How can people not care for their animals?

Please please please do something OP 😩 this absolutely breaks my heart. I know it happens so much but if it was in front of me I’d have to do something. We all have to advocate for innocent animals. Please do what others have suggested and take it one night, she’d probably be relieved by the sound of it. If you’re in Essex I’d be happy to help!

If she won't sell it to you, I would see if you've got a small animal rescue centre near you. I would have no problem taking it to somewhere safe - just leave the hutch door open so she thinks it's escaped. I don't suppose she will try too hard to find the poor thing!

Because ops feeding it the rspca wouldn’t actually do anything as the owner could claim they have been feeding it also op would have to leave it well alone.

Rspca act the best when there is a tv crew behind them mostly or a known case that will make it into the papers because it’s really really bad. Like the 30 dogs in a shit covered house type stories.

Not normally that fussed about 1 pet especially small furries.

We struggle to get them out for chickens on the allotment and have to exaggerate a lot to get them to attend. Once you can get them out they can be good but getting them out in the first place seems to take a lot.

I Don’t think anyone thinks a guinea pig is a fashion accessory 🤣

Because they think they are a fashion accessory

Eh? Who got my post deleted? All it said was RSPCA are only a charity, NDN could just ignore them even if they do visit.

Honestly are some trigger happy posters on here and Mn shouldn’t delete posts that people have put time and effort into typing just because another random poster doesn’t like what it said. It’s so rude

Does anyone care though? We could get into a philosophical conversation about stealing 😂 but does it matter purely because you can apply the word stealing? Because there is always nuance to such things

I understand the intention is good.
But it's still stealing.

My goodness what a nasty, malicious thing to say. Of course I don't want the poor animal dead.
Unbelievable some of the posters on MN.

You are a good person , thank you for caring about this poor creature. Please waste no time in helping, especially in this heat (please god, it has fresh water?).
I wouldn’t state your animal abuse concerns to your neighbour just yet. I’d try along the lines of….’ My DS is begging for a guinea pig and we’d be happy to pay £x for yours, as I know you’re not too keen on it these days’ . Hopefully she would accept. If not, ask if you can have it ‘for a while’ as you want to check your DS really likes them/isn’t allergic and hope she never wants it back.

That's so sad, I had guinea pigs when I was a teenager and we looked after them well. They got guinea pig food as well as fresh veggies, they had a run for the summer and we brought the hutch inside in the winter so their water didn't freeze. Plenty of hay to keep them warm. Their hutch was cleaned out every week. I cannot fathom how anyone can ignore and mistreat any living animal. Please keep asking to take it off their hands til they give in so you can give it better life.

Can't you just tell her you're disgusted how she's neglecting a living creature, and either she starts looking after it properly or she can give it to you. Why do you care what she thinks of you when she's guilty of animal cruelty?

Horrible woman is probably planning to starve it so that she can tell her son that it ‘died of old age’, rather than having to tell him that she’s given it away.

Two choices, either steal it and rehome elsewhere or offer her money for it. Be upfront and direct and tell her you will buy it from her.

But maybe the better choice is to steal and rehome and I would do so quickly. Poor creature.

Yes just take it , keep.it as an indoor piggy and deny all knowledge

If it isn't being fed that's definitely something to report to the RSPCA!

Ask around about small animal charities local to you and then steal it and hand it over to them.

Dreadful people.

Put a wine box on its side in the cage and it will run in - then you can lift it out carefully. Wine boxes are just the right size and shape for a guinea pig hidey 😂

I am not joining in the argument but RSPCA and Blue Cross the ones at the top have the money and they are often loathe to do what they should.
We used to have a guinea pig rescue is there one near you? To let this creature starve to death is awful. Kidnap it and let the poor thing have a decent life

Same. Why are you concerned about falling out with her, Op? She's obviously a really nasty, evil piece of work.

In the circumstances I’d have no interest in not upsetting someone who neglects an animal. Offer to take the guinea pig and give it a home, but make it clear if she refuses the offer you will be reporting her to the RSCPA. Hopefully she’ll do the right thing.