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Hi,

I have seen a couple of guinea pigs advertised on free ads, and usually I just look and move on but I am worried about these as they look like the are in quite dirty conditions .

The advertiser wants to sell them with their cage. I can't take anymore on as I have too many, but I am feeling sorry for these two.

Do I ask my local rescue if they can take them if I try to buy just the piggies, or do I just leave them to possibly be sold?

Don't know what to do for the best:(
 
it all depends, try and see if the rescue would take them first!
it's nice you want to help them, i deffo would. it's up to you though :)

i know thats probably not what you wanted to hear :P
 
megface said:
it all depends, try and see if the rescue would take them first!
it's nice you want to help them, i deffo would. it's up to you though :)

i know thats probably not what you wanted to hear :P
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Yes that's what I thought I would do, but wanted to get some feedback first, especially from rescues, I know rescues are bursting as it is that is why I am a bit reluctant to know what to do for the best but when you see bad conditions you feel bad:(
 
i'm sure rescues, no matter how full they are, would be willing to help if the piggies are in poor conditions :((
it's not as if you're wanting to put perfectly healthy piggies into rescue.
 
lily 74 said:
I have seen a couple of guinea pigs advertised on free ads, and usually I just look and move on but I am worried about these as they look like the are in quite dirty conditions.
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Aw, h3ll, I'd end up taking them home, cage and all, and cleaning them up. Are the ads free or are the guinea pigs free or both? This is why I don't even look at pet ads or shelter ads or for sale ads, there's always somebody that needs rescuing and I just can't do it all.
 
Ask the owner to give them to a rescue themselves and point out they will get good care and be found good homes. You could also contact a local rescue to ask if they have space for them. If they agree tell the person you will take the guinea pigs to the rescue. This is so sad. :(
 
Pat Shields said:
Aw, h3ll, I'd end up taking them home, cage and all, and cleaning them up. Are the ads free or are the guinea pigs free or both? This is why I don't even look at pet ads or shelter ads or for sale ads, there's always somebody that needs rescuing and I just can't do it all.
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I know! that's the trouble I have 11! and cannot afford anymore otherwise I'd get cage and piggies!

They are not free no, they want money for cage and piggies
 
piggyfan said:
Ask the owner to give them to a rescue themselves and point out they will get good care and be found good homes. You could also contact a local rescue to ask if they have space for them. If they agree tell the person you will take the guinea pigs to the rescue. This is so sad. :(
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yes:(

It may be me just over reacting, you can't see all the cage just a small part which looks wet and dirty and the bedding looks patchy in one place exposing the base not a thick covering, maybe it's just just the picture.
 
have had a look, well the cage certainly isnt any good for outdoor use , as they are saying! it also looks like the bottom of the cage is mesh- not good for their feet, i cant say i could see much to comment on whether it is dirty or not, but as they are saying they just have too many, they are probably not getting the care they should be, very sad, and i hope i am wrong.
 
You wanted a rescue's thoughts on this. If I was approached to take on pigs that had been bought just so they can come into rescue I would not be impressed. Giving money is rewarding people for binning their pets, not what rescue is about.

If you pass on the details of your local rescue to the seller then if they are prepared to give them up without money changing hands then they can do so. By the wording they have bred and are selling their overflow.

The pic shows a pig in an unclean cage, one of the pigs has a chewed coat.

One thing I would like to point out is that adverts for pigs for sale are not permitted on this forum.

I may sound like a killjoy but rescues are overflowing with true rescue animals, absorbing the pigs that are for sale is not something we can do - there just aren't enough spaces in rescue or homes coming forward.

Suzy x
 
liquorice allsorts said:
have had a look, well the cage certainly isnt any good for outdoor use , as they are saying! it also looks like the bottom of the cage is mesh- not good for their feet, i cant say i could see much to comment on whether it is dirty or not, but as they are saying they just have too many, they are probably not getting the care they should be, very sad, and i hope i am wrong.
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Yes maybe it's just the corner that's wet/dirty when you enlarge the pic it looks wet but the rest of the cage maybe fine:)

It's a ferplast 120 cage, the bottom isn't mesh it's plastic but with a raised surface to stop slipping I think.
 
