SkinnyPigs!

[lilgalnatalie]

Ok, remeber i told you about that video of Capy? Well now i have totally fell in love with skinnypigs O0 seriously i hope when we move house, i can get one and keep him in the living room. And bring in a friend or something. Skinnypigs are soo cute, i adore them!

 

[Abnoba]

I can just quote myself from the "what do you think about skinnypigs" - thread (http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=7145.0)

I think it is unnatural, and cruel. (sorry)

animals have fur for a reason, to protect their skin from all sorts of things, scratches, heat/cold, drying out, ... to rob an animal of that natural protection through breeding, is wrong in my opinion.

Of course they might look "cute" - I just think it is selfish to do this just because you prefer "the look of it".

To me its in the same league with debarking dogs, declawing cats, dying an animals hair (everyone was saying "oh no!" in a thread in this forum when they talked about bleaching to keep a guineas fur white around the bottom - yet robbing an animal of said fur is alright?). Its making an animal permanently unnatural.

Just my opinion, I understand that some people on here really like them, well, I dont, not because it looks "ugly", but because I feel so sorry for those animals.

thats exactly what I mean though - someone says "well I like them that much, I am willing to take the fact that they have alot of skin problems.." I wish it would be possible to ask the piggy what it thinks.

If it is willing to take all these problems to look prettier for us..

It reminds me of these cats with the flat faces, that have been bred that way to look "good" and now have massive breathing problems.

The things we do to animals because we think its pretty or "fashionable"... :'(

 

[cavy]

I agree with everything Abnoba said.

 

[rachx]

i agree with her as well, anyway i prefer fur to stroke and cuddle

 

[baby-wilson]

I'm with you Nat I love them! theyre soo cute but they would be even cuter if they were natuarlly bald...

 

[KimmiesGuineas]

theyre soo cute but they would be even cuter if they were natuarlly bald...

I think you're exactly right, as well as you are Abnonba.

Nat, they may be cute, but it's not natural. Please do not get a skinny pig unless it is in need. Don't get them from from a pet store (which normally don't have them and if they do they're VERY expensive to discourage people from buying them) or a breeder, which is making the problem worse. And I don't mean seeing someone who is looking for a home and say that is helping a piggy in need. If a shelter or rescue has one for adoption, adopt one from there. Otherwise I don't think it's a good idea at all.

Also, weren't your piggies being a little naughty and bullying one another? If so, is having a Skinny with very delicate skin the best to have as a buddy?

Kimmie