Pets at home get worse!

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So I was in P@h just getting Clive a different brand of food and had to stroll by the adoption centre, what did I see?

A lone boar called toffee and on his adoption notice thing it said he must go somewhere that will keep him alone because 'he is a bully'.
The worse thing is someone is going to believe that rubbish. I feel bad for leaving him now :...
 
I'm do tempted to go back when my new hutch arrives.
Then I'd have two that needed boar dating though :/
 
id be tempted to go and get him ;)
i saw one similar in a pah store that had a 6 month old boy to be housed alone and the women said that he was vicious against other guinea pigs boys and girls!
i was adopting a single baby girl at the time and we now have 14 pigs so i couldnt have him unfortunatly :(
we have a pig whos a bit of a bully but hes happily lving with a girl piggy now hes been neutered
 
What a stupid thing to put! They make it sound as if he is beating the other pigs up for their dinner money rolleyes
That poor pig is probably going to be stuck there for weeks or worse spend the rest of his life on his own (if somebody does choose to take him) as the new owner probably wouldn't dare to pair him up with another pig...what a horrible situation for the little guy :(
 
It's a difficult situation. I feel that if I leave him someone really inexperienced will go along and believe everything they tell them. I wish I was getting more than two hutches now xD
 
It's a difficult one. I simply can't go in there now due to this sort of thing happening...
The thought of just anybody taking him is awful, only you can decide if you're in the right position to home him.



(go on, go get him!) ;) :))
 
Ive decided that if he's in there when my hutch has been set up and my bedrooms sorted then I'll get him. So I should know by Saturday :p

I better find a good boat dating place :...
 
Sounds like mr pig might have a bit of luck on his side if he gets to live with you :)
Have you thought what you'll do if he really can't get on with another pig? (hopefully this won't happen) is there room so that he could live near another piggy so he wouldn't be completley isolated?
 
Well I'm really hoping it won't come to that if I do get him but I'd buy an extra run and a plastic cage to sit next to the large double hutch I'm getting for my other guinea and his soon to be friend. Then he could chat to another piggie without having the stress at least! I'm sure we'd find him a good friend though.
 
Lets hope he is still there :) his new home and possible piggy companion could be only days away!
 
I know! I'm excited now :p
If someone does take him though I'll just have to hope they care for him the best they can.
 
let us all know if he is still available.
Its a shame because The Pets at home near me seems to be quite good.
you would of thought they would all be like it
 
That is awful, poor piggie! All he needs is a compatible friend :( That would have brought a tear to my eye if I read that. Bless him :(

I hope he's still there and you get him!
 
They do this with loads of piggies,
my current loan boar Marmite is "aggressive" it's made my OH and mother adamant on not bonding him as he's "aggressive".
However, not everyone listens to the advice, a few days before i went to collect him, he was adopted out and put with two other boars before being taken back as he was too "aggressive" with the other pigs, i'll be the first to admit he is a little more dominant than my other piggies, but I'm sure i'll find him a pal one day, in his own time.
 
had this with one of my male buns from the adoption section at P@H. They said he was aggressive to other buns. had been fighting with his brother and was to be kept alone.

I brought him home with me and joined a rabbit forum and quickly learned that he needed neutering so he could be bonded with a doe. I later rescued two does and he has been happily living with them for over 2 years. My poor little boy would have spent his whole life alone, he is such a gentle bun to his girls.

Why P@H didn't say neuter him and bond him with a doe I don't know. They could have rehomed two buns and got a neuter out of it (they have a vet, Companion Care inside the store).
 
They told me that my boar with a head tilt had to always live alone! He looks so sad when he is in his cage... But I'm going to try him boar dating! No reason he can't have a friend!
 
I saw pets at home had two female guinea pigs in their adoption part today that had to go together, which I felt okay about. It's nice they were being re-homed as a pair.

There are occasions where there is the lonely guinea pig which kinda made me peeved. How would they know the piggy is a bully? Pets at home really need to do a behavioural assessment on the animals in the adoption centre before advertising them in little posters next to the cage.

I used to own a male guinea pig myself that actually was a bully and liked his own space. I tried letting him have friends but he didn't want at all.
 
I've gotten some from the rehoming section before at different times because they've said they were bullies and had to be kept seperate. Each and every one of them has been added to my herd with no problems at all. I always worry what would have happened to the poor babies otherwise :( I can't go in there though cos my place is more than full at the moment
 
This makes me happy I don't have a pets at home near me nor have I ever been in one. I saw one once on the way to my dentists an hour from my home but other than that never. So glad. :)
 
its a shame so many of the stores are pants. the one in my town is fab. the pigs always have hay and veg and scrummy treats. the staff are well informed of all they need to be and give a load of information to new pet owners. they treated my pablo for his abcess before selling him to us, making sure he was all healed. they rang us twice in the week just so we knew he was well.
I know some are awful but not all
 
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