Louisep1973
Junior Guinea Pig
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Hi there, I'd be really grateful for any advice/ideas.
4 years ago we adopted 3 rescue piggies (Rapunzel, Cinderella and Ariel)of various ages, a couple of whom had been bred from excessively. Rapunzel was the oldest and she died a year or so later. After another year, Ariel died suddenly and of course, not wanting to leave Cinderella alone, I contacted a rescue, and adopted a lovely 12 month old neutered boar, Wilson, and he and Cinderella have had a lovely 2 years together. Sadly Cinderella died this weekend, and once again we have a sad single piggy. My daughter who is now 4 years older than when we started our piggy journey is less interested than she was, and although she looks after them faithfully, sometimes it is a struggle. I know this is sacrilege to piggy lovers, but how does one cease to be a piggy owner, when the issues are:
A)I dont want to keep Wilson on his own and subject him to possibly 3 years of loneliness B) I would feel dreadful having him adopted, when we got him to keep Cinderella company, so it would feel terribly disloyal, like we had just used him. Also he has a fab set up with us (see photo) and I would worry about him having less space C)if we adopt another, the cycle just continues and they potentially get less and less attention from my daughter. I know that when you get pets its important to commit to looking after them their entire lives, but when that involves making sure they have company, that could be forever. I have a friend with 2 sows who may be willing to adopt him, but shes away for a couple of weeks so we cant start the introduction process yet. I'm so sad for him. Please help!
4 years ago we adopted 3 rescue piggies (Rapunzel, Cinderella and Ariel)of various ages, a couple of whom had been bred from excessively. Rapunzel was the oldest and she died a year or so later. After another year, Ariel died suddenly and of course, not wanting to leave Cinderella alone, I contacted a rescue, and adopted a lovely 12 month old neutered boar, Wilson, and he and Cinderella have had a lovely 2 years together. Sadly Cinderella died this weekend, and once again we have a sad single piggy. My daughter who is now 4 years older than when we started our piggy journey is less interested than she was, and although she looks after them faithfully, sometimes it is a struggle. I know this is sacrilege to piggy lovers, but how does one cease to be a piggy owner, when the issues are:
A)I dont want to keep Wilson on his own and subject him to possibly 3 years of loneliness B) I would feel dreadful having him adopted, when we got him to keep Cinderella company, so it would feel terribly disloyal, like we had just used him. Also he has a fab set up with us (see photo) and I would worry about him having less space C)if we adopt another, the cycle just continues and they potentially get less and less attention from my daughter. I know that when you get pets its important to commit to looking after them their entire lives, but when that involves making sure they have company, that could be forever. I have a friend with 2 sows who may be willing to adopt him, but shes away for a couple of weeks so we cant start the introduction process yet. I'm so sad for him. Please help!
