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😢 From the beginning, I started crying. I can't listen to the end. I am horrified by this letter. I don't understand how, even without money, you leave your pet in such a state! This person should have abandoned him in a shelter a long time ago. These people should be punished very severely! Dear Scotty, I admire you very much because you have to endure so many incomprehensible and unbearable things! 🙏❤️🌹🍀
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The only thing I can think of is that they lack compassion and they think the guinea pig is something to amuse them? We rescued a emaciated guinea pig once from a family that evidently could not care for it, no hay and horrible living conditions. My wife and I just could not understand the logic of keeping something you could not care for properly, and came to the conclusion that some people lack the kindness and compassion and love for a little life but think of it as a toy almost, to be discarded or neglected when they are bored of it.
The rule in my home is if you cannot afford their Healthcare you don't get them. I have not owned a pet in the last decade because of this. Until I found Eddie abandoned in the hallway. I spent 10 days absorbing as much information as possible and your channel, Saskia's and Squeek Dreams helped me decide that I could keep him responsibly.
Thankyou for caring for someone in need! Eddie is a very lucky little guy. I hope you're both safe and happy ❤.
@@heatherburrell we are. He has a roomie, Freddie Mercury, and they are happy together. We've been able to build trust and I live for that. I didn't find out his back story till I had him for six months. Made me respect his ability to trust me even more.
Well done what a wonderful outcome x
Eddie is lucky you came along ❤ Thank you for saving him
What does it mean you have the money for you have the money if that healtcare of that piggie?
Many people don't know how much these vet bills can be!
I am wondering if you can afford to pay vetbills I paid to save single piggies alive!
I paid over $2700 dollars to save Malacka and finally he died! I would have paid even more to save him, he was the sweetest guy, when I set to my desk he came to me in 30 seconds put his head on my leg and fall asleep. Unfortunatelly there wad no sience the vet could have used to save him.
After that I adopted Jack, the oldest male piggie - he had the last chance to get out from the shelter, making a risk I may loose him in six months meanwile I have to spend the same amount if money I spent on Malacka.
Jack got into a near death situation one monthes ago, he was taken to the vet the next day and went trough a surgery the secound day. After that he was on critical care two weeks long till he began to eat his own, but I havnt spent the same money I spent on Malacka, but spent over $4500! ... Luckily he returned back to his previous himself, he is happy, but we don't know whether his dental issue is solved.
In less than one year I spent over 7K on Malacka and Hack! You can say I was able to pay it because I had that money, but the only reason I had because I have been saving money to buy my own semi truck to work. It tells more about my financial situation if I say this is the money I put in my retirement found evry year.
The 7K doesn't include the time lost in the job, over 40 hour I get 50 percent extra, so evrytime I took my piggies to the vet I lost the part if the week it was woth working. Those days build up other thousands! I am wondering if you have the financial strength to spend this money on all the piggies and other animals you have - yes, you may have - but if you dont, you don't have the base to make statement about the healtcare of your pets.
Presently I enjoy Jack's company, but I am thinking what we are gonna do when he will follow Malacka on that bridge.
I can't take the youngest piggie from the shelter and leave the oldest to die in there, but I can't stand that amount of money on my piggies eighter. Also can't make a decision to euthanize them if there is a possibility to save them.
So, it is a theoretical quastion, but I am wondering, what kind of health care did you write about.
We have a credit card just dedicated to our piggy medical needs. I hope that piggy gets the help he needs.
Me too! And I have little income but there is no way any animal of mine would go without treatment! Shocking!
I have no words.. this hurts my heart.. I can only imagine how you're feeling Scotty... I'm so sorry 😢...
This breaks my heart! I understand your frustration. I totally get why you’re doing this post. Senior pigs are the best and they deserve loving care ❤🩵💙❤️🩵💙
Please keep doing what you're doing, Scotty. I was one of those pet store guinea pig impulse buyers, and the pet store did not give me proper care instructions, and I imagine many people have no idea the responsibility they are taking on. Without you, Scotty, and the guinea pig rescue community, many guinea pigs wouldn't be living their best life, and many people wouldn't even know they weren't properly caring for their piggies before they ended up with very sickly, neglected piggies.
I'm sorry for you, little one.
