Monday, November 12, 2007

NY-Craigslist-Boar in Queens

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it matches the name he or she gives *

LISTING EXPIRED. Boar in Queens, NY needs new home. Spencer is currently living at a pet store which does not sell pets (the good kind!) Apparently the store gets besieged with abandoned animals, and Spencer is among them. He was abandoned to the store in a shoebox, not even a cage. His abandoners said he is eight to nine months old. Spencer was bought for a child who lost interest in him, and so the parents put the burden of finding a new home for this sentient being on this store. If any of you reading this are debating getting your child a guinea pig, please only do so if your child has consented to the gift, and if you are going to be the primary caretaker...and if the guinea pig is not going to be housed in the child's room. And a bunch of other stipulations. Right, well, here's Spencer:



PA-Craigslist-Boar

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POST EXPIRED. Pittsburgh, PA boar: I've been in touch with this poster, so ideally this post will appear elsewhere. Poster says she got left with a guinea pig during a pet-sitting job. The boar is very friendly and used to kids. Poster also says the guinea pig is used to cats, but I would take this advice with caution, and certainly not apply it to every cat universally. (Personally I wouldn't combine any predatory animals with prey animals, but I read about people doing it with success). He comes with food, treats, a leash/harness (no good), water bottle and bedding. Check the safety of everything on GuineaLynx.

NY-Craigslist-three boars&one sow

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LISTING EXPIRED. Long Island, NY repost: Four guinea pigs being rehomed, three females and one male. They come with a C&C cage that's actually pretty nifty, and divides the guinea pigs up by sex. I'm not sure if it gives them enough room on the girls' side, it's not quite clear from the photos. "They are [NOT] wonderful pets for small children." Two of the females born late July, the other two nine months old. Pick up or delivery to Suffolk County only, see note above.






PA-Judge's Park

Okay, so if I think it's a lot of work posting all of the MA piggies Judge's Park rescued, imagine how much work it is to transport them, feed them, bond them, socialize them to people, provide medical care, daily maintenance, etc. I think the most beneficial way (for both parties) to help out is to adopt a guinea pig, but it's important to know one's limits. If you can't adopt considering fostering or donating financially or materially.


Adopted! Monarch is a beautifully colored, and beautiful, teddy guinea pig. Judge' Park is displaying him as a courtesy post--he is not actually with the rescue, but he does need a home! He is sweet and good tempered, and is bonded with Dusty.










Dusty is a small young boar who is a real sweetie. He would do well in any good cavy loving home.








ADOPTED!
Arlo and ADOPTED! Guthrie are two bonded boars who survived the conditions of the MA hoarder's shed. Arlo is a beautiful himi and Guthrie is a black short hair with a white stripe down his nose. I'm very partial to this look; I have a girl guinea who looks exactly the same, and Esme is the sweetest guinea I've ever met. More details will be posted on the pigs soon, at the Petfinder site.



LISTING REMOVED. Blackstone and ADOPTED! Houdini are two bonded young boars who survived the deplorable conditions of the hoarder. They must be adopted together. Blackstone is black and white, and Houdini is the striking agouti. More information will be available about these guineas soon, at the Petfinder site, but you can apply for them today!




ADOPTED! Buster is a small young boar who is up for adoption as a single pig. I'm not sure if that means he could be adopted as lone cavy, or whether he's available to be bonded with a pig already in your home. Email Judge's Park if this determines your adoption of him. He is another survivor of the MA hoarder. More information about him will be posted soon at his Petfinder site.

ADOPTED! Charlotte is a small young peruvian sow. She's a survivor of the MA hoarder. She can be adopted with a single piggie in the rescue, or go home to a preexisting sow. More details about her will be posted soon at her Petfinder site.




PA-Women's Humane Socies-six boars

I've been delaying posting this bunch because their pictures aren't up yet, but I'll just update if any are posted. So here we go, new Women's Humane Society guineas! The locale is Bensalem, PA.

Note: I post the guinea pigs in the groups they were surrendered to the shelter in, but I don't know whether they're bonded or not. If you're looking for a boar and you live in the area, please check these six boys out. No listing is ever able to do a guinea justice. It's best to meet with them in person. Or pig? I haven't decided whether I'm going to adopt the cute guinea-lover vernacular yet; I'm new.

Adopted! Baby Piggy is a baby piggy (ahem) who was surrendered with
Adopted! May-May and Adopted! Squeak-Squeak because their owner moved out of town.

Adopted! Baby Piggy is a gray and white, boar and the shelter theorizes he'll grow to be medium build. They think he's five months old. He is cautious with people and "moderately active." I'm curious whether they get floor time at WHS. I don't know of many shelters where guinea pigs do get floor time, so this might just be basing this on how the guineas are in the cage. Just theorizing though.


Adopted! May-May is a white short-hair boar who is ten months old. They think he'll grow to be a medium sized guinea. He is also cautious around people, and is "moderately active."

