AddysPiggies
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Yes. Chicago is a huge city and the local shelters contact the rescue when they have guinea pigs that haven't been adopted so they take in those and those surrendered directly to them. I'm not sure of the number that they recently took in. I don't foster. I do adoptions if someone in my area is interested in a guinea pig and I do email follow ups for the rescue.@AddysPiggies It doesn't sound rude at all hun. I completely understand. I will not get any animal unless I feel a connection. After all you're not rescuing just to rescue, you're also rescuing so you can have a pet. You should feel a connection and no one should judge you for wanting that. Though I don't think anyone will.
@pinky WOW there are so many piggies listed there... and 50 more not listed?! Wow. Poor piggies. Is that a normal amount to be listed for your area?
I was wondering if piggies from petsmart were ok to get. I know a lot of people have trouble buying them from petco but idk about petsmart. I want a new pig and all of the near by rescues don't have a pig that is right for me. So I was just wondering if u guys had any experience?
Then what does the Petsmart do with pigs that been there for months and months that no one will buy. What happens to them?
I grew up in Rockford. I am now near Crystal Lake. We adopted our two little guys from No Splitting Hares, a rescue in Algonquin, on October 5th. They had a lot of them left. You can get the rescue's info on Petfinder. They also can sell you good quality hay year round, very cheap.Ok @pinky I live in Rockford Illinois
You know, I wondered about that, why there would be such an age difference between males and females for fertility. I can't remember now where I got that info. Somewhere on the internet, lol, so you know it has to be true!@DewOver, boys can actually impregnate females as early as four weeks of age. Anybody 7-13 weeks to separate a male from females will have pups running around.
The last time I was in Petsmart, or Petco, I don't remember which (they're all the same to me) there was a Guinea pig with a tag on the cage that said, "Reduced 50% for quick sale! Mature animal."Then what does the Petsmart do with pigs that been there for months and months that no one will buy. What happens to them?
I got both my pigs from (broken link removed). My personal opinion on shopping or adopting is indifferent. Either way, you are saving a life, because all pigs start out the same way. It's like adopting a child. You don't not adopt him, just because he was from a different country, or his mother had a lot of kids. Most rescued piggies come from people who bought them at Petstores, so I'm biased on adopting or shopping. All lives are precious.
It's is certainly true that you're changing one pig's life. The problem is, with a pet store purchase you aren't just helping that one that you buy. You're causing the pet stores to have a reason to buy another piggy from a breeder, which gives the breeders a reason to go right on breeding more animals. It's very simple supply and demand.I totally get what your saying. My personal opinion is that any life is precious, and while I still suggest adopting first, you're still changing some little pig's life, regardless of where he came from.