Overrun with piggies.

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What a thick owner. Look at all he has caused.malletheadmalletheadmallethead
 
Unfortunately people like this not only can't sex very well; but also do not know that baby boys can get a female piggy pregnant from just over 3 weeks old... I'd put money on a lot of those ladies being pregnant. :(

Oh if I could I'd be down there and I'd snap them all up and give them a life free from uncontrolled breeding. :(
 
It is so sad. I really hope they are all homed but there is so many of them. :(
 
Have you read one of the comments...

Release them into the wild. We once had two dozen rabbits in the back garden. We released them in Shropshire and Yorkshire in the 1990s, and now both release areas have a healthy population of lop-ears (long after the original creatures must have died). Let's make guinea pigs a British animal. - Simple, Solution, 26/12/2011 20:59 <<< //// really your name says it all ..simple in both name and mind
- a Brit abroad , Not UK , 26/12/2011 22:36
 
Did anyone read the comments underneath the article where someone suggests releasing them into the wild!! Obviously someone trying to wind people up. So so sad and I hope they all get forever homes soon.....
 
The comments on that news article got me so angry. If I could hunt those people down I would.

As for the article, those poor piggies. They are all so adorable. Very glad the four with me I will know to have a fantastic life forever. x)
 
ninz said:
Have you read one of the comments...

Release them into the wild. We once had two dozen rabbits in the back garden. We released them in Shropshire and Yorkshire in the 1990s, and now both release areas have a healthy population of lop-ears (long after the original creatures must have died). Let's make guinea pigs a British animal. - Simple, Solution, 26/12/2011 20:59 <<< //// really your name says it all ..simple in both name and mind
- a Brit abroad , Not UK , 26/12/2011 22:36
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You get some right idiots on DM... ¬_¬
 
BellasMummy said:
Why are the RSPCA suggesting neutering though? if they were simply separated into sexes then this wouldn't happen.
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Maybe because people find it hard to sex them? So just neutering would be an easy way of being sure and safe? It's unneccessary but is a way of prevention with new owners. Just a thought as to why they might be thinking of it, even though I agree with you :)
 
I think they should be suggesting proper sexing as done by an experienced vet. Cheaper, and safer for the pigs. But that's just my view.

EDIT: I'm not against neutering completely, but I feel it should only be used in certain situations, not for every pig. It's just not worth the risks...
 
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Surely they realised the trouble they were getting in before they got to 60 I mean 3-60 doesn't happen overnight and also there was no mention that shouldn't be living loose in a garden:(

Has anyone heard where they've ended up?
 
I just read this on the mirror website.

A few things saddened me....obviously the situation but the RSPCA suggested everyone should neuter piggies. Alot of vets arent capable of doing this and we would end up with alot of piggy lives lost if this were to happen. Why not sex properly and seperate?

They also said they breed like rabbits.....how wrong are they in many many ways :( Hope that doesnt encourage 'money making' breeders to expand to piggies now.

There are also posts underneath which say boys shouldnt be kept together.

So many things are wrong with the article. I think its a bad reflection for piggies :(

I hope all the piggies that have been rescuied have safe pregnancies and births and find new homes soon xx
 
I think it's very sad that those piggies were put in danger. Does anyone know which rescue the piggies were taken to as I'm currently seeking a pair of rescue piggies myself?!

As for the suggestions of releasing them into the wild I would like to put that person with no food or water in a woods on a cold night and see whether their opinion changed by the morning.


Amy
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*Nibbles&Nugget* said:
I think it's very sad that those piggies were put in danger. Does anyone know which rescue the piggies were taken to as I'm currently seeking a pair of rescue piggies myself?!

As for the suggestions of releasing them into the wild I would like to put that person with no food or water in a woods on a cold night and see whether their opinion changed by the morning.


Amy
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The newspaper says 40 are at the RSPCA Ashley Heath animal centre but it doesn't say where the other 23 are? I would like to know too as I could take two girlies :)
 
tanya1 said:
The newspaper says 40 are at the RSPCA Ashley Heath animal centre but it doesn't say where the other 23 are? I would like to know too as I could take two girlies :)
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If you phone the RSPCA Ashley Heath centre maybe they could tell you? Or if you took a couple from the RSPCA it would save them from possible euthanasia (assuming the RSPCA there is anything like the RSPCA here in New South Wales).
 
zebrallama said:
If you phone the RSPCA Ashley Heath centre maybe they could tell you? Or if you took a couple from the RSPCA it would save them from possible euthanasia (assuming the RSPCA there is anything like the RSPCA here in New South Wales).
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The RSPCA at Ashley Heath is one of the larger centres, and are really good with small furries - I've had buns and pigs from them.

This actually happened nearly 2 months ago now, but obviously a lot of the piggies were pregnant when taken in.

They have their own vet there to do any neutering - it's their policy to make sure animals won't be bred from when re-homing them, which is why they neuter the boy piggies.

There was also a lot of press coverage in the local papers, covering Dorset and Hampshire, so hopefully a lot will now be going to their forever homes.
 
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