jessblacow
Junior Guinea Pig
Hello.
This is not a decision I have taken lightly but enough is enough.
I am new to piggies and rehomed 4 pigs 3 wks ago from a shop that had taken them in from elsewhere and not allowed to sell them. I was told they were all girls.
They didn't seem to get on and one was being bullied by the other.
I found out 2 days ago that three are in fact boys, one is female and she is pregnant and not far off birth.
I noticed today they are all excessively scratching and think they have mites.
I did an extensive amount of research about piggies and to find out whether I would have time to commit as a working mum with 2 little girls.
I tried to do a good thing by taking these pigs in because they were in small cages, never been handled etc and I wss told they were about a year old but we think they are not that old.
However, I did not expect to have to deal with pregnant female, fighting pigs and a mite infestation. I don't see why I should have to fork out for vet bills for guinea pigs that were so obviously badly looked after. I am not a rescue centre. I do feel bad but this is not my fault.
I don't want to be judged because I feel awful as it is but I am going to contact the shop tomorrow and see what they say before asking to return them.
This is not a decision I have taken lightly but enough is enough.
I am new to piggies and rehomed 4 pigs 3 wks ago from a shop that had taken them in from elsewhere and not allowed to sell them. I was told they were all girls.
They didn't seem to get on and one was being bullied by the other.
I found out 2 days ago that three are in fact boys, one is female and she is pregnant and not far off birth.
I noticed today they are all excessively scratching and think they have mites.
I did an extensive amount of research about piggies and to find out whether I would have time to commit as a working mum with 2 little girls.
I tried to do a good thing by taking these pigs in because they were in small cages, never been handled etc and I wss told they were about a year old but we think they are not that old.
However, I did not expect to have to deal with pregnant female, fighting pigs and a mite infestation. I don't see why I should have to fork out for vet bills for guinea pigs that were so obviously badly looked after. I am not a rescue centre. I do feel bad but this is not my fault.
I don't want to be judged because I feel awful as it is but I am going to contact the shop tomorrow and see what they say before asking to return them.