Flies, maggots and an indoor piggy

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This is Alan, newly named and new to the rescue this morning. He's the rejected pet of three children. Just coming up to a year old and so very sweet and chatty.

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This is what I found when I cleaned his indoor cage that he arrived in - it was obvious it had not been cleaned in sometime, but I can honestly say this is the most putrid cage I've had for a very long time. There were maggots crawling in the composted filth at the bottom of the cage.

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Fly cases, lots were opened as the flies had hatched as they had been there for so long.

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As I was cleaning the cage out there were flies hatching out and crawling around. It's going to take some scrubbing to get this one clean enough to use again. How generous of the family to let me have the cage.

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To think that this was indoors - :)>>>

I'm off for a shower, my skin is crawling.

Suzy x
 
oh my god, how are people:

a/ so cruel
b/ so obviously not bothered that they gave you that cage like that
c/ so cruel

He is so gorgeous too, thank god you have him now. :)
 
OMG - the poor little soul, he's gorgeous x)
Thank heavens they saw sense and surrendered him to you. I would have been too ashamed to have given you that cage tbh but we can't speak for everyone :(
 
Poor Alan! How could anyone leave a cage that... That... GROSS?!
That's just wrong.

I spot clean every morning before work and every night before bed and I do a full scrub every Sunday so it's fresh for another week. I always make time for my little Jeddy's comfort? I can't believe they'd let him live like that. I want to throttle those kids! I never EVER would've let a cage get that dirty even if I was younger, I always hated seeing animals suffer, always, always.

Okay when I was younger mum used to help me but JEEZ! Stupid bratty children!
 
OMG apart from the cruelty/lack of care aspect, how the hell can someone live with that inside their house? Their house must be filthy- yuk
 
Beckit and Jedward said:
Poor Alan! How could anyone leave a cage that... That... GROSS?!
That's just wrong.

I spot clean every morning before work and every night before bed and I do a full scrub every Sunday so it's fresh for another week. I always make time for my little Jeddy's comfort? I can't believe they'd let him live like that. I want to throttle those kids! I never EVER would've let a cage get that dirty even if I was younger, I always hated seeing animals suffer, always, always.

Okay when I was younger mum used to help me but JEEZ! Stupid bratty children!
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yes but realistically it's the parents responsibility, not the kids, you can't assume kids will clean out a animal and if they don't then just leave it, just like their rooms etc, as a parent you need to do it if they don't, or at least stand over them while they do it!
 
hellsbells82 said:
yes but realistically it's the parents responsibility, not the kids, you can't assume kids will clean out a animal and if they don't then just leave it, just like their rooms etc, as a parent you need to do it if they don't, or at least stand over them while they do it!
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Yeah I know, my mum would never have let me keep pets if she didn't think I would at least try to clean it and she would always help me with it. What kind of mother is this woman? She can't be all that nurturing judging by the state she keeps her animals in!

Aaaw, I just wanna give him cuddles. :( It makes me sick how some people leave animals, it's why I can't watch Animal Cop shows, they make me cry, I couldn't bare to leave an animal in that condition. It's not like they can clean it up themselves, they're pretty much helpless and their lives are in our hands so how could she do that? I just don't understand it!

If you can't care for an animal, don't take it on in the first place!
 
Suzygpr said:
This is Alan, newly named and new to the rescue this morning. He's the rejected pet of three children. Just coming up to a year old and so very sweet and chatty.

P7250347.JPG


This is what I found when I cleaned his indoor cage that he arrived in - it was obvious it had not been cleaned in sometime, but I can honestly say this is the most putrid cage I've had for a very long time. There were maggots crawling in the composted filth at the bottom of the cage.

P7250356.JPG


Fly cases, lots were opened as the flies had hatched as they had been there for so long.

P7250354.JPG


As I was cleaning the cage out there were flies hatching out and crawling around. It's going to take some scrubbing to get this one clean enough to use again. How generous of the family to let me have the cage.

