Show off your rescue pigs!

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doglovinpiggylover said:
aww i think hes beautiful before and after x
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Once he was here I couldn't understand why he was 'too ugly', though he had been born without hair and then sprouted very course tufts so he may have look rather odd LOL. He weighed 350g at 5 months old when he arrived, the weight of the average 5 week old baby - he really wasn't in a good way at all.

He's a very special little man.

Suzy x
 
awww the poor lad :( I think it takes special people to see beyond the tufty hair and iccy eyes etc
 
Amysmom said:
Isn't this a bit unfair to those people who have recently joined the forum and didn't know about rescue pigs?
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I think the idea is to educate those who don't know (incl newbies) to the fact that rescue pigs are utterly gorgeous, readily available and are a viable alternative to pet shop pigs. There are a lot of free ads, dumped piggies and unwanted piggies appearing in rescues at the mo, so the more we can do to raise awareness of this the better. Hopefully, this will inspire everyone to look first (& preferably only) at rescues. Just my take on this thread!
 
Suzygpr said:
I didn't have space to fit all my lifers on my earlier post today.

My special boy Fergus Montague has a post all to himself.

Fergus was given away by a fake rescue as too ugly to sell, they were advertising as a rescue and taking in free-ad guinea pigs only to breed from them, instead of finding them new homes. The babies were sold through online ads and to petshops. To breed from any pig that you do not know the genetic or health history for is highly irresponsible, to breed from rescues is an appalling abuse of the guinea pigs and the trust of the owners that entrusted their animals to a supposed safe haven.

Fergus had a horrific eye infection and abscess when he first arrived and it was only through the use of very innovative medical treatment that he survived, amazingly his eye is fully functional too. As he was in such a poor condition when he arrived he will be staying at the rescue for life as he is likely to have other health issues in the future.

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After (I won't put up the 'during' pics as they are a bit icky).
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Suzy x
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He's gorgeous -- and so proud of himself in the "after"!
 
Mario and Luigi, from Cardiff GPR, September 2011.

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No great sob story, they were pets no longer wanted, obviously well handled at some stage as they are lovely friendly cuddle monsters!
 
It's fantastic to see Rudolph - a changed pig since his baby days when Suzy helped me with him and the other boars in their dire situation! He looks sooo well!

Nova (middle), who was dumped at work pregnant, and her two babies Breeze on the left and Buddy on the right.
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Skye ( disowned as her new owner bought a new puppy who tried to attack her.
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And Pumpkin, rescued from Woodside in Plymouth, from an uncontrolled breeding situation where the pigs were roaming in a garden.
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Such lovely piggies and stories, I'm welling up here.

Great thread to see all the happy endings which is what we'd all like for all pigs, but especially poignant for those who had bad beginnings.
 
Aww RIP DaddyPig, I did notice his little face was missing when we visited last time :(
 
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Peppa and George from NEGPR

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Twirl, Peanut and Twix .... not from a rescue but were adopted from a friend who had to get rid instantly due to landlord deciding she couldnt have them so she was debating posting free ads as no rescue would help her ... so in a sense they were rescued from going to anyone who would take them

I am still on the look out for a pair of skinny pigs in a rescue near me ... id love them ... I love hairless animals ... drool drool drool
 
I LOVE this thread! So so lovely to hear about all these piggies now in loving forever homes!

3 out of my 4 are rescues (fuzzy was from p@h a few years ago and after peanut died was when i discovered rescuing)

Tyler, from The Potteries 29.6.11 unexpected p@h litter handed in to the rescue (not sure if he was born in rescue or just before)
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Flinn (long haired coronet) and Winston (lunkarya) both from The Potteries 29.8.11

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Suzygpr said:
I didn't have space to fit all my lifers on my earlier post today.

My special boy Fergus Montague has a post all to himself.

Fergus was given away by a fake rescue as too ugly to sell, they were advertising as a rescue and taking in free-ad guinea pigs only to breed from them, instead of finding them new homes. The babies were sold through online ads and to petshops. To breed from any pig that you do not know the genetic or health history for is highly irresponsible, to breed from rescues is an appalling abuse of the guinea pigs and the trust of the owners that entrusted their animals to a supposed safe haven.

Fergus had a horrific eye infection and abscess when he first arrived and it was only through the use of very innovative medical treatment that he survived, amazingly his eye is fully functional too. As he was in such a poor condition when he arrived he will be staying at the rescue for life as he is likely to have other health issues in the future.

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After (I won't put up the 'during' pics as they are a bit icky).
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Suzy x
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drooldrooldrool Oh my gosh... you know how much I luuuurve Fergus. x)
 
Love this thread.

All my rescues are from Crawley GPR and I am a volunteer and fosterer for the rescue.

Mister Joe.
Joe came to have a holiday with me because he'd been overlooked in rescue for such a long time. When he was neutered to give him a better chance of rehoming, I decided that he had to stay with me and my girls... luckily, he agreed.
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Molly Moo.
Molly wasn't expected to survive when she was born (she arrived in rescue the day after she was born with her sister, 2 older brothers, dad and mum already pregnant again). She has deformed shoulders and took a long time to grow. She has odd breathing which the vet says is most likely due to internal deformities. But nothing holds her back and she's my little ninja pig.
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Biddy Boo had been living in a budgie cage with a rabbit when she came into rescue, we think she's an older girl so I wanted to give her a happy retirement. When she first came here she ripped up newspaper to make nests and tried to dig in corners (rabbit behaviour) :(
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My beautiful Ginny. She was a permanent foster girl because she was too poorly and old to be rehomed but she stole a big enough piece of my heart for me to consider her as my own. I still miss her every day.
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So many wonderful piggies on this thread! So glad these little guys all have fantastic forever homes now.

