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I'm finding having to rehome my boys VERY difficult and none of the rescues around my area can take them.
It is causing lots of problems within my home, me being very upset and my parents wanting them to go as they can see how much it is upsetting me.

I've been given until the end of this week to find them a home, or they are getting taken to the Pets at Home rescue :0
I've advertised them on the internet, and spoken to a few people but no one seems to want to take them and I'm getting desperate.

Extremely upset about my whole situation, and I don't know what to do for the best! :(
 
Wiebke said:
Could you try these rescues here? They are a bit further afield, but you may be able to get near there by train.

http://www.becklenguineapigrescue.co.uk/ (They are also on facebook)

Stoke-on-Trent (They are new and haven't got a website yet. Forum member is kidsgroviemad).
http://pets.vivastreet.co.uk/adopt+kidsgrove/the-potteries-guinea-pig-rescue/32885123
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I haven't really got a way I could travel, except train and that's going to be difficult with 3 guineas in tow!
So desperate :(
 
I really feel for you and am keeping everything crossed that these boys find a good home soon.

Just to add: have you considered keeping one of the three boys to stay with what will be a lone boar? Guinea pigs are herd animals and thrive from being in the company of their own species. It may be easier for you to re-home 2 hormonal piggies than 3!

The problem is the stigma that surrounds boars - i was told when i got my first boy that there is no way boys can live together and it wasn't until i joined this forum that i was told otherwise by some very knowledgeable people - ive never looked back since - they are much happier with their own kind. So for people looking to re-home a boar or two may be put off by 3!

Likewise any rescue that takes them will need to find 3 older boys or wait until they are old enough and cover the cost of neutering all 3. The problem at the moment is that most rescues are bursting at the seams and your 3 boys are of an age which will mean if neutering was an option there could be a few months wait before they can be paired up and re-homed - and that's if homes are forth-coming. At the moment Pets At Home is winning on the re-homing front - which is a shame.

I really do wish you all the best - i'm sure a good home will come alone for these wonderful boys :)
 
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rainbowstarsx said:
I haven't really got a way I could travel, except train and that's going to be difficult with 3 guineas in tow!
So desperate :(
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If you are as desperate as you are saying, you could do worse than at least try, considering that you have exhausted all local options.

I have been on the train with piggies and I would go with all 11 of mine if their future happiness depended on it. You keep one of the three boys for the time being and just go with two?
 
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Wiebke said:
If you are as desperate as you are saying, you could do worse than at least try, considering that you have exhausted all local options.

I have been on the train with piggies and I would go with all 11 of mine if their future happiness depended on it. You keep one of the three boys for the time being and just go with two?
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It would take me 3 hours on a train to get to Stoke-on-Trent and that seems very unfair on the boys.
And to get to the other place you said, would be too much.
 
If you can borrow a cat carrier, or even take a sturdy cardboard box, I think you should be fine to take atleast 2 of the piggies? When I travel to my parents for my annual leave, or for a free weekend, I take the pigs in a cat carrier, a bag with my clothes, and a bag full of piglet supplies, I manage...just allow plenty of time as you'll be slower getting to the right platform for the train. If you put lots of blankets or fleece in your carrier, the pigs should be ok. Edward is used to it now, and will look out of the bars of the carrier to see what's going on.
 
Ive been on the bus with my boys, 30 mins then a futher 45 mins walking to get to an cavy savy vet, if you have a cat carrier/large sturdy cardboard/plastic box with plenty of blankets they'll be fine...and a little pile of hay for them to munch on. :)

Just thought it might reassure you I think going to a rescue is your best option as they'll find your boys a loving caring forever home and they'll always be there for them if their new owners can no longer look after them :)

Good luck hope they find somewhere safe soon :) x
 
The Potteries Guinea Pig Rescue

Hello
Sorry to hear about this but i am equally concerned about the boar being left alone i think it kinder to rehome all 4 if that is the case.
If you can get them to mine i will have them here,i cant get fairer than that.I live 5 min walk from kidsgrove station,in stoke on trent.
What ever option you take it could be seen as not fair on the guinea pigs, but at least a rescue like mine will ensure the next home is a hopefully a forever one.
If you parents are so unhappy maybe they will help
Hope you get sorted.
Thanks
Helenxx>>>
 
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3 hours are feasible. Make sure that you pad the carrier with old towels to soak up any pees and take a bit of hay and some wet treats like cucumber to feed them during the trip. Feed the boys well before you set out, so they are full and sleepy.

