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Surrendering
Surrendering / Giving Up Your Guinea Pig
*Please, do not dump your piggy anywhere. Releasing a piggy to the great outdoors is a death sentence, or a cruel way to bring starvation and painful illness!
*Guinea pigs given “free to good home” or dropped off at city animal control centers often become snake food or end up in animal testing facilities!
*Other options for placement would be to advertise your guinea pig(s) for adoption, always with an adoption fee. (We suggest about $25-35.) Please exercise care when selecting a new home for your piggy(s). Never advertise them for free.
*Advertise using the following suggested Internet sites:
www.petfinder.com (Classified section)
*There are also several Guinea Pig Forums that have adoption and rescue sections as follows:
*Ask friends who would be good caregivers if they’re interested in taking your piggy(s).
*You may also place a classified ad in your local paper.
*Try hanging a flyer at local vets’ offices.
*You may also try contacting your local SPCA (www.spca.org) who may be able to offer you help at this time.
Please see Cavy spirit’s page on surrendering.
Dumping
Please, do not dump your piggy anywhere. Releasing a piggy to the great outdoors is a death sentence, or a cruel way to bring starvation and painful illness!
See Darwin’s and Max’s stories below:
DARWIN came to us from Flower Mound animal services on Saturday October 18 2003. He was found beside Grapevine Lake sitting atop of his shavings with his pellets. Officers said it looked like someone had tipped him out of his cage, wood shavings, pellets, and all. Who ever did this valued the cage more than his life, as they took it with them.
Darwin was in a terrible state he was caked in dead skin that had formed a hard crust, he had sores, and lesions caused by scratching, and was obviously in a lot of pain. We treated him with Revolution, and provided around the clock care with critical care, fluids, and pain medication until our vet could see him on Tuesday. She confirmed our initial diagnosis of Mange mites. He was treated with injectable invermectin and was bathed to remove some of the excess of dead skin cells. He was in a great deal of discomfort, and cried out in pain while scratching. He scratched himself so severely that we wrapped his body in vetwrap to prevent further damage. It is very hard to comfort him, as the only place that we can touch him without hurting him is the bridge of his nose, which he likes to have rubbed. His treatment included baths every 3 days, and pain medication 3 times a day. It is hard to believe that any human being would deliberately desert an animal that was so obviously in need of help.
Max, died 1-22-03
MAX came to us August 30th 2002 from a local animal shelter who had found him washed up beside a creek, obviously let loose by his previous owner. He was incredibly lucky to survive. He did however suffer constant respiratory problems and chronic sinusitis and our vet tried unsuccessfully with 5 different antibiotics to get him well. On 1-22-03 he took a turn for the worse and developed a chronic ear infection and was so sick we had to put him to sleep. He was such a cheerful little chap, he loved to run around, eat tomatoes and hide out in paper lunch sacks. That was the one of the hardest things we have ever had to do and we feel so sad that we couldn’t save him as he was a real trooper. Rest in peace little guy we will love and remember you always.
We are saving to buy a small animal nebulizer to help all piggies that come through our doors. It will help to treat piggies with hypothermia, upper respiratory problems, heart failure, and asthma.
Nebulizer Update - Thank you to everyone who has donated to Max’s nebulizer fund. I would like to announce that both Texas Rustler locations are now fully equipped with nebulizers. I would also like to thank Judi Lainer from the Metropolitan Guinea Pig Rescue in Springfield, Va. who gave us the information we needed to buy and set up the units.
Here is one of the units ready for use. It is a Devilbliss pulmo-aide Model #5650D. To make the unit suitable for use on small animals, I attached the mouthpiece to a Rubbermaid storage container. For detailed instructions please see http://homepage.mac.com/nalyne/nebulizer/PhotoAlbum30.html