I wish you knew we were here, and we all care, and we all want to help.
This is why we rescue. This is why caring folks like us are needed and are the true heroes.
This is insane. Every time I think I've heard the worst possible case of neglect and abuse, there is someone out there going to the next level.
What kind of "human" could listen to a poor piggy cry in pain and do absolutely nothing to help that little soul. I just spent over $1,200.00 because my little guy broke his lower incisors and had to have surgery. There is nothing I wouldn't do or no amount of money I wouldn't spend on my babies to give them the best life that I can. This is absolutely heartbreaking!! I will never understand how people can treat these sweet little babies the way they do. I hope that poor piggy will get the help of a vet before it's too late.
All that person had to do is surrender the animal to a rescue. This letter is maddening. I,m not happy to be hearing this.😡
I have a story with a happy ending if you have time to read Scotty. I live in a small town in Newfoundland. I made sure there was an exotic vet in town before I got my boys, Ziggy and Dusty. At age 5 Dusty developed a lump that appeared to be a swollen testicle. My vet and I decided to neuter. But when she began surgery, she realized that he had necrotic tissue where she expected to find an enlarged testicle. He survived surgery, but when his belly started to swell back up, she said that she was unwilling to perform another surgery, afraid that it was beyond her skills, and she referred me to the specialist in St. John’s nl. She also suggested that I euthanize him if I could not make the trip or afford the second surgery. But I took 4 days off work, took out a few loans, and drove across the island with my boy. The first surgery cost about $2000. The second about $5000. But I never miss that money. Dusty has been healthy and happy ever since. He’s 8 years old now and sitting right here with me
How can one sit and listen to a poor animal yell in pain? How? How can one not get help for a pet? I had a rat that got into a fight with his brother and he had to have an emergency neuter because his private got ripped open. It cost me 300.00. But I’d do it again! I also have piggies and I’d spend my last dollar to make sure they get what they need. This is so sad. I hope that poor piggie gets the help it needs. But it doesn’t sound hopeful for the poor piggie if it’s sat in pain and has had an absence for a year. This really upsets me. 😢
I’m sorry to hear that your rat got in a fight with his brother.
I know all about ratties fighting. I had 2 brothers & every now & then they'd fight. Man do they fight. I also learned not to stick your hand in to break them up lol. Darn boys.
Disgusting. I would never be able to bring myself to reply to an email as horrific as that. You have every reason to feel this way. That guinea pig is so lucky to be receiving the proper care now.
The note sounds to have been written by either a child or a person with a language barrier. It's never an excuse though. For a child, the parents should have taken responsibility. A person who does not speak English well still can find someone to surrender their animal for them.
The more we advocate for our furry friends the better living standards will get. Look back one hundred years ago and then today. It's night and day. Do you know why? Because we have advocates like you who get out there and educate the public. Keep spreading the word like you do Scotty. 💗
Ooof this hits home. We get loads of messages like this and just want to scream. People will just watch for days then call in 😩 drives me nuts. It is animal cruelty. They need to get that animal out that person’s hands rescued or not. Surrender it to someone who can help it! Sorry Scotty feel your pain here. We do what we can. That’s what we do. But we don’t stop thinking and worrying about that animal.
You can't change human hearts Scotty. All you can do is exactly what you do. Help those guinea pigs that you can and continue to educate those humans that are willing to do right but maybe just didn't know any better. Unfortunately there will always be cruel people. I would like to see tougher laws on animal cruelty in general. These kind of people should never be allowed near animals.
I hope the guinea pig got the help he needed.
I have no words❤ poor piggy. I really hope bottom of my heart this piggy will get proper care and home where he/she will be loved and cared properly ❤
O’h my goodness the poor baby. I’m involved with a gp rescue myself so I know many rescues have bad messages like this and have to deal with horrible situations.that’s so awful. 😢Pain for a whole year?!! I feel terrible for this piggie. So very sad 😢😢
I had to watch this video twice in a row to grasp the concept of all this that was said.
If this person who sent the email knew the guinea pig was neglected then they didn't just find it.
IT had to belong to a family member or friend is my assumption.
This sounds like it's coming from someone with a language barrier or a younger teen soon to be adult who doesn't have the funds.