I have taken our piggies often enough up to Wales when we had nobody to look after them at home! Six of my piggies have come from Becklen/Sokel rescue (one of those was originally rescued in Gateshead). One has come from Ipswich and another has come up from the South coast to Leicester from where I rehomed her.

Flintstones has managed to rehome two girls from Rugby while still living in Belfast; they'd been piggy trained up to Glasgow where she picked them up. She's also taken her Milo piggy dating all the way to South Wales from Glasgow on train (although that was a long weekend trip).
 
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If you are really desperate....perhaps a piggy train to get them to one of the rescues could be arranged? Like others have said, you find ways to manage to get your piggies to wherever they need to be.
 
ok southport?well i would be prepared to come by train to take them off you and mind them until a rescue could take them.let me know southport isnt far from me
 
daleksarah said:
ok southport?well i would be prepared to come by train to take them off you and mind them until a rescue could take them.let me know southport isnt far from me
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Would you be willing to do that?
I know there is a rescue in Wallasey that I could contact for you? See if they have any space.
I have spoken to my mother and she said that she isn't willing to travel to Stoke-on-trent.
I'm finding it really difficult, but I really can't travel with them myself, it would cost me a fortune and I'm a skint university student and I have to travel there everyday on the train.
I think maybe a piggie train would be the best option. I really don't want them to go to P@H although it is their fault to begin with!
 
hi yes i could come up tomorrow daytime,if you want just give me directions from a train station,its not that long a journey on the train ive done it a few times.the only rescue i know of in wallasey is the rspca.may be best if one of the rescues on here lets us know if they have spaces and can arrange to get them from me/take them to them.i dont mind having them here for a while i do have a spare cage
 
As for the concern for my loan guinea, he is perfectly fine on his own.
He was being attacked by the 3 others, and I have taken them away from him. I saw him popcorn last night which I hadn't seen him do in a VERY long time.
He also actually comes out of his igloo now instead of hiding in there all the time. He is very gentle and he will be fine on his own for the time being.
He isn't very sociable, he never really had much to do with the other 3 boys.
 
rainbowstarsx said:
Would you be willing to do that?
I know there is a rescue in Wallasey that I could contact for you? See if they have any space.
I have spoken to my mother and she said that she isn't willing to travel to Stoke-on-trent.
I'm finding it really difficult, but I really can't travel with them myself, it would cost me a fortune and I'm a skint university student and I have to travel there everyday on the train.
I think maybe a piggie train would be the best option. I really don't want them to go to P@H although it is their fault to begin with!
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I'm sorry to be blunt here, but when you first posted, i thought you to be about 13, and understood that your mum had more of a say in what happens to the pigs. Now i realise you are a university student, and I cant help feeling you should be taking a lot more responsibility here.

I realise that the issues with the pigs were unanticipated, but by getting 4 boars all under 6 months, you should have realised what you were taking on, that they could start fighting. I have 3 boars all approx a year, and i have taken precautions, which include getting spare cages and if necessary, and paying a fortune to get them neutered. Why cant you try the same tactic? This is the choice you made when you got 4 young pigs.

I also dont understand what it has to do with your mum, that they can be taken to SoT? I admit, your mum shouldn't have to give up her time, but are you incapable of getting on a train yourself at your age? You are going to have to soon enough if you want to go home for weekends! If you really want them to go to a good home, someone on here who has kindly offered to clear up your mistake, then the least you can do is try to do the right thing by them and take them there yourself!

I realise it is hard to have pigs and be a student - you cant stay out all night at the pub as they will be squeaking for their dinner, and you cant have wild parties in case it will disturb them. But again, that is the decision you made when you took on 4 baby guinea pigs, and i think you should stick by that decision.

I'm sorry if i have been too blunt.
 
Spiggly said:
I'm sorry to be blunt here, but when you first posted, i thought you to be about 13, and understood that your mum had more of a say in what happens to the pigs. Now i realise you are a university student, and I cant help feeling you should be taking a lot more responsibility here.

