Cuy Data
- CavyHouse
- Supporter in '11
I received a call today from someone who was at the Petco in Fremont, California (SF bay area). She said there was a huge guinea pig - about the size of 2 or 3 guinea pigs, in an aquarium on the floor. She said it was beautiful -fur looks like a chinchilla's.There was no room for it even to turn around. It had no water. The Petco employee said it "was up for adoption".
It sounds to me like it is a cuy (except for the color)and someone left it there. The woman was going to see about adopting it and bringing it home but she can't keep it. I explained all of the problems with adopting it, if in fact it belonged to the store instead of someone leaving it there.
But - if it is an abandoned piggy, what would people/rescues recommend? Rescue it? Leave it? I mentioned she could call the SPCA about the bad conditions.
Do you rescue all of the cuys you come across even if the likelihood of adoption is low?
It sounds to me like it is a cuy (except for the color)and someone left it there. The woman was going to see about adopting it and bringing it home but she can't keep it. I explained all of the problems with adopting it, if in fact it belonged to the store instead of someone leaving it there.
But - if it is an abandoned piggy, what would people/rescues recommend? Rescue it? Leave it? I mentioned she could call the SPCA about the bad conditions.
Do you rescue all of the cuys you come across even if the likelihood of adoption is low?
This is a different cuy in a local shelter than the one mentioned above, though she is also red and white:
Here is the one chary mentioned... thanks petco! NOT
Here is the one chary mentioned... thanks petco! NOT
Here he is next to a normal guinea pig.
He is 7 lbs, big and wild. He was purchased at Petco in La Brea (LA area) and returned there. Another rescue picked him up.