I need your advice, I recently visited an establishment which had a variety of farm/ small animals although this is not their primary attraction it obviously entertains the little ones whilst the adults are occupied by something else.
My particular concern was how they kept their guinea pigs and rabbits, firstly,underneath a decking area was a medium sized enclosure in which there were two rabbits and,if my memory serves me correctly,4 guinea pigs in together. The pen itself was probably on the small size just for the rabbits as they thrive on space.
Secondly,above this enclosure (on top of the decking) there were two other cages, one with guinea pigs and one with 3 rabbits, the rabbits were in a cage/run that was barely big enough for them and they were lounging on top of one another, they had a rather generous amount of food and a large tub of water. My issue being the size of the cage rather than food/water situation although that wasn't great.
Lastly, the guinea pigs (I wasn't able to count how many) were in a larger cage that had two waters bottles fixed on the outside, although the water bottles appeared full, one was extremely green with algae. I've had rabbits and guinea pigs over the years, it has always been simple enough to look after the water bottles by scrubbing them with a brush or buying the 'summer' bottles which have a filter to delay the algae growth. But I also worry that the guinea pigs were not getting their vitamin C supplement, it was difficult to tell because the water bottles were discoloured, my understanding is that this can be administered by water or by adding it to food so obviously this may be a non issue.
I know I should have mentioned something whilst I was there, I'm an idiot but it has been playing on my mind. What would be the best thing to do? I'm hoping to be able to visit again in the morning, if not do you think tweeting or a telephone call would be sufficient? I wasn't able to take photos of any of the animals.