Can this work?...

[sleepingbunnies]

Yesterday I took my DD to her friends party at her grandmothers house and I haven't been able to stop thinking about the grandmothers guinea pig since :-(

He is all alone, matted, no toys and just looks so so sad... I wanted to bring him home with me but couldn't as we have 2 girls (although the size of their hutch would easily take another piggie). She said I could have him and said 'I don't even like him'! It made me so sad to think how happy our girls are and how happy we could make him!

So my question is this.. If we get him 'done' is impossible that he would live nicely with our girls? Is there anything special I need to do?

I want to rescue him now!!!

Just spoke to my OH and he said he doesn't want me to pig sit because he doesn't think it's fair to him to give him the chance of other piggies to snatch it away 5 days later and go back to how things were before :-(

I'm very upset to have to turn him down because my heart says I would like him to know some love and piggie interaction...

Am fucking gutted they didn't bite at my offer of money, which to be honest I would have to have borrowed off my dad - but I was prepared to because I desperately want him to know some love :-(

Very sad tonight :-(

Very .
But if they've had him for 3 years or so then they've kept him going, albeit not the life he deserves.

Maybe you've got to do a bit of Self Preservation now.You know you'll get atatched to him. If you clean his fur and let him run next to your girls you'll see how happy he can be when he's spruced up and making proper pig noises.
Boars like to rumblestrutt in front of sows. (My GP1 does it in front of GP2. I'd worry if they weren't brothers)

Do they expect you to go over to their house to feed him? If so tell them it's not convenient.
Or do they want you to take Boy GP to yours? Tell them it's not fair to give him the upheaval and he'll feel the solitude more when he goes back home.

They want me to had him at mine...

A tiny part of me thinks if I got him to mine I could try everything to keep him there?... I know, self preservation tells me to now leave it and try and just forget about him :-(

Tell them no.

My 2 un-neutered boars went on holiday (for a week) to animal boarding.
There were 2 sows in the cage above when we went to pick them up.
They were looking very pleased with themselves ("Hey pretty lady").
When they got home to the real world they were a bit cheeky with each other (bumping each other in the rump, walking round the side of the box and walking over each other instead of waiting).
Not nasty, no fighting.Just a bit arsey.

But they have each other to be cheeky with.

This little boy would go back to being by himself.

If you had him all the time you could keep him seperate if you didn't want to castrate him.He'd see,hear and communicate with your sows so he'd get some of the benefit.
(My childhood boar lived in the front room, his wife and female piglet in the back room. They all got cuddles and could chat through the air vents)

If you don't get to keep him then you'd feel worse.

I'm still hoping they'll change their minds though and let you have him.

So better what he hasn't had he can't miss... I see the logic... I didn't think I'd find it so hard to say no! I just want to give him what he deserves!

You think he'd pine away on his own for what could have been... God that would be worse :-(

I suppose with him, if he's never had it, he won't miss it?

I was thinking about Pig male when I was cuddling GP2 tonight (lovely little boy but he farts alot)

Then him and GP1 excitedly ran round their Pighouse (they've got 5'5" x 5'7" of floorspace with little houses inside). They run straight into the Haybox, GP1 pees.They play haunted hay and do alot of purring and wheeking.
Then finish by investegating their supper tray.

That's how I leave my boys- cuddled, tucked in and fed. Secure and snug.
It's not much to ask

Have decided to go for reverse psychology...

Am going to tell her that iv spoken with my girls vet who has said they are slightly old to breed and he's said it would be cruel to have your boy for 5 days then him have to go back to his life of solitude so dont worry, i'l stop going on about it cos I cam only have him if it's forever - Which I know you don't want so let's forget the whole thing....'

Hoping they think like a 3yr old and as soon as I say I don't want him they then offer him!!!

I read this as I've spoken with my girls (I'm awake too early today )

Try the vet advice tack.
And see how it goes, they might come round.
They must've been thinking about getting rid of pig when they said you could have him, and the GM didn't even like him.

I'm sure the 2 yo and 3 yo are fond of him, but it's not enough

Haha - I'm sure my girls agree too!! Awake too early? Iv been up since 430 with a teething 1 yr old... Bedtime cannot come soon enough for me! :-)