I have to agree with certain issues here although definitely not all.
IF you come here, knowing you have a piggie in an unsuitable environment, have the means to take care of your pet but choose NOT to because you either don't want to or are too lazy too, then yes, I have a problem with this.
If you choose to impulse BUY an animal, without doing ANY sort of research and then choose not to properly take care of it, there is an issue.
But if you have an animal that you rescued because the other options of the life of this animal would likely include death, then you have another situation all together.
I think unfortunately, for some people in some places, the resources and means are just NOT available and the other option isn't just to re-home the pet, it would be death for the pet or a very degraded lifestyle. I've seen places in Asia where they keep 100+ guinea pigs and other animals in a small pen to sell and have no regard for their lives or care. It's not just in Asia of course (it's well known about the mills we have here in the US), but unfortunately situations like this DO exist everywhere. Not all places in the world have rescues, nor necessarily would they care about these tiniest of lives. Re-homing is not an option since many places see rodents as "disposable" pets. Even here, where I live, people are constantly letting their pets (dogs and cats especially) loose in the desert to fend for themselves.
I'll give credit to people who are trying to help in a situation that they have come across. Taking a poor animal from a less then ideal situation and make a life for it that it otherwise never would have had. If it wasn't helped by somebody, it would have been tossed aside or left to die.
It may not be your idea of an ideal situation, but for that little guinea pig, I can only hope that they are happier for the chance at a better life they have been offered. Trying to do the best that they can with what they have to work with (not everybody has a corner Walmart to run too, a steady job to afford these items, a vehicle to get to these places, etc.) is a tough situation, especially when somebody has come into learning about their new friend and discover that the care is WAY more then they ever expected. Remember it wasn't long ago that people thought leaving guinea pigs in an aquarium, alone, on pine bedding with colored bits of food was acceptable and great care for the animal.
For some, it may be a slower process but the fact that somebody is trying to learn and help out an innocent animal with what means they do have available, is commendable. If somebody is willing to take an animal in, where it was in a situation between life and death for this animal, and they take it upon themselves to come here for help, then we should HELP them and not chastise them for not providing the care that we would or could.
Personally, I see my 2 boys in their huge cage (32+ sq ft)which is WAY more then the "recommended" space and I couldn't see them in anything smaller then what they have. Times I feel it's TOO small for them and I couldn't ever picture them even in a 4x3 or smaller but many times what people have and what is recommended, is smaller then this. That's just my opinion however and I don't think less of anybody just because they aren't providing the same "standard of care" that I can and do provide for my pigs.
And as for what annoys me (the list is endless but I can narrow it down):
- People that don't text back when they have CLEARLY seen your text, why have a phone?!
Lol, this made me laugh because I'm absolutely one of those people.
First, but this probably ages me a lot lol, people have phones to make calls! Although I never do that either lol.
Second, I'm busy and many times I'm too busy to be texting to be honest. But then again, I have kids and animals and a job and I honestly just don't have time to be talking about non-relevant issues that don't involve my family and gossip and just other things.
If I need something, I will call and ask or leave a message. Now I'm going to go feel old somewhere...
