I am happy to say that I am fostering two baby (3 wks old), male pigs from a humane society. They called me today and said I could pick them up Saturday. The horrible thing is, the lady from the foster program told me that the pigs are being feed rabbit pellets. That they are being kept in small store cage, and that they are feeding the 3 week old males orchard grass and little veggies (if any at all). They said that the city does not give the shelter enough funding so that they can feed them proper food. She also told me that a lot of the veggies that the pigs and rabbits do get come from the volunteers own pockets.
She was also trying to tell me that rabbit pellets are totaly fine for the pigs to eat (we all know that that is not true). I feel like there is an education opportunity on the horizon! The lady from the volunteer program also said that she keeps the rabbits with the G-Pigs, and that they are fine living together. I did not say anything to her, I did not want to upset her (I still need to break the babies out of "jail"). I have to give HUGE kudos to rescues that take in the pigs and care for them properly.
What is even more scary, is she had only talked to me for 2 minutes on the phone and asked me when I could come pick them up. She did no type of screening, no questions about my living situation, ect.. I just found this to be upsetting and needed to vent. I am sure there are other shelters out there that provide good quality care (my male, I got from a different humane society, did). It just makes me a little mad that they would take in these animals, give them to who ever, and not have proper screening/care for them. :0(
She was also trying to tell me that rabbit pellets are totaly fine for the pigs to eat (we all know that that is not true). I feel like there is an education opportunity on the horizon! The lady from the volunteer program also said that she keeps the rabbits with the G-Pigs, and that they are fine living together. I did not say anything to her, I did not want to upset her (I still need to break the babies out of "jail"). I have to give HUGE kudos to rescues that take in the pigs and care for them properly.
What is even more scary, is she had only talked to me for 2 minutes on the phone and asked me when I could come pick them up. She did no type of screening, no questions about my living situation, ect.. I just found this to be upsetting and needed to vent. I am sure there are other shelters out there that provide good quality care (my male, I got from a different humane society, did). It just makes me a little mad that they would take in these animals, give them to who ever, and not have proper screening/care for them. :0(