mamattorney
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- Joined
- Nov 25, 2012
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- Joined
- Nov 25, 2012
- Messages
- 227
Hello everyone. I am a mother to three lovely children who desperately want a guinea pig. I thought that signing up to take the class guinea pig home for a long weekend would give them a guinea pig fix and that they would realize that the idea of a guinea pig is great, but that they didn't really want one of their own. WRONG!!! Muffin (the classroom guinea pig) is hands-down the world's greatest guinea pig ambassador because instead of coming to the conclusion that they didn't really want one after 4 days of piggy-sitting, our entire family (including myself and my husband) instead fell head over heels in love with her.
So . . . I'm planning/researching behind my kids' backs to get them a guinea pig, knowing that while I optimistically hope otherwise, I am resigned that it will end up being MY guinea pig since I will eventually end up being the one who takes care of it/them. The same way/reason the family dog listens only to me - because she knows who's the boss and who takes care of her. Anyway, my thought is to get everything ready and give the kids the cage and all necessary add ons for Christmas with a certificate good for one or two guinea pigs in the cage. We'll get the actual animal/s after the holidays when things settle back down.
I haven't decided on one or two yet. I live in a major metropolitan area and there are a million guinea pigs available on craigslist at all times, so it just depends on what's available when we are ready to go. I have several questions to post in the forums - about whether we should absolutely get 2 or if one would be OK, about the cage and a couple of other random questions. But, I wanted to introduce myself first. So . . . hello. Nice to meet you!
So . . . I'm planning/researching behind my kids' backs to get them a guinea pig, knowing that while I optimistically hope otherwise, I am resigned that it will end up being MY guinea pig since I will eventually end up being the one who takes care of it/them. The same way/reason the family dog listens only to me - because she knows who's the boss and who takes care of her. Anyway, my thought is to get everything ready and give the kids the cage and all necessary add ons for Christmas with a certificate good for one or two guinea pigs in the cage. We'll get the actual animal/s after the holidays when things settle back down.
I haven't decided on one or two yet. I live in a major metropolitan area and there are a million guinea pigs available on craigslist at all times, so it just depends on what's available when we are ready to go. I have several questions to post in the forums - about whether we should absolutely get 2 or if one would be OK, about the cage and a couple of other random questions. But, I wanted to introduce myself first. So . . . hello. Nice to meet you!