Thursday, November 1, 2007

NY-Life Long Tails-5 boars

Life Long Tails is an awesome no-kill rescue which serves the small animals of Western New York, and those who wish to adopt them.


These guinea pigs aren't adoptable yet (the others are), so that gives you 1-2 months to prep a guinea palace for these deserving boars. LISTING REMOVED. Michael and Myers were abandoned in a box outside the rescue's door. They were filthy, their nails were long, and they are currently being treated for lice. They have been given their med checks and are on a steady path toward being healthy and adoptable.



ADOPTED! Dash is a skittish sweetie, who would do well in a quiet home. He is a lap-guinea (they're great), but would like caring and patient people to adopt him, and continue helping him to learn trust people.


ADOPTED! Nickle is a sweet young boar (under a year old). His other half is brown; he's so handsome! He was abandoned in an apartment for a week before he was found. That's terrible. He is now an outgoing, energetic character. He is very curious and personable.



ADOPTED! Blaze is a handsome young boar, small in size. His owners were moving and couldn't take him with them -- the rare situations where this is actually necessary must be very difficult for all involved. Though a timid guinea, he is slowly opening up to people. He is a very sweet guinea who likes to be pet while in a lap.





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NY-Craigslist-sow

* 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. Nobody puts Baby in the corner, er, shelter. This beautiful Troy, New York piggie is being rehomed because the poster does not have enough time for her. She comes with her cage, shampoo (try this), water bottle, bag of bedding, 1/2 bag food, hay, yogurt drops (never give these to your guinea pig), salt lick (never give these to your guinea pig), and carrot treat (suitability depends on what this means).






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Have-A-Heart Needs Foster Homes

Foster and Adoptive Homes Needed for Guinea Pig Rescue

Have-a-Heart Guinea Pig Rescue is looking for adoptive and foster homes for their guinea pigs. If you are interested in adopting a piggie look at their site for your future pig, they have single pigs, two pigs, and three pigs, they have boys and girls, neutered and spayed pigs, long hair , short hair and those crazy bed head pigs. whatever you are looking for they have. Maybe you dont want to adopt but would like to foster then help out Have-a-Heart and foster a pig for them. They provide the piggie, a cage, igloo, water bowl,food bowl and vet expenses. You provide fresh veggies, water , hay and the love and kisses. Check them out and contact gplover78 @ yahoo if you are interested.

(Slightly modified/Reposted from Craigslist)

PA/NJ/NY/WV-Craigslist Warning

WARNING if you decide to get a guinea pig from Craigslist, or respond to any ad on Craigslist, meet the poster in a public place, not on their own turf. In Minnesota a woman was murdered when responding to a Craigslist ad for a babysitter: link.

PA-Montgomery County SPCA-Conshohocken

LISTING REMOVED. Piglet is a sweetie girl at Montgomery County SPCA - Conshohocken. She's featured on PetHarbor and her ID is A157655. She's a beautiful nine month old abby!



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NY-Craigslist, bonded boars

LISTING EXPIRED. Buffalo, NY-two boars being dumped. Zippity and Doodah are happy pigs that are a result of a surprise petstore pregnancy-this is a major reason not to buy from petstores. The animals are often sick, missexed, and/or pregnant. And of course, a petstore purchase = a shelter death. They're about four months old and aren't really handled by the poster-poor guys! How could someone have guinea pigs in their house and arms and a chest to clutch them to, and not hold them?



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PA-Piggie Lovers Inc. Guinea Pig Rescue

Piggie Lovers Inc. Guinea Pig Rescue has a bunch of guinea pigs available for adoption!


Oh wow, look at these beautiful girls. Not everyone can pull off pink. ADOPTED! Pumpkin and Autumn are young sows, just four months old. They are a vocal bonded pair that loves attention and being held. I love their names; they're so fitting. Pumpkin apparently has a white patch on her belly -- awww!



ADOPTED! Patches is a chubby, lovely sow. She loves piggies and people, and needs to live with at least one other girlie. Patches is a curious, inquisitive cavy who's looking for a forever home. She was surrendered to the rescue because her old people didn't have enough room for two guineas. Maybe they lived in Geico's Tiny House.

ADOPTED! Johnny and Jerry Lee are a bonded father and son pair. I do not see any family resemblance whatsoever, so let's assume Jerry Lee took after his mom. Now Johnny, on the right, has what I'm going to call a super crest. I've never seen anything like that before! It's an amazing mohawk-maybe he's a Native American piggie. He is described as very vocal, friendly, and he loves to be held. Johnny is one year old, and Jerry Lee is 7-8 months. Jerry Lee also loves to be held, and will give the guinea chatter when frightened. Just wait till you have five guinea pigs doing it at once because you sneezed! It sounds like some dentist's nightmare.



