Tilly92
New Born Pup
This is the only group i visit for advice, I follow Cavy Corner on FB( that is a rescue ) and haypigs
They are viscious there anyway. They hold cavies higher than humans. Berate people for falling on hard times. Mock people for not knowing everything about guinea pigs. They love telling people they have no business owning cavies over a difference of opinion.This one was Guinea Pig Advice and Support with over 90 thousand followers.
Now they're all tagging me in comments like 'theyre already pregnant they can't get double pregnant'I don't bother myself with things like that anymore. It takes too much headspace which I can't afford to waste.
Ain't that the truth!Well, they'll likely on learn the hard way - when one of them potentially passes away from the back-to-back pregnancies they're likely to experience. I would just leave the group. I know it's not a nice phrase and I don't really like to use it, but you can't argue with ....
They really are a nightmare. I still haven’t left the stupid things yet lol, I’m blaming it on my severe ADHD thoughNow they're all tagging me in comments like 'theyre already pregnant they can't get double pregnant'plus the way it's written, 'no babies yet' suggests they're due any time?
There's no telling some people. It's easier not to waste your breath and upset yourself. It's an exercise in keeping in mind your own mental health.
I always consider people's advice and it baffles me how people don't want to do their best to take care of their animals. Which makes me cross. So I try not to pay too much attention on focus on the animals I can help. (My own) Otherwise I would go mad.
Some people are genuinely misinformed so I leave a little comment with a link to here with extra info. This person claimed that their vet said it was ok and they should do it? Idk. As soon as everyone was being sarcastic and saying how it didn't matter, it's like 'I'm surrounded... surrounded by stupidity' makes you wonder though, are they a part of the group for the welfare of their animals or just to make themselves feel better? Who knows.They really are a nightmare. I still haven’t left the stupid things yet lol, I’m blaming it on my severe ADHD thoughI will leave eventually I just haven’t got round to it...
I'm trying not to get involved in debates, just trying to help out when I can and leaving forum links around. I’m also not using any of my mental energy replying to people if I don’t want to. If I’ve said my piece, I’ve decided not to keep reiterating it for people who apparently can’t read very well and if it’s going to be too much stress to engage in it then I won’t. There are some genuinely good people on there who’ve just been receiving bad advice left right and centre and I’m happy to try and help them whilst using the forum threads for references but I’ve just realised a lot of people don’t want to listen to the facts, all I can do is show it to them but I won’t fight for them to agree.
There was one girl who said her piggies love to swim and her vet even says it’s fine. This was on a post about bathing guinea pigs. I linked the bathing guide along with why guinea pigs shouldn’t swim. That girl I honestly could have punched, she just ignored everything and said her guinea pigs like it. That was one time I really lost my cool, I tried my best to be civil though
I think part of the problem are all the misinformed vets out there too. A lot of these people are getting their bad advice from them which is equally baffling. Once the vet has told someone something then it’s like gospel to them. I think it’s only the people on this forum that understand that when it comes to piggies, vets don’t always know best. I will always go to the vet when needed for diagnoses and treatment but I trust the advice on here from Wiebke and others more than the vets most of the time. I find it’s always best to check here if you’re uncertain and need advice as you’re getting the best advice that’s out there. However, the people on these Facebook groups don’t have that knowledge so will believe whatever their misinformed vet tells them. Which then creates a cycle on these groups.Some people are genuinely misinformed so I leave a little comment with a link to here with extra info. This person claimed that their vet said it was ok and they should do it? Idk. As soon as everyone was being sarcastic and saying how it didn't matter, it's like 'I'm surrounded... surrounded by stupidity' makes you wonder though, are they a part of the group for the welfare of their animals or just to make themselves feel better? Who knows.
Yes I saw the post about the swimming pig...put me in a bad mood for the rest of the day...I just got up.![]()
While some vets have less knowledge than others a lot of the problems around people being given bad advise is down to the fact they haven't listened to the vet in the first place and just hear what they want. I used to work at vets so have witnessed this first hand. A locum vet told me one time that after explaining to a man what was wrong with his pet the man rang his wife while still in the consulting room and told her the vet had said something completely difgerent. It's like some people filter out the word "not" from a sentence like "swimming is not good for your guinea pig"I think part of the problem are all the misinformed vets out there too. A lot of these people are getting their bad advice from them which is equally baffling. Once the vet has told someone something then it’s like gospel to them. I think it’s only the people on this forum that understand that when it comes to piggies, vets don’t always know best. I will always go to the vet when needed for diagnoses and treatment but I trust the advice on here from Wiebke and others more than the vets most of the time. I find it’s always best to check here if you’re uncertain and need advice as you’re getting the best advice that’s out there. However, the people on these Facebook groups don’t have that knowledge so will believe whatever their misinformed vet tells them. Which then creates a cycle on these groups.
Wow, it doesn’t surprise me though. I know it can be hard to retain everything the vet tells you but to completely not listen and believe things you weren’t even told? That’s a talent in itself.While some vets have less knowledge than others a lot of the problems around people being given bad advise is down to the fact they haven't listened to the vet in the first place and just hear what they want. I used to work at vets so have witnessed this first hand. A locum vet told me one time that after explaining to a man what was wrong with his pet the man rang his wife while still in the consulting room and told her the vet had said something completely difgerent. It's like some people filter out the word "not" from a sentence like "swimming is not good for your guinea pig"
People tend to hear what they want to hear.Wow, it doesn’t surprise me though. I know it can be hard to retain everything the vet tells you but to completely not listen and believe things you weren’t even told? That’s a talent in itself.
It boggles my mind that people own pets without even doing their own research on them, and then use their apparently limited common sense to come to the conclusion that guinea pigs enjoy swimming (and other things).