RodentCuddles
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For those who don't know, I'm a teenage girl and with the help and support of my mum I run the only guinea pig rescue in NZ.
Today someone emailed me a note saying:
HI - would you be happy to let one female guinea pig go so I can mate her with my very lonely male? My kids would enjoy that - they love them so much... but we have just had to let all our females go as he is the son and brother - he is lonely. thanks.
Of course...I'm such a stupid idiot I wrote down what I was thinking and hit send...before well...thinking...this was my reply...(I looked on our trading site and the trader has 7 guinea pigs for sale)
Hi there,
There is no need to breed guinea pigs.
It has a 20% chance that either the mother or babies will die. It is very dangerous and puts the life of the sow in danger...we do not allow any of our sows to be put into a situation were they could die. They have souls and feelings, it is cruel to put an animal's life on the line for selfish reasons.
There are so many that need good homes, there is no need to bring more into the world.
We have 22 guinea pigs in our rescue, with 15 on a waiting list to come in..this IS because of breeders. It IS their fault that there are so many homeless guinea pigs out there.
Please read through this page - https://www.cavyspirit.com/breeding.htm
There is nothing for your kids to enjoy about learning how people risk the lives of other animals just for their own joy..it is a horrible lesson to teach kids.
We are a rescue. We do not agree with breeding nor do we breed guinea pigs. I hope after reading the link I gave you will understand that breeding guinea pigs is never a good thing to do.
If you really love them. Care for them and spoil them. Don't risk their lives.
Cheers,
Hartley
They then quickly emailed me back saying:
Wow
Wow that was a lecture.... we just wanted to have one set of babies and keep them - give Mum and Dad guinea pig a chance also to have a family.... we do not intend to have "homeless" guinea pigs....
Maybe before you send such an email you could ask my intention of "breeding" first.....
Does that mean you are not willing to let one female have a male mate and be given the chance to raise her own family?
We have feelings and my kids love guinea pigs and take very good care of them....
Wow, i am gob smacked at your reply.
I'm not sure if I should reply or not..because I'm still annoyed at them and even their second reply..
So what I'm asking here is really...how do you do it? How do you wait, sit and calm down then reply?
Is there anyway for me to make a thing on my gmail so I can't reply to an email until 2 minutes after I've opened it? I think even after calming down I would of written the same thing..but for when this happens again what should I say?
Today someone emailed me a note saying:
HI - would you be happy to let one female guinea pig go so I can mate her with my very lonely male? My kids would enjoy that - they love them so much... but we have just had to let all our females go as he is the son and brother - he is lonely. thanks.
Of course...I'm such a stupid idiot I wrote down what I was thinking and hit send...before well...thinking...this was my reply...(I looked on our trading site and the trader has 7 guinea pigs for sale)
Hi there,
There is no need to breed guinea pigs.
It has a 20% chance that either the mother or babies will die. It is very dangerous and puts the life of the sow in danger...we do not allow any of our sows to be put into a situation were they could die. They have souls and feelings, it is cruel to put an animal's life on the line for selfish reasons.
There are so many that need good homes, there is no need to bring more into the world.
We have 22 guinea pigs in our rescue, with 15 on a waiting list to come in..this IS because of breeders. It IS their fault that there are so many homeless guinea pigs out there.
Please read through this page - https://www.cavyspirit.com/breeding.htm
There is nothing for your kids to enjoy about learning how people risk the lives of other animals just for their own joy..it is a horrible lesson to teach kids.
We are a rescue. We do not agree with breeding nor do we breed guinea pigs. I hope after reading the link I gave you will understand that breeding guinea pigs is never a good thing to do.
If you really love them. Care for them and spoil them. Don't risk their lives.
Cheers,
Hartley
They then quickly emailed me back saying:
Wow
Wow that was a lecture.... we just wanted to have one set of babies and keep them - give Mum and Dad guinea pig a chance also to have a family.... we do not intend to have "homeless" guinea pigs....
Maybe before you send such an email you could ask my intention of "breeding" first.....
Does that mean you are not willing to let one female have a male mate and be given the chance to raise her own family?
We have feelings and my kids love guinea pigs and take very good care of them....
Wow, i am gob smacked at your reply.
I'm not sure if I should reply or not..because I'm still annoyed at them and even their second reply..
So what I'm asking here is really...how do you do it? How do you wait, sit and calm down then reply?
Is there anyway for me to make a thing on my gmail so I can't reply to an email until 2 minutes after I've opened it? I think even after calming down I would of written the same thing..but for when this happens again what should I say?