Allyson
Well-known Member
Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Feb 27, 2009
- Posts
- 63
- Joined
- Feb 27, 2009
- Messages
- 63
Hi! My name is Allyson, and I just adopted 2 little boys from Petco... I do not like the fact they came from there, but I checked all rescue groups, petfinder, and craigslist in my area and none of them had piggies for adoption (one of the rescue groups closed and the other was "taking a break"..). I checked all my other pet stores in the area to see what their piggies looked like before adopting from Petco... Petco's looked the healthiest (I checked Petsmart, Petland, Incredible Pets, and Petsupermarket). I named my little piggies Oliver and Rueben. :]
I used to own piggies back when I was younger (around 13? or so.. I am 21 now) and looking back I feel so bad for them!! I was so unknowledgeable in piggy care, that I had 2 piggies living in a 2x2 cage :[ I miss them a lot and wish I had taken better care of them.
I am currently building a 2x6 C&C cage (so glad I found this website!!) for my piggies and it's almost done! I am going to get the coroplast Monday and then I will be good to go :]
I am going to do my best to spoil Ollie and Ruru so that they have a happy life... they are still a little spooky with me (only had them two days) but Ollie has started to eat a little bit out of my hand!
I have one concern and was hoping someone would answer for me, Ollie has a bald spot behind one of his ears, the rest of him and Ruru seem fine except for that one spot... is that normal/okay? Could it just be from scratching? I'll try to post pics up when I get home (I am at work).
I used to own piggies back when I was younger (around 13? or so.. I am 21 now) and looking back I feel so bad for them!! I was so unknowledgeable in piggy care, that I had 2 piggies living in a 2x2 cage :[ I miss them a lot and wish I had taken better care of them.
I am currently building a 2x6 C&C cage (so glad I found this website!!) for my piggies and it's almost done! I am going to get the coroplast Monday and then I will be good to go :]
I am going to do my best to spoil Ollie and Ruru so that they have a happy life... they are still a little spooky with me (only had them two days) but Ollie has started to eat a little bit out of my hand!
I have one concern and was hoping someone would answer for me, Ollie has a bald spot behind one of his ears, the rest of him and Ruru seem fine except for that one spot... is that normal/okay? Could it just be from scratching? I'll try to post pics up when I get home (I am at work).
Welcome Allyson, I as well am new here and a new GP mom as of October, 08. Unfortunately, I as well bought my two first piggies at a pet store. I bougth him because I felt very sad for him seeing him all alone in a cage when I new I could give him a better home. I bought my second in another store and now, by accident, I have six. They told me I could not pare up two males because they would fight, so I ended up getiing a girl. My girl had babies on January 19th, 08 and it was trully a nightmare for me, being I was so inexperienced. I visited every known site to better educate myself, stayed up most nights watching her, praying she would be ok, carried her most of the day and night to let her know how much I love her and to, somehow, let her know how sorry I was she got pregnant and even lost many days of work because I was so scared, worried and depressed. Thank God all was ok and I was able to monitor and help her throughout her delivery. So can see my GP family in my profile. 
