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Human pregnancy and rodents?

My opinions would be so horribly unpopular with the flower princess angel carebear huggles brigade that I'd be run off the forum in a sea of rainbows and incoherent accusations of how mean and jaded I am. I would only have one friend to my profile. Oh wait, I already only have one friend.

Why then, I hope you will do me the honor of accepting a second friend request. The only reason I hadn't previously sent one was that friend requests seem awfully flower princess angel carebear huggles to me, and I would imagine, to you, seeing as I admire your posts in relatively direct proportion to the amount of spleen you show.
 
I want to host Price is Right so I can start a "Spay and Neuter -- Not just for pets!" program. My opinions would be so horribly unpopular with the flower princess angel carebear huggles brigade that I'd be run off the forum in a sea of rainbows and incoherent accusations of how mean and jaded I am. I would only have one friend to my profile. Oh wait, I already only have one friend.
Oh, and I'm SO proud to have been that "only" friend, too! :love:
 
My spleen is waving in the wind. Big sunshine hugs to all.

At least I didn't just post a big picture of my Levora box.
 
I wonder if the husband or kids came home with ringworm or another contagious disease, if they'd be sent off to the farm too. There is more chance of that than the guinea pigs having had LCVM (and not showing any signs or not having already passed the disease onto the owner, impossible).
 
...Wow.

How can someone, after seeing all the facts that there is no chance that should have contracted this disease (you would already have it regardless of your pregnancy)

You may have done what you felt was best, but unfortunately you took the easy way out and rehomed them in less than fourty-eight hours. (Which shocks me) If you didn't believe the medical websites, than why not at least go to your physician and learn what he or she has to tell you? To me, it's obvious you already were rehoming them and wanted to see what everyone else says.

Not to mention, you sent them to a place where they will be brought back and forth to a school; some kids don't love animals and others will not know how to properly handle them. And driving back and forth can get very stressful.

You should've given more commitment to your pigs, or, at the very least, tried harder to find a decent home instead of just rehoming them to where they will probably be stressed in such a short period of time.
 
I wonder if the husband or kids came home with ringworm or another contagious disease, if they'd be sent off to the farm too. There is more chance of that than the guinea pigs having had LCVM (and not showing any signs or not having already passed the disease onto the owner, impossible).
I wonder how the microwave is doing on the farm.
 
My sister had my beautiful niece in November, and she cared for 6 pigs and 11 rats the whole time, and Khloe is perfectly fine....

It's sad you gave up.
 
If that is the case, that they will be fine moving back and forth, I will talk to my husband seriously about taking them back after the babe is born.

Like another user said, I think you are looking for reasons to get rid of your pets because the above statement makes NO sense. IF the pigs carried this disease (you know, the one that pet guinea pigs are not known to have in the first place and the same disease that your pigs are NOT showing the symptoms of) then like I, and others, have said, you would already have it. Which means your unborn child already has it. Regardless, by bringing the pigs back wouldn't that give you and all of your children (including an infant with a weak immune system) the same magical disease that you are using as an excuse? I think that would be considered common sense, but whatever...

Anyway, here is what I think you should do with the poor, stressed out, disposable (in your eyes) creatures; take them back and give them to someone on this site. This lady on a farm isn't going to be giving them the best life by taking them to show and tell every week. Do you understand how badly new environments stress guinea pigs? I guess not. I am sure someone on this site would LOVE to take the innocent guinea pigs off of your hands.
 
I know I said I was done with this thread, but I thought you all would like to know I am in the process of a miscarriage today and the pigs can come back home. Thanks for all the support while I was going through this decision.
 
I am so very sorry for your loss. I hope you are feeling OK, or at least as well as you can right now.
 
I know I said I was done with this thread, but I thought you all would like to know I am in the process of a miscarriage today and the pigs can come back home. Thanks for all the support while I was going through this decision.
I'm sorry to hear about your miscarriage, I genuinely am.

But I do want to point out that it might not be the best idea for you to take the pigs back if your immediate response to any kind of change in your life is to rehome them in very short order. Pets aren't children, but they do need more security and stability than that.
 
I would just like to say I'm really sorry about your baby.
 
But I do want to point out that it might not be the best idea for you to take the pigs back if your immediate response to any kind of change in your life is to rehome them in very short order. Pets aren't children, but they do need more security and stability than that.

I'll make your words mine.
Sometimes it is necessary to rehome pets for their well being, and ours (in extreme cases and after a lot of thought).
But you should honestly take some time to review your priorities. For your pets' sake and for your own.

I am sorry for your miscarriage and I hope you are doing ok.
 
I am so very sorry. Do take care.
 
I know I said I was done with this thread, but I thought you all would like to know I am in the process of a miscarriage today and the pigs can come back home. Thanks for all the support while I was going through this decision.

That is terribly sad. :( If you do take the pigs back, perhaps delving into taking care of them as best you can, and dedicating to them for the entirety of their lives will ease the pain of your loss. It may sound far-fetched now, but having a living thing to nurture can speed up the healing process.
 
I'm truly very sorry for your loss. As a pregnant woman I know how easy it is to panic and even become paranoid about the health of the fetus. It can even be irrational at times. But I do hope that you gained some valuable information from this thread and if you do decide to try again, that the guinea pigs are very little threat (if any) to an unborn baby. Honestly, a bumper pad in the crib poses a greater risk than a guinea pig.
 
Honestly, the biggest thing I have learned from all this is not to go to the guinea pig police for advice. This site is *wonderful* for all the information it provides, but there are some here who seem to be extreme in their views. I will continue to visit for information and appreciate that it is available to me, but sometimes I feel that nearly every item posted gets picked at and the originator of the thread judged.
 
You know what I don't understand? Even if the risk of LCM was legitimate, there is TESTING to see if your rodents have it or have been recently exposed.. it's not cheap to do, but it's not extremely expensive either... and no one has mentioned it?

When I had rats I had them tested regularly through RADIL in Missouri.. mostly for peace of mind any time I brought a new one (or a group) in, but also to make sure I hadn't unwittingly exposed them to anything (a lot of rat diseases can be spread by human contact - from pet stores, etc). (broken link removed) covers the tests that are important and it's only $39, but it usually costs a bit more to get the sample drawn and shipped to the lab.

If you are concerned to the point of re-homing your pets based on a "maybe" situation, at least do the right thing and TEST them to know for sure if you need to worry or not.

So put me solidly in the "inexcusable" camp in regards to getting rid of one's pets based only on fear and not actual information. I had rats all the way through my first two pregnancies and part of my third, and I experienced no problems, and neither did my kids, and I didn't rehome my rats. I chose not to add any more after my 2nd kid was born, and I did place a few with friends... but that was for other reasons than pregnancy, and I still had the remainder of my rats for almost another 2 years.
 
You know what I don't understand? Even if the risk of LCM was legitimate, there is TESTING to see if your rodents have it or have been recently exposed.. it's not cheap to do, but it's not extremely expensive either... and no one has mentioned it?

No one has mentioned it because the disease occurs rarely, if ever, in domesticated guinea pigs.
 
No one has mentioned it because the disease occurs rarely, if ever, in domesticated guinea pigs.

It's true. The March of Dimes, et al have to protect themselves and say that there could be a risk because of the fact that it's not impossible. That doesn't mean that it's probable or even likely, but on the off chance that a house had a mouse infestation and had pet rodents, the possibility of transmission isn't out of the realm. But neither is getting struck by lightning when you walk out onto your front porch.
 
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