So, I already know the general consensus about rehoming but I still had some questions because I'm feeling really lost right now.
It's been suggested that I should consider rehoming my guinea pigs. The reasons are as follows:
1. I'm moving back home and my parents (especially dad) hate guinea pigs.
This reason is not even an option for me: they've accepted me home, they can accept the guinea pigs. It's a reason, but it won't be one of mine.
2. I'm hardly ever home to give them the attention they deserve.
I'm working two jobs during the summer and during the year I'm in school and working. I'm pretty much home long enough to feed them and clean them, and only a couple times a week am I actually able to give them the attention.
3. This is my last year of school. I'm in travel and tourism, so pretty much any job I have is going to involve me travelling, and my parents have already told me they're not willing to take care of the guinea pigs if I'm away.
4. It will be easier to rehome them now since they're still young then in a year when they're older.
These all make sense to me. If I keep them, I'm limiting my future options in my career (what if I get a job overseas?)
My mom keeps telling me that people's lives change, and when I got them, I fully intended to live alone and stay in this city. But now things have changed, and there's always the chance that I could get a job somewhere else, or be sent to another country to work.
However... I feel like such a horrible person.
I haven't even had them for a year, and I just got Donna in February...
How could I rehome them already? Ugh... I'm just really lost, because I love them and I don't wanna give them up, but I also don't want to limit my own life, you know?
I haven't made any decisions yet, I just really wanted to hear what you guys have to say.
Be nice
It's been suggested that I should consider rehoming my guinea pigs. The reasons are as follows:
1. I'm moving back home and my parents (especially dad) hate guinea pigs.
This reason is not even an option for me: they've accepted me home, they can accept the guinea pigs. It's a reason, but it won't be one of mine.
2. I'm hardly ever home to give them the attention they deserve.
I'm working two jobs during the summer and during the year I'm in school and working. I'm pretty much home long enough to feed them and clean them, and only a couple times a week am I actually able to give them the attention.
3. This is my last year of school. I'm in travel and tourism, so pretty much any job I have is going to involve me travelling, and my parents have already told me they're not willing to take care of the guinea pigs if I'm away.
4. It will be easier to rehome them now since they're still young then in a year when they're older.
These all make sense to me. If I keep them, I'm limiting my future options in my career (what if I get a job overseas?)
My mom keeps telling me that people's lives change, and when I got them, I fully intended to live alone and stay in this city. But now things have changed, and there's always the chance that I could get a job somewhere else, or be sent to another country to work.
However... I feel like such a horrible person.
I haven't even had them for a year, and I just got Donna in February...
How could I rehome them already? Ugh... I'm just really lost, because I love them and I don't wanna give them up, but I also don't want to limit my own life, you know?
I haven't made any decisions yet, I just really wanted to hear what you guys have to say.
Be nice