What do you think? Terrible article in the Guardian on guinea pigs

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You get back what you put in with piggies :)
Hopefully, this article will stop people buying them now as they're sooo boring and bottom of the pile in pets to own ?
Breeders will stop breeding as there will be nobody wanting to buy from pet stores...rescues won't be over stretched...
I wish oh how I wish :{
 
That's a really good point to pick up on. Whoever wrote the original article obviously has no first hand long term experience of caring for GPs. She is also showing how crass and shallow her personality is.(if you can say she has a personality)
 
After reading her witterings it just proves there is hope for anyone who can press buttons on a keyboard to get an article published on the Guardian Website.
 
How did she even get that article published :\ makes me want to go and live on a different planet.
 
I read this article and had to double-check that the article had actually come from The Guardian, it reads like it was written by an intern who had come in on that day with a hangover, or someone whose partner declined to go for dinner on account of having to cuddle their guinea pigs. Perhaps their only experience caring for pigs was the "had a pig in a hutch in the bottom of the garden and wondered why it didn't do much whenever I stopped by." in which case, I'm not surprised that they had such a bad relationship and experience with their pigs.

You get back as much as what you put into your relationship with your pigs <3

What does the writer know about guinea pigs, anyway? Sticking some eyes on a cushion, indeed - everyone who is anybody knows that guinea pigs are potato's with legs.
 
This is a bunch of rubbish! This author definitely had bad experiences with guinea pigs in some ways, but that does not make guinea pigs a bad pet. I can read, that she does not have a clue how much personality a guinea pig actually have, and she see them as stupid rodents without no clue what's going on around them. I get so angry when I read these things, when she obviously doesn't know anything about this animal. Sick!
 
All this just proves that best use for any newspaper is lining a guinea pigs' cage. Then they can wee on it.
 
Sue and Smartie said:
All this just proves that best use for any newspaper is lining a guinea pigs' cage. Then they can wee on it.
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Yes, and as Peter Gurney said regarding the question of piggies chewing newspaper - "...provided that they don't read it first, they will come to no harm!"
 
Quite obviously written by someone who has never owned a guinea pig. How rude!

Granted my piggies are lazy boys but they have their moments of utter craziness which provides me with many a laugh and nothing beats a cuddle with a G pig. Id give this person 1 day with a g pig and they would soon change their opinion, I love my boys and I cant see why people would even think that way about something so lovely.
 
I always think these people write things that are deliberately provocative to get a reaction, and they do! Stupid, ignorant and ill informed idiot! How sad that they are missing out on one of the most appealing pets around.
 
There's a load more to piggies than it looks! We have two boars with totally different personalities, and they're a real handful, the lil monkeys!
 
I'm really glad I get this paper FOR FREE and my boys can **** all over it like it deserves.

I would fight that guinea pigs have a lot of personality. You just need to get them used to you first which this person is obviously far too lazy to do. You know what? You keep the dogs. It just means a few less guinea pigs with dumb owners.
 
my guinea pigs have as much personality as my dogs They have us in stitches with their antics They require a hell of a lot of work and when you add up veggies hay and food they cost as much if not more. Mine even recognise my voice. They don't react when my hubby comes in from work and talks to the dogs but as soon as they hear my voice they shout for their breakfast. I saw some on youtube that recognised the word treat and she had to get them some to shut them up to continue the video. Some stuffed toy
 
I don't read The Gardian, if it continues to publish this gobblaflap, I never will read it!
I tried typing her name (Morven) and spellchecker said "did you mean moron?"
Goes without saying really...
 
I just think the woman is a total idiot and The Guardian are awful for allowing such a piece. My Dad used to read the Guardian but when I showed him this, and bearing in mind he doesn't even really like piggies, he said the woman was a waste of space and he stopped getting the paper. He also told some of his friends at work about it and they said it was a pointless article and stopped getting it too. They all know how much I love my boys and love having a little cuddle with them when they come round so they thought it was stupid.

Well at least they know good ways to lose readers.

Amy
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