Suzygpr said:
You wanted a rescue's thoughts on this. If I was approached to take on pigs that had been bought just so they can come into rescue I would not be impressed. Giving money is rewarding people for binning their pets, not what rescue is about.

If you pass on the details of your local rescue to the seller then if they are prepared to give them up without money changing hands then they can do so. By the wording they have bred and are selling their overflow.

The pic shows a pig in an unclean cage, one of the pigs has a chewed coat.

One thing I would like to point out is that adverts for pigs for sale are not permitted on this forum.

I may sound like a killjoy but rescues are overflowing with true rescue animals, absorbing the pigs that are for sale is not something we can do - there just aren't enough spaces in rescue or homes coming forward.

Suzy x
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Thanks Suzy, its good to hear from a rescues point of view, that's why I asked before doing anything, on the other hand a piggie in need is a piggie in need to me so hopefully the seller will contact a rescue but I doubt that will happen tbh.

I was asked to post the picture to show the conditions not to advertise them sorry:)
 
i understand fully suzy saying you cant buy them and pass them on to a rescue, so perhaps you need to send them a message suggesting they ask a rescue to take them for nothing, must admit i have stopped looking at these sies now, it is just too upsetting x
 
liquorice allsorts said:
i understand fully suzy saying you cant buy them and pass them on to a rescue, so perhaps you need to send them a message suggesting they ask a rescue to take them for nothing, must admit i have stopped looking at these sies now, it is just too upsetting x
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I know I think I will too, best not to look , you can't help every piggie I suppose all I can do is advise them to think about a rescue at least you know where they are going to end up.
 
I must say recently I contacted a kind woman who does a bit of rescuing about a free-ad pig living with 2 buns. All must go together, I asked her first if I could get him, would she be able to take him, thankfully she said yes.

I contacted the lady wanting rid and asked if I could get the Guinea Pig on his own, I was told how the buns mothered him, and they all lived together in a 100cm cage and they didn't want him to be lonely. I made them aware of the risks and the fact they do better with there own company.

She was more than happy to give him to me, and he is now in rescue but I was giving strict instruction that under no circumstances do I pay for him as that would make him a commodity.

I know rescues are overflowing and I never want to add to the problem but I couldn't bear the thought of him spending the rest of his life with 2 buns in a tiny cage. Sometimes our heart rules our head but as the rescue woman told me "don't make them a commodity they deserve better".
 
flintstones said:
I must say recently I contacted a kind woman who does a bit of rescuing about a free-ad pig living with 2 buns. All must go together, I asked her first if I could get him, would she be able to take him, thankfully she said yes.

I contacted the lady wanting rid and asked if I could get the Guinea Pig on his own, I was told how the buns mothered him, and they all lived together in a 100cm cage and they didn't want him to be lonely. I made them aware of the risks and the fact they do better with there own company.

She was more than happy to give him to me, and he is now in rescue but I was giving strict instruction that under no circumstances do I pay for him as that would make him a commodity.

I know rescues are overflowing and I never want to add to the problem but I couldn't bear the thought of him spending the rest of his life with 2 buns in a tiny cage. Sometimes our heart rules our head but as the rescue woman told me "don't make them a commodity they deserve better".
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Yes, I agree your heart does rule and when I saw these poor piggies living in those conditions, my first thought was they need rescuing from this.

Yes the person who is advertising these piggies wants money for them and their cage but I never intended to buy them, I just wanted to find a way to get them out of this situation and in better hands to what they might go to.

Also for some advice on what to do which I have received. I don't know what future these poor piggies are going to get now, but all I can do is pass on the name of a rescue as advised, it is out of my hands now let hope for the piggies sake it is a good one:)
 
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