This has been bothering me for quite a while. So my husband bought me my little Sweets for my birthday in March and my husband has a little brother who is 11 and all the sudden after I got Sweets he was dying to have one because Sweets is adorable. He wants one for his birthday which is the end of June and when he realized he wasn't going to get one any sooner he decided not to get one, which I was thankful for. I was talking with my husband the other day and he said that his little brother is going to get a guinea pig for his birthday. I asked why since the guinea pig phase didn't last longer for a week for him after he knew he wasn't getting one for a while. I have also talked to the little brother and he was telling me that he didn't want one for his birthday anymore because he's just not ready to care for one yet. He wanted to wait a couple of years. Anyways my husband said that his little brother is going to get one because he can't have any of the other things that he wanted for his birthday. So basically the guinea pig is the last resort for a birthday present mallethead. I am so mad because I know how animals are taken care of in that house and none of them get the attention or proper care that they need. I also know that if he stops caring for it no one else is going to care for it either. I am worried that he won't get the attention, love, care, recommended veggies hay and also pellets so basically I worry that he won't get cared for properly and in a few short weeks be ignored as the little brother will get bored of him. I have no idea what to do because it's not going to matter what I say it's really not my business to tell my Mother-in-law what she can and cannot get her son for his birthday. The only thing I can think of doing is telling them to get a male so that when the brother is bored of him I would be able to step in and take him and give him a home with my boy. I just have no clue what to do. I know they don't have the money to care for them and I personally had no clue how much these little guys costed until I got him and went to the store everyday for the next three weeks until I was satisfied that he had EVERYTHING he could ever need and that was over $400 later. Anyone have any advice? So sorry about the long post.
