Namaah
Junior Guinea Pig
I recently got a guinea pig and I am looking for a compainion for him but struggling to find anywhere to get a second guinea pig in my area. I would much rather rehome a guinea pig than buy one from a petshop but I cant find any rescue centers in central scotland. The list on this site only has 1 center in scotland on it and it no longer rescue's and rehomes animals.
I have phoned the sspca shelter local to me and the do rehome guinea pigs but the woman was rude and unhelpful. I asked her about boar dating and she said it is not something they allow, I would have to adopt the guinea pig first then introduce them at home. I was considering giving this a try so I asked about what would happen if the 2 really didn't get along and she told me that I would "be stuck with him and responsiable for housing them seperatly". I found being told that i would be "stuck" with a pet a very strange thing for a rescue center to say. Is this normal for rescue centers as everything I have read seems to indicate helpfullness and ongoing support. I dont have the space for 2 guinea pig cages and then I would also have the problem of trying to find companions for 2 lonely guinea pigs and potentionally ending up with 4 seperate guinea pigs and so on....
I've seen guinea pigs go up on facebook/gumtree/etc before but i'm very wary about getting a pet from those kind of places, especially since most of the ones I've saw are selling the guinea pigs for quite alot of money (It makes me wonder if they are selling them for a profit rather than being genuinly unable to care for their animal). I have also never owned guinea pigs before so I would have no idea if what I was getting was actually a healthy male.
Does anyone have advice on where I can rehome a guinea pig from in central scotland (anywhere within 30 miles of glasgow or edinburgh preferable)
I have phoned the sspca shelter local to me and the do rehome guinea pigs but the woman was rude and unhelpful. I asked her about boar dating and she said it is not something they allow, I would have to adopt the guinea pig first then introduce them at home. I was considering giving this a try so I asked about what would happen if the 2 really didn't get along and she told me that I would "be stuck with him and responsiable for housing them seperatly". I found being told that i would be "stuck" with a pet a very strange thing for a rescue center to say. Is this normal for rescue centers as everything I have read seems to indicate helpfullness and ongoing support. I dont have the space for 2 guinea pig cages and then I would also have the problem of trying to find companions for 2 lonely guinea pigs and potentionally ending up with 4 seperate guinea pigs and so on....
I've seen guinea pigs go up on facebook/gumtree/etc before but i'm very wary about getting a pet from those kind of places, especially since most of the ones I've saw are selling the guinea pigs for quite alot of money (It makes me wonder if they are selling them for a profit rather than being genuinly unable to care for their animal). I have also never owned guinea pigs before so I would have no idea if what I was getting was actually a healthy male.
Does anyone have advice on where I can rehome a guinea pig from in central scotland (anywhere within 30 miles of glasgow or edinburgh preferable)