How to catch dumped piggy?

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Cue

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Hello! We’ve been trying to catch a very young (doubt a year old) Guinea pig who was dumped in a local park approx. two weeks ago. She’s taken up residence in a nasty blackberry bramble and sometimes pokes her head out to get food. She’s super smart; we’ve tried nets with food under them and on top of them, tubes with snacks in them, luring her out to snag her. She doesn’t fall for any of it and this morning wanted nothing to do with us after last nights three-hour attempt. We could cut down the patch, but it’s massive and would take all day with three people and machetes.
She’s in pretty good shape, aside from dehydration, fleas, ringworm, and her little paws and nose are all cut up.
She has water, we come by every morning and night with fresh veggies and hay for her. From what I’ve seen she’s been eating dead blackberry leaves and stems, withered up morning glory, and some grass.

Help?
 
Oh how lovely you’re trying to catch this little piggy. Such a shame someone dumped her. No wonder she is scared and hiding and very wary.
I have no experience of this so I don’t know what to advise.
You’re clearly trying everything.
Hopefully someone will come along with advice and help.
Good luck and I’d love to know how you get on.
 
Could you set up a box or carrier of some sort with hay etc in it. And just hope that she will into it and you can catch her. Otherwise chopping it away may be the best option, you’d then be able to get to her.

The other is to see if there’s a rescue nearby that would be able to help you catch her. They may have some tricks up their sleeve.

Good luck and I hope you get her soon.
 
:yahoo: How did you manage to catch her?
Hope she will get a clean bill of health from the vet ☺️
 
Woohoo perseverance paid off ! You are so kind to catch Cheesestick . I was worried she wouldn’t survive and I didn’t like to say about her being preyed on either. Such lovely news 🥰
 
Marjolyn said:
:yahoo: How did you manage to catch her?
Hope she will get a clean bill of health from the vet ☺️
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I’m hoping so too. Actually, she didn’t come out when we visited her at 5:00, and when we went back at 7 we both had the worst pits in our stomach (my mom couldn’t eat dinner because she felt like she would throw up). I thought a raccoon or local cat had gotten them because we trimmed back her hidey place a bit. We were so relieved when she came back out. We had tried a tube before but it smelled like our other pig and she wouldn’t go in. Turns out that an unused bagel box with snacks in it was appealing enough though; she walked in to get the food and we tipped it up so she couldn’t get out. Then we cried. She gets to try mango today.
 
Cue said:
I’m hoping so too. Actually, she didn’t come out when we visited her at 5:00, and when we went back at 7 we both had the worst pits in our stomach (my mom couldn’t eat dinner because she felt like she would throw up). We were so relieved when she came back out. We had tried a tube before but it smelled like our other pig and she wouldn’t go in. Turns out that an unused bagel box with snacks in it was appealing enough though; she walked in to get the food and we tipped it up so she couldn’t get out. Then we cried. She gets to try mango today.
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I think given she’s likely not been eating veg, I would avoid fruits (too high I sugar) and introduce veg slowly. Start with cilantro and maybe a slice of bell pepper or thin slice of cucumber.

Hope the vet gives her the all clear. Have you confirmed she’s a sow?
 
Siikibam said:
I think given she’s likely not been eating veg, I would avoid fruits (too high I sugar) and introduce veg slowly. Start with cilantro and maybe a slice of bell pepper or thin slice of cucumber.

Hope the vet gives her the all clear. Have you confirmed she’s a sow?
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We have not, we’ve just been calling them she just because. They are very much in a different cage than our pig and very much will get their own if they are a boar/if Daffodil doesn’t like them.

She’s definitely eaten veg before. While she was out there we fed her parsley, cilantro, various lettuces, and cucumber which she all devoured. We also saw her eating dead blackberry leaves and wilted morning glory. We’ll hold off on the sweeter snacks though; perhaps a couple of pea flakes today instead.
 
Cue said:
We have not, we’ve just been calling them she just because. They are very much in a different cage than our pig and very much will get their own if they are a boar/if Daffodil doesn’t like them.

She’s definitely eaten veg before. While she was out there we fed her parsley, cilantro, various lettuces, and cucumber which she all devoured. We also saw her eating dead blackberry leaves and wilted morning glory. We’ll hold off on the sweeter snacks though; perhaps a couple of pea flakes today instead.
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Aw, you’ve done so well, my Hector was found dumped in a hedge in the middle of winter with 5 other young boars and I think the people who managed to catch them had quite a runaround. Here he is now with his wife Kiki a very happy and friendly little man (Hector is the white one)
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Diagnosis in from the vet: mild bumblefoot and mites. She’ll get antibiotics, two doses of mite treatment, and pain relief/anti-inflammatory meds for her cuts and feet. Confirmed girl, six months old, and the vet said she was a lovely piggy. Unfortunately she’ll have to be away from our other pig for a month until treatments for mites are finished up.
 
Glad to hear that you caught her and that there is nothing seriously wrong. Thank you for caring for her.
 
Amazing - Cheese Stick has found her forever home 🥰
Great to know that’s she’s ok and that what she has can easily be treated.
You are a Guinea Pig Angel 😇
 
Glad to hear it’s nothing serious.

Please be aware more treatment is three lots with a certain time period in between.
 
Aw, well done you for getting her 8n so quickly, glad it’s all treatable too x
 
What a beautiful piggy - she is one lucky piggy 🥰
What you did ….going back daily to feed and try to catch her was inspiring 😇
 
Aaahhh that's so awesome! We've caught seven guinea pigs as strays just this year through the rescue, on four separate occasions. Three we caught by putting snacks and hay in a box and waiting (and waiting... and waiting!), three we caught with a combination of a fishing net, metal puppy pen panels and a lot of crushing of undergrowth and with one we ended up resorting to a humane squirrel trap and some celery a kind helper bought down to us.
They sure know how to keep us on our toes these strays 😂

I'm so glad you've managed to catch her, she's a gorgeous little piggy! It's horrible knowing they're still out there until you get them, how they survive I don't know 😔
 
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