Kiara
Junior Guinea Pig
I have been here for a few days now and its time to tell you guys.
I have spoken a little about how I got the 30+ piggies I have now this is the whole story.
I live in blackpool, there's not much here in the way of guineapigs, literally there's one breeder in freckleston.... and I knew that I wanted more maybe four more?
Let me explain I have property... I inherited it from my mother and father and grandfather so all I do when I get up is go swimming come home and.... nothing.... nothing really .... I don't have much family left and have never been much sociable... so I guess guineapigs filled that void for me I have so much time I spend almost half a day every day in my guinea-pig room and with this I can kind of cope like most people cant with well.... a lot of guineapigs....
This all started when I started searching the net preloved and homes for pets I even when to another breeder outside blackpool.... I called the RSPCA and let them close him down but this story is not about him its about ones that where even worse of any way I searched and searched and searched every day maybe even twice a day... you know maybe a morning person wanted to re-home a piggle? its all rather funny when I look back on it.
I paid to respond to new adverts just in case I really wanted this guineapig, I mean there must be others out there waiting for me right? Right, but just more than I expected.
I spotted it that title "Guineapigs free to good home 10+" I could not believe my eyes but they where far away a two hour drive to Accrington all wavy roads to an old mill town... then I saw the photographs.... there where three it only allows you three on that site.... I couldn't believe my eyes these poor creatures it was plain to see that it was a bit crowded 5 guineapigs in a one tier hutch that I wouldn't even use all my hutches are 2 tier plus as I don't think I one tier would fit two and I believe guineapigs should be in pairs minimum.
In one of the pictures the poo of the guineapigs is bad I mean its spilling out of the cage like over the bottom of the hutch over the bars and out of the cage in another is shows three huddled away not even tempted out by fresh carrot .... I still have these pictures.... but I wont post them here no its not right not on an open forum its to bad to so it that bad if you want to see I will gladly show you if you message me in private on here but no I cant post them publicly its not fair its just so sad that they where like that and its not even a scratch on what I saw.
I texted said id be interested that I would "love the opportunity to take some" I said I all I could to get there and then I sent pictures of my guineapigs and there cages I hoped wished and well.... they didn't respond though it was 6pm I waited all night I didn't sleep a wink didn't even try I was up watching so many bad westerns and Dr who repeats 2am, 4am, 7am, 8am I slowly start to drift of BEEP BEEP BEEP GAH! I have a message I read it " Still have guineapigs when can you come" "Saturday I can come Saturday 1pm?". " Ok see you then" BEEP BEEP BEEP and three more sad pictures.
Wait that was it? it was arranged now all I had to do was pack.
I am a worrier a take one more incaser a just one morer.....
Ok I admit it I was packed for a guineasplosion .... I got three heavy duty mail carring boxes one bail of hay two bags of hay a full bag of guinea pig pellets and tonnes of treats and toys.... pretty much anything guinea I had was in that car.... like I said I was ready for a guinea splosion and I got one.
I drove....for two hours with all these things circling my head and I get lost for half an hour... finally I'm there ... normal looking house... I knock on the door three times. a lady comes ushers me in and I sits down on her sofa " dogs out for the moment here are the guineapigs. she leaves and brigs one big box at a time when they are all at my feet she opens them and my jaw hits the floor and I feel tears burn in my eyes but I blink them back and lower my head. before me are three boxes filled to the brim with guineapigs. she points at them " those are the older males this the younger and those are the females.
Over the next three hours I sort I pick and I choose she tells me I was the first of 15 to respond and I state it would be polite for me to leave some for others.... I left four females 5 older males and 5 younger males. Then she pulls out a box a small box "Orphans mom died this morning after they where born" and sighs I peer in and the tinyest guineapigs I have ever seen are huddled in the corner shivering and as one rather limp one looked clinging to life. I told her my female acorn was expecting that she may nurse them once hers are born and that I have kitten milk that can be fed to newborn rodents in substute of a mother she hands me them and I put them in the car with the rest.
I come back in and rather brashly pick up a box and head round to where she kept these guineapigs she looks surprised but I keep a calm face and help her put the females back much better only four to the two tier hutch now but all I see is two other one tiers one had a big male in it his claws are curled into his pads and he is filthy one of his eyes is strage like cataracts his is about one year old and this is the life he knows filth falling from his cage dust in his water bottle and the stench of him oh its was horrible cobwebs coated in his cage and even to his water bottle I wished I could of taken a picture but I couldent infront of her all I could do was beg, beg about oh how pretty he is and oh what a lovely squeek he made I got him I did and I bundled him away fast into the car came back to take one last look she was done putting the young ones away in the hutch and opened the door to the last one the poo was 7 inches deep I kid you not I muttered my goodbyes and hopped in my car and sped of.
And that was how I got them. And now I'm dealing sorting and careing for those guineapigs that had such a hard start in life I will be posting pictures soon after this of the guineapigs from that lady that need a forever home and in a week or two I will post a "In the care of" post of each individual hurdle I had and am still having with keeping and keeping alive some of the worse of guineapigs from this situation.
I have spoken a little about how I got the 30+ piggies I have now this is the whole story.