ADOPTED! Rosie and Jackie are two bonded cuties who are about one year old. Rosie (on the left) is more people friendly, but Jackie (on the right) has to be in the lap before she settles. I can't imagine leaving these beautiful sweet girls behind. Someone please adopt them and give Rosie a nose rub for me! That mug is begging for it.




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NY-Lollypop Farm in Fairport

More faceless members of the Lollypop Guild. I'll make a new post if pictures are posted. But c'mon, they're guinea pigs-how could they not be wonderful?

LISTING REMOVED. Horatio is our bachelor number one. He is white, three years old and two months, which I marked as a senior, but this is really more middle aged with good care. Horatio is the baby boomer of guinea pigs.

POST REMOVED. Snow White might have been better off named after one of the dwarves. This white boar is one year old and one month. Renamed Prince Charming.

LISTING REMOVED. Ricky Bobby is a six month old brown boar. I had to google Ricky Bobby to try and think of a quip. I haven't seen Talledega Nights (though I do have Anchorman memorized), but this MySpace quote made me happy: "you rule ricky bobby, im getting your movie for Christmas...best movie right beside highlander you rock ricky bobby."


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NJ-Hug-A-Bunny Rabbit Rescue, Inc.

First off, congratulations Hug-A-Bunny Rabbit Rescue on your 70th adoption! 70 lives saved because of your work, that's incredible. They are a volunteer organization always in need of foster homes. And they have some short eared rabbits -- so short they're guinea pigs.

ADOPTED! Crash is a handsome guy and a sweetie pie. He and his brother, ADOPTED! Milo, posted below, don't get along, so they would either have to be adopted or be housed separately. He and his brother are both one year and one month old.
They love being pet, but aren't crazy about being held. They also can be a bit nippy if they think any part of you is a carrot. Sounds like they're a good match for a guinea experienced home sans children.




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PA-Craigslist-young sow

* 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 *

This lady comes from the "People who don't spell 'guinea' correctly so their ads don't show up when I search" files.

POST EXPIRED. Pittsburgh-10 month old sow being rehomed because poster is moving to college-I tell you, that's one reason to go to a state school. She has long black and brown hair-Peruvian? Comes with cage, water bottle, treats, litter, and vitamins. Vitamins plural? Vitamin C is the only vitamin they need supplemented. "C is for Cavy, it's what they really need." Very people friendly, pictures available upon request.

Also comes with harness and leash so you can walk her. Do me a favor-check to see if the poster doesn't realize she actually has a puppy. If it is in fact a guinea pig, please make some modern art on our country's treatment of animals out of the leash and harness. Thanks.


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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

NJ-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 *

ADOPTED!
Snickers is a guinea pig in Central Jersey who is in desperate need of a forever home. He's being dumped because the children in his house are bored with him. He loves attention, doesn't bite, and is very friendly. He comes with a big cage (I doubt it's big enough), pigloo, alfalfa (only appropriate if he's young), and some pellets. Help this dear boar out.

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NJ-Have-A-Heart Guinea Pig Rescue

NOTE: DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS AND THE LARGE NUMBER OF HAVE A HEART GUINEA PIGS, HAH ENTRIES WILL NO LONGER BE RETROACTIVELY UPDATED. MY APOLOGIES FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS CAUSES. THE HAH WEBSITE WILL OFFER THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION.

Have-A-Heart Guinea Pig Rescue is an amazing rescue with hundreds of guinea pigs in foster homes all up and down the east coast (NJ/PA/MD/DE). They are always in desperate need of more foster homes. Contact them if you want to help this enormous rescue organization save even more guinea pigs.

While my goal will be to one day feature every guinea pig Have-A-Heart has for adoption, it's such an enormous task I've got to break it up. I've copied links here for every Have-A-Heart guinea pig in New Jersey posted on Petfinder as of Halloween, 2007. There are so many other guinea pigs in other states, and I'll be posting those shortly. But if you fall in love with a far away guinea, remember: it's worth a drive to keep them alive! So a'la Furry Friends Guinea Pig Rescue, here are my top three New Jersey Have-a-Heart guineas:

#3 Most Wanted NJ Have-A-Heart Guinea: Violet. She is such a beauty! She's been in the rescue since August, and I've had a guinea crush on her since then! I want to see her little face poking out of my stocking this Christmas - slashnevergiveanimalsasgifts.


#2 Most Wanted NJ Have-A-Heart Guinea: LISTING REMOVED-->Cookie, who is bonded with the also adorable Flyer and Squirrelly. They are all 1 1/2 years old sows, and were dumped at the local animal shelter. They've been with the rescue since December of 2006. That's far too long for such amazing guineas to not have a forever home! And look, she's like a guinea Seinfeld would love.



