Farewell, Guinea Pigs!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 by Amy
The guinea pigs went to Riley and Avery's school today to be the new classroom pets. Riley is, of course, heartbroken. This leads me to a vent...
I really wish pet "experts" would stop advocating getting more than one animal. I kept hearing "guinea pigs are heard animals, and having two is the minimum, blah, blah, blah" and I fell for it. We could have handled one guinea pig, but not two. Same thing with the rabbits. I wonder if the original owners would have been able to keep the rabbits if there had been only one, or if they would be easier to adopt out if there had been one, rather than an inseparable pair. Or if we would have been able to keep them if there were only one. I think that suggesting pairs of pets is a really bad idea, and it sucks...I know many guinea pigs and rabbits that are perfectly spoiled and happy single pets.
Riley has really gotten attached to Rosie over the past few weeks, playing with her every day, and so this all really sucks and I'm kinda mad about it. But they'll have an excellent home with dozens of kids giving them attention.
I really wish pet "experts" would stop advocating getting more than one animal. I kept hearing "guinea pigs are heard animals, and having two is the minimum, blah, blah, blah" and I fell for it. We could have handled one guinea pig, but not two. Same thing with the rabbits. I wonder if the original owners would have been able to keep the rabbits if there had been only one, or if they would be easier to adopt out if there had been one, rather than an inseparable pair. Or if we would have been able to keep them if there were only one. I think that suggesting pairs of pets is a really bad idea, and it sucks...I know many guinea pigs and rabbits that are perfectly spoiled and happy single pets.
Riley has really gotten attached to Rosie over the past few weeks, playing with her every day, and so this all really sucks and I'm kinda mad about it. But they'll have an excellent home with dozens of kids giving them attention.