I realise that the issues with the pigs were unanticipated, but by getting 4 boars all under 6 months, you should have realised what you were taking on, that they could start fighting. I have 3 boars all approx a year, and i have taken precautions, which include getting spare cages and if necessary, and paying a fortune to get them neutered. Why cant you try the same tactic? This is the choice you made when you got 4 young pigs.

I also dont understand what it has to do with your mum, that they can be taken to SoT? I admit, your mum shouldn't have to give up her time, but are you incapable of getting on a train yourself at your age? You are going to have to soon enough if you want to go home for weekends! If you really want them to go to a good home, someone on here who has kindly offered to clear up your mistake, then the least you can do is try to do the right thing by them and take them there yourself!

I realise it is hard to have pigs and be a student - you cant stay out all night at the pub as they will be squeaking for their dinner, and you cant have wild parties in case it will disturb them. But again, that is the decision you made when you took on 4 baby guinea pigs, and i think you should stick by that decision.

I'm sorry if i have been too blunt.
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I am taking responsibility. I have realised that I made a mistake in getting 4 and unfortunately they had started to fight. I wasn't told this would happen by P@H and yes I should have done my research beforehand but as I said, it was an honest mistake.
I am trying to do the best, and getting them to a good home. Any other person would just dump them at a rescue doorstep and have done with it.

And what it has to do with my mum/parents? It is their house. I cannot expect them to look after my animals, and yes I was expecting to take them to university with me when I get myself a house but I can't now due to them fighting.

I get the train every day, an hour there and an hour back to university. So to say I am 'incapable' is a bit far. The problem with going to SoT is that I pay £15 a day to go to university. How much will it cost me to get to SoT?! Please do not treat me like I am 13, as you said. I put this thread on here as a way to see if anyone could help me out, and lookily I have found someone who is doing a 'piggy train' with me.

And as for you saying about me 'staying at the pub all night', all university students aren't like that, you know. As much as the want to believe the stereotype. I adore my boys, and I really wish I had the space at home and also at my uni house to keep them but I don't, and I DO NOT want to make matters worse by travelling with them all to and from home.

Yes, you have been blunt, and I'm sure it looks bad that I have taken on animals that I now cannot keep but surely you agree that me finding them a suitable home would be better than me dumping them at a rescue?
Don't be so cruel as to make me look and seem bad when I am trying to do the best I can!! I assumed this forum was to talk and help others with their problems, not to pinpoint and accuse. Personally, I think you are really out of order with your comments.
 
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the problem with 3 of them is they may fall out later, plus lots of people only have room for 2 piggies.

is there anyway you can keep 2 and re-home 2?
 
I have to say I dont think spiggly is out of order at all blunt yes but they have said just what I was thinking I was just not going to say it. It would not have taken a lot of hard work to log onto here and ask around about how piggies are meant to get on I am sure anyone here would have told you to be carefull with putting boys together there are a lot of people here who know there stuff. You could have got a book from the library it's free and that would have had advise in it. There are so many things to look in to before going into a pet shop and buying piggies this is why rescues are so full.

I also thought you must have been about 13 from your posts which is why I held back in saying anything. But you found the money to pay for the piggies dont you think you should count yourself lucky to have found someone that would take them and be trying everything you can to get to them. If I was you I would not be able to say thank you enough to the person that was taking them I would not then expect them to get the train to me! if you did not have to space you should not have gotten them in the first place you should have thought about all the what if's. I am sure you now think I am out of order as well but I am not the one that is making the rescues full with piggies I had not thought though getting in the first place!
 
I don't really think a one off journey matters? Aslong as they are looked after well in their journey-lots of blankets, treats etc. It seems like if she is able to take them, Sarah will be taking them by train, anyway. To be honest though, spending £15 to travel to a rescue is not much, when you consider how much feeding and looking after these piggies would have cost in the long run?

I hope these boys find new forever homes, this isn't their fault :-(
 
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I have to say I dont think spiggly is out of order at all blunt yes but they have said just what I was thinking I was just not going to say it. It would not have taken a lot of hard work to log onto here and ask around about how piggies are meant to get on I am sure anyone here would have told you to be carefull with putting boys together there are a lot of people here who know there stuff. You could have got a book from the library it's free and that would have had advise in it. There are so many things to look in to before going into a pet shop and buying piggies this is why rescues are so full.

