wiggley_narco
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Cavy Gazer
- Joined
- Jan 2, 2008
- Posts
- 347
- Joined
- Jan 2, 2008
- Messages
- 347
And it's all my fiance's fault.
*sigh*
Last week I began working on my pigs' new cage but didn't get very far, so right now they're just in one giant cage with three sections: a 3x4 section for my two new girls, a 2x4 section for Wiggley, and a 3x4 section for Narco and York. The girls' section has a lid on it just in case Wiggley ever gets any bright ideas and tries to get to them.
Long story short, I came home two days ago from a long day at work and went in the spare bedroom to feed my guinea pigs. As I was just about to drop a handful of hay in the girls' section, I looked down and my heart went into my throat... there were not TWO, but THREE guinea pigs in my girls' cage... the two girls... PLUS WIGGLEY.
Shock. Horror. Devestation.
I immediately called Sam (my fiance). I had asked him to feed them earlier that day because I had been called into work early. Without getting into too much detail about all the cussing I did, we determined that in his careless effort to feed them, he forgot to put the girls' lid back down (after I specifically told him to do so).
Soooo.... there's no telling how long Wiggley was in the girls' cage. He climbed up on his house and over the divider. He could have been in there anywhere from just a minute up to eight hours. I just don't know.
I feel so irresponsible. I especially feel terrible that a member of this site adopted these girls out to me trusting that they would be well taken care of and now I've let her down.
I don't know anything about pregnant guinea pigs. I don't know how to tell if they're in heat; I don't know if one or both are pregnant. I don't know how to prepare for this.
I have no problem providing whatever care is necessary for the girls and their babies, and I intend on keeping any babies. I'm not worried about that part. I just hate that it happened, because that really cuts down on how many pigs I will be able to rescue, and the ones I could have saved from neglect will now have to wait for someone else. And what if something goes wrong with the girls??
I'm just so... frustrated. Can't believe it happened.
But there's no fixing it now, I guess... so I'm just going to have to learn as much as I can and make do.
Any advice you guys have would be much appreciated. Most importantly, if they are pregnant, how long may it be before I can tell?
*sigh*
Last week I began working on my pigs' new cage but didn't get very far, so right now they're just in one giant cage with three sections: a 3x4 section for my two new girls, a 2x4 section for Wiggley, and a 3x4 section for Narco and York. The girls' section has a lid on it just in case Wiggley ever gets any bright ideas and tries to get to them.
Long story short, I came home two days ago from a long day at work and went in the spare bedroom to feed my guinea pigs. As I was just about to drop a handful of hay in the girls' section, I looked down and my heart went into my throat... there were not TWO, but THREE guinea pigs in my girls' cage... the two girls... PLUS WIGGLEY.
Shock. Horror. Devestation.
I immediately called Sam (my fiance). I had asked him to feed them earlier that day because I had been called into work early. Without getting into too much detail about all the cussing I did, we determined that in his careless effort to feed them, he forgot to put the girls' lid back down (after I specifically told him to do so).
Soooo.... there's no telling how long Wiggley was in the girls' cage. He climbed up on his house and over the divider. He could have been in there anywhere from just a minute up to eight hours. I just don't know.
I feel so irresponsible. I especially feel terrible that a member of this site adopted these girls out to me trusting that they would be well taken care of and now I've let her down.
I don't know anything about pregnant guinea pigs. I don't know how to tell if they're in heat; I don't know if one or both are pregnant. I don't know how to prepare for this.
I have no problem providing whatever care is necessary for the girls and their babies, and I intend on keeping any babies. I'm not worried about that part. I just hate that it happened, because that really cuts down on how many pigs I will be able to rescue, and the ones I could have saved from neglect will now have to wait for someone else. And what if something goes wrong with the girls??
I'm just so... frustrated. Can't believe it happened.
But there's no fixing it now, I guess... so I'm just going to have to learn as much as I can and make do.
Any advice you guys have would be much appreciated. Most importantly, if they are pregnant, how long may it be before I can tell?