You don't want to know the choice words going through my head!
Situations like this angers me.
I'm going to go with my best judgement and it may be wrong and I hope i'm wrong. But I think the Guinea pig belongs to the person who sent that message.
This has upset me at no end. I feel so sorry for the poor piggie. My stomach is turning right now😢.
This is so upsetting Scotty and you needed to vent. We're here for you. I'm crying through this video. It breaks my heart to pieces thinking about how some people treat animals with such disregard. It is disgusting and inhumane. That poor piggy. Is there any way to know what happens next? I'm sure we're all stressing and worrying about that poor baby. I hope and pray the rescue took the piggy away from that person. Much love and big hugs from my piggies and I 🙏
Shocking! I just don't understand people like this. How can anyone leave an animal in pain? 😢
I really hope that piggy got help ❤
If you don't have money to pay the vet...pay the vet with labour !! Put a go fund me ,ldk do something!! Hope the rescue got a hold of the piggy 🙏🏻
Poor poor piggy 😢I hope he got help 🙏🏼
😭💔. This message broke me too! Poor, poor piggie!
I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to hold my tongue!
We can only pray this piggie is rescued before it's too late!
We feel your frustration Scotty 😡😢
I am speechless, heart broken…and sick to even have to think about this poor little guy and what he is going thru and them doing nothing. Did the rescue take him?? Were they able or have room for him? 😢
Poor baby. I hope the little one gets help, or passes quickly 😭
I gave up on most of human kind over 20 years ago, and this one isn't helping.
I'm so sorry this kind of thing happens... Not everyone has the ability to treasure the precious little lives that bring so much joy, if you understand their value and their beauty. They need a tremendous amount of education and a huge infusion of compassion. Not sure it is possible, but public service messages and other media methods of spreading the word, about caring for animals properly might help. Teach people that caring for our animals, as part of conserving our world which these little lives bring so much goodness to, is not only right... but vitally important to us all. We are so concerned about being green and environmentally friendly... we need to do the same for our earth's animals, including piggies and other small animals.
So sad people like This should be brought up in court
It breaks my heart to know that poor dear piggy is suffering so. I so hope there will be a good outcome, but it doesn't sound hopeful. 💔
Brokenhearted! So sad,and that poor suffering piggie! Honestly, I believe people have been desensitized to what is in front of them day after day. The way people live, treat each other, have trickled down to our animals. Abuse, neglect, even various degrees of abuse and neglect ,just look at Austin's rescued bun,that just died from The Pig Room. That poor bun was in plain sight in horrible conditions day to day. There are people who will sit and do nothing, will just dump off, surrender. Scotty, you and Saskia help piggie owners give proper care and support and there are other good channels. However, there are channels, especially one in particular, that says she promotes proper care and support, but doesn't. New owners get on, get a dose of reality and don't realize what real piggie care is. How can someone learn when the person they are watching,is not following proper care and the people watching the channel know and stay silent. It is a cycle that repeats.Those who get angry, watch it night after night, stay silent. These are the same guinea pigs, that will end up in a rescue or shelter one day. No one wants to speak up, put in the time, the money, the sacrifice to do what needs to be done to help out. There are only a very few who will,and those are the ones we count on in the piggie community.
I’m so very sorry to hear of such an awful message and that this is not an isolated case/message/situation.
What happened to that poor piggy?
Are you ever allowed to take photos and seek cruelty convictions for any of these situations?
Please look after yourself as well as your piggies.
Thanks again for all you do 🤗
If they don't have vet funds, the person should not have a pet of any kind. Since they do have the pet, they should have surrendered to the rescue sooner, not wait a year while the guinea pig suffers. Heartbreaking!
You do more than most to help guinea pigs and their owners live better lives. I hope our gratitude bolsters your spirits on days like this.
I wish this speech could be played at every rescue. You dealt with them better and more eloquently than I ever could. People are just awful these days and getting worse.
This makes so upset and angry how can anybody let animal suffer I have 2 guinea pigs and if I noticed somethings wrong I’m straight to the vets to help them
Scotty, you're making a change by educating people. There always will be sad situations of neglect, abuse and misery. The world needs more like you so for the animals please stay gentle and tender.
