Virgo
New Born Pup
I've just heard a story which absolutely horrified me, but no idea what to do about it and am looking for advice...
My mum told me that her friend has ended up looking after her neighbour's 2 guinea pigs for the next two weeks after only just catching them before they went away, and heard that they were planning on leaving them in their hutch/run in the garden with "enough food and water to last 2 weeks"... My mum's friend offered to look after them and they accepted. Apparently they didn't feel like they could ask her to look after them and/or didn't have anyone else to ask... So basically if my mum's friend hadn't caught them before they went away, they were quite happy to just leave their pigs to it for 2 weeks! Not sure how on earth they thought they could have even left enough food and water to last 2 weeks, let alone not cleaning them out for 2 weeks
I've said to my mum that they should be reported, but my mum says I can't because her friend is best friends with these neighbours and would cause all sorts of issues between them. And according to my mum's friend they seem to be well looked after otherwise and that the young son loves them etc... And my mum agrees that they do care about their pigs, they just thought they'd be fine for 2 weeks and it wasn't deliberately cruel or neglectful or anything
Clearly we would all disagree and I want to let someone know about this, but the dilemma is that it would be impossible to do it without the neighbours knowing that it was me/my mum/my mum's friend who reported them! My mum has basically saying "no you can't report them" and can't see how I can do anything I'm just so thankful that they are actually being looked after thanks to my mum's friend, but god knows what could have happened, and what happens the next time these people want to go away?
My mum told me that her friend has ended up looking after her neighbour's 2 guinea pigs for the next two weeks after only just catching them before they went away, and heard that they were planning on leaving them in their hutch/run in the garden with "enough food and water to last 2 weeks"... My mum's friend offered to look after them and they accepted. Apparently they didn't feel like they could ask her to look after them and/or didn't have anyone else to ask... So basically if my mum's friend hadn't caught them before they went away, they were quite happy to just leave their pigs to it for 2 weeks! Not sure how on earth they thought they could have even left enough food and water to last 2 weeks, let alone not cleaning them out for 2 weeks
I've said to my mum that they should be reported, but my mum says I can't because her friend is best friends with these neighbours and would cause all sorts of issues between them. And according to my mum's friend they seem to be well looked after otherwise and that the young son loves them etc... And my mum agrees that they do care about their pigs, they just thought they'd be fine for 2 weeks and it wasn't deliberately cruel or neglectful or anything
Clearly we would all disagree and I want to let someone know about this, but the dilemma is that it would be impossible to do it without the neighbours knowing that it was me/my mum/my mum's friend who reported them! My mum has basically saying "no you can't report them" and can't see how I can do anything I'm just so thankful that they are actually being looked after thanks to my mum's friend, but god knows what could have happened, and what happens the next time these people want to go away?