Adopt a Guinea Pig in PA/NJ/NY/WV: 11/01/2007

Friday, November 30, 2007

PA-Bucks County SPCA-Sow

LISTING REMOVED. A cutie girl named Stacey is available at Bucks County SPCA in Lahaska, PA. She is eight months old, friendly, and used to being handled. Either get this gal a friend, or bring her as a friend to any sows or neutered boars you have at home. Guinea Pigs are social creatures and need more company than just their human counterparts.

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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NJ-Craigslist-Adult sow (and chinchilla)

* 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. Toms River, NJ: One and a half year old guinea girl named Fatty Patty needs a new home because owner is moving. She eats right out of your hand! What a great way of repaying such trust, by dumping her on CL to an anonymous email address! Comes with many supplies. 14 month old male chinchilla also in need of a home.

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NY-Erie County SPCA-Two GPs

Erie County SPCA has other guinea pigs in addition to the ones I'm listing, so check out their site for even more guinea pigs in need. As for the two today, they're shockingly beautiful. I would love to know their back story.

LISTING REMOVED. Butterscotch, first off, has a mermaid cut coat. He is a small adult boar.

LISTING REMOVED. Chris is a hip, Jared Leto-esque small young boar.

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NY-Lollypop Farm in Fairport

There are a bunch of guinea pigs already at Lollypop Farm in Fairport, so I suggest you check out their website. Also, almost all of the guinea pigs I'm posting don't have pictures yet. They might by the time you check the site. Have I mentioned I'm sick? When I'm sick I'm uncreative, yet diligent.

LISTING REMOVED. Bubbles is so darn cute. She is a year and a half old, and she has a crest!

LISTING REMOVED. Trinket is a white tri-color sow, a year and a half old.

LISTING REMOVED. Pooh is a brown boar, and that's all his listing says.

LISTING REMOVED. Wookie is a baby! Poor boy, he's just one month old and all alone in the shelter. He's brown.

LISTING REMOVED. Pigwig is another baby boy, just one month old. He's lilac colored-so pretty!

LISTING REMOVED. Peanut is yet another baby boy, he is black and one month old.

LISTING REMOVED. Chiclet is a month old white baby boy. Okay maybe Wookie isn't all alone.

LISTING REMOVED. Mushroom is a buff colored baby boy, one month old.

So anyone out there with a responsible and capable home looking for baby boars? Seems like LF is the place to go!

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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).

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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.

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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

PA-Humane Society of Harrisburg Area-East Shore-four pigs

The Humane Society of Harrisburg Area has four very beautiful and unique guinea pigs.

LISTING REMOVED. Taketa is such a beautiful young abby girl. I love her markings--she sort of looks like she has beagle ears!

WITH A RESCUE! Sammie and Guiness are, I'm guessing a bonded pair. They are young sows, and I think they're absolutely amazing looking. Sometimes it's tempting to think short-hairs can't look as neat as their longer-haired brethren. These girls are such a perfect example that that's not true. Though of course it's the personality that counts--and these girls look sweet too!

LISTING REMOVED. Mo Mo is another young sow. I think she is very lovely looking. It's almost as though someone colored her with colored pencils. I love her little white face too. Adopt and send pictures!

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PA-Cragislist/Other-Two Listings

* 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. Pittsburgh, PA: Nine month old needs a new home due to lack of attention. He's a lemon and white haired boy. He loves attention and is very sweet. He has longer hair than your average pig. He's a very sweet little guy, and he comes with his cage, food and water bottle. He also comes with cedar bedding, but as this is toxic to guinea pigs I don't advise using this.

LISTING REMOVED. Philadelphia, PA: Three four month old babies delivered to to a pregnant adopted piggie. Two boys and a girl.

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PA-Piggie Lovers Inc. Guinea Pig Rescue-three bonded sows

Piggie Lovers Inc. Guinea Pig Rescue has three new girls available for adoption!

ADOPTED! Samantha, Tabitha, and Endora are three beautiful girls. My personal pigs are three bonded girls (and one sanctuary in a separate cage), and it is so much more fun for them and for me.

What's very sad about these piggies is that they used to be be a quartet. Their fourth passed on. Their previous owner knew she was sick and not eating, and didn't care to take her to the vet.

Endora

These pigs are vocal and love attention. Samantha loves having her head scratched. They sound like such sweet guineas!

Samantha (L) Tabitha (R)

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NY-Craigslist-three listings

* 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 *

FLAGGED FOR REMOVAL. Albany, NY: Well uh oh! I'm in communication with the poster of this ad. If you have an older or adult boar and you're trying to get him a mate, this post is your jackpot. Two guinea pigs have now turned in to 14 teddys and long hairs. Please double check the sex of any guinea pigs you adopt from them so you don't wind up in the same situation. These cavy kids are four weeks old, and three-four months old.

