Hnrpiggies
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi, guess I just need to discuss this with someone.
I’ve currently got 4 girls between the ages of 2-4 living together.
I’ve been off work sick after an injury since January so I can no longer afford vet bills and I think one has bloat. I’ve had to ask my parents to pay for the vets and they are but they’re mad about it. I’m taking her tomorrow.
My parents won’t allow me to have them in a big enough cage anymore. They used to be in a big c&c cage but my parents decided it took up too much room once they decorated the house. They’re currently in a 6ft two story outdoor hutch in our living room and I hate it.
Also, since my last pig died over a year ago, I’ve been almost traumatised by it. Vet told us she was fine but she started having seizures every few minutes for about 12 hours before I could get her in to be put down. I had to hold her down so she didn’t get hurt for all of this, even when she latched on to me with her teeth while seizing. Now I’m just constantly anxious I’m going to have another sick and dying pig. Every time I see something slightly off about one of them I start to full on panic in case I have to go through what I went through with my last pig.
That’s the second pig the vets have told us is fine and it’s died a short while after. There are no other vets that’ll see Guinea pigs anywhere near me and I don’t drive so can’t get anywhere else.
I really don’t want to. I love them with all my heart. But I feel like they’d be better off somewhere else.
The problem is, the two closest rescues, both over an hour away in completely different cities, are completely full and like I said, I don’t drive I can’t get any further. I don’t know how to surrender them to the RSPCA, I can’t find anything online for it, and I also don’t know if they’re full. There’s no other charities in my city like PDSA or anything so they won’t help me. And I don’t want to just stick them on a website and hope a random person takes them because for all I know they could end up somewhere worse.
So idk where to turn or what to do. I don’t know if I’m making the right choice. I don’t know if I can fix most of these issues once I start working again, though I don’t know when that’ll be as I still can’t walk.
Any advice here?
I’ve currently got 4 girls between the ages of 2-4 living together.
I’ve been off work sick after an injury since January so I can no longer afford vet bills and I think one has bloat. I’ve had to ask my parents to pay for the vets and they are but they’re mad about it. I’m taking her tomorrow.
My parents won’t allow me to have them in a big enough cage anymore. They used to be in a big c&c cage but my parents decided it took up too much room once they decorated the house. They’re currently in a 6ft two story outdoor hutch in our living room and I hate it.
Also, since my last pig died over a year ago, I’ve been almost traumatised by it. Vet told us she was fine but she started having seizures every few minutes for about 12 hours before I could get her in to be put down. I had to hold her down so she didn’t get hurt for all of this, even when she latched on to me with her teeth while seizing. Now I’m just constantly anxious I’m going to have another sick and dying pig. Every time I see something slightly off about one of them I start to full on panic in case I have to go through what I went through with my last pig.
That’s the second pig the vets have told us is fine and it’s died a short while after. There are no other vets that’ll see Guinea pigs anywhere near me and I don’t drive so can’t get anywhere else.
I really don’t want to. I love them with all my heart. But I feel like they’d be better off somewhere else.
The problem is, the two closest rescues, both over an hour away in completely different cities, are completely full and like I said, I don’t drive I can’t get any further. I don’t know how to surrender them to the RSPCA, I can’t find anything online for it, and I also don’t know if they’re full. There’s no other charities in my city like PDSA or anything so they won’t help me. And I don’t want to just stick them on a website and hope a random person takes them because for all I know they could end up somewhere worse.
So idk where to turn or what to do. I don’t know if I’m making the right choice. I don’t know if I can fix most of these issues once I start working again, though I don’t know when that’ll be as I still can’t walk.
Any advice here?