Absolutely horrifying. That person seems to know a lot about that Guinea Pig from the past year, so I suspect that it's been owned by him. None of us who love animals could watch a little animal suffering like that. Sadly, there are many animal keepers who aren't animal lovers. It's so sad 💔 Thank you for the video Scotty 🐹🐹🐹
We always want to assume the best in people, but boy they can make it difficult sometimes.
We rescued a couple neglected piggies from a horrible situation, but after knowing the full scope of how they got into their condition, it was in no way intentional. The owner took in these piggies from their younger relatives and tried to make their living conditions better. But then these new owners had serious health issues that arose and made it impossible for them to physically perform their duties in caring for these animals. They didn’t realize how bad off the animals were because they couldn’t reach down to pick them up or even see clearly how bad the cage was which they became unable to clean. When we were notified about the situation and rescued them, the mats on these long-haired guinea pigs totaled about 30% of their overall body mass. The cage had cockroaches running around in it. It was absolutely horrible, but the condition of the owner was just as bad.
The benefit of reacting to these kinds of messages, even though you’re absolutely right, the person truly responsible for this is extremely unlikely to ever look into guinea pig care content, is that it helps reinforce that people who see a bad situation going on need to act early and often to try and intervene because these piggies have no one else to help them if the actual owner isn’t doing it. You help people realize action is the only way to stop this, so get involved and make things change for the better.
You are totally right, the situation makes no sense at all! It is total animal cruelty and a scam wanting attention. Thank you Scott for speaking up about this and staying strong and vigilant for the piggies. YOU KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
Im just heartbroken . Im astonished and angry. How can any human be so cruel. 😢
😢Wow. I am hurting and praying 🙏 that Senior piggy got the right care. Scotty fyi, you can vent anytime. We as your subscriber followers will vent with you.
Listen i get it that they are in the wrong ok? But not everyone has access to medical care or a credit card. I know that day that Saskia rescued all those piggies that were bred to be snake food that she wanted to go off on the people but you're not going to change them. Hopefully they will see this video and think twice about ever owning another animal. I used to say "How could you not have money set aside for an emergency "? But i found myself needing care for my dog who is my family. Luckily i live in an area where they have a lot of resources and they sent a team to my house. I was so grateful to them i cried. I also no longer felt like i failed my family.
It's so sad and heartbreaking and your feelings are validated. You have every right to be upset and hurt. I think a lot of people don't realize the care that's needed for guinea pigs. They need a diet high in vitamin c, plenty of hay, veggies and water etc. They're cage needs to be cleaned weekly and they require nail trims every so often. They should be in pairs since they're highly sociable animals. This person should've returned the piggie to the store after they realized they didn't have the heart, time or money for it. Instead of like you said letting the poor thing suffer in agony for so long. As you already know all of this better than I. Piggies are very delicate and fragile little creatures so any little thing can turn tragic for them quickly and the first signs of sickness should be treated asap. I'm so sorry that you have to deal with this so often. Please put a donation link on your Facebook or on your TH-cam channel so that I and others can donate to your rescue when we can. Sending prayers and hugs. May God bless and keep you and all the little piggies always in His care! 🖖🏼😇👼🏼🙏🏼🔥🕊️🌈💜🤍🩷💛💚🪶🐦🪽💋
People should understand that living with animals is a responsability. Before adopting people have to consider that they will probably need a vet at some point, what to do if they go on holiday... Circumstances can change, but don't have pets if you don't have money to go to the vet
#6:13 You can step up, you can be a human being! You can fix their living conditions!
I agree 100%, some people do not seem to understand that these are living creatures, deserving of care and love. The very basics of you're getting an animal.
This is not the first time I've heard a rescuer/carer, someone who cares so much about the most vulnerable and does everything to help, has to experience someone who has discompassion, who goes against everything that people like you have such a heart for. No wonder you're upset, people like this have no heart, no thought of the animal's welfare. I see so many of the kindest people having to deal with the worst. One rescuer said that rescue seems to attract the best people, or the very worst. You can only try, we can only try to support you and give you the hope that this is not everyone. No wonder you and so many struggle. Scott, you are the very best kind of person. You're reaching out to us, and we hear you. Venting can be healthy, and though this is not your usual video, we are here for you. This is beyond our comprehension, too. Thankyou for bringing this to light, this cannot be easy for you, but we are here, we agree and many of us try to do the right thing for those in our lives every day. My heart hurts for you and this poor pig. We love you, Scotty ❤.
