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Confession Time

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You have all been really nice to me and I've learned so much here, I am totally addicted to the forum but the thing is that I bought my girls in a pet shop - there I've said it!

In all seriousness I have been feeling like I have this deep dark secret over the past few weeks because I wasn't up front at the start when I should have been but you see I had no intention of becoming so embroiled in the site - I always used to think internet forums were a bit strange, but then I got hooked and now I feel really bad about it all. It honestly never occured to me that rescues would have younger pigs which was completely stupid of me but then I am a natural blonde after all mallethead!

I hope none of you will think too badly of me but I'd rather be honest at this point than continue feeling like a fraud.
 
but you've given them a loveing home which is all any could want for them pet shop brought or not! :)
 
hun, many people on this site have bought their pigs from a pet shop, obv it's preferrable to get them from a rescue, but it's not a crime to have bought them. Don't beat yourself up about it, and hey, when the bug bites to increase your pigs, you know to go to rescue next time lol xx
 
Elle, I did exactly the same as you. Pippa and Willow were bought from our local P@H before I even knew guinea pig rescues existed ")

I fully intended our third addition to be a rescue piggie (after, like you, getting involved in the forum) but my OH surprised me by buying Pixel just before Christmas. I fell in love with her straight away, but felt really bad that we'd got a 'store pig' rather than rescuing a deserving piggie soul.

However, the most important thing for me is that all three of my girls are loved dearly and very well cared for (to the point of being rather spoilt! :)) ) and deserved a loving home no matter where they came from.

In future I (and my OH too now!) would always adopt from a rescue, but for now, we love our girls greatly and wouldn't change them for the world! x)

Don't feel bad, the most important thing is your girls are well loved and well cared for xx
 
A lot of us have had their forst piggie coming from a shop and then we learn. In all honesty, rescue pigs are no more deserving of a loving home than shop bought ones, it's just a question of ethics. My first 2 came from a shop and my current 2 come from 2 different rescues. I wanted to rehome an older baor to go with Bertie when my darling Rene passed, only to find out that it wouldn't be possible, so we got Finlay from Caviehaven (wasn't a member then) and when Bertie passed, we got Frankkie from Hels.

No one can be mad at you for providing a loving home to an animal. You're not br**ding or sh*wing them (shhhhh, I didn't mention those forbidden words), you're treating them to the best of your ability and you love them dearly... what more could we want?
 
Elle you made me laugh :p! Yes it is good to rescue but pet shop piggies still need loving homes too :) I shall not be crossing you off my christmas card list! :) Pebles, fred and wilma said your still there friend and we all love you piggies so stop beating yourself up :)
 
Hey you love and take care of them thats what counts hun not where they came from.
 
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Will you come quietly madam! Hee heee. Four of my piggies were pet shop bought . At that time I didnt have access to the information I have now. When I joined the forum, I became aware of rescuing and recently abopted my most recent piggie Lady Penelope. My other piggies were bought from a pet shop who was about to give the pets back to the breeder as they hadnt sold. Dont worry about it. The most importang thing is that you have given your piggies a wonderful home regardless of whether they were pet shop bought or rescued. You are a wondefful piggie mummy so who cares how your piggies found you..We can only learn and build on our care for piggies through this wonderful forum..
 
Farqhar that's hilarious!

I too have some shop bought pigs and some rescue. Would always try and rescue now but my most recent one was from a shop - but he REALLY needed out of there so he came home with me.

No one is judging you - honest :)
 
I hope you feel more comfortable now that'd you've "confessed" Elle. There's no crime in what you've done, you know about rescues now and, at the end of the day, you love your guineas to bits and are giving them a fabulous home. There's now wrong with that. :)

I also have a pet shop pig, only the one left now though - Dexter - and he was bought by my mum for me, despite both of us knowing about rescues. It was a bit of a different situation though than 'normal' for us, as we were in Northern Ireland at the time and didn't know about Assisi Rescue.
 
I'm lovin' the policeman, but I won't turn this into another 'men in uniforms' thread :(|)
Elle, I can't believe you have been beating yourself up. Nutmeg and Doughball, our first piggies, both came from a little petshop.....and it all grew from there. I think you have done what many of us do. Start off with your pigs, the come ont'internet to find out more about the pets we love. Look where it got me! Stop worrying and enjoy the forum. x :):)
 
All piggies need a home, don't feel bad.

