HAWK, drops guinea pig in someone's yard

[CavySpirit]

[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]This is the HIGHLY suburbanized area of San Jose/Silicon Valley.

Just got a phone call from a woman who needs to find a home for this guinea pig.

Apparently as they were looking outdoors, a hawk flew down into their yard, landed on something, and accidentally dropped a white guinea pig from its talons. The guinea pig managed to skitter away into the bushes. The people ran out and managed to capture the guinea pig and piss off the hawk. They have a neighbor who is a vet. There were a couple of puncture wounds, but otherwise apparently fine.

This is why, no matter where you live, you don't leave guinea pigs unattended outdoors unless you've got extremely good protection from predators. Crows are also predator birds.[/font]

 

[Poohbear]

that is horrible I hope the cavy gets better

 

[citronsoul]

I saw this on Lynx.

I must say that that was one lucky guinea pig! And incredibly cute too!!!

 

[mncavylover]

That's horrible! But it's good that someone cared for the poor thing.

 

[ILovePiggies]

~Im quite off topic here lol but are there still wild guinea pigs?

 

[crittermom]

Since having to take down my bird feeders due to a number of hawk attacks, I'm always mindful of the dangers to prey animals in the backyard. Having heard of this in advance, I followed recommendations to situate the feeders near brushy cover areas....to little avail for the birds. I have witnessed Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks attack small birds, and these predators are lightning-fast. It even happened once when I was actually in the yard, so please be aware that your guineas aren't guaranteed to be safe outdoors even under your direct observation.

 

[cavylover]

Please keep us posted on how the pigs doing.

 

[piggielover]

o, thats so sad. i hope that he or she is okay, and finds a safe, indoor, loving home.

 

[ChadWPB]

Piggielover, I believe Teresa herself is keeping him. He is now housed with three other boars that seem to be quite find of the little fellow. Teresa posted a pic of the living quarters, it's a C&C that opens up into a large free range space.

In short, little Lucky has hit the jackpot.

 

[smileyface cavy]

~Im quite off topic here lol but are there still wild guinea pigs?

I think so

 

[ILovePiggies]

~Ooooo are there really! I think thatd be awesome to see a wild guinea pig where ever they live?!! Mind you, you probably wouldn't see one because they run away, cute =)

 

[mncavylover]

There aren't actually, sorry to burst your bubble. Sadly, they don't exist in the "real" world.

 

[*Piglets-Angel*]

AWwwWww man...that would be sooo cool if they did, Lol..

 

[rabbitsncavyluv]

There are sometimes. People dump them in parks or other places, like a nearby college, and they form like colonies underground, but they get picked off by predators and the weather.

 

[bunnyluv17]

There are still wild guinea pigs, but they live in South America.

 

[coolman]

WELL HEAR THIS!
My mum and dad had some guins a couple of years ago, one day they were playing in the yard you know what guins do! And then my dad herd something in the bushes (the guins were in outdoor floortime pen) a cat just in a blink of an eye! took one of the guins. Got over the fence before dad could of done something to save it. On the fence was red pore marks the guin you could here wheeking in pain from a mile away! From that day I never leave my guin outside. When ever I see a cat in our backyard I get my bb gun and shoot it in the head.

It might sound cruel! But people shouldn't leave there cat's outside.

 

[mom to cujo]

WELL HEAR THIS!
My mum and dad had some guins a couple of years ago, one day they were playing in the yard you know what guins do! And then my dad herd something in the bushes (the guins were in outdoor floortime pen) a cat just in a blink of an eye! took one of the guins. Got over the fence before dad could of done something to save it. On the fence was red pore marks the guin you could here wheeking in pain from a mile away! From that day I never leave my guin outside. When ever I see a cat in our backyard I get my bb gun and shoot it in the head.

It might sound cruel! But people shouldn't leave there cat's outside.

What exactly is wrong with you?

 

[Piglet]

Did I just read that correctly? You shoot the cat in it's head. Holy cow, and what you're only 13? I have always thought there are still wild guinea pigs, just not here (UK, North America).

 

[CuteFluffyThing]

Long live belguim , no gp-eating birds here. Viva la free run!

 

[VoodooJoint]

Long live belguim , no gp-eating birds here. Viva la free run!

I already placed a list of some of the predatory birds in Belgium in another thread. Belgium and Europe have lots of predatory birds.