hi guys, this is louisa 
i thought i'd update you on the thread my bf kindly posted for me a few months ago-
http://theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=40849
umm, so citizen's advice told me that legally i am entitled to have them back. the agreement we had does in fact count as a solid, verbal contract, and what she has done falls under some sort of rule regarding property (as in i've given her my property which she should keep as if it was her own), where if the other person does decide to give the property away you should be given two notices prior to that. which obviously i didn't get.
however alongside this i was exchanging emails with her, and although i expressed my total distress and upset at the fact that she'd rehomed them, she accused me of being spiteful and not caring about them at all. she also threatened me with a lawyer due to me naming her rescue- although i did actually check at CAB and was told if she did do anything i would have a strong defence, plus witnesses, emails etc. so it would amount to nothing anyway. lol.
but, i've been thinking about it over christmas (and had many a sleepless night worrying) and have decided that it might be best to write this off as a bad experience and just be a lot less trusting in the future. i don't have the money to get a lawyer myself to send her a letter, and there is no way i could just email her with the facts that CAB gave me and expect to get them back, or to have a civil response of any kind. truth be told, i hate confrontation, and this woman is thoroughly unpleasant. plus, i'm hoping they have gone to a good home, and i'd feel terrible taking them off a nice couple just to prove a point (i'd have to rehome them again anyway
)
as for writing a letter of complaint, i'm still considering it. so far i've not had as much support for this as i first thought, so i'm waiting to see if any more people are interested in signing a petition or whatever. i may just write a letter to RSPCA myself- will update if i do and let you know what they say.
i'd like to say thanks for the support so many people gave me through here it took a lot of the stress off my mind and helped a lot. i'd also like to warn everyone to please be careful who you rehome your pigs to (and make sure what you want to be done with the pigs is clear!). there are some wonderful rescues out there who do a brilliant job but unfortunately some not very nice people. i don't think i'll ever rehome a pig again, and this will always be on my mind because i wish i'd kept them.
but anyway, thanks a lot for reading, and hope everyone had a nice christmas and new year hopefully i'll become more active here again now that this is out the way!
i thought i'd update you on the thread my bf kindly posted for me a few months ago-
http://theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=40849
umm, so citizen's advice told me that legally i am entitled to have them back. the agreement we had does in fact count as a solid, verbal contract, and what she has done falls under some sort of rule regarding property (as in i've given her my property which she should keep as if it was her own), where if the other person does decide to give the property away you should be given two notices prior to that. which obviously i didn't get.
however alongside this i was exchanging emails with her, and although i expressed my total distress and upset at the fact that she'd rehomed them, she accused me of being spiteful and not caring about them at all. she also threatened me with a lawyer due to me naming her rescue- although i did actually check at CAB and was told if she did do anything i would have a strong defence, plus witnesses, emails etc. so it would amount to nothing anyway. lol.
but, i've been thinking about it over christmas (and had many a sleepless night worrying) and have decided that it might be best to write this off as a bad experience and just be a lot less trusting in the future. i don't have the money to get a lawyer myself to send her a letter, and there is no way i could just email her with the facts that CAB gave me and expect to get them back, or to have a civil response of any kind. truth be told, i hate confrontation, and this woman is thoroughly unpleasant. plus, i'm hoping they have gone to a good home, and i'd feel terrible taking them off a nice couple just to prove a point (i'd have to rehome them again anyway
)as for writing a letter of complaint, i'm still considering it. so far i've not had as much support for this as i first thought, so i'm waiting to see if any more people are interested in signing a petition or whatever. i may just write a letter to RSPCA myself- will update if i do and let you know what they say.
i'd like to say thanks for the support so many people gave me through here
it took a lot of the stress off my mind and helped a lot. i'd also like to warn everyone to please be careful who you rehome your pigs to (and make sure what you want to be done with the pigs is clear!). there are some wonderful rescues out there who do a brilliant job but unfortunately some not very nice people. i don't think i'll ever rehome a pig again, and this will always be on my mind because i wish i'd kept them.but anyway, thanks a lot for reading, and hope everyone had a nice christmas and new year
hopefully i'll become more active here again now that this is out the way!