I bought my 2 from a breeder but I didn't know it was frowned upon. Although when I found their advert, it never occurred to me they would be a breeder, I was just naive but obviously after meeting them, I couldn't turn them away. ")
 
Elle, our two were bought from P@H in Penicuik and we live 70 miles south of there but in future I will visit a rescue to give other piggies a loving home. You obviously care for them very much and that is all that matters :)
 
nothing to be ashamed of! you love your piggies and to be fair as long as your piggies have all the things they need and your love and respect they could ask for nothing more. I have never had a shop bought animal but that is because my mum always seems to find waifs and strays.... my piggies came from a rescue, but to say i have never been tempted by a pet shop piggy would be a blatant lie! rolleyes
 
Hey, many of us started out with pet shop piggies - as did I (complete with surprise babies a few weeks later - which I could NOT keep!)
I did it simply because I fell for a big pair of very expressive eyes... not because of any other reason. As I have felt blessed every single day that larger-than-life character Minx was with me, I don't feel bad about it, either! She tought me so much about guinea pigs.

It's the love you give that counts! We all have our journeys and have learned along the way.

When it comes down to it, there are no more or less deserving guinea pigs - they all have the same right to find a loving home...
 
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LOL i was expecting something a lot worse than that like you eat piggies or something!my first 2 piggies came from a pet shop as well,and we got our hamsters from a pet shop. But now its rescue all the way :)) although i do not need any more animals i have Mac and Rascal i got from Becklen and the baby pigs that santa left on my doorstep!
 
I'm just sorry you've felt bad about it all this time! Piggies should make us feel good :)! In the end it's about the animal, not where it came from.
 
I too bought mine from P@H - I didn't know rescues existed for piggies. I only found out through the lady I adopted our cat from that people could foster and adopt animals other than dogs and cats.

I am now (Hopefully) adding a neutered rescued boy to my lovely girls... will add piccies when all is settled and final.

All that matters is the piggies you do have are loved and cared for xoxo
 
I got my pigs from a friend who was moving to a rented flat with no pets allowed so I guess I rescued them in a way!

I think all piggies deserve a good home, it isn't their fault where they were born. :) They all need ''rescuing'' from somewhere because they all want a loving home and not a play pen in a busy shop.
 
Hey I did my research before getting a pig and everything I read advised me AGAINST pet shop bought pigs and to buy from a breeder! Yet my first pig, Hamish, is from Dobbies Garden Centre - so clearly I went off the tracks a little in my desire to get a piggeh :))

I did check online if there were any unwanted pigs in my area for a long time but was totally unsure how to go about actually getting the pigs and had no idea there were actually specific rescues for pigs until I joined this forum. And thanks to this place, I got my lovely Robin from Thistle Cavies to befriend with Hamish :)

Everyone needs to learn, therefore everyone needs a starting point - for many and most people getting a pet from a pet shop is the norm.

Given the amount of support you've had from peeps already, I think you're pretty safe from rejection and assault, heheh ;)
 
Thank you to everyone for your understanding. I have a tendency to take things a bit seriously sometimes and its not that I thought any of you would send a lynch mob to my house and kidnap my piggies (or at least I hoped not :(|)!) but it was more about my own stupidity not thinking rescues had babies too mallethead. Last night I decided to 'out myself' so I could be more honest on the forum with regard to my girlies and continue to learn as much as I can about these beautiful creatures who I love so much.
 
I have petshop pigs, breeder pigs, free-ads pigs & rescue pigs - they're all loved & all treated the same way. For me EVERY pig deserves a good home :)
 
I too have breeder pigs, pet shop pigs and rescue pigs. I love them all the same, even the ones I am rehoming from my rescue. Love them all x
 
Mine are pet shop bought, I live in Turkey where there is no such thing as any pet rescue.

Everyone is right it doesn't matter where you got them it's how you treat them afterwards and yours are more than likely spoilt rotten like mine :)
 
It's not the piggies fault where you got them from, and it makes no difference really, as long as you're a good piggy mum! At least you know for if and when you want to expand your herd that there are rescues out there.
 
I totally agree, as long as you look after them and give them a loving home thats all that counts. I'm sure you are a good mummy pig and perhaps will consider a resuce piggy once you have a bit of experience under your belt x x
 
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