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ok...you may remember my little thread some weeks ago, about finding a handsome big boy in the pet store. ...and my guestions about trio boars..ect.

Well we decided for the moment that a trio will not work. as he is older, and my two are younger and trios rarely work. We did not bring him home because we didnt want him to be alone by himself. and so on.


Long story short this handsome big boy is STILL at the store, no one will take him because they are intimadated by his size . he has been there for three months. His back nails are horribly long. he is in a very small glass enclosure. i never see anything in there with him but hay, and pellets. his mouth has healed (where he had chewed his hidey hut)..but now they've taken his hidey hut away so he wont hurt himself. So he is open to all the people who want to poke him, prod him..ect. He is miserable..anyone can see that. However when we picked him up for cuddles and loves...he always turns into this sweet mush ball of a guy. he gives kisses and will pur if you love on him enough.

I finally cornered the manager of the store and she gave me the owners numb. i contacted her and her story is...owner relenguished him because he would not get along with her girl pig (i was a bit shocked at this..but ok..whatever). she says..we've tried him in a pen with all our different aged piggys..and he fights with them all. he dosent like girls, he dosent like boys...he only seems to like people for some reason.
I'm not sure if I totally belive this..however being where we are, no option of boar dating. not being able to let HIM choose a friend...it seems he is either destined to life in a one by one glass cube with people poking and proding him and no real "life" ...or to come home with us and be a lone pig, but at least he will have REAL care, REAL love and some sort of life outside of a petstore. The owner is a nice lady and I slightly educated her on a few things..and she was flabbergasted as to him not having a hidey hut made of something that wont hurt his mouth. she said she would retify that asap. (she did good on her word, because next time we went in , they had a hay hidey for him). he also was brought some brocolii from us, and she said we are welcome to come visit him and feed him whatever we like. she is older..and I think sometimes the store business just gets away from her. But that is neither here nor there.


so..that leaves me with. Does anyone think we'd be doing him a disservice to bring him home.
He is so cute and loveable..and i dont care that he has pink eyes.

advice...thoughts...ideas....
also..i thought maybe he could at least enjoy the playpen with smores n choco. of course supervised.
at least an hour or two a day he'd have some loves..some piggy company in a neutral space..and a HOME. plus my husband likes him...lol
 
Others might disagree but I would bring him home. If he can't live with your boars then he could at least live where he can see and hear them for company and have play time. We thought our Sugar was going to be a lone piggy because she is a bit of a bully but she gets on well with Bruce x>>
 
Think about how you would feel if guinea pigs ruled the world ( I need to tell mine that as of yet they don't ) and you couldnt live with another human, would you want to live in a 10 x 10 box with no respite from people poking you and not being fed properly or would you prefer a nice guinea pig took you home, fed you properly and let you talk to other humans though your cage walls?
If it was me Id bring him home, you sound like a lovely person who would look after him a lot better than he is at the moment, dont leave him, go and get him.
 
I agree with previous posters. If he can see, hear and smell other piggies and is well looked after, I wd have thought that he would be happy. Not ideal but better than being truly alone!

Go for it!
 
Please go and get him, it breaks my heart to read of this poor piggy.

He is very lucky that you came along and I'm sure you would give him a fantastic life.

Don't hesitate-just do it!
 
If you have the money,time and space I think you should rescue this poor little boar. It sounds pretty much like people only want babies and maybe are even prejudiced against guinea pigs with pink eyes. Once you have him and he is settled down you can always take him boar dating. If it does not work then you have not lost anything. Far better he is taken away from a shop with no love and lives as a lone boar with your love.
 
I think he is on his way to his new home, hence why the OP hasn't replied :))

I agree with Piggyfan 100%. I dont understand the reason for people not wanting a pink eyed piggy, one of my babies has red eyes and she is adorable! x
 
I'm with all of the above. No, being a lone boar isn't ideal, but I'd much rather have a lone boar knowing that I could give him everything he would possibly need aside from another piggy (if indeed he was an agressive piggy!) than have him left in a shop for people to gawk at.

I do have a soft spot for lonely piggies that I see in the adoption centres here - I'd take them all if I could and give them the best life I could. No one in their right mind would look down on you for doing the same with this little piggy who has quite clearly wriggled his big, kissy, way into your heart!
 
Absolutley, bring him home and if your other boys are ok with it, house him next door to them so he can smell, see and talk to them, he might not want to share his living quarters with another pig but that doesn't mean he won't benefit from hearing piggie language and smelling them all day. Hope to be seeing pigtures soon! :))
 
so sorry for the late response. My computer is acting a fool today. lol

OH GOSH! You guys/gals are simply wonderful. I honestly got teary eyed at reading all the GO GET HIM's. :)
We are either going to get him in the morning (before my husds shift) or wait till saturday...
No threat of him going anywhere ...(least we dont think).

