Recommended Breeders In The North West Of England

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Shelters will give you a history, surely all you need to know is they are healthy, but they wouldn't give you previous owners details, but neither would pet shops or breeders. If you go to a breeders & pick a baby out, & tells you that one is mum, you wouldn't know. I'm against breeders as they use the sows time after time. In fact I have protested against rabbit & guinea pig breeders.
By the way we did go & check a breeder out, he kept the babies in plastic draws, no water, no hay, no food.
 
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Tiamolly123 said:
Shelters will give you a history, surely all you need to know is they are healthy, but they wouldn't give you previous owners details, but neither would pet shops or breeders. If you go to a breeders & pick a baby out, & tells you that one is mum, you wouldn't know. I'm against breeders as they use the sows time after time. In fact I have protested against rabbit & guinea pig breeders.
By the way we did go & check a breeder out, he kept the babies in plastic draws, no water, no hay, no food.
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Really i guess I'm just spoiled because the breeder i use for my hamster is amazing let let you see how all the hamsters are kept ect see the parents of the hamsters they ask lots of questions and send regular emails to see everything is ok. I just assumed piggie breeders would be the same. I am looking on lots of rescue websites to see what i can find around my areaxx
 
Because I don't have a good Rescue near me, I have had piggies from breeders in the past, two died from what we think was a genetic problem, so don't assume the breeders only breed healthy animals, sadly they don't & usually if there is a problem they don't want to know. A good Rescue will give you far more support & also match you to your perfect pair of piggies :)
 
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Because I don't have a good Rescue near me, I have had piggies from breeders in the past, two died from what we think was a genetic problem, so don't assume the breeders only breed healthy animals, sadly they don't & usually if there is a problem they don't want to know. A good Rescue will give you far more support & also match you to your perfect pair of piggies :)
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Ok thanks for the advice
 
As well as the rescues already mentioned, I can also recommend The potteries Guinea pig rescue who are based in Stoke on Trent and also BARC who are based in Sheffield. @pig in the city is a regular poster on the forum and she is the guinea pig fosterer for BARC.

I have adopted from both the potteries and BARC and can guarantee they will be able to tell you the history of all Guinea pigs that are in their care
 
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Really i guess I'm just spoiled because the breeder i use for my hamster is amazing let let you see how all the hamsters are kept ect see the parents of the hamsters they ask lots of questions and send regular emails to see everything is ok. I just assumed piggie breeders would be the same. I am looking on lots of rescue websites to see what i can find around my areaxx
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I have the same kind of thing with my hamster's breeder - all hamsters are very well cared for, you can see the parents etc. I would definitely go down the rescue route with piggies though as there are so many in rescues.
 
Personally I prefer older guinea pigs to the babies because I find them more cuddly and their claws are less sharp. If they are bought from a breeder they are less likely to have been handled and can be very skittish. Guinea pigs can live until 8 years old so even if you chose a piggy or 2 that were say 3 years old, that's not old for guinea pigs and they will still have lots of life left in them.

I wouldn't buy from a breeder as the mums are sometimes used as baby making machines and don't even have a proper life which is not nice at all. And as said before they can lie to get you to buy the babies. They could show you a really healthy pig and say it's their mum but it's not so you just never know but I wouldn't trust them. A rescue had absolutely no need to lie to you because they want you and the pigs to be happy and they do not make profit from the guinea pigs they rehome and the money you spend on adoption fees goes back into the rescue, for food and injections and things that the other animals at the rescue need. And if you ever come into any difficulty and for whatever reason can no longer look after the guinea pigs anymore, the rescues usually take them back so you don't have to worry about finding them a new home.
 
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