Adopt a Guinea Pig in VA/MD/DC

Thursday, March 6, 2008

MD-Craigslist-Three female pigs, two bonded

* 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 Middle River, MD: Three guinea girls being rehomed because of move. The mother daughter pair (tan white and black "mixed like salt and pepper with tan" (might be roaning=especially don't breed (never breed), could create blind, deaf guinea pigs without teeth) are bonded and have to stay together, the third pig (pictured) does not like other pigs and so can go alone. See the ad for more information on daily diet and bedding details, as well as information on hair maintenance and rehoming fees.

* AAGP recommends quarantining any new guinea pigs
for 2-3 weeks and confirming the sex yourself.

Many sad accidents or "accidents" can be avoided this way. *

helpful links: Quality Hay and Pellets in bulk & Pampering your Pig & Cheaper, Larger Cages & Bedding & Essential Guinea Supplies & Proper Diet & Cavy Savvy Vets & "What's Normal? What's Not?" & Social Life & Boy or Girl? & "What is Rescuing and Adopting?" & Social Cause Marketing & Guinea Pigs in PA/NY/NJ/WV .

VA-Craigslist-Boar

* 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 Highland Springs, VA: Daughter lost interest in guinea pig that resembles "Pee Wee" from "Pee Wee and Plush," (the reference is lost on me). Described as "he talks to you and he is so cute, he is solid rust color." The mother is the one giving him attention now, and why set that example for the child! Reasonable rehoming fee includes the cage and food.

Keep this story and the hundreds other just like it posted weekly on CL in mind when adopting a pet for your kids. You can't rehome the kids, so what are you going to do with the 8 year life span guinea pig when your son has a three month attention span?

* AAGP recommends quarantining any new guinea pigs
for 2-3 weeks and confirming the sex yourself.

Many sad accidents or "accidents" can be avoided this way. *

VA-Craigslist-Male pig who defies gravity

* 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 Norfolk, VA: Bandit needs a new home, as the kids that love him so much no longer want to take care of him, so they have decided, lovingly, to give him away for fr33 to another loving family, and are lovingly including his too small cage and accessories with love.

* AAGP recommends quarantining any new guinea pigs
for 2-3 weeks and confirming the sex yourself.

Many sad accidents or "accidents" can be avoided this way. *

VA-Fairfax County Animal Services-Young Adult Sow

Fairfax County Animal Services-VA: LISTING REMOVED. Jude!

Jude is one year and seven months old, and the poor girl has been in the shelter since February, but only just now shown up on any search engines.

* AAGP recommends quarantining any new guinea pigs
for 2-3 weeks and confirming the sex yourself.

Many sad accidents or "accidents" can be avoided this way. *

MD-SPCA of Anne Arundel County-More pigs

SPCA of Anne Arundel County, MD LISTING REMOVED. : Uri, LISTING REMOVED. May, LISTING REMOVED. April, and LISTING REMOVED. June! These four pigs have just appeared on Petfinder without photos, and don't appear on the SPCA website yet, so I don't have much information about them.

Uri is a small adult female. May is a small adult female. April is a small adult female. And June is, you guessed it, a small adult female. Seems like this shelter has a good selection of guinea pigs if you are looking for a mate for your pig, or to make a bonded pair between pigs at the shelter.

Edited to add: more information now available!

Uri is a year and a half old female:

LISTING REMOVED. May is a one year old female, and I'll post the picture once my computer stops being lame.

LISTING REMOVED. April is a one year old female: ""

LISTING REMOVED. June is a one year old female: ""

* AAGP recommends quarantining any new guinea pigs
for 2-3 weeks and confirming the sex yourself.

Many sad accidents or "accidents" can be avoided this way. *

helpful links: Where to Begin? General Care Guide & Quality Hay and Pellets in bulk & Pampering your Pig & Cheaper, Larger Cages & Bedding & Essential Guinea Supplies & Proper Diet & Cavy Savvy Vets & "What's Normal? What's Not?" & Social Life & Boy or Girl? & "What is Rescuing and Adopting?" & Social Cause Marketing & Guinea Pigs in PA/NY/NJ/WV .

