Zoelle - Guinea Pigs Swimming

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Elna0613

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Hi all, after the recent warning that went up on here about placing guinea pigs in deep water, I was really upset to see popular you tube star zoella post the above video where she puts her piggies in deep bath water to "find out if they can swim". Looking at the comments a couple of her viewers are already talking about how cute they look swimming and that they are going to try the same with their piggies :(

I'm sure zoella would never intentionally harm her pets but I'm concerned and upset that she appeared to do this for her own / her viewers entertainment :(

If people feel strongly about this just like I do then please comment on the video to spread the word that guinea pigs do not want nor need to swim

Xx
 
Does she not bother to read into other comments on Facebook!? It's so sad she and several others haven't got common sense when it comes to caring for animals :( I'm glad you have posted this so people can raise the alarm.
 
Have commented on this aswell as sending her multiple tweets so hopefully she notices how bad it is and discourages it! Zoe and Alfie would not intentionally put their pets at risk, however its such a shame that she didn't have the correct knowledge and that she didnt think about the risks which could be caused,especially as she has such a large following :no:
 
There was a video doing the rounds on Facebook recently of a guinea pig swimming in a basin of water - it's possible that she's seen that and thought it was safe to do? As @Kerrie74 said, it appears that nobody knows how dangerous it is to stick them in a deep body of water like that with no way out and nowhere they can stand. Those little legs will only allow them to swim for so long!
 
I posted the following comment on Zoella's page, lets hope the message gets to her.

I'm just posting this comment with regards to your recent guinea pig video. Please don't put your guinea pigs in deep water. Whilst it may 'look' cute, it's actually very dangerous. Guinea pigs are prey animals and are not natural swimmers. They avoid water in the wild. They are only swimming because they have no other choice, you've put them in that situation and they can't get out of it. If they didn't swim they'd drown. I'm sure you take very good care of your guinea pigs but I'm just putting this comment on here because there has been a similar video posted on facebook recently and it seems to be becoming a trend. I think people just need to be made aware that it's dangerous and guinea pigs don't like it.
 
PiggyJustice said:
There was a video doing the rounds on Facebook recently of a guinea pig swimming in a basin of water - it's possible that she's seen that and thought it was safe to do? As @Kerrie74 said, it appears that nobody knows how dangerous it is to stick them in a deep body of water like that with no way out and nowhere they can stand. Those little legs will only allow them to swim for so long!
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The whole fact that she did it to find out whether they can swim is what got to me too - like why does she need to find that out other than like I said for her own entertainment - this Facebook video has a lot to answer for but people with millions of followers encouraging this further is just ridiculous and the best we can do is just continue to spread the word. My goodness though I do tons of research before even giving a new food to my piggies so if only Zoe had read up on the risks etc before doing this and then sharing with her (some) very impressionable fans!
 
Also if we "like" the comments people have put discouraging this, they go more towards the top the more likes it gets meaning she and others are more likely to see these messages!
 
Elna0613 said:
The whole fact that she did it to find out whether they can swim is what got to me too - like why does she need to find that out other than like I said for her own entertainment - this Facebook video has a lot to answer for but people with millions of followers encouraging this further is just ridiculous and the best we can do is just continue to spread the word. My goodness though I do tons of research before even giving a new food to my piggies so if only Zoe had read up on the risks etc before doing this and then sharing with her (some) very impressionable fans!
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I agree - "finding out" if an animal can do a certain thing by forcing them to do it isn't a good idea, since it's probably not going to turn out well for them if it turns out that they can't do said thing.
 
Drezella said:
Go onto her main channel, then click on the 'discussion' tab, you should find it on there, it's posted under my user name 'Drezella' :)
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Thank you! Found and liked! It wouldn't give me the discussions option via the YouTube app for some reason so had to do it via my web browser
 
Although I am a fan of Zoella and like her videos, I do agree with all of you. Guinea Pigs should not be swimming
They do not enjoy it. I do hope that she sees some of your necessary comments and does not do it again.
 
This upsets me :( She has millions of followers so I dread to think how many people will put their guinea pigs in the bath now..

I know it's more ignorance than purposely harming or upsetting them. But to me.. Putting any animal in the bath that you wouldn't normally find in water is just strange! I don't see the point? :P
 
There seems to be more and more of these videos popping up. Terrible.
 
Chief Guinea Pig said:
Exactly :( I know she has a lot of teenage followers
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Just showed the video to my daughter, and at 10 she said " WHAT ! That's wrong " .... Hope Zoella takes the video down..I mean she does love her Guinea pigs but she needs to be responsible..
 
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