We have 3 rescue piggies -

Cookie and Treacle arrived last year both from Walsall RSPCA, they are the most friendliest girls ever.

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Megan also from Walsall RSPCA in January this year, she is such a sweet little soul.

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Amanda1801 said:
Wiebke, I aspire to have a collection of piggies like yours
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and me, and me!

I LOVE this thread, so many beautiful piggies!

I have Sir Finley Pig (my one and only:(|)) adopted from Walsall RSPCA August last year - how time has flown!
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I got my beautiful Starsky from the lovely Jenny at Crawley Guinea Pig Rescue :)

I would love to share a picture, but have a new laptop and can't remember my photobucket password!

He is now lovely and settled here, with his wonderful 5 wives! :D
 
It's so lovely seeing all these photos of the most gorgeous piggies who've found their forever homes.
Here's my little lot...

Bob from the Wheek and Squeak, he was born in rescue, adopted August 2010
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George from the Wheek and Squeak, he was a 'kids got bored after 6 months' piggy, adopted August 2010 with Gerry
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Gerry from the Wheek and Squeak (George's twin brother if you hadn't guessed :)) )
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Matilda from the Wheek and Squeak, owner was evicted, she came in heavily pregnant with her sister who also had babies, adopted May 2011
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Poppy from Rugby Rabbit and Guinea pig Welfare, adopted Nov 2011 with Penny
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Penny (Poppy's sister)
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Amelia from The Wheek and Squeak, one of the big Lymington rescue piggies, adopted on Saturday!
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I have 2 other piggies, one (my first) a pet shop pig Spike and Piglet from a friend.
 
Benny (lemon agouti, born to a pregnant mummy pig at Smallpaws rescue nearly 2 years ago) and Harry (golden boy) from The Potteries

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and Barney (ginger chunk from Jane/Nutmeg) and my special Pugh, from Glynneath GPR/Suzy!

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GemmaN said:
I got my beautiful Starsky from the lovely Jenny at Crawley Guinea Pig Rescue :)

I would love to share a picture, but have a new laptop and can't remember my photobucket password!

He is now lovely and settled here, with his wonderful 5 wives! :D
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I can help with this! Here's Starsky before he went to his forever home with you. He's a lucky boy to have you and all his wives.
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My three are all from 'The Potteries'

Ruby- We adopted her as a friend for our elderly piggle Rosie (Floofbum) through the sow-dating service. They got along great from the first meeting :)
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Esme- My mummy piggy. We adopted her and her daughter Tia about 10 days after adopting Ruby.
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Tia
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My ginger gang!
 
Here's Astro who we adopted from the RSPCA a month ago. He was one of the 285 rescue and he is having loads of fun.

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Here is my rescue piggy Ginny (was known as Estelle/Dinky at Glynneath Rescue). She was born at the rescue in December 2011 and was one of 6 babies and part of the ginger army.

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I love her - lots!

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Adopted on the 30 June (happy belated gotcha day) last year from All about the animals all the way down in Wales (I'm up in Edinburgh).

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Born in rescue and was hand reared. She is my chatterbox pig who squeaks to herself as she wanders around her house. She is a sheltie and was 2 when I got her.

Milkshake
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Ex breeding sow who waited a while for a home. She is a fluffball of a merino with a big pigsonality.

Pixie

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Born at rescue to her mum Pippin who is the daughter of Amandas Cameo. I think that counts as the same rescue :)). I wasn't expecting to come home with this little sweetie but I fell for her the moment I saw her. She was 4 months when I got her and is a crested shortish :p hair

Bonus pic of her family

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Rosierum said:
Born at rescue to her mum Pippin who is the daughter of Amandas Cameo. I think that counts as the same rescue :)). I wasn't expecting to come home with this little sweetie but I fell for her the moment I saw her. She was 4 months when I got her and is a crested shortish :p hair

Bonus pic of her family

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So Cameo is Granny to Pixie? I could never work it out before :))
 
Amanda1801 said:
So Cameo is Granny to Pixie? I could never work it out before :))
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So I remember yes. She has the possiblity of cataracts in the future but the only difference Pixie has is a beautiful blue eye. I doubt there are many if any other forum piggies who are granny and granddaughter :)).
 
Rosierum said:
So I remember yes. She has the possiblity of cataracts in the future but the only difference Pixie has is a beautiful blue eye. I doubt there are many if any other forum piggies who are granny and granddaughter :)).
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Yeah, Cameo has small cataracts, although my vet struggled to find them! Can only see them if you know they're there :))

This is exactly why I started the thread, to see links like Cameo and Pixie!
 
Famous Edward! He was from Walsall and he is possibly the best pig ever to grace the planet. He is hilarious!

Here's a before -

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And and after -

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He grew it all by himself ha ha ha, he likes his noms.

And just one more...

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I have just the one rescue pig (at the moment!), the beautiful Bernadette! I adopted her from Milhaven GPR on March 8th 2012. I can't believe it has flown by so quickly, and now I can't imagine coming home without seeing her floofy face :)
She came into the rescue in a very bad condition (according to Joanne), and they didn't even know she was pregnant at first. She had a very traumatic life before she found her way to Joanne, and she is the mummy of the Cloud Babies, Cirrus and Nimbus (see link - prepare to squeee! http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=87002) I feel so privileged that I was allowed to adopt her :)

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And with her adopted big sister Treacle :)
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