Dindypig
Adult Guinea Pig
If your coleague is 'normal', be glad your not.
what is wrong with doing research?
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I personally can't fathom the idea of buying/adopting a living creature without researching it first. I'm always paranoid that I'm impulse buying, and researching gives me time to decide if I'm really serious about my decision to get an animal. Plus, every time I've done research on something, I've learned something important that I never would have realized before (such as Guinea Pigs need lots of room, mice can't have any fabric other than fleece and felt, Gerbils are borrowers and LOVE having their tank half full of substrate, etc.) I researched before getting each fish, too (they don't all get along, and they all have their different difficulty levels)
It's not too hard to come across an animal in a store or in a friend's house and GO BACK HOME to read up a little on it before making any rash decisions. It might be a little more inconvenient with cost of gas or the time out of your day, but better you than the animal in question, right?
I always get a little sad when I come across someone who has an animal that they're CLEARLY not caring for properly (pine shavings for little guys, though I personally don't like it for piggies either), or junk food for cats/dogs, or little "Starter Kits" for animals that will clearly outgrow it or chew it to bits. Practically everyone has the internet nowadays. Google is your friend.
It's not too hard to come across an animal in a store or in a friend's house and GO BACK HOME to read up a little on it before making any rash decisions. It might be a little more inconvenient with cost of gas or the time out of your day, but better you than the animal in question, right?
I always get a little sad when I come across someone who has an animal that they're CLEARLY not caring for properly (pine shavings for little guys, though I personally don't like it for piggies either), or junk food for cats/dogs, or little "Starter Kits" for animals that will clearly outgrow it or chew it to bits. Practically everyone has the internet nowadays. Google is your friend.
We got caught out by not doing enough research, not into the animal but into the shop we were buying her from. We spent ages looking into rabbit breeds for our daughter to spend her birthday money on, built the run, had a fab hutch and indoor cage all ready to go, went to the local pet shop and got a gorgeous looking rex only for her to die two weeks later. The pet shop had a bad reputation when it comes to small furrys but we didnt ask around enough so we didnt know this, the results were one very upset little girl who has taken almost a year to get over this, hence we are now looking at piggies and will NOT be buying from pet shop!
I think it's really important to do lots of research before getting any animal. Especially piggies, so you know what they require and need to make them happy, healthy little things. Good on you 
Pepperdog
Adult Guinea Pig
I found out it was meant as a compliment but she worded it wrong. She is very impressed with how much work and effort I am putting into making sure I offer the best home for my girls and she meant that its bad how some people dont do this and end up either in a pickle or giving up on the pets they had brought home.
I am still learning loads, problem is all these piccies of piggies in need of homes is getting mighty hard to resist - must resist as I have to settle in my girls first.
I am still learning loads, problem is all these piccies of piggies in need of homes is getting mighty hard to resist - must resist as I have to settle in my girls first.
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