Needs more info. If she can't afford it, then there no other option but to surrender him. Even tho the rescues have their hand full. Poor piggy, hope someone gets him a home!💙
My heart hurts for you, Scotty, as well as for the guinea pig. There is NEVER any excuse to ignore an animal who needs help, EVER, EVER, EVER! Use your credit card. Ask a local rescue for help. Talk to the vet. Every vet I have ever taken animals to will treat for free if the client can't afford the fee at once, or will have to pay over time, or just can't pay at all. My last two little dogs ran me about $3,000 each for end-of-life expenses, but it was worth it. When I was donating food to the animals of homeless people in Golden Gate Park, there was one young kid who was feeding his dog on pizza. So the dog got sick -- how surprising... I took the dog to the vet. The vet said he considered me the responsible party because I was the one who paid the bill. So I took the dog and found a home for him with a family who had enough money to pay for the vet bills caused because the kid fed him pizza. Examine your resources of time, energy, and money before you ever adopt an animal. If you adopt an animal, you OWE that animal optimal care, not just food and water.
This is so outrageous. The poor piggie. I have an 8 year old piggie who I love dearly. Guinea Pigs derserve better but look what happened to the 318 plus.😢🐹
This is just so sad. I know the things that rescues get from people but its just not right. I hope this piggie, who as you said is clearly one tough one with a strong will to live, gets to have a 2nd chance at a real life.
Wasn't ready for this ...lm apauled it's all l can write atm .The fact that an animal is in pain and NO ONE does anything...l can't process it 😭
I'm sorry to hear about this letter Scotty, it's heartbreaking how hard it is being an animal rescuer and working with abandoned guinea pigs 😔
I think this has gotten out of hand, this should not have been shared on youtube or any other social medias, I think its good to teach people what goes on behind rescues but we don't know the background story of this message, the person is trying to give the Guinea Pig to a rescue so the Guinea Pig can get help, either the person has been struggling for some time or they did get them from someone and is now going to a rescue for help, I hope the rescue was able to help the Piggie, all Animals should not be neglected or be left without medical treatment when they need the help
On a different point what you said at the end of the video is incredible, it is true, how do we stop cruelty, I think some people need to learn how to love and be compassionate and understand that with any Animal (including vulnerable people) we have to learn how to do and be better for them, having any Animal is constantly learning how to find better care and some people need to understand this, I think this part should have been a video on its own, there will always be Animals that need help but neglect and cruelty should never happen
Anyone who has a heart and awareness wouldn't neglect an animal.
Some people are just SICK.
I have no words. (I actually shook my head.)
I have no words, I could not even finish watching the video, it is very disturbing
OMG this video broke my heart i would dearly love to have more guineapigs but the financial constraints we are under prohibits it i have loads of love to give and i can't have any soi watch your videos to get my fix. This person is cruel & should of given it to a rescue sooner are they stupid or what😭😭😭
I actually wonder if it might be a Troll/bored kid with nothing better to do. Probably not, but I hope so 🤞 I admire all of you who do this work, but good God the anxiety and heartbreak 💔 I just concentrate on doing the best for my two boys and send a little money to rescues when I can.
This will always be a problem as long as it is legal to breed animals to be sold in pet shops. We need to pass legislation that would ban breeding animals for financial profit.
That is so horrible! How anyone can treat a pet like that I don't know. They should never be able to have another pet again 😢
Hi Scotty - Let me preface this by saying I love your compassion and your channel is a balm for the sore spirit. That being said, I used to work in an animal shelter and I have seen a lot that made my blood boil. I will never forget the time a guy surrendered guinea pigs because he could not afford to feed them, only to discover in the relinquishment forms that he was feeding them Doritos and Oreos. I am fully aware that humanity sucks on many levels. When an animal is harmed through abuse or neglect, it is easy to hate the person who brings that suffering to your door. However, if you aren't able to recognize when someone is receptive to guidance, you end up missing an opportunity to help a piggie in need, and to help a person do better in the future. There are some red flags in this letter that point to educational, cultural, or economic barriers to assistance that many of us take for granted. I recently applied for a Care Credit card to afford expensive dentistry for my 19-year-old cat. She was in pain. It was non-negotiable. However, I had the benefit of a lifetime of good credit history. Not everyone has that luxury. I don't think someone who has trouble spelling would go to the trouble to write a letter without a genuine desire to do better for the creature in their care.