VA-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 King William, VA: Three female guinea pigs being rehomed due to a lack of time of money. They have been handled all their lives by children. They are "very adorable, very loving," and "great with kids." They are one year old, eight months old, and four months old. Mother and daughter were accrued as a set, without knowing mother was pregnant.
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LISTING REMOVED Virginia Beach, VA: Two males need new homes. Three years of age, named Wheaty and Frosty. Wheaty is black and orange, and Frosty is a pink eyed white. They come with their cage, water bottle, food, food dish, for a reasonable rehoming fee. Phone number provided with listing.

* AAGP recommends quarantining any new guinea pigs
for 2-3 weeks and confirming the sex yourself.

Many sad accidents or "accidents" can be avoided this way. *

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

VA-Roanoke Valley SPCA-Bonded Boars

Roanoke Valley SPCA, VA: ADOPTED! Tator and Jack!

Tator and Jack are small young bonded boars who still need some socialization toward humans. That means they need one of those special, patient adopters. They are very cute guys. Tator is the torti colored one, and Jack is the black and white one. Please see the below note about Tator, modified from a lesson about a guinea pig on the other blog.

GUINEA PIG LESSON (borrowed from AAGP2): Satch (Tator in this instance) has a very beautiful element to his fur called roaning. One of many reasons why I'm against br33ding (and why this blog does not support br33ding), is because if a roan pig is br3d with with a roan pig (or if a dal pig, another br33d, is br3d with a dal pig), there is a one in four chance a lethal pig will be born. Lethal pigs are very, very special needs, if they live more than a few days. Please don't ever br33d your pigs, as there is a high chance of fatality for the mother. But if you have a pig with white fur and some black spots (a dal pig), or black markings such as Satch, please, please don't br33d them. Your pig may create a blind, deaf pig with no teeth who relies on you for care. And with so many hundreds of homeless pigs, why br33d in the first place?

GUINEA PIG LESSON FOR ME! Thank you to a friend of mine on GuineaLynx who pointed out a very significant error in the above lesson. Roaning is not just black mixed through with white, but any color mixed through with white in a similar pattern to Satch's. Thank you GL friend! GL is a place where you continually learn more and more about GPigs. I encourage anyone who has guinea pigs, or is considering getting guinea pigs, to join.

* AAGP recommends quarantining any new guinea pigs
for 2-3 weeks and confirming the sex yourself.

Many sad accidents or "accidents" can be avoided this way. *

VA-Craigslist-Crested Boar

* 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. Woodbridge/Dale City: What sweet parting words for a pet, "I have a guinea pig that I need to get rid of." Due to move. Male guinea pig needs to be rehomed ASAP. Small rehoming fee. Phone number provided at listing.

* AAGP recommends quarantining any new guinea pigs
for 2-3 weeks and confirming the sex yourself.

Many sad accidents or "accidents" can be avoided this way. *

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

MD-SPCA of Anne Arundel County-Many pigs

SPCA of Anne Arundel County, MD: Many pigs! This shelter is really high quality in terms of how it treats its small animals, and right now it has 15 guinea pigs combined (the ones I'm about to feature as well as those I've already featured), so I really recommend potentially adopting from this shelter.

LISTING REMOVED. Cheerios is an eight month old male:

ADOPTED! Honeycomb is a four week old female:

LISTING REMOVED. Kix is a four week old male:

LISTING REMOVED. Scraps is a one year old female:

LISTING REMOVED Scrubs is a one year old female:

LISTING REMOVED Shorty is a one year old female:

Smiley is a one year old female:

LISTING REMOVED Smoot is a three and a half year old male:

LISTING REMOVED. Spot is a one year old female:

LISTING REMOVED. Trix is an eight month old male:

* AAGP recommends quarantining any new guinea pigs
for 2-3 weeks and confirming the sex yourself.

