Hello, I will you present my case and ask for their advice.
On 21 December, my beautiful boy Manchitas (3 years old) passed away. I tried for over a month to bring up my Manchitas but the destiny had other plans and though he was already much better of their disease (a resistant bacterium netted him a cystitis) a complication with the anesthesia when the veterinary took a radiography and ultrasonography killed him.
The unexpected death was a shock for me, so much was my pain that I became a depression. I have since recovered and have begun to feel the need to give all the love I have to a new baby guinea pig.
Maybe I'm egoist for wanting a baby and not an adult pig having so many beautiful adult pig who are looking for a home but I must confess that I have panic to take an adult pig and suffer again in few years a lose.
My first attempt to adopt was when I saw a baby pig that looked like Manchitas but the rescue answered me "we don't allow to adopt single pig." Unfortunately, this boy still continues in the rescue, and I didn't try to contact again the rescue, I found their response very rude because they do not even left open the possibility of ask me if I could or wanted to adopt two pigs.
My second attempt to adopt was last week when I saw two beautiful babies ready for adoption. I wrote asking but the answer was that as I was away from the rescue it was better to look around my area.
Question: if you show interest in traveling 180 miles to pick up a babies guinea pigs, is it not enough interest to think that this person really wants the kids?
I can understand that the person rescue argue that I am away and do not want the babies to travel so much but a journey of about 3 hours is not the end of the world. I travel from Madrid to London with my Manchitas, and he came in perfect condition with no sign of stress. He didn't stop to do popcorning all the time, he ate normally and nothing was change in his routine.
I think it's pretty sad that having so many pig for adoption, a candidate for adoption is rejected without asking a little more why he/she want adopt this guinea pig.
Perhaps the reason why there is so much pig in rescue is because the criteria or methods for adopt a guinea pig are too demanding or quite subjective criteria.
if someone like me who can offer a permanent home and all the love in the world to a little pig is rejected then either something is not working in the adoption system or are there reasons unknown for me that not allow me to adopt in UK.
Any advice on this matter?
PS: sorry if I have not written very well, still I have difficulty with English :-(
On 21 December, my beautiful boy Manchitas (3 years old) passed away. I tried for over a month to bring up my Manchitas but the destiny had other plans and though he was already much better of their disease (a resistant bacterium netted him a cystitis) a complication with the anesthesia when the veterinary took a radiography and ultrasonography killed him.
The unexpected death was a shock for me, so much was my pain that I became a depression. I have since recovered and have begun to feel the need to give all the love I have to a new baby guinea pig.
Maybe I'm egoist for wanting a baby and not an adult pig having so many beautiful adult pig who are looking for a home but I must confess that I have panic to take an adult pig and suffer again in few years a lose.
My first attempt to adopt was when I saw a baby pig that looked like Manchitas but the rescue answered me "we don't allow to adopt single pig." Unfortunately, this boy still continues in the rescue, and I didn't try to contact again the rescue, I found their response very rude because they do not even left open the possibility of ask me if I could or wanted to adopt two pigs.
My second attempt to adopt was last week when I saw two beautiful babies ready for adoption. I wrote asking but the answer was that as I was away from the rescue it was better to look around my area.
Question: if you show interest in traveling 180 miles to pick up a babies guinea pigs, is it not enough interest to think that this person really wants the kids?
I can understand that the person rescue argue that I am away and do not want the babies to travel so much but a journey of about 3 hours is not the end of the world. I travel from Madrid to London with my Manchitas, and he came in perfect condition with no sign of stress. He didn't stop to do popcorning all the time, he ate normally and nothing was change in his routine.
I think it's pretty sad that having so many pig for adoption, a candidate for adoption is rejected without asking a little more why he/she want adopt this guinea pig.
Perhaps the reason why there is so much pig in rescue is because the criteria or methods for adopt a guinea pig are too demanding or quite subjective criteria.
if someone like me who can offer a permanent home and all the love in the world to a little pig is rejected then either something is not working in the adoption system or are there reasons unknown for me that not allow me to adopt in UK.
Any advice on this matter?
PS: sorry if I have not written very well, still I have difficulty with English :-(
unfortunalty they sometimes don't get the long life they deserve. I have to say though I do understand the reasons the rescues have given you but I definatly wouldn't take either as a rejection just both have given you terms that you'll have to work with. Unfortunalty a lot of people want just one Guinea pig which we know isn't as good for them as having a friend- if your happy to have two pigs why not contact the rescue about the first pig and ask if they could bond him with another so you'll have a pair? The travel one is just because it can be stressful on a baby and some prefer to be within a close location in case they ever have to come back- you luckily live in London though so there are plenty of options locally: it's probably best to contact each resue and ask about babies (or poissibly a baby/ adult pairing?) as most don't have all their pigs on their sites or might have expecting girls.
