Ankara
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Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Oct 28, 2010
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- Joined
- Oct 28, 2010
- Messages
- 5
Hi guys!
I've been checking out this website for a while and getting awesome advice from many of you, so I finally decided to introduce myself and my piggies.
My name is Ana and my husband and I own two adorable pigs named Edward and Joe. I had been wanting pigs for many years, but always opted not to because when I was still at my parents' we always had dogs, and I thought it would be too stressful for these poor guys to have dogs around all day. Finally in our own apartment my husband and I decided to have pets. Luckily for us our sister in law was giving away her year old male guinea pig because she wanted another dog. We immediately accepted and got him. We figured that he needed a friend, so we went to a pet store (I know, I know) and bought a little guy whom we named Zakk.
We had them both in separate cages because they weren't too comfortable with us yet. They could hear/see/smell each other, so we thought it would be okay as a temporary solution. We had taken both to the vet and they had told us that they were both healthy piggies so we planned to introduce them soon. Long story short, less than a month after getting Zakk he died of scurvy. We spent a whole week at the vet, and she even decided to take him home his last night in order to syringe feed him and all that. Well, that didn't work, so my husband and I decided to do this right this time and that same day we went to a rescue and got a 2 year old male whom we named Joe. He is very healthy and huge (a little over 3 pounds)!!
We've had both of them for about a month. We got a 2x8 C&C cage and we donated our other cages to the Humane Society. We had them with a divider for a month and we were finally able to put them together this week. We still get the occasional argument here and there, but they can perfectly coexist. Success!!!
As for the pet store where we got Zakk from, it was Pet Supermarket. Knowing what I know now I dropped by and asked a salesperson if what they had in the rabbit cages was rabbit food and she said: "yeah, why?". My next question was: "and you have guinea pigs in there also?". She confirmed it and I told her: "that's all I needed to know". I called the corporate office and filed an official complaint as well as letting them know that they had absolutely lost a customer and all that. I was told they were going to contact the general manager and do something about it, but I wouldn't know because I have never stepped foot in there since.
Sorry to bore you guys with this long story, I just wanted to let other newbies know what sometimes can happen when we don't really read/educate ourselves on how delicate these little guys are.
Thanks!!
-A.
PS: You should be able to see my piggies; Eddie is the brown one and Joey is the white one.
I've been checking out this website for a while and getting awesome advice from many of you, so I finally decided to introduce myself and my piggies.
My name is Ana and my husband and I own two adorable pigs named Edward and Joe. I had been wanting pigs for many years, but always opted not to because when I was still at my parents' we always had dogs, and I thought it would be too stressful for these poor guys to have dogs around all day. Finally in our own apartment my husband and I decided to have pets. Luckily for us our sister in law was giving away her year old male guinea pig because she wanted another dog. We immediately accepted and got him. We figured that he needed a friend, so we went to a pet store (I know, I know) and bought a little guy whom we named Zakk.
We had them both in separate cages because they weren't too comfortable with us yet. They could hear/see/smell each other, so we thought it would be okay as a temporary solution. We had taken both to the vet and they had told us that they were both healthy piggies so we planned to introduce them soon. Long story short, less than a month after getting Zakk he died of scurvy. We spent a whole week at the vet, and she even decided to take him home his last night in order to syringe feed him and all that. Well, that didn't work, so my husband and I decided to do this right this time and that same day we went to a rescue and got a 2 year old male whom we named Joe. He is very healthy and huge (a little over 3 pounds)!!
We've had both of them for about a month. We got a 2x8 C&C cage and we donated our other cages to the Humane Society. We had them with a divider for a month and we were finally able to put them together this week. We still get the occasional argument here and there, but they can perfectly coexist. Success!!!
As for the pet store where we got Zakk from, it was Pet Supermarket. Knowing what I know now I dropped by and asked a salesperson if what they had in the rabbit cages was rabbit food and she said: "yeah, why?". My next question was: "and you have guinea pigs in there also?". She confirmed it and I told her: "that's all I needed to know". I called the corporate office and filed an official complaint as well as letting them know that they had absolutely lost a customer and all that. I was told they were going to contact the general manager and do something about it, but I wouldn't know because I have never stepped foot in there since.
Sorry to bore you guys with this long story, I just wanted to let other newbies know what sometimes can happen when we don't really read/educate ourselves on how delicate these little guys are.
Thanks!!
-A.
PS: You should be able to see my piggies; Eddie is the brown one and Joey is the white one.
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