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Lady Kelly

Lady Kelly

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Well I have my new addition and she seems to be settling well already. She's 6 weeks old today and weighs 306grams. Poor little girl lost her mum when she was just 4 weeks old.

Anyway back to topic, the rescue I went to is a pet boarding and rescue. The cages were fairly small but the main thing that concerns me is a small setup for hamster or mouse (they were asleep so couldn't see what it was) the owners daughter had been left in charge and said they were trying to breed from her and tried 4 males so far but she wasn't taking. I was also asked if I was going to breeding from the baby I brought home. To be honest I had planned on leaving a donation but was shattered from the long journey and clean forgot. I do want to help out genuine rescues but I now find myself querying why she was born in rescue. I initially assumed a pregnant female had been brought in but now feel that maybe they are breeding pigs!

Do I email and ask outright whether they breed from the mum before making a decision or pay the £15 donation the owner has emailed asking for?
 
I'm at my wicks end with the two 'rescues' local to me... Both breed like it's going out of fashion...!
I'd be inclined not to... But at the end of the day I haven't seen it first hand...
P.s I'm glad newbie is settling in well... :)
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If they are breeding then they are not a rescue. Rescues would never breed and add to the problem of pigs in rescues. I would try and find out for sure if they do breed and if so I wouldn't give a donation at all.
 
I think I will email back with more questions about the parents and if her mum became pregnant at the "rescue" then I will refuse a donation
 
It'll make me really sad if they breed from her mum as I would have travelled further by train or waited months to help a genuine rescue
 
Thats just really weird. Whats the point in having a rescue if your going to breed more? I would ask too before the donation
 
Definitely find out some more, it's terrible if they are breeding and they cannot call themselves a 'rescue' if so grrrr

Glad your piggy is settling in xx>>>
 
How awful! How can they call themselves a rescue? They are lying. Surely they could be reported?
 
I dont think you could prove it anyway, they'd just say they had a pregnant sow come in.

Definately ask and you're more than entitled to refuse the donation as you went in under the false impression they gave you.
 
Ive met sam (back when i first got my boy and was recommended to get him a friend) - she tried three separate boys with him - unfortunately none were suitable, but i was never home checked (which any reputable rescue would do) - nor was i asked about my minimum cage size etc. I was also given some incorrect advice re. bonding of males - hence why my fears about her being a 'true' rescue were justified.

If you take a look at her website, you'll see that she is in to showing her pigs - i personally think she calls herself a rescue as from time to time she does have people surrendering their pigs to her (i know she has ads on preloved and such), but i don't think shes the same as the rescue's on here, by that i mean, i do believe she dabbles in breeding from time to time.

Did you undergo a homecheck? Were you given any bonding advice? Were you given an adoption pack? Did they tell you weather she'd been treated for mites/worms etc?

As you've already said her daughter indicated about their breeding activities :( I would be very cautious - then again i may have her all wrong and she could be genuine rescue - just everything about her website suggests otherwise....
 
Aw, this is awful :(
I'd be pretty angry about the whole thing but at least you have a gorgeous piggy who will have a wonderful life with you regardless of where she came from.
It's so unfair though, makes me wonder how the poor little mites mummy died - did they tell you ? Hope it wasn't from back to back...perish the thought :...
Don't know what to say tbh, this should not be allowed to be called a rescue though - it's an insult to the real rescues and feel really sorry for the piggies there now :o
 
emmalala said:
Thats just really weird. Whats the point in having a rescue if your going to breed more? I would ask too before the donation
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Having the face of a rescue means you can register as a non- profit organisation... They then claim mom came in pregnant... How can you prove them different...?
It's all about saving money and cutting corners... And quite frankly it's disgusting.... And they are nothing but a pain in the ass for the genuine rescues...!
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Ok I have it from the "rescues" mouth so to speak and I am deeply upset:

It is true that many guinea pigs are wrongly sexed and I have had many pigs come here because of it. Kate's Mom though was bred here. The reason being was so that she could be re-homed with one of her baby girls as she was an extremely nervous, timid and wary piggy. She did not mix well with the other girls and I was concerned that she may be continually abused and picked-on if she was to be paired with another unfamiliar pig. Unfortunaltely it was poor little Kate that was left. Bless!
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Ok so now I am definitely not making a donation to this fake rescue seeing as one piggie died 4 weeks after giving birth and it left a further 3 pigs needing homes! (Kate/Jemima's brothers were in the self named 'rescue' as well). I need to write something to Sam now without being too harsh as she obviously believed she was doing the right thing but there is no way I can give financial support to this place and will never support this place with rescuing animals either
 
Oh that's such a shame, it's one thing choosing to get a piggy from a breeder but totally different getting a piggy under false pretences and being led to believe that you were adopting one from a rescue.

I definitely wouldn't donate either.

Kelly since you've donated to the 'travelling piggy' fund maybe you could tell her that on this occasion you have made a donation to a true rescue, as unfortunately you don't feel comfortable with giving money to an organisation which also breeds?
 
I think I will be saying something along those lines, I will underline my reasons why I disagree with the practice (afterall she wasn't guaranteed to give birth to a sow) so that she is fully aware as to why I object to the practice but I want to do it diplomatically without sounding like I am being a b**ch which is going to be hard when I'm so upset for poor Jemima loosing her mum through some careless act
 
Hi,

If it's the Sam I think you mean then she is a mem*er of this forum so please stay sensitive to what you say..

She does show pigs and I've had my lads stay with her when on hols. they came home in amazing condition.

I can understand your frustration Kelly however please deal with Sam directly instead of posting comments other forum mem*ers may find hurtful.
 
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