Kithri
New Born Pup
Okay! So I posted a while ago about the possibility of bringing in two baby girls from our local shelter. The day after we met them, they were reserved, which broke our hearts, especially since we had just seen them the day before, yet we didn't introduce them to our girls (we brought them there to get their nails trimmed because I'm a pansy). The shelter told us about an older girl, Petunia, who needed a home since her mate had died and her owner didn't want to get another pig. But we decided that since Petunia is older than our two girls (age 2), that it wouldn't make much sense since we wanted two new guinea pigs so one of our girls won't be left alone when the other dies. (Not that that will ever happen, as they're immortal - duh.)
The other day we heard that the reservation on the baby girls had fallen through, so we reserved them immediately. We haven't yet gone to introduce Eleanor and Lucy to them yet, as the shelter is forty-five minutes away, but we had planned to this weekend. Then the shelter posted about Petunia on their Facebook page; she hasn't yet been adopted, probably because she's older (the shelter owner initially told me they thought she was three, but then I saw a comment she made that Petunia was "in her twilight years). My heart goes out to poor Petunia, and I was struck with this dilemma: I have no doubt the babies will find a family because they're babies and they're already together and bonded, so they can go to someone with no pigs, whereas Petunia has to go to a family with at least one female pig OR a neutered boar, which is less likely. Our own girls are young enough that we're not worried about losing them any time soon (barring illness, knock on wood), and I really feel like we can give Petunia the home she needs and deserves, and that she should live the rest of her life with snuggles and sisters, not in a shelter.
So... we're visiting Petunia on Saturday or Sunday! And Eleanor and Lucy might be gaining a big sister!
The other day we heard that the reservation on the baby girls had fallen through, so we reserved them immediately. We haven't yet gone to introduce Eleanor and Lucy to them yet, as the shelter is forty-five minutes away, but we had planned to this weekend. Then the shelter posted about Petunia on their Facebook page; she hasn't yet been adopted, probably because she's older (the shelter owner initially told me they thought she was three, but then I saw a comment she made that Petunia was "in her twilight years). My heart goes out to poor Petunia, and I was struck with this dilemma: I have no doubt the babies will find a family because they're babies and they're already together and bonded, so they can go to someone with no pigs, whereas Petunia has to go to a family with at least one female pig OR a neutered boar, which is less likely. Our own girls are young enough that we're not worried about losing them any time soon (barring illness, knock on wood), and I really feel like we can give Petunia the home she needs and deserves, and that she should live the rest of her life with snuggles and sisters, not in a shelter.
So... we're visiting Petunia on Saturday or Sunday! And Eleanor and Lucy might be gaining a big sister!
Either way you are still giving a good home to a piggy in need 
