Sunday, December 16, 2007

NY-Craigslist-Two boars & four babies

* 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 *


POST DELETED. Manhattan, NY: Two ads for the same piggies, but they have different pics so I'm featuring them both. Two adorable seven month old boars, tricolor kiddos, and four babies, sex not specified, available in three weeks once weaned. Disclaimer at the bottom reassures me that this isn't a br33der, let me know if I'm wrong.




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PA-Chester County SPCA-Four guinea pigs

Chester County SPCA in PA is, according to its website, the largest registered non-profit animal welfare organization in Chester County. Here's a page with information on volunteering at this shelter. They've got positions for people under the age of 18, so this could be a great opportunity to help homeless animals, and your college applications!

ADOPTED! Snowflake is a beautiful young sow, looking for a place to settle by winter. No Wire Floors! There's a bumblefoot danger. And Joan Crawford would not approve.

ADOPTED! Pickle is a small, young male, a new petfinder ad confirms it.


ADOPTED! Pepper is a smart looking small, young male, as confirmed by a new petfinder post.


ADOPTED! Kiara is a cute young abby girl.


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PA-Jefferson County SPCA-Baby piggie

Jefferson County SPCA is the only no-kill shelter in the area, and they have an amazingly cute piggie available for adoption.


LISTING REMOVED. Bing is a baby pig who was listed as a girl when s/he was dropped off, but the shelter hasn't verified the sex yet. Oh, and s/he is adorable.







Here is a video of another Bing, a famous piggie who has since crossed the Rainbow Bridge. He has brought joy to thousands, and teaches some GP basics in an adorable, family friendly way.


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NJ-Friends of Homeless Animals-two piggies

Friends of Homeless Animals is a foster based rescue in Northern NJ, and they have two new pigs available for adoption.

ADOPTED! Callie is a cute four month old sow. She is a crested calico who is very sweet.



ADOPTED! Daggott is a year old, neutered, multicolored texel guinea pig. So pretty much the perfect boy then? Can be paired with a girl, past adolescence, wow!



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PA-Craigslist-Skinny Pig

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ensure it matches the name he or she gives *


LISTING REMOVED. Philadelphia, PA: Of all the guinea pigs not to rehome on Craigslist, skinnies and baldwins probably top the list. A skinny being rehomed for reasonable adoption fee, can get cage for separate adoption fee. Uh oh. She looks young. The poster bought her from a petstore because the skinny was going to be fed to a sn@ke. Please read the link "social cause marketing below" to see a great summary of the problems with doing this.


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PA-Tails of Hope Pet Adoptions-Two Pigs

Another confusing Petfinder listing. I'll leave it to those of you who fall in love with the picture to sort this out. Tails of Hope Pet Adoptions' Petfinder page links to Circle of Love Adoptions, so I guess they're going through a name change, not quite sure. If anyone knows what the story is I'll update this. But, on to the fun stuff: piggies!

This listing is for ADOPTED! "Morgan," but there are two piggies pictured and no sex specified. Do a pregnancy watch. They're described as tame and fun, and it goes without saying they're cuties:


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PA-Humane Society of Somerset County-Two pigs

This post is a bit confusing to me, so double check with the shelter over the phone or in person about specifics.

The Humane Society of Somerset County has two piggie kids available for adoption. LISTING REMOVED. Mommy and Stewart are two pigs described as "female," but I've not known Stewart to be a female name. Maybe that's some north of the Mason-Dixon line business to which I'm not privy. Also, lol at this bio line, "we do not make any noise." Guess I don't have guinea pigs. Maybe some rare mammal bird. These two might not be making noise because they're scared...anyway, they're cute:





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Saturday, December 15, 2007

NY-Craigslist-Young Sow

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ensure it matches the name he or she gives *


LISTING REMOVED. Upper East Side, NY: Young black sow (few months old) named Amy needs new home. She's very nice, doesn't bite, "would be good for a child and family." I see this so often. Why do people think single adults can't have pets? Poster is asking a negotiable rehoming fee of $100 to "reimburse what [she] ha[s] spent." Eff ensuring the pig's safety, she lost cash on this thing! Comes with "large" cage, water bottle, a bunch of other supplies.

Reposted
on Guinea Pig Home.

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PA-Wheek Care Guinea Pig Rescue-Two Boars

Wheek Care Guinea Pig Rescue located just outside of Pittsburgh, PA has two new boars available for adoption. And one of them is the biggest guinea pig in the world!


ADOPTED! Twix is roughly the size of Gamera and is working on a campaign against Hummers. He is a young gentleman piggy, and is black and red. Twix and Skittles are very bonded, and Twix is the more laid back of the two. Picture two of Twix:



ADOPTED! Skittles is a cute, precocious adorable piggy who is always on the watch for food. He is quite bonded with Twix, and is the more active of the two.




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PA-Judge's Park-Four more GPs

Judge's Park is a great, small rescue that has a number of different species of animals available for adoption. They're always in need of help, so check out their link to see what you can do to help homeless animals in PA!

ADOPTED! Patches is a young girl thought to be born in May. Patches was evicted from her apartment by the landlord, and now she needs a forever home that allows her on the lease! She is very sweet, though more shy than her bonded friend, Jasmine. They are super skittish, but have gotten used to lap time and now love it. They need someone who will help them continue on their path to being cuddlers.



