LloydFerris
Warren Scout
Hi everyone! I have new fosters!
Their story is nasty just like the story of my last foster buns.
A couple of weeks ago, we had an extremely cold snap here in Alberta, Canada. I live in the city of Calgary and there was one day that week that made Calgary the 2nd coldest place in the world that day! That was the day that a kind gentleman discovered a rabbit cage containing a bun and a guinea pig in a trash bin. He thought they were frozen to death. There was no movement, but he could still feel a tiny bit of warmth from the bun. He immediately took the cage and placed it in his vehicle and warmed the pair up, hoping for the best. They both survived and recovered!!! Their cage was disgusting - pine shavings and urine turned to ice underneath the 2 sweeties...and not even a cubby to hide and cuddle in. Horrific!
However, they are okay! The guinea pig is a nightmare of urine and faeces covered matts, though. I am taking him to get cleaned up today and make sure his body is in good condition under that mess.
Anyway....the point of this post is this: The 2 of them are obviously quite close. Guineas and buns have different nutritional needs, but I don't know how I could provide for each of them without them eating each other's food.
If you were me, would you separate them or leave them as they are? The bun is going to be easy to get adopted (I can just tell) but I don't think many folks are going to want to take on a piggy and a bun. I prefer to adopt to families that have at least one bun already - hopefully this little gal can find a husbun.....but if she has an accompanying piggy I'm afraid she won't get adopted.
Oh, gee.....what do you all think? What should I do?
I forgot to mention that the piggy has a wonderful family with years of piggy experience that is interested in him/her.
U/D #2: The bun is a boy!
Their story is nasty just like the story of my last foster buns.
A couple of weeks ago, we had an extremely cold snap here in Alberta, Canada. I live in the city of Calgary and there was one day that week that made Calgary the 2nd coldest place in the world that day! That was the day that a kind gentleman discovered a rabbit cage containing a bun and a guinea pig in a trash bin. He thought they were frozen to death. There was no movement, but he could still feel a tiny bit of warmth from the bun. He immediately took the cage and placed it in his vehicle and warmed the pair up, hoping for the best. They both survived and recovered!!! Their cage was disgusting - pine shavings and urine turned to ice underneath the 2 sweeties...and not even a cubby to hide and cuddle in. Horrific!
However, they are okay! The guinea pig is a nightmare of urine and faeces covered matts, though. I am taking him to get cleaned up today and make sure his body is in good condition under that mess.
Anyway....the point of this post is this: The 2 of them are obviously quite close. Guineas and buns have different nutritional needs, but I don't know how I could provide for each of them without them eating each other's food.
If you were me, would you separate them or leave them as they are? The bun is going to be easy to get adopted (I can just tell) but I don't think many folks are going to want to take on a piggy and a bun. I prefer to adopt to families that have at least one bun already - hopefully this little gal can find a husbun.....but if she has an accompanying piggy I'm afraid she won't get adopted.
Oh, gee.....what do you all think? What should I do?
I forgot to mention that the piggy has a wonderful family with years of piggy experience that is interested in him/her.
U/D #2: The bun is a boy!
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