Love_my_piggies
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Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Jan 4, 2005
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- Joined
- Jan 4, 2005
- Messages
- 119
Hi all,
I have three girls, Ruby, Oinker and Squeakers. I adopted Ruby just about a month ago. I discovered she was pregnant about a week after I brought her home. I have been communicating with the shelter and they are really not helpfull at all. They offered to take her and her babies back but I couldn't give Ruby back! I know that I won't be able to keep any of the babies, as I have three already and live in an apartment. I want to find good homes for the bubs, but I am not really sure how to go about doing it. I wouldn't give them back to the shelter because I don't think they are very knowledgable about guinea pigs and they are giving out bad information about them. The little packet I got said that they require little attention and they can be housed in a plastic storage tub! they also told me if I decided to keep Ruby, and wanted them to find homes for the babies, I would have to keep them six weeks because thats how long it takes to ween them. Even after I told her that males were sexually mature at three or four weeks, she insisted I was wrong. I talked to them about it and even gave them this website and they just ignored me. The woman I have talked to acts as if I know nothing, and tells me she would "highly doubt" that Ruby is pregnant because she was never with a male. Ruby was only at the shelter for three weeks, so they have no idea where she was before then. They just seem ignorant to me. I feel like they are just trying to get rid of them and don't care who they go to. I want to be sure the babies are going to a good home. I offered to go to the fairs and be responsible for the babies until they found homes but they said they decide who they go to, so I think I would be better off finding homes on my own. So, my question is, how do those of you who adopt go about finding good homes? How do you sort through applicants and decide who would actually be a good owner? Thank you in advance for you help.
I have three girls, Ruby, Oinker and Squeakers. I adopted Ruby just about a month ago. I discovered she was pregnant about a week after I brought her home. I have been communicating with the shelter and they are really not helpfull at all. They offered to take her and her babies back but I couldn't give Ruby back! I know that I won't be able to keep any of the babies, as I have three already and live in an apartment. I want to find good homes for the bubs, but I am not really sure how to go about doing it. I wouldn't give them back to the shelter because I don't think they are very knowledgable about guinea pigs and they are giving out bad information about them. The little packet I got said that they require little attention and they can be housed in a plastic storage tub! they also told me if I decided to keep Ruby, and wanted them to find homes for the babies, I would have to keep them six weeks because thats how long it takes to ween them. Even after I told her that males were sexually mature at three or four weeks, she insisted I was wrong. I talked to them about it and even gave them this website and they just ignored me. The woman I have talked to acts as if I know nothing, and tells me she would "highly doubt" that Ruby is pregnant because she was never with a male. Ruby was only at the shelter for three weeks, so they have no idea where she was before then. They just seem ignorant to me. I feel like they are just trying to get rid of them and don't care who they go to. I want to be sure the babies are going to a good home. I offered to go to the fairs and be responsible for the babies until they found homes but they said they decide who they go to, so I think I would be better off finding homes on my own. So, my question is, how do those of you who adopt go about finding good homes? How do you sort through applicants and decide who would actually be a good owner? Thank you in advance for you help.