ADOPTED! Jasmine is an amazingly beautiful abby girl from the same background as Patches. She is a sweet, vocal, and curious girl. Still, she and Patches are getting over being skittish and their fear of humans, so they do need an adopter willing to give them time and patience.



ADOPTED! Caeser is a young, medium-sized boar who is almost all black with a few barely noticeable brown hairs. The rescue estimates his birth month as March of this year. He is a calm, quiet, laid back pig who loves to have his face rubbed. He must be adopted with Marcus.

ADOPTED! Marcus is a baby, just born in November of this year. He's reddish brown with white patches and a whorl on his face. As a baby he has had no handling, so he is very skittish with people and still needs tsome time to get used to them. He must be adopted with Caeser.


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PA-Craigslist-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. Scranton, PA: I have an ambivalent reaction to this ad. Poster took her sister's guinea pig when sister moved to an apartment that didn't allow guinea pigs, so the guinea pig didn't have to go to the SPCA. They're charging a suitable adoption fee for the pig and all his supplies (cagetoosmall). But they advocate giving the guinea pig to a child age five or up, with the perk of teaching the kid responsibility. I don't know how many pigs wind up neglected or rehomed because of this theory. Also, it worries me in general that shelters have such bad reps. Obviously it is not ideal, but good shelters have a quality screening process in place and a relationship with rescues. Every shelter is different though, and sometimes pigs can pick up germs or be scared by the other animals, etc. Alls I'm saying is if you're informed about the *small animal* euthanasia rate at your local shelter, it might not be the worst thing to surrender your animal there, versus passing them off blindly (not to say that's what this poster is doing). Anyway, look how cute!




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NY-Lollypop Farm in Fairport-Three new pigs/Event

New members of the Lollypop Guild. Not much info here. Updates on the hour as this story develops! And please see the info on their upcoming events.

LISTING REMOVED. 3854035 is a small young boar. I think 8675309 would have been catchier.




LISTING REMOVED. Coco is an adult female medium sized piggie.





LISTING REMOVED. Katie Sam (?) is a young girl, small in stature.




Visit this page for information on their "That's a Wrap" events. The text from the page is pasted below:

Help out the Humane Society when you do your holiday shopping at Barnes & Noble bookstore at 3349 Monroe Ave, Pittsford and the Barnes & Noble bookstore at Towne Center at Webster during November & December. Our trusty volunteers will be manning a wrapping table that you can bring your purchases to and let us dress them up for the holidays. All we ask is that you leave us a donation.

The following dates and times are scheduled for the Lollypop Farm gift wrapping table at the Pittsford store:

  • Saturday, November 24, 2007 from 10am to 10pm
  • Sunday, November 25, 2007 from 10am to 10pm
  • Friday, November 30, 2007 from 10am to 4pm
  • Monday, December 3, 2007 from 4pm to 10pm
  • Wednesday, December 5, 2007 from 4pm to 10pm
  • Wednesday, December 12, 2007 from 10am to 4pm
  • Thursday, December 13, 2007 from 10am to 4pm
  • Tuesday, December 18, 2007 from 10am to 4pm
  • Monday, December 24, 2007 from 10am to 6pm (for all you last minute shoppers!)

The following dates and times are scheduled for the Lollypop Farm gift wrapping table at the Webster store:

  • Friday, November 30, 2007 from 4pm to 9pm
  • Sunday, December 9, 2007 from 11am to 6pm
  • Tuesday, December 18, 2007 from 4pm to 9pm
  • Thursday, December 20, 2007 from 5pm to 9pm

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NY-GPAN-Bonded young sows

Brookfield, NY: A new listing on the Guinea Pig Adoption Network. Rose and Clover are bonded girls estimated to be one year old. One is a shorthair, one is (I think) an abby. One is black and white and one is brown and white. No known health problems. They're rehoming reason should be a big caution for people wanting to get their kids GPs for the holidays (or any day)--the poster found out that the kids were too young to hold the piggies, and so they don't get much cuddling or attention. They are curious, healthy girls who deserve more attention from someone prepared to care for them their whole lives.

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Friday, December 14, 2007

PA-Craigslist-Young Guinea Brothers

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LISTING REMOVED. Conshohocken, PA: I can sort of confidently say that these piggies would be good for someone who has learned about piggies, but has not had them yet (and of course for guinea experts). Two cute short-hair piggie brothers, 8-10 months old, available for adoption due to a move. Fantastically, they come with a C&C cage and other accessories. These cute babies look like they've been pampered, and they need to continue on in their next home (forever home, if you please).




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NJ-Companion Critters-Three piggies from sad situation

Companion Critters is a NJ based rescue that's been around since 2000. Their sole purpose is to save animals in shelters from being euthanized--they often have to choose which animals to save from death row. I don't envy that decision making. They have three guinea pigs posted at the moment who came from a tragic hoarding situation. 116 animals were saved from this hoarder. Some photos of the hoarder's residence can be seen here.

WITH A RESCUE! Rusty is a handsome red Satin adult male, small in stature. He weighs 1.5 pounds (so tiny!) and a vet has said he appears to be in good health. He also appears to be good looking! (Was that weird?)


WITH A RESCUE! Moe is a cutie-boy quite similar to a pig I fell in love with over on the original blog. He is a small adult male short-hair who weighs 2.3 pounds. Petite piggy, but nothing compared to Rusty!


WITH A RESCUE! Flower is a beautiful Peruvian girl who weighs two pounds. Like the others, she has been assessed by a vet and is presumed to be in good health. Pretty lucky, if you looked at the photos.



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