How sad that message is😢
WTF " I want to donate my guinea pig" who the F **** says Sh** like that!!
Ugh!! I'm honestly just getting more and more frustrated.
People say they want to donate their pig to us all of the time
@@SoCalGuineaPigRescue that's insane!! I have choice words but I'll refrain from letting loose on here.
When I rescued my babies, our first stop was the ER vet. I knew nothing about guinea pigs, but I educated myself and made sure they had a great home from that day on until their last days. Ignorance is not the problem here. This person needs to find a shred of GODDAMN human empathy. 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
Thank you for bringing awareness to this topic.
Thanks Leah!
You’re kind enough to give them the benefit of the doubt, Scotty…. I’m not. SHAME on this person. Shame on the person who caused this, and SHAME on the person who is refusing to take this poor Guinea pig to the vet. I’m not in the best financial shape myself, but I told myself I would NEVER let my guinea pigs starve or go without vet care. They always have food, fresh hay, and veggies and both if my pigs have full health insurance coverage. DON’T have pets if you won’t take care of them. Animals are NOT toys. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO SCOTTY, TRULY. And thank you everyone here who is positive ❤❤❤❤
people like this make me so angry! i have adopted 2 piggy girls in april they are real skeletons when i checkt them at home! one of this 2 girls was pragnent and gave birth on 2 sweet sweet pups one was a boy and with 8 weeks i let him nuter so he can stay with his mama and sister and aunt... and at monday i readed about an surender where the house burn down and this owners have an hard time. But I never thought that the pigs would have such health problems. There are 7 of them in total and all 7 will have a tooth operation next week because their molars have a bridge at the top and bottom. That's why I can understand why these pigs eat so badly and are also skeletons. It's clear to me that I'm stuck with the costs, but my main concern is their health - the animals are young. We will now also make modifications to the garden so that with luck we can keep everyone outside over the warm months. But this person who wrote there guesses I would even deport her own mother if she was sick... modern human
the lang barrier is strong with this one but anyways i think the message was to get advice to see what to do to help this guinea pig or try to take the guinea from the owner and get it help maybe b/c it sounds like a cry for help imho i also think this is a young teen as well
That poor, sweet dear. Don't get the pet if you can't afford the vet.
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its a vicious circle Scotty what can you do ❤❤
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Scotty, first take a deep breath. You don't know this person or their circumstances. But I will say at least they reached out to a rescue instead of the people who don't and dump their animals in the trash or the parks, and even the walking trails. Please be kind. Think of the guinea pig first. That's what is important here. It's like nurses doing triage. Fix what's more important first. Your dwelling on this person. Instead it should be the guinea pig and what you can do . Your a beautiful human being who loves his fur babies. But remember they reached out to a rescue for help. Isn't that the definition of rescue. Help?
They reached out to a rescue after watching them suffer for a year. They did not reach out for help they reached out to get rid of them.
They've reached out a rescue, but they had a neglected animal for a year and didn't have any responsability of going to the vet
Not to be pedantic, but we don't know that they (the message writer) had them for very long. They might have rescued the pig from a bad situation and then realized they were over their heads. We just don't know, and from what Scotty read I would guess English isn't necessarily their first language.
If the person wanted to get that guinea pig help and couldn't afford it on their own or needed assistance, they would have reached out 1 year ago!! Rather they waited a full year to surrender this pig that needed such medical attention.
There's no excuse for it.
Oh my gosh, re listen to Scotty's video. There is no excuse for watching an animal suffer to the extent this animal suffered. You take action, if language is a issue, they have people to help. If this was a human we were talking about, would you feel the same?? Too much silence and delays when abuse and neglect are in plain sight. This is an ongoing problem that needs to stop.
There needs to be more information in pet shops and online to explain guinea pig/and other animal care and the cost of vets bills. So.before they get an animal they realise the costs and what they should do. Soo sorry for this piggy 😢
How appalling.