Adopted! Squeak-Squeak is a white and gray medium-length hared guinea of medium build. He is thought to be ten months old, is "moderately active," and cautious around people.

Adopted! Patches was surrendered with Adopted! Co-Co and
Adopted! Snowball because of allergies.

Adopted! Patches is a nine month old boar, with a tri-colored short haired coat. He's of medium build, "moderately active," and is cautious around people.

Adopted! Co-Co is a small boy, nine months old with tri-colored short hair. He is "moderately active" and cautious around people.


Adopted! Snowball is a nine month old boar, with a short white haired coat. He is of medium size, "moderately active," and cautious around people.

Sunday, November 11, 2007

NY-Jefferson County S.P.C.A.-sow

Jefferson County S.P.C.A. is a great shelter, from what I've read. They are the only no-kill shelter in the area, and they are the only shelter to accept cats in Jefferson County. That's crazy! That's completely incomprehensible to me. The homeless animal population must be out of control in Jefferson County.

LISTING REMOVED. Of particular relevance to this site is their adult sow, Chicklette. She's a small, social girl who loves to be held and pet. She's very sweet and likes to be talked to, but isn't that vocal herself.






PA-Judge's Park

I've posted about Judge's Park be-fore, to urge people to donate in this time of near universal need among East Coast rescues, plus commenting on how beautiful their guinea pigs are. Well this post is going to be a combination of both themes. Some of the Massachusetts guinea pigs are now available for adoption. When you look at these guinea pigs, please think about the situation they were raised in. Neglectful, inadequate, crammed conditions where the animals are multiplying but the already small space (a mere shed) stays the same. These guinea pigs are in need of a genuine forever home, and a promise to love and care for them through the end of their life. They have been through far too much already.


ADOPTED!! I LOVE TRISTAN AND WANT TO ADOPT HIM MYSELF. I have always wanted a little himi baby, but we've got a full house. I alternate between calculating how to get him and a new cage and an addition to my rent-to-rent apartment, and closing the page and thinking about my students loans. So, I BEG of you, loving cavy owners or owners-to-be. Adopt this boar! Please! Otherwise I will and then all I'll be able to eat for a week will be a box of Saltines and whatever Whole Foods sets out. Anyway, Tristan. He is a five month old sweetheart. He's a dominant guy on his way to being a cuddle-piggy. I beg of you, ADOPT HIM!




ADOPTED! Amber is a beautiful little teddy pig. She's thought to be a year and half old, and actually lucked her way in to joining the Judge's Park group--she was an owner surrender to the shelter, and wound up coming with the JPers. She is super sweet, likes to be held, and is really calm. She has to be adopted to a home with other females or a neutered male. She has a bald spot on her back. JP treated her for mites, so now they're keeping an eye on the spot to see if the hair will grow in. It might be dry skin or a scar though. It doesn't stop her from being a beautiful sow!


ADOPTED! Lucky Max sneaked his way into the Judge's Park posse. Though he was actually an owner surrender to the shelter, he wound up heading out with the hoarder guineas. He is a large silkie estimated to be a little over a year and a half old. Max is basically a perfect piggy. He likes to be held, he's vocal, and he loves a good petting. Max's only issue is that he's a chubby boy, and he needs to lose weight. I hate it when health issues get in the way of a perfect corpulant cavy!



ADOPTED! Oooh Oliver is a cutie. But this boy aint for sale! He's for adoption to a loving, loving home. He's six months old and a real sweetie. He can be skittish (understandable considering his upbringing), but the Judge's Park team is on the case. He is on a straight path toward lap piggie. Oliver is bonded with Ripley, which means you get to adopt two gorgeous abby boys at once!


ADOPTED! And here's Ripley, Oliver's other half. He's also six months old and very sweet. Though he can be a bit skittish too, he is destined for lap-piggiedom as well. He is malnourished, so he has a heavy regimen of veggies to follow.





ADOPTED! Rupert is a small baby boar, who is bonded with Sammy (pictured below). He is estimated to be four months old. Despite having to live his whole life in a hellish environment, he is a sweet sweetheart. He is also the director of Judge's Park favorite among them--and I bet she knows her guineas! He's a vocal, cuddly, kissy boy. He's malnourished and needs to do some growing. Since he's paired with Sammy, and Sammy can't go to young kids, Rupert can't go to a home with young children either.



ADOPTED! Sammy is a small young boar. He is a year old (est). Despite spending a year in such horrific conditions, Sammy is a sweetheart. He is a bit skittish at times, and can nip if feeling threatened, so he's not a good match for young kids. Sammy is malnourished and had to be treated for mites (all better). Sammy and Rupert are bonded, so they've got to go together. The home who gets the two of them will be a lucky home indeed.




