Aleks
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Cavy Slave
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I've been wanting to get George a friend for so long but didn't know where to look for one. I didn't want to get another one from a pet store and the closest rescue that I've found is over 100 miles away.
So I was looking on ebayclassifieds to see if they had anybody trying to re-home their guinea pigs, and I found quite a few. Some made me sad. The majority of the people that I did send an email to (asking how old their pig was, if he's been seen by a vet, etc) didn't email me back. Two people did though, one said she surrendered him to the humane society a few weeks ago and the other saying that she was trying to re-home her 1 year old boar with his 4.5 week old son.
Basically she can't afford to take care of him anymore. I asked her if she would mind separating them and letting me have the 1 year old and she agreed. I'm going to go look at him/hopefully take him home on Sunday. He hasn't been seen by a vet, but I asked her to look at his eyes and tell me if they're crusty and to feel around his ears and let me know if they're rough or smooth. She said his eyes weren't crusty or anything abnormal and his ears were soft and smooth. I'll be inspecting him myself, too, of course.
George will be going to the vet to get seen about a possible URI/ear infection/possible mites on Saturday. Monday at the very latest. In the mean time I'm monitoring him closely, he's eating and drinking a normal amount and he's not lethargic. And he hasn't lost any weight, he gained a small amount actually. His next weighing is Wednesday. I'll keep you all updated about how he's holding up if you want.
Here's a pigture of the piggy I'm adopting:
I'm going to be naming him Lancelot. lol
So I was looking on ebayclassifieds to see if they had anybody trying to re-home their guinea pigs, and I found quite a few. Some made me sad. The majority of the people that I did send an email to (asking how old their pig was, if he's been seen by a vet, etc) didn't email me back. Two people did though, one said she surrendered him to the humane society a few weeks ago and the other saying that she was trying to re-home her 1 year old boar with his 4.5 week old son.
Basically she can't afford to take care of him anymore. I asked her if she would mind separating them and letting me have the 1 year old and she agreed. I'm going to go look at him/hopefully take him home on Sunday. He hasn't been seen by a vet, but I asked her to look at his eyes and tell me if they're crusty and to feel around his ears and let me know if they're rough or smooth. She said his eyes weren't crusty or anything abnormal and his ears were soft and smooth. I'll be inspecting him myself, too, of course.
George will be going to the vet to get seen about a possible URI/ear infection/possible mites on Saturday. Monday at the very latest. In the mean time I'm monitoring him closely, he's eating and drinking a normal amount and he's not lethargic. And he hasn't lost any weight, he gained a small amount actually. His next weighing is Wednesday. I'll keep you all updated about how he's holding up if you want.
Here's a pigture of the piggy I'm adopting:
I'm going to be naming him Lancelot. lol