Zoelle - Guinea Pigs Swimming

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I hate it when people do things like this, rabbits rats and guinea pigs ive seen videos like this.
Its sad. :hb: It makes me angry.
 
Piggieluv said:
I hate it when people do things like this, rabbits rats and guinea pigs ive seen videos like this.
Its sad. :hb: It makes me angry.
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Videos of rabbits "swimming" do you mean? I'm sure that would be even more dangerous as rabbits aren't physically capable of producing the motions necessary to swim.
 
PiggyJustice said:
Videos of rabbits "swimming" do you mean? I'm sure that would be even more dangerous as rabbits aren't physically capable of producing the motions necessary to swim.
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Yes I know. I saw this really sad video of a rabbit "swimming". It kept going to the edge cof the pool and trying to get out.
 
Anyone had any luck contacting her agent? Seems like that would be the easiest way forward as it might be difficult for her to notice our comments in amongst the others due to the sheer amount of them.
 
I hope you get some sort of reply, these videos are worrying me, people see them and try it themselves and more posts appear then they gather momentum etc, argh, so so frustrating!
 
I have been a fan of Zoe for many years now but this video really upset me. Being nineteen and huge piggy lover of course, I understand how dangerous this is to them. Most of Zoe's viewers are probably half my age and don't know a lot about guinea pigs at all. I've seen so many comments on her videos saying "I got my guinea pigs because of Zoe!". So I dread to think how many of them followed this too.
I also watch Alfie and saw his video with her making the pigs swim which did receive a lot of comments saying how dangerous it is. So we can only hope that will help in some way too!
 
Abbie said:
I have been a fan of Zoe for many years now but this video really upset me. Being nineteen and huge piggy lover of course, I understand how dangerous this is to them. Most of Zoe's viewers are probably half my age and don't know a lot about guinea pigs at all. I've seen so many comments on her videos saying "I got my guinea pigs because of Zoe!". So I dread to think how many of them followed this too.
I also watch Alfie and saw his video with her making the pigs swim which did receive a lot of comments saying how dangerous it is. So we can only hope that will help in some way too!
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I'd say that's because Alfie doesn't have as large of a viewer base as her and so the "negative" comments don't get downvoted to the bottom of the page as soon as they're posted.
 
I've never heard of her, but have seen some swimming videos making the rounds lately. I can't fathom why anyone would think the guinea pig enjoys this... yes, most animals 'can' swim for a bit (as opposed to sinking like a stone and drowning instantly), but it doesn't mean they want to! My experience with Sundae (who has had lots of baths due to an on-and-off fungal skin infection that flares up and needs a weekly antifungal bath at times) is that she does NOT like the water, and even in water only up to her belly in a small baby bathtub I worry that she will put her nose under and aspirate accidentally, which can cause aspiration pneumonia. I can imagine that would happen a lot more easily when their feet aren't on the ground like Sundae's are!
 
Majority of animals can swim, it doesn't mean they want to. I don't like seeing Guinea pigs in deep water like that, it bothers me.
 
I am disgusted at her blatant ignorance and stupidity. I have commented on several social media platforms and also emailed her management. She strikes me now (former viewer and subscriber) as a fake, ditsy, immature girl who undoubtedly does everything purely for publicity. All her videos are advertisements now. I cannot stand her especially after this atrocity of a video!
 
I replied to a discussion from one of you guys on there just now. She probably couldn't care less as long as the money is rolling in. I've watched her progress online to a genuine, nice personality to a very fake one. Shame
 
I'm usually good at seeing through people. I don't believe zoella did it to torture her piggies, but she was uneducated and silly, by reading into other videos thinking it was cute. It seemed just pure stupidity.
 
Of course she didn't purposely do it to harm or upset them. It is just the ignorance of someone her age is quite astonishing. She should know better than to follow internet fads without research. Then again, her life revolves around the Internet, sigh
 
Tbag said:
just reported it under youtubes animal abuse section. The other one was bad enough but the fact that such a prolific vlogger is promoting making guinea pigs swim is pretty horrendous!
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While respecting your views and understanding one should never purposely place stress on an animal, every animal is also an individual based on how they were raised and their socialization and exposure. Maybe not all pigs enjoy it but there may be some who do if they were exposed early enough. Watching the chemicals and temperature, and keeping s constant watch is surely nevessary- but saying it is animal cruelty; lighten up
 
Umm 'lighten up' ...... I wonder if you'll say the same when a guinea sadly drowns through someone's ignorance when watching social media such as this. Cruel...pure and simple and not even slightly defendable.
 
I certainly would impose everyone NOT to lighten up, I'd rather lean towards it being animal cruelty than saying 'some enjoy it'. Those pigs certainly WEREN'T enjoying it.
 
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