This makes me angry, A YEAR, what the crap!!! Do you think this is even real? Someone that is just being stupid?
Rescues get emails like this on a daily!! multiple of them!! Yes it's real!
I've sadly come across a few over the years that knew their pet needed vet care and did NOTHING about it... the person would say "I won't take my pet to the vet, but if their suffering I will humanely euthanize"
It's ridiculous!
I’m so very sorry to hear of such an awful message and that this is not an isolated case/message/situation.
What happened to that poor piggy?
Are you ever allowed to take photos and seek cruelty convictions for any of these situations?
Please look after yourself as well as your piggies.
Thanks again for all you do 🤗
@@fitzguineavision so sad
Surrender the animal to a shelter for their benefit. If you have the time to write this, you have time to bring an animal to a safe place.What the hell is wrong with humans.? I had to fast forward a big part of the beginning. This breaks my heart, I couldn't even imagine this. Poor beautiful animals should be treated better. ❤
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They probably rescued it after visiting someone that had it in the house and could hear it crying. They wrote down what they found out and took it to a rescue. They should be applauded for their efforts. Although whoever owned it really sucks as a pet person.
If a piggy is in need of rescuing, taking in a guinea pig without any intentions of providing vet care when needed is just as stupid. How is someone going to say its okay to "rescue" a guinea pig that needs medical attention and not provide that. There is no excuse for it.
@@fitzguineavisionso you would rather they leave it and it die?
@@SamirasWeb No that's not what I'm saying at all, I'm saying that if someone takes on the responsibility of getting any pet, and knowingly lets it suffer because it's ill, and doesn't do anything about it for a FULL year. That's neglect and abuse. There is no excuse for any person to take on an animal and let it suffer in pain for any reason for a full year before trying to reach out, but not for help, but for a surrender.
Please really let this sink in and think about it.
@@fitzguineavision I definitely understand that. The problem is wanting revenge or punishment when they now are trying to do the right thing. I unfortunately had to witness animals suffer and/or die because their owners refused to do anything. Have I called authorities, yes. But by the time something happens it is way too late. People who don't give a crap know how to lie and play the game. The ones that do give a crap are watching these videos. If they know they will be harshly judged then they won't give the animal care out of fear of retaliation. Ask yourself this...How does this help any animal? If it doesn't then why post it?
@@SamirasWeb Because staying silent about these situations won't resolve it either.
Esta Situación es loca.
Assuming that this person took in this neglected piggy, why take them in if you have no intention of rehabilitating them?
Because sadly some people are just sick. They don't realise that what they are doing is putting the piggy in just as bad of a situation.
I sadly know of someone who claims to rescue guinea pigs but then gives them to the SPCA shelter to get rehomed... which makes no sense!
A rescue takes piggies in from SPCA to prevent them from being euthanized for no reason. this stuff happens all the time and it's DISGUSTING.
Heartbreaking 😢
I would take these letters with a grain of salt, people could write this as a chocking factor? To tease, taunt or similar? Or as a means of looking for help and advice?
I'd say there is a 5% chance of this being a troll or someone just trying to taunt.
Rescues get letters and emails and phone calls like this on a daily!! This situation is VERY real.
@@fitzguineavision What do you think the reason to this would be? Are they just seeking support as clueless pet owners?
@@gabriellaleander the letter is asking to surrender the guinea pig, knowing for a full year it needed medical attention and is in dire state and condition that is very detrimental. Whether the guinea pig originally belonged to a friend, or family member , or the person can be fibbing and actually is there's the entire time...
there are resources out there that can assist in aiding with getting vet care.
There's no excuse for this.
@@fitzguineavision I agree 100% with you, just speculating about the reason
Spent £1400 on my bun and spent many thousands on my cats and have little income and no savings.
The person sounds like they may not be mentally able to understand the process of caring for the piggie. There are many mentally challenged people who can't make the logical connections that non challenged person can make. It might be better to reach out to the individual. My heart goes out to the little piggie, but that letter sounds like the author has some challenges.
I worked for a PD for many yrs. You do get burned out by the issues that plague the public. But you have to listen. You have to ask the question, "how can we help" and adjust to meet the needs of the person/animal in distress with the parameters of your organization. There's always a compromise it just depends on how involved you want to get.
