Hi, there. Dave here.
So, we had a guinea pig a while back. His name was Sam. He was for our daughter, but much to my surprise I ended up bonding with him more than anyone else in the house. I came home from work and there he was. They got him from...PETCO. Yes, I know. We hadn't really done much research on the subject. I heard later that PETCO (and other pet stores) is not a good place to get a guinea pig for multiple reasons. Sam lived four years, but had persistent health problems and passed away several months ago. I miss the little guy like crazy...
So I think we are ready to get guinea pigs again--two this time. But I wanted to find out what the options are. Are there reputable breeders out there? Is buying guinea pigs from breeders bad? We were hoping to get to young guinea pigs--maybe from the same litter. But I also see there are a lot of rescues as well.
Anyway, we are literally starting from scratch here. Wanting to change how we did things last time, and give two little guinea pigs a good home. Hope someone has some good feedback =)
That's Sam below.
So, we had a guinea pig a while back. His name was Sam. He was for our daughter, but much to my surprise I ended up bonding with him more than anyone else in the house. I came home from work and there he was. They got him from...PETCO. Yes, I know. We hadn't really done much research on the subject. I heard later that PETCO (and other pet stores) is not a good place to get a guinea pig for multiple reasons. Sam lived four years, but had persistent health problems and passed away several months ago. I miss the little guy like crazy...
So I think we are ready to get guinea pigs again--two this time. But I wanted to find out what the options are. Are there reputable breeders out there? Is buying guinea pigs from breeders bad? We were hoping to get to young guinea pigs--maybe from the same litter. But I also see there are a lot of rescues as well.
Anyway, we are literally starting from scratch here. Wanting to change how we did things last time, and give two little guinea pigs a good home. Hope someone has some good feedback =)
That's Sam below.