Pat Shields
Adult Guinea Pig
- Joined
- Jun 27, 2011
- Messages
- 1,151
- Reaction score
- 50
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- 425
- Location
- USA MO, Ft. Leonard Wood area
I wish you all could have been with me today at the pet shop I went to. I went there because I found some clear water bottles there, and I do better if I can see at a glance if the water is low. There were some GPs in there, and I checked them all out. I could have brought a friend home for Red, but I really couldn't tell how to choose one, so I didn't get one.
The one I liked the most was a ginger shorthair with a rosette on the top of her head. She was already accustomed to being a pet and was a very nice piggy. But she was fully grown already and is female.
There was another whose hair was identical to Red's but he was black and white, and he is male. Why I didn't bring him home is
he is around Red's size but he grew up in the pet store, and he is more genitally developed than Red.
There were two females about Red's age and size; one was a gray teddy, the other was a longer-haired one but not like Red's hair and was ginger and black and very cute. Their problem, though, for me is being female, and I don't know how to "bond" them without getting babies, if that is even possible.
One more young male was short-haired and sleek and beautiful, with bands of Red's colors. But he had been brought in with a pregnant female who had her babies there, and they have separated him from them and have already sold the female but are keeping her there until her babies have grown enough. He has been socialized well, but I didn't know if he is suitable to try to put with Red because he already has had a family.
I just don't know! If I had you guys with me you could have helped me decide or told me if any of them were indeed not suitable. (They were all healthy and in perfect condition, thank goodness.)
The one I liked the most was a ginger shorthair with a rosette on the top of her head. She was already accustomed to being a pet and was a very nice piggy. But she was fully grown already and is female.
There was another whose hair was identical to Red's but he was black and white, and he is male. Why I didn't bring him home is
he is around Red's size but he grew up in the pet store, and he is more genitally developed than Red.
There were two females about Red's age and size; one was a gray teddy, the other was a longer-haired one but not like Red's hair and was ginger and black and very cute. Their problem, though, for me is being female, and I don't know how to "bond" them without getting babies, if that is even possible.
One more young male was short-haired and sleek and beautiful, with bands of Red's colors. But he had been brought in with a pregnant female who had her babies there, and they have separated him from them and have already sold the female but are keeping her there until her babies have grown enough. He has been socialized well, but I didn't know if he is suitable to try to put with Red because he already has had a family.
I just don't know! If I had you guys with me you could have helped me decide or told me if any of them were indeed not suitable. (They were all healthy and in perfect condition, thank goodness.)
