How can people not care for their animals?

@Sweetdreamsbeautifulnightmare please update us. Hopefully you have rescued this little guinea.

Please OP, people are rightly very concerned. Please update us. You can't delay, this innocent life needs you.

If she doesn't feed it, she won't notice if it's missing...

They shouldn't be eating commercial food anyway. They need mostly hay, and a small amount of fresh veg (a strip of red pepper every day is a good source of vitamin C, and they love it).

And make sure you don't keep them on wood shavings/sawdust, it can cause respiratory and liver issues. We used hemp horse bedding for our rescued guinea pigs.

Why no update on this OP?

Every minute you are dithering, that poor, starving creature is suffering. I could definitely not watch that happening and not intervene.

The woman is a disgrace and should be reported regardless of your "frien dship"......what a bitch. 😥

No, I can't understand either how some people can be so uncaring and neglect their pets. In this case I would have to say, look it's upsetting me to see your guinea pig neglected, just let me have it!

How about you tell her that you will need to take in your friend/cousins guinea pig for some plausible reason, but are worried about it being lonely, so could she please help you out by letting her piggy stay over to keep it company?

If she agrees you will need to source a second guinea pig for your cover story, but you probably would have anyway, as they shouldn't live alone.

A secret agenda. Nope just telling the truth.

They get so many donations because people think they actually do stuff but they barely do.

Only if they can get in the papers, on the news or have a tv crew following them only the worst of the worst will they bother with.

So save your donations for the small charity’s that actually give a fuck 👍🏻

I wish they actually did stuff for the random one animal. But making people think oh call the rspca and the animal will be saved is the stuff of fairy tales in most cases.

Nobody is blackening the name of the RSPCA. It's done that to itself.

According to you.

Is this s a malicious campaign to blacken the name of the RSPCA? Do you and the other pp who want to discourage people from reporting animal cruelty have some secret agenda?

Have you got anywhere helping this piggie OP?

The RSPCA are useless. They are only interested in headlines. One Guinea pig won’t interest them at all.

So there would be people doing checks? Or are are we going to rely on people like the OP? If the former, who is going to pay these people? What is going to happen to the animal when the licence has been removed? Where will it be taken? Who will care for it?

Sorry but my belief is we will never stop animal cruelty while one animal continues to dominate this planet. Not that I am saying we should not try to limit it but I can't see how a licence is going to help with that.

Me too, or just take it and say nothing. Mine lived until 8 yrs old when kept indoors. Maybe get him/her a little friend and if any squeaking is heard, you can show her the photo of just your one piggie. Please rescue this one, I hate any type of cruelty to animals

Honestly if they are buying off Facebook who will check for a licence

Paint it with food colouring so it looks different

Have you gone in and taken it yet op? Keeping my fingers crossed you have!!

Please,please just take it, and like a previous poster said ,make it look like a fox broke into the hutch, they are more than happy to be inside in a good sized c& c cage, but it a friend, and you'll of done the right thing, good luck 🤞

I would too.

Well for a start, the license could be removed if the pets are not properly cared for

An IQ test. Some people are too thick to look after animals!

I can’t abide this sort of thing, it would drive me mad. She’s clearly incapable of caring for the poor creature. The guinea pig has no rights and no choice in this matter but you do OP. You’ve got to do what’s right. I agree with the pps who say film the conditions and take the poor little thing into your care. Small pets are so often neglected. Contact your local animal sanctuary if they’ll be more help than the rspca and see if you can find another one to keep it company. Two males may fight but females live quite harmoniously together if they have enough room. People are giving away hutches on Freecycle, gum tree, Facebay etc, look for one. This neighbour of yours should be bloody grateful don’t feel guilty. If you don’t want to rescue the guinea pig without her knowledge then tell her upfront that you’d like to take care of it for her and the kid can visit if he wants. Offer to buy it. Anything. Do the right thing and get that suffering creature away from there.

Worrying that she works in a care home and this is her mindset!!

Tell her a postman or delivery driver mentioned it to you and they said it needs reporting?

Please update OP.

Sorry, I just read her son comes round yours, I didn't read that before posting.