space for Pilot [after doing so much digging around this forum] which is 43" x 58". I don't use the coroplast since Pilot goes pee in the litter box I made for her. But she loves larger space. I had a large cage for her [yes bought at a pet store - hush!] and we gave her regular floor time and lap time - but I learned that she needed more room on a regular basis. So - voila!
AND we're going to be introducing Pilot to a few guineas in a local rescue today in the hopes that she will hit it off with one that we can adopt and take home. As much as we shower her with attention - I know she'll be even happier having a furry friend.
Not sure what else to say. I'm a single mom. I love animals. And I take my responsbilities as a pet-parent very seriously. And I'm raising my son that way.
So - hello!
p.s. I need to figure out how to upload some photos.....
. That is a really large cage! By the way though, you might want to invest in some coroplast before adopting a second pig, they might not be as well trained as Pilot and we wouldn't want you to get your floor ruined.
