So where do I start here...
last night Wheek care, the rescue nearest me (the one with the Pignic two weeks ago) put on Facebook that they received a message about some pigs in need at Meyers pickle farm, which is a huge farm with a pumpkin patch and they grow all sorts of veggies and herbs. The message is below:
Hey. So. We were just out at Meyers picking pumpkins and I was hearing guinea pig scared screams. Well. I go over to their porch and there is this disgusting rotten falling down cage (the size of what we had for one) full (like at least 25) of guinea pigs. They were selling them for $10 each. They were all screaming. They could literally not move. On top of each other. Out in the porch in the cold and wind. I was horrified. I went over to the lady at the pay station and asked her if she left them out and she said 'they are supposed to be inside but we leave them outside'. I told her that they will die in the cold and that there were way too many in that disgusting cage and got a blank stare back. I am absolutely horrified. Do you know what I should do? Is there someplace like a local rescue that I can report this to? It was so sad. Complete abuse and I don't know what to do?!?!? I should have taken pictures. &(broken link removed) 8549;
so so the rescue calls and says something along the lines of "our friend said you have guinea pigs, we want to buy them all for Christmas presents" and purchased "all" 18 "mixed boy and girl" pigs for $150. (Not full price)
when they showed up for pickup the cage/hutch was empty, there was apparently never any bedding in it, and the 18 "newborn" (4 month old) pigs were in cardboard boxes. All with minor injuries like scrapes cuts and bites, a little underfed, and very wild.Fighting with each other and not having anything to do with the humans. The farm said they didn't mind the discount for the big purchase because "they breed like rats".
The rescue takes them back and sexes them all to find 18/18 boys.
That means the farm kept the sows, which are all probably pregnant. So this morning someone else called and will be picking up 9 girl pigs, supposedly all the farm has.
UUUUGH
the rescue already had about 100 pigs in house and more at foster homes, so there was no room. I volunteered to take two and ended up fostering (broken link removed) and (broken link removed) . (Calling them cookie and cream) someone else took (broken link removed) and is calling him pineapple because he keeps turning himself upside down. (broken link removed) 7,9,10,and 11 are troublemakers because they keep picking fights with each other. These pigs are not familiar with veggies but will chew on anything they haven't seen before, which is everything.
So so if anyone in or near western pa (new Kensington, Indiana, Pittsburgh) wants one of the boys let me know. They aren't officially up for adoption quite yet as we want to make sure they are as healthy as they seem. My boys poops look great.
Last I checked the rest of the boys are split with the troublemakers in a 2x3 c+c together, 4 pigs in a 2'isx4'ish cage, 2 smallest in a 2'x2 1/2' cage, and the rest (5 that weren't fostered yet) in a 2x3 c+c.
No clue whether or not the "girls" have been picked up yet.
last night Wheek care, the rescue nearest me (the one with the Pignic two weeks ago) put on Facebook that they received a message about some pigs in need at Meyers pickle farm, which is a huge farm with a pumpkin patch and they grow all sorts of veggies and herbs. The message is below:
Hey. So. We were just out at Meyers picking pumpkins and I was hearing guinea pig scared screams. Well. I go over to their porch and there is this disgusting rotten falling down cage (the size of what we had for one) full (like at least 25) of guinea pigs. They were selling them for $10 each. They were all screaming. They could literally not move. On top of each other. Out in the porch in the cold and wind. I was horrified. I went over to the lady at the pay station and asked her if she left them out and she said 'they are supposed to be inside but we leave them outside'. I told her that they will die in the cold and that there were way too many in that disgusting cage and got a blank stare back. I am absolutely horrified. Do you know what I should do? Is there someplace like a local rescue that I can report this to? It was so sad. Complete abuse and I don't know what to do?!?!? I should have taken pictures. &(broken link removed) 8549;
so so the rescue calls and says something along the lines of "our friend said you have guinea pigs, we want to buy them all for Christmas presents" and purchased "all" 18 "mixed boy and girl" pigs for $150. (Not full price)
when they showed up for pickup the cage/hutch was empty, there was apparently never any bedding in it, and the 18 "newborn" (4 month old) pigs were in cardboard boxes. All with minor injuries like scrapes cuts and bites, a little underfed, and very wild.Fighting with each other and not having anything to do with the humans. The farm said they didn't mind the discount for the big purchase because "they breed like rats".
The rescue takes them back and sexes them all to find 18/18 boys.
That means the farm kept the sows, which are all probably pregnant. So this morning someone else called and will be picking up 9 girl pigs, supposedly all the farm has.
UUUUGH
the rescue already had about 100 pigs in house and more at foster homes, so there was no room. I volunteered to take two and ended up fostering (broken link removed) and (broken link removed) . (Calling them cookie and cream) someone else took (broken link removed) and is calling him pineapple because he keeps turning himself upside down. (broken link removed) 7,9,10,and 11 are troublemakers because they keep picking fights with each other. These pigs are not familiar with veggies but will chew on anything they haven't seen before, which is everything.
So so if anyone in or near western pa (new Kensington, Indiana, Pittsburgh) wants one of the boys let me know. They aren't officially up for adoption quite yet as we want to make sure they are as healthy as they seem. My boys poops look great.
Last I checked the rest of the boys are split with the troublemakers in a 2x3 c+c together, 4 pigs in a 2'isx4'ish cage, 2 smallest in a 2'x2 1/2' cage, and the rest (5 that weren't fostered yet) in a 2x3 c+c.
No clue whether or not the "girls" have been picked up yet.