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I totally understand! I'm torn too, but I honestly don't think they have the pigs best interest at mind. From our conversation, they need the money to buy their kid a birthday gift. And there are multiple posts with different rehoming fees.

I agree, the fee is ridiculous, and you're right, they very well could be focusing more on the money rather than the pigs. But at the same time, I don't know that the ad really warrants flagging. Plus, if it's is removed, what are the chances that those pigs are going to find a good home? I would maybe suggest to them that they take what supplies that they can back to the store to get some money back, then perhaps they'd be more willing to negotiate re-homing fees for the actual pigs? It sounds to me like they probably spent their allotted birthday money on impulse getting their kid pigs, then either spent too much or didn't evaluate the situation very well and are unwilling to put in the work. Either way, I don't really know their financial situation or the reasoning behind getting pets in the first place, but I really hope that a good home comes along for the pigs!

I agree with @schuksudoon that it's best these piggies have a chance at getting a decent home; therefore, it's best for the ad to stay. I really doubt they'll have any takers anyway because $85 is much too high on CL. I got Amy for $35, and she included a pet store cage, grids, multiple water bottles, wood shavings, and food. There are plenty of others who just want to be rid of their pigs and offer big bargains with lots of supplies. I suspect that price is going to drop once they realize that fact.

I hope it will drop, I told them I would be more than willing to take a pig.

Just got them today...... but they've never bitten. They just aren't what they thought? UMMMMMMMM yeah. I'd like to slap some people.

I'd concentrate on breeders. If you adopt a guinea pig, the fee is usually $25 per guinea pig. They're including the cage (even if it's too small) so I don't think it's excessive. There's no point keeping them from finding a home for them if they can. You might have gotten them thinking about what they were charging for one so they might have included the second to find them both homes. I wouldn't flag it.

The thing that makes me upset is that it was jut ONE pig (male), and now they're including a female pig (which I'm taking a wild guess, but probably got it free off CL).

TwoMissPiggies said:

The thing that makes me upset is that it was jut ONE pig (male), and now they're including a female pig (which I'm taking a wild guess, but probably got it free off CL).

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We really don't know where or how they got the other one. It's good that they're trying to rehome it rather than let it loose somewhere. It's good to ask a fee when rehoming or they might end up as feeders. I have no doubt that when someone sells a guinea pig and cage cheaply, someone who needs a feeder would consider taking the guinea pig and the cage and then selling the cage.

I agree its ridiculous. People erk me if your gonna get a pet (especially an exotic one) you need to do some research.

"got him today and just isnt what we thought it would be"

Really what did you think an animal is gonna be like buying a toy. This is a living breathing creature not foot massager or something. Like seriously any animal is a life time commitment. Not what I thought it would be sounds like their talking about a toy or something.

Here are all their listings including multiples for the guinea pig ranging from $50-$100. Disturbing.

https://killeen.craigslist.org/sear...-1458&zoomToPosting=&minAsk=&maxAsk=&sort=rel

Mellisenda said:

Here are all their listings including multiples for the guinea pig ranging from $50-$100. Disturbing.

https://killeen.craigslist.org/sear...-1458&zoomToPosting=&minAsk=&maxAsk=&sort=rel

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I don't see a problem with that. Craigslist allows you to refresh your ads to get them to the top of the list.

pinky said:

I don't see a problem with that. Craigslist allows you to refresh your ads to get them to the top of the list.

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What the problem is, is that they are "spamming" with posting multiple posts of the same ad. And the price is always different on the rehoming. The newest one is $75 for everything OR $25 for just one pig.

TwoMissPiggies said:

What the problem is, is that they are "spamming" with posting multiple posts of the same ad. And the price is always different on the rehoming. The newest one is $75 for everything OR $25 for just one pig.

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If the multiple ads bother you, flag all their ads for spamming but if you pay attention to the craigslist ads, there are tons of people who do that. Sure, you can flag them and all the other multiple ads people put up. I just wouldn't flag it as a breeding ad. They obviously want to rehome them and I wouldn't deprive them of doing that while there are people out there breeding and selling again and again.

They ''got them today but they weren't what they thought they'd be''? Are you serious???

GuineaPigster said:

They ''got them today but they weren't what they thought they'd be''? Are you serious???

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Right? thats what I said. I sware people dont use thier brains anymore.

He told me he is only asking $45?

sugarandspice said:

He told me he is only asking $45?

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Wow that's a big drop from $75! There are so many ads with different prices its so confusing. I said I would be willing to take just the pig and he said no.

TwoMissPiggies said:

Wow that's a big drop from $75! There are so many ads with different prices its so confusing. I said I would be willing to take just the pig and he said no.

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Would you be willing to try again at the new price for $45? He told me I could have all of those supplies for $45. I just feel really bad for the pig.

The message was pretty incoherent, but I think they said something about returning to a pet store. >(

If I were near, I would just give him the $45 and save the pig. In pet stores (I know, bad) they sell babies at this price and older ones at $35 so he may be looking at store prices and thinking we're getting supplies to boot.