We are SOOOOOO happy to get the go ahead from all of you. I called my husband at work tonight to tell him the thumbs up and he got excited. If you knew my husband..he doesnt GET excited.
lol

so...its a go. We have researched and researched and feel like..giving him a good home, with the "piggy company, but not a house mate so to speak" is the way to go. I am going to put them all in the play pen and see how they go. If he acts ugly..I'll sepperate them. But nothing short of drawing blood is anything to worry over I dont think. If he begins to bite..well of course I'll step in then. But truly..I think a large part of the problem is INEXPERIENCED folks handled him..and soon as he began the chase..they removed him. He's never learned PROPER piggy ettiquite. But..thats neither here nor there. I wish we had BOAR DATING here in texas. But we dont.
and I'm truly not going to keep bringing home mates for him only to have them be rejected. not fair to him or the rejecties. Plus I cannot afford mass number of piggys (sadly).

However...I think being near these others, and hearing them, and seeing them..and getting love and cuddles from us. PROPER houseing and nutrition...will be the majority of his needs.
Should fate hand us a mate for him one day that HE dosent reject. I'll be doing cartwheels.


I have some guestions.
Do I give him a bath, and the others a bath straight off, before placing them in the play pen together. Or should I only bath my two...(sorry I'm still learning here).

do I leave him be for the first four or five days or so....and let them see and sniff one another threw the bars...THEN get him out and cuddle him a time or two then introduce them in the playpen.


basically...how do i go about this.
if it were regular boar bonding I'd read the many of a thread on it.
But with him being NEW and (according to the previous owner) piggy antisocial....I'm not sure the normal routine would work.


help! lol. sorry. so excited and nervous..and worried, and happy, and..well you get the idea.
 
Ps...if * want to see a pic of him...we snapped one the very first time we visited him...months ago. Ots in the introduction section under the ..handsome piggy I want thread I posted a while back
 
Go with your gut it will help this poor piggy and you'll get extra cuddles as well.
I to dont understand why people don't like gp's with red eyes. Don't judge a book by its cover ;)
 
I dont know if the bathing matters as much seeing as your not intending on bonding them all, it might be less threatening if they all smell the same. I would put them somewhere neutral like your living room floor for example with a playpen grid/mesh divider or something between your two and the newbie and leave them like that for an afternoon and see how it goes :)
 
I would not try to bond him with your pair. It rarely works with a trio and they may all fall out. It is best to keep him in quarantine for two weeks and if all is well you can try with another boar. It is so wonderful to hear you are going to get him. I cannot wait to hear all about it.
 
Oh yes, trios rarely work I was referring to them getting to know each other through a divider, just incase I was misunderstood!
I would get a good vet to give him a health check if you can too. Cant wait for an update!
 
Looking foward to this update! Well done, he's landed on all 4 paws finding such a fantastic home with you... x
 
I'm so glad you're going to get him! :) I love pink eyed piggies, but I am biased due to owning a gorgeous pale cream and gold peruvian who possesses the most beautiful ruby eyes! :D

Regarding the single piggy issue, one of my 5 boars is a single but is still the most hyper, popcorning little chap; he adores human company but has an intense hatred for other pigs. He also has a huge cage to himself and will sit for cuddles whilst I'm tapping away on the computer. I know yours is going to be much happier getting fussed over by you than spending his days being poked and prodded by the public in a pet store :)
 
So excited for you, What a lucky boy to have found someone like you ! Can't wait to see the special boy:(|)
 
Aww I'm glad to hear you've decided to give him a home where he'll be cared for properly :).
I saw the pigture on your 'New' thread, and He is a very handsome and gorgeous piggie! x) drool x)
 
Well we have a new development of sorts. Part of m.e is happy,part sad. Seems handsome boy may have picked himself a friend. When we went to fetch him, he had a small very timid boar in with him. Apparently somewhere in the last three days a new piggy came in,and they tried him.he seemed very ok with him so they left him. No fighting thus far. We simply cannot afford two more and as much as I dearly want him...if he has the prospect of a normal life I'm not going to take it from him. a sign was on there...I'm trying a new friend...if we decide to be roomies..we must go together..check back in a week . Was pleased to see a move in the positive direction...although admittedly a tiny bit sad for myself. .i will be xhecking in tooo se how it goes. Ill keep everyone posted
 
Oh, I dont know what to say, great for him as he might have a new forever friend but.........
 
Sorry that was very negative, its great that he may have found a new buddy to live with. This is what we want for all our piggies, I hope everything goes well with him over the next few days. (Is there definately no room in your heart for his friend too?)
 
Room in my hwart..very much...room in the pocketbook however..not so much. But after typing all that out I.called to check on things and even after spending a night together handsome apparently ha d a change of heart and bit his new cage mate n drew blood.. .so looks as if we will be fetching him come saturday. I'm sad he changed his mind about a friend....but I guess deep down I'm thrilled beecause I can go get him. :)
 
Whoopee!

Oops thats bad, naughty me but you get to go and get your handsome boy.
 
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