#1 Most Wanted NJ Have-A-Heart Guinea Pig(s): ADOPTED!! Xyloma and Tess! Tess is Xyloma's daughter, and this beautiful team has been waiting for their forever home for two years. The hell? These two are so wonderful. Xyloma came in to the rescue quite pregnant. She is used to cats, dogs, and kids. They're small sweethearts looking for love.


Peppi, Piper, and Pammy -- Bandit and Big Daddy -- ADOPTED!--> Marie, Francis, and Liddy -- Harley and Edwin -- CRUELTY CASE LANCASTER -- LISTING REMOVED--> Mae and Nelissa -- Squeek and Mouser --ADOPTED!--> Moses -- Toby and Felix --ADOPTED!--> Tammy and Sue -- LISTING REMOVED--> Liz and Freida -- LISTING REMOVED--> Sam -- Snowflake -- Tyson -- ADOPTED!--> Perdue -- ADOPTED!--> Pistachio -- Abigal, Spatz, Junie -- Felice and Gucci -- Squash, Blossom, and Penelope -- ADOPTED!-->Chase -- Alice, Betsy and Claire -- LISTING REMOVED--> Q-Tip and Cupcake -- Speedy and Rocket -- Violet -- LISTING REMOVED--> Snickers and Skittles -- Twila and Drizzle -- LISTING REMOVED--> Nassau -- Moona -- LISTING REMOVED--> Hershey and Kisses -- ADOPTED!-->Josephine -- ADOPTED!--> Milkshake, Rootbeer, and Squeaky --LISTING REMOVED--> Harley -- ADOPTED!--> Gilbert -- Lionel and Ritchie -- ADOPTED!--> Meso -- Maxine and Juliet -- ADOPTED!--> Daisy and Sayge -- Peanut and Butter -- Dorothy and Mia -- LISTING REMOVED--> Rootie, Levi, and Bocelli -- LISTING REMOVED--> Slash -- ADOPTED!--> Choppers -- Ebby, Farina, and Sally -- Squidwird -- Piper -- LISTING REMOVED--> Harvest -- Autumn, Squash, and Acorn -- Doze -- Maurey, Slugger, and Korey --ADOPTED!--> Emily -- Becky and Sesame -- Gingersnap andTigera -- Moby -- ADOPTED!--> Steel -- Trooper -- Jitterbug -- ADOPTED!--> Joleen -- ADOPTED!--> Eclair and Creampuff -- Diaz -- BigBoy -- ADOPTED!--> Snuggles -- ADOPTED!--> Xyloma and Tess -- ADOPTED!--> Pie and Piper -- ADOPTED!--> Wendy and DippinDot -- Sylvia, Wheels, Whippet, and Whiskers -- Hunter and Tumbles -- LISTING REMOVED--> Tuxedo, Cider and Patience -- ADOPTED!--> Lilith and Daisy -- LISTING REMOVED--> Cookie, Flyer, and Squirrely -- Ralph -- Bubbles and Rose -- LISTING REMOVED--> Peter and Carmel -- Leah and RoxyDoodle

So I let Mr. AdoptAGuineaPig pick out his favorite, and he chose one of the beautiful abbys of the Alice, Betsy, and Claire listing. He writes: Unfortunately this beautiful pillow of girl along with two other silver & white abbys (silver!) were being housed outside. She seems pretty swell and fluffy.




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NJ-Craigslist-update

* 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.
The ad in this post has been reposted. West Milford, North Jersey-missexing a male led to five adorable baby guinea pigs. Please check out the sexing page on GuineaLynx to help prevent this common occurrence. Boys and girls available, she would like some of them to go to homes together. Sex them to make sure you know what you're getting in to. And it better not be br33ding.


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NY-Craigslist-Update

* 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 EXPIRED.
The third listing in this post has been updated and reposted on Craigslist again. Conklin, NY-pickup or delivery to anywhere in Suffolk County.






Three guinea pigs, two females one male, being rehomed. Cage is included with guinea pigs (pictured lower left) and has dividers to keep the boar and sows separate. The lower right picture is the baby sow, top left are the sows, top right is adult male.

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PA-Glenmoore Small Animal Rescue-boar

Glenmoore Small Animal Rescue is a foster-network rescue in its fourth year. It is always looking for more foster homes!

They also have a gorgeous guinea pig named ADOPTED! Brutus. He is healthy, happy, gentle and sweet-sounds perfect! He's in a cat heavy foster home, but stays cool as a cucumber. He's a year old, wonderfully vocal, and absolutely loves his veggies!




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