Adopt a Guinea Pig in PA/NJ/NY/WV: Nov 29, 2007

Thursday, November 29, 2007

NJ-Craigslist-PEW Adult Boar

* If responding to a Craigslist ad meet in a public place, or go with a friend. Google the phone number of the poster to
ensure it matches the name he or she gives *

Once again, I'm wretchedly sick today. Just posting the basics, please go to the ad for more information.

LISTING REMOVED. Essex County, NJ: "Beans" is a two year old PEW (pink eyed white) abby boar. Being dumped because a new baby is on the way. Comes with a too small cage (but it's on wheels, might be useful for quarantine). Reasonable adoption fee. Make your heart full of Beans, today! (I'm so sick. Please be witty for me).

helpful links: Quality Hay and Pellets in bulk & Pampering your Pig & Cheaper, Larger Cages & Bedding & Essential Guinea Supplies & Proper Diet & Cavy Savvy Vets & "What's Normal? What's Not?" & "What is Rescuing and Adopting?" & Guinea Pigs in DC/MD/VA

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NY-Craigslist-Adult Boar

* If responding to a Craigslist ad meet in a public place, or go with a friend. Google the phone number of the poster to
ensure it matches the name he or she gives *

LISTING REMOVED. Parish, near Watertown, NY: A callous ad for "getting rid of" a one year old male guinea pig. An awfully cute one too, going by the picture. Small adoption fee. Says he's great with kids. I hope this ad isn't going to have this piggy bouncing from one dismissive home to another.

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PA-Montgomery County SPCA-senior boar (update)

LISTING REMOVED. An update on t h i s Montgomery County SPCA post. The senior boar who was described as "white," is actually a himi! I can hear all the senior sows swooning from here. Here is the guy in question:

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PA-Bucks County SPCA-boar

The Bucks County SPCA has a very handsome new guinea boar. LISTING REMOVED. Nicholi is eight months old and has a sharp profile, as you can see from his photo. He is well socialized to people I assume, as he is friendly and used to being handled. He sounds like a very sweet boy!

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PA-Animal Rescue League of Berks County-Three Guinea Pigs

*I am really sick today, and am very behind on both approving comments and posting guinea pigs. I am going to write briefer posts just for my sanity*

The Animal Rescue League of Berks County has LISTING REMOVED. three guinea pigs, and oddly doesn't specify sex. Before adopting check the sexing page on Guinea Lynx or Cavy Spirit (links on side bar), and if you determine you are adopting a female, please have a pregnancy watch and read up on either site about pregnancy, labor, and spaying.

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NY-Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society-two baby boys

I don't know squat first hand about Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. Their website says that they spay and neuter all their animals prior to adoption, when medically possible, and I think this is so fantastic. It can be an expensive and complicated procedure in guinea pigs, and so it's excellent to find a shelter or rescue that will take care of this for you. Because no one reading this blog wants to br33d guinea pigs, right? If so, please leave. You're in the wrong classroom. And though these two aren't a coed couple, there are long term health benefits to both neutering and spaying.

LISTING REMOVED. An interesting thing, which I've actually never seen before , is that they don't have photographs of their guinea pigs available for adoption. Rather, they have a colored pencil drawing. That's wacky! Not sure if these two boys actually look like this, or if it's a generic stand in, but the artist has talent! The two boys in question are Hewey and Dewey, both small baby boys.