summerleaze
Adult Guinea Pig
A student left her uni flat last week to return home for the summer to her parents home. She left behind the guinea pig she had bought in the market two months earlier. Apparently she said " Oh I'll just leave it loads of food and let the landlord sort it out."
Fortunately for this little fella another student called his mum who drove for over an hour to pick the gp up. She has looked after him for over a week but he has now come into rescue in south devon. He's fine, but it could have been such a different story. He's happy here and enjoying the space and attention. The student had kept him in a hamster cage in the bedroom, his diet was poor. The girl couldn't care less about his welfare, he presumably had served his purpose.
The most worrying aspect of this is after talking to the mum and her son who rescued him this is apparently quite common. The son said very many students bought pets for their rooms but just abandoned them at the end of the term. Rabbits, hamsters, piggies and snakes are the most frequently found animals. My concern too is do landlords really deal with anything they find and how many are just left too long anyway
Has anyone else experienced this at all, I don't normally cover a city area so this is perhaps only new to me but it is a real and worrying trend. It's terrifying to think that these are the people who will one day become parents, !!!
I suggested to the mum that I would send some flyers to the uni and college in the autumn. She advised that I should be careful as come Xmas I could find myself with 200 guinea pigs..........................I have a nasty feeling that she wasn't entirely joking.
A sad sad day for me but at least one little life will be ok from today.
Have any other rescues had any success with liasing with uni's and colleges? I would love to know how it has been approached.
ps Have called him Dougal on account of his long hair!
Fortunately for this little fella another student called his mum who drove for over an hour to pick the gp up. She has looked after him for over a week but he has now come into rescue in south devon. He's fine, but it could have been such a different story. He's happy here and enjoying the space and attention. The student had kept him in a hamster cage in the bedroom, his diet was poor. The girl couldn't care less about his welfare, he presumably had served his purpose.
The most worrying aspect of this is after talking to the mum and her son who rescued him this is apparently quite common. The son said very many students bought pets for their rooms but just abandoned them at the end of the term. Rabbits, hamsters, piggies and snakes are the most frequently found animals. My concern too is do landlords really deal with anything they find and how many are just left too long anyway
Has anyone else experienced this at all, I don't normally cover a city area so this is perhaps only new to me but it is a real and worrying trend. It's terrifying to think that these are the people who will one day become parents, !!!
I suggested to the mum that I would send some flyers to the uni and college in the autumn. She advised that I should be careful as come Xmas I could find myself with 200 guinea pigs..........................I have a nasty feeling that she wasn't entirely joking.
A sad sad day for me but at least one little life will be ok from today.
Have any other rescues had any success with liasing with uni's and colleges? I would love to know how it has been approached.
ps Have called him Dougal on account of his long hair!
but its horrible that people can do that to their pets, id rather leave my boyfriend than my cat or piggies lol! :laugh: x