NY-Beverly Animal Shelter-Many Guinea Pigs

Beverly Animal Shelter is located in Waterloo, NY. They have special programs to make adoptions possible for senior citizens, and an in-house grooming parlor! They also have a bunch of guinea pigs available for adoption. They aren't individually listed, but have one collective listing here. I wrote the shelter to see if this listing is still accurate, and t'is. I can't promise all the guinea pigs pictured are still there, but if this is a local shelter, remember they have guineas! Especially if you're thinking of buying a guinea pig. There are too many homeless cavies already.




















PA-Lycoming County SPCA-sow

LISTING REMOVED. The Lycoming County SPCA in PA houses over 4,000 animals a year. One of their 2007 models, Mona Lisa, is a sweetheart available for adoption. Like her namesake, she has a mysterious beauty and no eyebrows. All her listing says is that she's a small adult sow. But look at the cute abby face!



Oh and see that hay roll behind her? No good. Guinea pigs can get their heads stuck in them, and even normally it's too much work for them to get the hay from between the bars. Look in to a hay rack or a hay loft.


PA-Piggie Lovers Inc. Guinea Pig Rescue

Piggie Lovers Inc. Guinea Pig Rescue has two new boys available for adoption!

The guinea pigs I'm about to post were not from Craigslist, but from a more definitively tragic source. LISTING REMOVED Hercules and Zeus are young bonded PEWs (pink eyed whites) who were rescued, with four other guinea pigs, from a testing lab. Though they weren't tested on themselves, they were due to be euthanized. A member of GuineaLynx posted about their endangerment and PLGPR got the piggies out. Hercules and Zeus are very special piggies. And as very special piggies they need very special adopters.





While they love hay, pellets, and water, they aren't yet eating veggies (an essential to a balanced guinea pig diet).They also aren't yet fully socialized to people. They do love to watch TV with you, and are calm and relaxed in their cage. They really deserve a forever home, and a commitment to care by their adopter. Could that adopter be you?

PLGPR has a bunch more guinea pigs to be posted, but I want to divide them in to multiple posts so they're not so long. And so you get an early peek at the a-dorable abby boy ADOPTED! Dilbert. He is around a year and a half old and very cute. He is a curious little guy who likes to explore. He is fine with being picked up though. Dilbert is a chubby boy too, which means whoever adopts him has to give him a lot of cuddles for me.







Saturday, November 10, 2007

PA-Montgomery County SPCA-senior boar

LISTING REMOVED. There's no picture up yet, but the Montgomery County SPCA, Conshohocken Facility, has a new guinea pig. On PetHarbor his ID is A158196. His name is George, and he is a black tri-color guinea pig. Another great way to celebrate Adopt A Senior Pet month!

NJ-Craigslist-Senior boar being dumped

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it matches the name he or she gives *


POST EXPIRED. This is really sad. In Mount Laurel, NJ, someone is dumping their five year old guinea pig for fr33 on Craigslist. All they say about their guinea pig is that he's gray and white, quiet and healthy. The guinea pig comes with a cage that should probably be tossed, bedding, food, and an exercise ball (never give these to your guinea pig).

Adopting this boar would be an amazing way to honor Adopt A Senior Pet month.

NJ-Craigslist-Jersey City Babies

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LISTING EXPIRED. Babies in Jersey City being rehomed. I keep wavering back and forth as to whether this is a legitimate dump, or one of those people who makes guinea pigs in order to dump them. What I'm saying is, research before you respond to this one. And if it seems fishy, adopt from a shelter or rescue and save a life. Small adoption fee for adorable long-haired babies the poster can't keep. That's all it says, inquire at your own risk, then report back!

NY-Craigslist-two sows, one boar

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LISTING REMOVED. Big Apple has Small Heart Today--another three guinea pigs being dumped (for fr33) in Bloomington. Black and white female (Widget), calico colored long hair (Bridgette), black neutered male (Mr. Squeakers). Widget and Bridgette are just over two years old, Mr. Squeakers is just under two years. Come with large homemade cage (a C&C perhaps?), litter box, water bottle, large food bowl, pigloo, and waffle block house. They are bonded and socialized quite well to people, as well as healthy and kind. Being rehomed because owners had a baby; no longer have time for the cavies. Sadulations to the guineas.


NY-Craigslist-Two Listings

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POST DELETED. Three sows in East Aurora NY (near Buffalo): being rehomed due to cross country move. They need to be adopted by the end of November. They are 3 months old, 5 months old, and one year old. Small adoption fee applies. Cages rehomed separately.


POST EXPIRED. Oswego, NY (near Syracuse): two beautiful sows being rehomed. Small adoption fee includes cage, bedding, food, and wooden chews (research to see if they're safe; wood from fruit trees generally isn't). Ideally these two year old sows will be adopted together. They are friendly, love attention, and are cuddlers. They sound perfect! And they're easy on the eyes too.




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