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!



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Monday, November 26, 2007

NY-Lollypop Farm in Fairport-four pigs

I would like to take a second to really reiterate that this blog is not intended to be used for br33ding, hoarding, bunching, or collecting. These homeless pets have had terrible lives, some of them have been starved, neglected, back br3d over and over. They deserve amazing treatment. They deserve homes that are not beyond pushing themselves too far. Are all your pigs in proper sized cages? With fresh water and food? Unlimited hay and quality pellets? Are the cages cleaned regularly? Are the pigs getting vet care, or have you budgeted for vet care? If the answer is no to any of these, please take a look at your own pigs first, and help them. Sometimes the pigs in need are those in our own homes. Remember other people are out there helping. You need not fight the homeless animal population on your own. Take care of those in your own home first, and know your limits. And any br33ders or bunchers that come here--I hate what you do. I'd probably hate you. Leave homeless animals alone. Your actions already contribute enough to the cause.

* DON'T BR33D OR BUY WHILE SHELTER ANIMALS DIE! *

Now, on to the latest Lollypop Guild members. Again, they prove adorable.


LISTINGS REMOVED. Miss Piggy is a beautiful two year old abby sow. Oh her fur looks so soft!



LISTING REMOVED. Moose is one of the prettiest guinea pigs I've ever seen. He is a one year old male. The name Moose is perfect for him!


LISTINGS REMOVED. Larry and Rodney are a gorgeous bonded duo. These boys are both a year and a half old. Larry is on the left and Rodney is on the right. They're both kings!





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NJ-Craigslist-Boar

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ensure
it matches the name he or she gives *

LISTING REMOVED. Monroeville, NJ: This poster lists not just one, but two of the classic reasons for rehoming guinea pigs. One, her children have lost interest, two, she's just had a new baby. Now the piggy, "Piglet," needs a new household that will care about him. Piglet is a year and half old, calico, and comes with a cage, food, and accessories. This piggy needs a long-term thinking adopter.




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NY-Craigslist-Long Haired Boar

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ensure
it matches the name he or she gives *

LISTING REMOVED. New Paltz, NY: One amazing sounding guinea pig available for adoption. First off, he's named Buster, which is what our foster boy (turned out to be a girl, now named Sara) was named. If all Busters are the same, this piggy will be a sweetheart. He has black, white and brown long hair, and the posting describes him as young. Buster is affectionate and energetic, and is not a biter (were he, there are guinea-safe ways of trying to check this habit). He comes with cage and accessories, and is being rehomed due to living situation.

UPDATE: This piggy has also been listed at GPAN.




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PA-Craiglist-Two Pigs

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ensure
it matches the name he or she gives *

POST DELETED. Boothwyn (near Philadelphia), PA: two guinea pigs, sex not specified, need a new home. The poster's son is allergic so the guineas have to go. They're one year old--one is tan, one is multi-colored. They come with their cages. Do a pregnancy watch with these two. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, etc.






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Sunday, November 25, 2007

PA-Ruth Steinert SPCA-seven guinea pigs

Ruth Steinert Memorial SPCA in Minersville, PA has ADOPTED! seven guinea pigs in need of adopters and forever homes. ETA: down to two guinea pigs available for adoption.

It does not seem like this shelter regularly has guinea pigs, which worries me. I hope they have been divided by sex. They might be getting amazing care, I'm just going by the petfinder listing and hoping for the best, preparing for the worst--a good policy if ever in rescue. There are smooth hairs and abbys.






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NJ-Craigslist-Bonded Boars

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ensure
it matches the name he or she gives *

LISTING REMOVED. Keansburg, NJ: two bonded boars need a forever home. They are sweet, healthy short hair boys. They can be in a cage together, or they can each come with a cage. They need a home "ASAP," i.e. A Sn@ke Anticipates Prey. Watch out of these boys, won't you?




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NY-Craigslist-bonded sows

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ensure
it matches the name he or she gives *

LISTING REMOVED. Albany, NY: two guinea girls being offered for adoption. Small adoption fee. Not much info here. Good luck girls...





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NY-Craigslist-two sows

* 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. Lowville, (near Watertown), NY: two female guinea pigs being offered for adoption. I'm not sure if this is a relisting of the Lowville ad from two days ago. They come with their cage, food, and some accessories. The poster says they make a great Christmas gift. First off, do Jewish children not want guinea pigs? And second off, animals should never be given as a present. The recipient has not consented and planned for the animal. A few months after Christmas Craigslist will be flooded with posts about unwanted animals. "I didn't know the cat would scratch," "I didn't realize dogs barked so much," and the ever popular, "my kid lost interest." Of course if a kid loses interest, the animal stops having needs. Frwwp.



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PA-Piggie Lovers Inc. Guinea Pig Rescue-Bonded PEW Boys

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

T
wo new guinea pigs available for adoption. They come from the same sad situation as the guinea pigs in this post.


ADOPTED! Cronus and ADOPTED! Hades are two more handsome PEW boys. Cronus was born in April of 2005, and Hades was born in April of this year. They are very sweet and love to be held.

They were rescued with four other guinea pigs from a lab in Toronto where they were due to be euthanized. Luckily a network of guinea pig lovers got together and coordinated a piggie train to get the cavies to Piggie Lovers. Next stop--their forever home!


They love veggies and are very active. They love the safe hanging toys in their cage. These boys are very lucky indeed.



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