I also thought you must have been about 13 from your posts which is why I held back in saying anything. But you found the money to pay for the piggies dont you think you should count yourself lucky to have found someone that would take them and be trying everything you can to get to them. If I was you I would not be able to say thank you enough to the person that was taking them I would not then expect them to get the train to me! if you did not have to space you should not have gotten them in the first place you should have thought about all the what if's. I am sure you now think I am out of order as well but I am not the one that is making the rescues full with piggies I had not thought though getting in the first place!
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I got the boy as an early birthday present in November and since I got them, I have done nothing but have them out, play with them etc. They've been in a 2 story cage, and had lots of floor time but now they have started to fight which was totally unexpected since the day it happened, they were playing great with each other.
When buying them, I did ask one of the workers who said they had lots of guinea pigs and he said that they'd be great together, as his all get on fine etc. I was obviously too naive!
Now it seems that my threat is now an attack on me. I haven't done anything wrong to deserve this. It is my parents that are pushing me to rehome them. If it was upto me, I would keep them in my bedroom, but I just can't do that and then with university aswell. It isn't right for them, and I'd much rather they go to someone who can give them a better home without the fear that they'll attack each other again.
I've done everything I can think of, asked everywhere but the rescues are full. I have asked friends, and one of them said they'd take them but she has let me down.

I don't appreciate the personal attacks. I feel bad enough as it is, and I'm trying to do right by them!
 
she has done the right thing by asking for help,i dont think its fair to have a go at her when she has done her best and be honest without this site would any of us know that boys dont get on in big groups?i didnt know until i came on here.
I'm going to help her rehome the boys,I'm going up monday to get them and
i`ll have them here until a rescue can take them or a new home can be found.i dont mind helping out someone who needs a bit of help and i know you would all help out too
 
daleksarah said:
she has done the right thing by asking for help,i dont think its fair to have a go at her when she has done her best and be honest without this site would any of us know that boys dont get on in big groups?i didnt know until i came on here.
I'm going to help her rehome the boys,I'm going up monday to get them and
i`ll have them here until a rescue can take them or a new home can be found.i dont mind helping out someone who needs a bit of help and i know you would all help out too
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Thank you Sarah, for sticking up for me.

I didn't even realise there was a forum dedicated to guineas until my friend told me about it, and then it was too late, but I've had people tell me that boys get on great with each other. You really cannot blame me for making a mistake, and then trying to resolve it by doing the best I possibly can!
 
P.S, have you thought about buying a train ticket in advance online? Even 3 weeks in advance can sometimes give very cheap tickets. I've managed to get to my parents for 1/3rd of the price compared to if I bought on the day itself...
 
i too think you should travel to get them into a rescue place. we have travelled for several hours before now when we had to rehome due to money issues a few years back, when we hit on hard times we had to rehome our group of pigs, it took several trips as we had a lot and we made sure they all made their way to their new homes. we were counting every penny and at the end of a week we had to decide whether to buy milk or bread as we couldnt afford both,and the main reason we had to rehome them was because we couldnt afford enough fruit and veg for both our 2 daughters and the herd of piggies,and neither could go without. we tightened our belts, borrowed a bit of money for petrol and drove them to their new homes when the new owners couldnt come to us. i certainly wouldnt have just dropped them off at p@h for rehoming as you never know where they could end up. if we didnt drive, we would have caught a bus to the nearest train station and taken a train to wherever they needed to go.

as said, you seemed much younger in your initial posts, with what your parents were saying to do etc. i think people are right to be a bit blunt here, yes you are trying to find them a new home, but you arent trying hard enough to get them there IMO. if you really care about where they end up, you wouldnt let it get to the point of taking them to p@h you would be hopping on a train asap to ensure a good future for these guys.

good to know they are going to get the care they need and wont be headed to p@h for anyone to pick up for a fiver a pig :)
 
ok lets not get this into a big argument she has asked for help and i am going to help her on monday.
she has tried to get them there by asking for help and I'm giving it.enough people on here have helped me before
she is scared about travelling on public transport with them and i can understand that it isnt easy
 
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