How did you end up with piggies?

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Before me and my bf moved in together i was talking about us getting a rabbit as i had always wanted one but was never allowed one. He wanted guinea pigs as he had 1 when he was younger, then i was at my auntys who was looking after her neighbours g-pigs and i had a wee cuddle and thats when i knew i wanted them. After 2 months of living together me and my bf had just got back from turkey ( on the sat) and next day i woke up and said lets going get some g-pigs. So we went along to p@h and got Darwin and Dexter. four weeks later we went to p@h for some food etc and seen Dustin in the adoption bit so after begging my bf to get him he agreed and thats how i ended up with my 3 piggies. :D

I also have a dog, rabbit and a hamster.

Now I'm not allowed anymore pets :( lol
 
Stacey said:
Before me and my bf moved in together i was talking about us getting a rabbit as i had always wanted one but was never allowed one. He wanted guinea pigs as he had 1 when he was younger, then i was at my auntys who was looking after her neighbours g-pigs and i had a wee cuddle and thats when i knew i wanted them. After 2 months of living together me and my bf had just got back from turkey ( on the sat) and next day i woke up and said lets going get some g-pigs. So we went along to p@h and got Darwin and Dexter. four weeks later we went to p@h for some food etc and seen Dustin in the adoption bit so after begging my bf to get him he agreed and thats how i ended up with my 3 piggies. :D

I also have a dog, rabbit and a hamster.

Now I'm not allowed anymore pets :( lol
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lol I am at the stage where I want to start a family and that's a no go since OH is still doing his college and so I replace that with pets... We currently have three dogs (one of which lives with my parents) and then I have 1 guinea pig... but I spotted this on at petco a few months ago and he is still there so at the moment I am begging and pleading to get him lol
 
I had one as a child, then some as a teenager and some more in my early 20's
My daughters wanted some a few years ago but my then fiance played the mardy card and we ended up with tortoises.
when we split up my girls were still banging on about piggies so I made them wait another year just to make sure they were serious and then I bought 2 girls and the herd has just grown and grown since June last year.
 
My son wanted a pet for his upcoming 11th birthday - however we were limited in the fact that my daughter (who was coming up to her 8th birthday) was frightened of literally anything that moved (dogs, cats, birds etc).

I always had the impression rescue centers were for dogs and cats - so we several lengthy chats with our local pets at home staff and decided a guinea pig would be ideal as a first time pet. What they dont tell you though is that guinea pigs require a lot of looking after (well i think so anyhow). So 5 days before his birthday we went to pets at home armed with £120 in our pocket (we'd already seen the perfect piggy the previous day but i wasn't convinced it would still be there) - anyhow he was and we called him Homer.

My daughter instantly took to him and after finding this forum we were advised to get Homer a friend - which we did around 6wks later (again a pets at home purchase) - bonding went great, mainly because some 6wks later we found out that JJ was in fact a girl :{ and a very pregnant one at that.

In between us finding out JJ was pregnant i responded to a local advert for piggies for sale (sadly advertised as ideal snake food) - turns out this was a breeder off-loading some of their stock so as i'd already got what i believed was 2 boys i said i could only take boys as i didn't want to upset the apple cart - this took my number to what i though was 4 boars.

Roll on a few weeks and JJ gave birth to 1 boy and 1 girl - Summer stayed with her mum and LB took his place with his father - now i'm at 6 pigs.

It wasn't until reading one of Vicky's posts showing off pigs she'd just had come in when we all fell in love with 'Wexford' a coronet boy who'd been bought as a companion for a cat and dog and because things didn't go to well (mainly because the dog thought he was dinner) he was shoved in to the only cage they had 'a bird cage' complete with live birds! :(

The original plan was to have Wexford live with my two girls JJ and Summer - but bonding failed and after me being contacted by someone pleading to take their single sow (now known as Tulisa) my numbers rose to 8 @)

A mixed bag really: 2 pet shop piggies - two pregnancy piggies - 3 semi-rescue piggies - and 1 real rescue boy x)
 
Iv'e had rabbits previously and hen brought a guinea pig years and years ago and just thought they were really cute and i have always been fond of them. When my daughter wanted a pet i told her it would have to be a guinea pig cause i really loved them and we brought a pair of boys, one for me and one for her and i caught the bug, 17 guinea pigs later and me and my daughter are still loving looking after them xx
 
My cousins told us about guinea pigs, and being 5 years old I was desperate one. My parents agreed we could have *two girls* only to find out a few weeks later (after the arrival of some babies) we had a boy and girl. It was one of the best mistakes ever though, as 18 years later i still couldnt be without my piggies!
 
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