Makes me so damn upset seeing how others dont know how to properly care for pigs

tahnie

tahnie

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Seeing the conditions online makes me consumed with sadness. Ignorance was bliss. Before i got pigs i didnr know about their care so would have lived in bliss. After getting my own and paying for expensive vets and researching about their care and needs and also being an empathetic animal lover, i am aware what they need to be happy and thrive. So this awareness now makes me devastated when i how most people online and family friends or whatever treat their guinea pigs. It gets me down. I get triggered when i see posts online. And i am so sad to see an animal i love so much in conditions like that. I think about and imsgine how i would never have mine in those conditions. I break seeing the pet i have and love that i look after so well living with careless people. I wish every pig in the world wss treated and cared for how they deserve. It makes me sooooo deeply upset. And also that some spend their whole life alone with people buying one. Its seeing the set up and lack of everything they need. I see how much mine enjoys snuggling and being warm and how she absokutely loves this. So i know they all would. So seeing pigs without this comfort shatters my heart and gets me very down. It kills me 😅😭
 
And then they get defensive and you can see why they have the piggys in the conditikns they do...ah maybe ill save my breath, its sad and thats it, maybe the fact they have them in those conditiins in firsg place means they actually dont give a and there is no hope
 
How lovely to hear you so passionate about this as you say The World can be a horrible place anyway but mistreating or neglecting helpless animals is heartbreaking.
All you can do is try to help as much as you can even in small ways, signing petitions, spreading the word etc in the hope that it does some good 🙏
 
We may not be able to change the world but we can change it around us.
Advocate the forum as an excellent place for information and advice.
Talk to people about welfare standards
As @CTWC said, write letters and sign petitions.

Even if each one of us can make a difference to one other person that’s another guinea pig or two with a better life.

Never lose your passion
 
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