Even without money how could you leave it in such a state
But, to look at it from the other point of view, the problem may be due to allergies or other physical impairments (people who are fully able bodied have no idea the issues experienced by those who have problems.) It may be financial, maybe they don't have the money to have the animal put down.
Where there is a will, there is a way!
What was the response to this letter? How can we follow up?
I responded to them with suggestions for a vet in their area and didn't hear back.
I honestly don't want to think about this, because if that person was the owner then he or she may have some psychopathic traits. I can't see why else someone won't do anything to help their pet or surrender him sooner. The way that the condition of the piggy was described in the letter is creepy for a lack of better word. Maybe it is because the person is not a native English speaker, but still for me this is not a way a person who cares even a little bit about their pet would describe it. I hope I am wrong, but I don't think so. Human cruelty has no limits. It hurts my heart to see what we are capable of.
I hope the piggy is ok right now, being treated or peacefully crossed the rainbow bridge.
I don't understand people like this. Taking care of my boys brings me joy. That is why I got them to take care of them. Why would you get a pet, if you can't afford its basic needs or don't want to take care of it? Maybe something happened and the person was in a bad situation, but still.
My take way from this video is that I never want to be in a position in which I can't afford vet fees. So my plan is to set something aside each month for my boys. That will give me a peace of mind in case of an emergency.
This is a clean version of the comment I wrote originally. The og one had a lot of profanities and I deemed it to be too mean to be posted.
I had to calm down and come back to finish my thoughts. I am praying to the Gods that he is being over dramatic hoping to make the rescue take the baby quicker.
The minute he said the baby is crying I started crying. I've taken care of cysts, and know when beyond my capabilities and take them to a vet. But I have NEVER had one cry like that. Where is this S.O.B?! I WANT THAT PIGGY!
I don't know about anyone else, but I don't run a rescue, I basically do for my local piggy shelter that Scotty does, and now my day is fucked. To be clear, it's no one's fault but the person who wrote that.
Trying to figure out why the person who sent the email left out crucial information that could have made them sound less like a terrible person. This is strange to me. Like, how they ended up with the piggie in the first place, etc.
to be fair im 34 and dont have a credit card though but i agree with you...theres no exscuse
As a animal owner it is up to you to take care of them.i have 3 guinea pigs and 1 cat.i take care of all of them.my cat is 10 years old and had to go to his vet for pancreas issues.but I would never get rid of him because he is sick.he and my guinea pigs rely on me for care and I will and do it.if one of my guinea pigs gets sick like my cat they will get treated and taken care of.i could not sit back and watch my animals suffer or die because I neglected them.
This is horrible! I could tell how hard you were trying to hold back your anger because of how much you were shaking. I would have screamed
Besides the fact that NOT caring for our small animals... all animals... is CRUEL! And animal cruelty is against the law in this country!
I don't get how someone can admit neglect, let alone the rest of it. Needs more back story. They should be ashamed
I would argue that not all adults can get a credit card. Mine is trash sadly nobody would loan me money. But that's still no excuse. Give the pig up before it gets this bad
And before anyone comes after me, I'm not defending the person.
You are right not all adults can obtain credit...but I'm sure that you wouldn't allow an animal to suffer knowing it's ill and needs vet care! There's the difference!
Also if one can't afford the vet , there are ways to fundraise money, such as a go fund me . I've seen people do it ,and they've successfully raised the funds needed to save their pet.
@@fitzguineavision I've not been successful with fundraising myself. I finally learned to put cash aside just in case and NOT Spend it on other things
@@fitzguineavision and yes I agree I wouldn't just let the animal waste away.
Sometimes I wonder if the 'pet is for life ' pressure keeps some people from surrendering before it's too late. Especially in cat and dog circles it seems if you ever surrender a pet for any reason beyond 'i am dead', you're attacked as a terrible owner and horrible person. But I don't agree with that. If things change, it's better to give the pet up before things get so bad the animal is suffering
(Obviously this doesn't include people who lose interest in the animal etc)
This person should be charged with animal cruelty. Disgusting!
indeed go to the vet and stop its misery. this person should not keep pets anymore.