Ace is a solo Guinea pig up for adoption! Within 2 hrs., a Redditor adopted the last pig I posted. Can we do it again?borkmeister t1_ixvbk0z wrote
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The herd happily at home!
We did some name shuffling but everyone has happily settled in
heather1999xyz OP t1_ixvc4q7 wrote
You say name shuffling. What I hear is witness protection. I’m so happy they found a great home! How did you pick them from the others?
Also the ARL LOVES adoption success stories. I’m running a blog about Guinea pig fostering and adoption. Let me know if I can interview you some time.
borkmeister t1_ixvd7he wrote
Yes, happy to be interviewed. From what we know of their back story we would love to ensure that their former person knows they are safe, loved, and cared for.
We chose these two fuzzballs because we were looking for a female middle aged piggy. Sammi is ~4.5, so still has a few good years left. Mr. Rosie, her partner, passed away in March and she was pretty depressed. We saw how bad it was to have her solo and needed a friend for the rest of her life. Older female piggies are hard to find; people seem to surrender them much earlier under normal circumstances. So when we saw these two chonks come available we decided to move quickly.
heather1999xyz OP t1_ixve524 wrote
Thank you for not surrender shaming! Surrendering happens for deeply personal reasons and isn’t a happy experience for either parties involved. Knowing your pet has been adopted and given a new home is amazing and encourages others to surrender vs. release to the wild.
You have a huge heart and I’ll hit you up for an interview for my website. It can be as anonymous as you want. Or it can plug socials. Whatever.
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