LISTING REMOVED. Albany, NY: Eight month old brown and white sweetie needs a new home. She is lovable and vocal, and loves attention and floor time. She sounds like the perfect guinea pig!

LISTING REMOVED. Syracuse, NY: These bonded two year old sows have been reposted yet again. Good luck ladies!

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PA-Craigslist-Two Boars

* 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 *

FLAGGED FOR REMOVAL. Pittsburgh, PA: two boars in need of a new home. One is brown and the other is black and white. They are used to kids. These loving pigs come with a cage, water bottle, food, hay and vitamin C (don't put it in the water!). Not sure why they're being rehomed, but I hope they have better luck in their next (hopefully forever) home.

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PA-Western Pennsylvania Humane Society-Five Pigs

Western Pennsylvania Humane Society has two new guinea pigs, and three guinea pigs who have been waiting for homes there for a while.

LISTING REMOVED. Cookie is a cute one year old girl. At two pounds she's a smaller piggy.

LISTING REMOVED. MiMi is a beautiful ten month old long-haired girl. She also weighs two pounds.

LISTING REMOVED. Lucy is a brown and white girl in foster care. She is a year and three years old and is a larger girl at three pounds. These guineas are made for hugging! There is some information on her profile that I disagree with, regarding guinea pig care. For example, salt licks are not helpful or necessary for guinea pigs.

LISTING REMOVED. Flower is a beauty of a girl. I would love to see her in person; I've never seen a guinea pig that looked like her. She is one year and two months old, and she's been at the shelter since September! If I lived near her she wouldn't have been there even a day.

LISTING REMOVED. Callie with the crest! This nine month old girl is now in foster care. Her fur is multiple shades of brown, with some white. The poor baby has been with the shelter since September.

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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

PA-Glenmoore Small Animal Rescue-Boar

Glenmoore Small Animal Rescue has a new piggie boy. He doesn't have a photo up yet, but I wanted to post him as soon as possible. ADOPTED! Caramel was returned to his rescue after two years with what he thought was his forever home. His owner didn't have enough time for him. Poor Caramel! He is very well socialized with people, and comes with a bunch of supplies. Help this boy out! Teach him what forever is supposed to mean.

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PA-Montgomery County SPCA-senior boar

NOVEMBER IS ALMOST OVER but that doesn't mean that all the senior pigs have homes!

LISTING REMOVED. Montgomery County SPCA has a five year old boar staying with them. He's a white male piggie without a picture. This is going to really hurt his chances of being adopted. The poor boy doesn't even have a name! Help him out. If you can't adopt, maybe you could go down to the shelter and bring this guy some acceptable veggies, and give him a little pet. Or offer to take a picture of the guy!

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NY-Black Dog Second Chance Rescue-three babies

Introducing three of the cutest piggies I've ever seen: Larry, Moe, and Curly. They're being fostered by a guinea pig knowledgeable person in Buffalo, NY for Black Dog Second Chance Rescue.

Each one of the dear babies is six weeks old, very sweet and adorable. They need to be adopted either to a family who already has a male pig, or they can all be adopted together. I know which option I would choose! But if you have an adult male piggie who is alone for whatever reason, they lost their mate or never had one, a young male to old male pairing is generally very successful.

ADOPTED! Moe:

ADOPTED! Curly:

ADOPTED! Larry:

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PA-Action for Animal Inc. Humane Society-Boar

An interesting update on the bonded boars featured in this post. Pedro's listing has been removed (let's hope he was adopted!), and LISTING REMOVED. Gizmo has been relisted by Action for Animals. As a girl!

She is a large adult, and a sweetheart. It takes her a minute to warm up to you, but a lot of guinea pigs are like that in the shelter. Then wait till you see them in their forever homes!

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NY-Craigslist-Two Listings

* 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. Rochester, NY: Two sisters in W. Irondequoit need a new home. The owner is willing to split them up, but I really advise against this. Guinea pigs can become incredibly depressed when separated from their mate. And these girls are one and a half years old, so they've had quite a while to bond. They are sweet vocal girls who sound beautiful. One has brown and white teddy fur, the other is mainly black with white and brown fur. Why would you take just one of them? They sound so sweet!

LISTING REMOVED. Syracuse, NY: Three babies need a new home. Two months old, able to be separated from their mother. The mom came to them pregnant and they can't keep all the babies. They are snuggle pigs, two girls and one boy.

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PA-Craigslist-Educated Guinea Pig

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ensure it matches the name he or she gives *

POST DELETED. Upper Dublin, PA: Not much info here. A guinea pig comes with cage and water bottle. The poster "can't have it in school anymore." Well, those cavy private schools can be pretty expensive. I hope they tried for scholarships before dumping the pig to the sn@ke owning public. Could have given the pig a chance to get his grades up. Buy uniforms at an outlet store. There are ways to cope!