P7250353.JPG


To think that this was indoors - :)>>>

I'm off for a shower, my skin is crawling.

Suzy x
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White wine vinegar is fantastic for getting rid of stains.
 
Grrrrrrrrrpow-pow Dirty, filfthy wicked people

How could anyone leave an animal to get into that state, the poor little thing would have been sleeping in that filfth 8...

I hope karma comes round and bites them hard on the arse grrrr
 
OUCH!

I wouldn't have that in my house around my children... Says it all, doesn't it?

What a stunning boy! I hope that he is still healthy and can find a friend soon!
 
How anyone can be that heartless to let a living, breathing animal live in that squalor is beyond me. I worry when I leave my girls cage more than 1 day without cleaning the poops out!
He looks like a gorgeous piggie, its such a shame he was treated so terribly. At least he is being treated properly now.
 
Omg! I can't believe that! :)>>> How can anyone do that to a piggy? Especially indoors, there's no excuse, it's not like a lot of children leaving their pet in a hutch at the bottom of a garden & forgetting them...where were the parents?

My indoors piggies were cleaned out completely every other/or third day I never ever left it longer than that. How did the flies get into the cage? Goodness knows what state their home is in, I'd be inclined to think they probably neglect the kids as well grrrr

If only he was a she, I'd be very tempted to have him, he is gorgeous!
 
absolute cruelty..........I agree its the parents.............kids are innocent and dont truly understand .............the parents should have supervised and encouraged the children how to clean it etc

Surely it must have smelt bad in the house to get that bad it must have smelt awful all the amonia - they must be dirty ppl thats all i can say.

Mind you i had a guinea pig at a young age but even then i kept cage clean :x

I'm so glad Alan is with you now poor little thing

My girlies send kisseys and hugs to Alan x>>xx>>>x>>xx>>>
 
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Omg! I can't believe that! :)>>> How can anyone do that to a piggy? Especially indoors, there's no excuse, it's not like a lot of children leaving their pet in a hutch at the bottom of a garden & forgetting them...where were the parents?

My indoors piggies were cleaned out completely every other/or third day I never ever left it longer than that. How did the flies get into the cage? Goodness knows what state their home is in, I'd be inclined to think they probably neglect the kids as well grrrr

If only he was a she, I'd be very tempted to have him, he is gorgeous!
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I agree with you.......its the parents............and the kids are probably neglected too.............my piggies cage gets cleaned every 3 days and it never smells.

For the flies to have hatched in an indoor cage the cage cant have been cleaned out for weeks :0 pure neglect
 
to be fair it does not take long for maggots to appear, but that is no excuse for having a stinking mess like that. However for flies to be hatching out in the life cycle that is a couple of weeks in that mess http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/flies/house_fly.htm - presuming they are just house flies.

I bet alan is gad to be out of that mess, and smell. He looks so cute x)
 
He's gorgeous! Thank god he's away from that hell hole and with you! People like that shouldn't be allowed animals, ever.

It's the utter disregard for their welfare, poor little guy, glad he's ok. grrrr
 
Oh my God, am sitting here with my mouth open. What is wrong with people. At least they surrendered Alan to you, he has the chance of a wonderful life now.
 
OMG that's disgusting! Such a sweet piggie. How could anyone let things get that bad 8... 8...
 
*shudders* How can anyone let anything live in such a disgusting cage! :)>>>

I'm glad that beautiful piggy is out of there! x>>
 
what a gorgeous boy. I'm so pleased that he's ended up with you Suzy - he'll get lots of love and care (and maybe a pep talk or two from the Big D!)
Hugs to Alan xx
 
This is why i could never run/volunteer in a rescue - there would seriously be people walking out with black eyes!

Absolutely disgusting! pow-pow
 
He is so gorgeous! I'm so glad the 'owners' decided to surrender him to you so that he can go to a home that isn't covered in flies and maggots and stink EWW, my boys get their cages cleaned every 3 days because I can't stand the thought of it being all yucky and EWW again.

Hope he finds his FURever home soon x)
 
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