I live in blackpool, there's not much here in the way of guineapigs, literally there's one breeder in freckleston.... and I knew that I wanted more maybe four more?
Let me explain I have property... I inherited it from my mother and father and grandfather so all I do when I get up is go swimming come home and.... nothing.... nothing really .... I don't have much family left and have never been much sociable... so I guess guineapigs filled that void for me I have so much time I spend almost half a day every day in my guinea-pig room and with this I can kind of cope like most people cant with well.... a lot of guineapigs....
This all started when I started searching the net preloved and homes for pets I even when to another breeder outside blackpool.... I called the RSPCA and let them close him down but this story is not about him its about ones that where even worse of any way I searched and searched and searched every day maybe even twice a day... you know maybe a morning person wanted to re-home a piggle? its all rather funny when I look back on it.
I paid to respond to new adverts just in case I really wanted this guineapig, I mean there must be others out there waiting for me right? Right, but just more than I expected.
I spotted it that title "Guineapigs free to good home 10+" I could not believe my eyes but they where far away a two hour drive to Accrington all wavy roads to an old mill town... then I saw the photographs.... there where three it only allows you three on that site.... I couldn't believe my eyes these poor creatures it was plain to see that it was a bit crowded 5 guineapigs in a one tier hutch that I wouldn't even use all my hutches are 2 tier plus as I don't think I one tier would fit two and I believe guineapigs should be in pairs minimum.
In one of the pictures the poo of the guineapigs is bad I mean its spilling out of the cage like over the bottom of the hutch over the bars and out of the cage in another is shows three huddled away not even tempted out by fresh carrot .... I still have these pictures.... but I wont post them here no its not right not on an open forum its to bad to so it that bad if you want to see I will gladly show you if you message me in private on here but no I cant post them publicly its not fair its just so sad that they where like that and its not even a scratch on what I saw.
I texted said id be interested that I would "love the opportunity to take some" I said I all I could to get there and then I sent pictures of my guineapigs and there cages I hoped wished and well.... they didn't respond though it was 6pm I waited all night I didn't sleep a wink didn't even try I was up watching so many bad westerns and Dr who repeats 2am, 4am, 7am, 8am I slowly start to drift of BEEP BEEP BEEP GAH! I have a message I read it " Still have guineapigs when can you come" "Saturday I can come Saturday 1pm?". " Ok see you then" BEEP BEEP BEEP and three more sad pictures.
Wait that was it? it was arranged now all I had to do was pack.
I am a worrier a take one more incaser a just one morer.....
Ok I admit it I was packed for a guineasplosion .... I got three heavy duty mail carring boxes one bail of hay two bags of hay a full bag of guinea pig pellets and tonnes of treats and toys.... pretty much anything guinea I had was in that car.... like I said I was ready for a guinea splosion and I got one.
I drove....for two hours with all these things circling my head and I get lost for half an hour... finally I'm there ... normal looking house... I knock on the door three times. a lady comes ushers me in and I sits down on her sofa " dogs out for the moment here are the guineapigs. she leaves and brigs one big box at a time when they are all at my feet she opens them and my jaw hits the floor and I feel tears burn in my eyes but I blink them back and lower my head. before me are three boxes filled to the brim with guineapigs. she points at them " those are the older males this the younger and those are the females.
Over the next three hours I sort I pick and I choose she tells me I was the first of 15 to respond and I state it would be polite for me to leave some for others.... I left four females 5 older males and 5 younger males. Then she pulls out a box a small box "Orphans mom died this morning after they where born" and sighs I peer in and the tinyest guineapigs I have ever seen are huddled in the corner shivering and as one rather limp one looked clinging to life. I told her my female acorn was expecting that she may nurse them once hers are born and that I have kitten milk that can be fed to newborn rodents in substute of a mother she hands me them and I put them in the car with the rest.
I come back in and rather brashly pick up a box and head round to where she kept these guineapigs she looks surprised but I keep a calm face and help her put the females back much better only four to the two tier hutch now but all I see is two other one tiers one had a big male in it his claws are curled into his pads and he is filthy one of his eyes is strage like cataracts his is about one year old and this is the life he knows filth falling from his cage dust in his water bottle and the stench of him oh its was horrible cobwebs coated in his cage and even to his water bottle I wished I could of taken a picture but I couldent infront of her all I could do was beg, beg about oh how pretty he is and oh what a lovely squeek he made I got him I did and I bundled him away fast into the car came back to take one last look she was done putting the young ones away in the hutch and opened the door to the last one the poo was 7 inches deep I kid you not I muttered my goodbyes and hopped in my car and sped of.
And that was how I got them. And now I'm dealing sorting and careing for those guineapigs that had such a hard start in life I will be posting pictures soon after this of the guineapigs from that lady that need a forever home and in a week or two I will post a "In the care of" post of each individual hurdle I had and am still having with keeping and keeping alive some of the worse of guineapigs from this situation.
that or some food or even toys or treats they would love those but that's kind of a big ask I can do that all with my own money or I would not have taken on such a monumental task I have my g-pig castle right next to me covered in wet loo paper to make two castles instead of one.... I think I will be doing it every day now give them more pleces to hide and things to do. I have also odered two more C&c cages to deal with the influx I ordered them the day I got the piggles cant wait for those to arrive.