Many sad accidents or "accidents" can be avoided this way. *

MD-Craigslist-Three entries

* 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 Eastern Shore, MD: Female guinea named Angie, "great pet," being rehomed with her cage and bedding. She loves to be held and is great with kids.

LISTING REMOVED Frederick, MD: Mother and daughter bonded pair being rehomed. Both around one year old, give or take. They are sweet and talkative. The photo is of the daughter, and the mother is similar in appearance except she is red and white. Will screen.

LISTING REMOVED Perry Hall/White Marsh, MD: Four guinea pigs with cages and water bottles being rehomed due to a rehoming on the part of the posters.

* AAGP recommends quarantining any new guinea pigs
for 2-3 weeks and confirming the sex yourself.

Many sad accidents or "accidents" can be avoided this way. *

Monday, March 3, 2008

MD/VA/DC-Metropolitan Guinea Pig Rescue-Three new pigs + my heart breaking

Metropolitan Guinea Pig Rescue-MD/VA/DC: ADOPTED! Gypsy, ADOPTED! Rollo, and ADOPTED! Corduroy!

Well, here's the thing. Gypsy and Rollo were my foster pigs for five months and I love them. They are the best pigs in the whole wide world and they are bonded. I'm going to just go ahead and copy the MGPR provided bios because it's just too hard!

Gypsy is an absolutely beautiful piggy with a tame personality to match. She is bonded with her daughter Rollo, and they must be adopted together. Gypsy loves to popcorn around the floor during floortime, but will also sit in your lap like a kitten letting you pet her for hours.

Rollo is a burst full of energy! She is bonded with her mother, Gypsy, and they must be adopted together. Rollo has recently learned to love laptime and being pet, but her old favorite will always popcorning around wildly during floortime. Second to meals of course! Rollo is five months old.

ADOPTED! Corduroy is a very happy, rambunctious piggy in a fuzzy coat. Don't let her sweet smile fool you, she loves to run around and fuss when the 'fridge opens. She adores lettuce and red peppers. She hopes that you will fall in love with her and pair her up with a nice and happy buddy. (She is a piggy that likes to be bossy, so she hopes that she finds someone that can put up with her antics.)

* AAGP recommends quarantining any new guinea pigs
for 2-3 weeks and confirming the sex yourself.

Many sad accidents or "accidents" can be avoided this way. *

VA-Craigslist-Young Boar

* 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. Northern Virginia, VA: One year old guinea pig, tan and white, being rehomed. For a reasonable rehoming fee, Tito comes with his cage, food, hay, treats, house, water bottle, bowls and any other accessories.

* AAGP recommends quarantining any new guinea pigs
for 2-3 weeks and confirming the sex yourself.

Many sad accidents or "accidents" can be avoided this way. *

VA-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. Chesapeake, VA: A very sweet and calm light brown and white guinea pig being rehomed. No sex specified. Reasonable rehoming fee includes cage, food and toys.

LISTING REMOVED. Northern Virginia: Two guinea pigs well socialized to people (will eat out of your hand) being rehomed. One is six weeks old and brown and black, the other is gray and white about one year old. Sex/bonding not specified, do a pregnancy check as female guinea pigs are sexually mature by four weeks of age, and male guinea pigs are sexually mature by three.

* AAGP recommends quarantining any new guinea pigs
for 2-3 weeks and confirming the sex yourself.

Many sad accidents or "accidents" can be avoided this way. *

MD-Humane Society of Baltimore County-Young Sow

Humane Society of Baltimore County, MD: LISTING REMOVED. Ali!

Ali is just three months old, and loves attention. He has a crest, which means he is one of the princes of the guinea pig world, and he is very sweet.

* AAGP recommends quarantining any new guinea pigs
for 2-3 weeks and confirming the sex yourself.

Many sad accidents or "accidents" can be avoided this way. *

MD-Montgomery County Humane Society-Sow

Montgomery County Humane Society, MD: LISTING REMOVED. Blush! Blush is a one year and three month old unaltered female guinea pig who is brown and white and surely quite adorable. If a picture, or any other information is added about her, it will be included with this entry, rather than creating a new one. Good luck Blush!

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