11 guinea pigs for the price of one would sound like a good deal, but of course they shouldn't sell a pregnant guinea pig to begin with! Thank you for taking care of these small beauties.
As a piggy owner I had and still have alot to learn! I still am learning new things all the time. I want my piggy to have the best possible life! I had one for 7 years before she passed. I still miss her so much!
@@susannabonke8552 Yes I asked my daughter to look at our local humane society. If nothing else we will be looking for a companion at the pet shops. I have always been an advocate for going to Humane Society first if possible. In North Dakota we really don't have alot of guinea pigs for pets so I am almost positive we will be going to a pet store. Our new one is young so I always planned on getting her a companion but she was the only 1 left when we bought her.
@@susannabonke8552 Yes we have always planned to get another piggy. She was the only one left when we bought her so we have to find another one. In North Dakota there aren't as many piggys available as other states. I have never seen alot of them anyway.
We are always learning, as much experience as we have things always evolve in animal care and its no different with guinea pigs. It sounds like your piggy had a nice long life! 7 years!
Wow, I unknowingly adopted a pregnant piggy from a local pet store. She was from a hoarder situation so I was told it was a possibility. Fortunately my piggie only had twins. I only had to re-home one, can't imagine dealing with 10! Good job, hope they find wonderful homes!
Red eyes🎉 Couldn't they tell by looking at her she was PG? She had to be pretty big. They are so absolutely beautiful!!! Thank you Valerie for saving their lives. And I hope the others they kept get good homes. 😢😢
@@SoCalGuineaPigRescue yeah, that must have been some delivery. I am surprised mama had enough milk to feed them without causing problems for herself. Again, thank you for taking on another sad situation. Please keep us up to date on Mama and the other three. Praying all works out!!! 🛐🛐🛐🛐
TEN babies!? Oh my goodness! What adorable babies. Yes, these stores need to stop selling animals. We have Pets at Home in the UK, which is exactly the same as Petco. They're always full of baby piggies, and there are countless stories of this happening to people who buy from them. How on earth do we try put a stop to this?? Thank you so much for taking these sweet babies in for the moment. I hope the other piggies will be okay and that the family's plans for them are positive and good. Much love Valerie
The shelter where I adopted my girls had a mama pig a few months back that also had 10 babies. Unfortunately only 8 of those babies survived. I had never heard of such a huge litter before. One of my guinea pigs has a similar story to these little guys. Someone got her from a local PetSmart and unknowingly housed her with a male. Once they realized she was pregnant they surrendered both she and the daddy pig to the shelter. She went on to have three babies, two boys and one girl. I adopted her and the girl.
@@greenghoul157 We didn’t know that ours was pregnant when we got her and one morning I went in to feed her breakfast and there was a whole toddler piggy there, lol! 😂
Poor guy. Hopefully, he doesn't have any hidden issues you find later on. They are all so lucky to be with you now. He probably is stunned constering how big the litter was. You could look at a picture of the mama if you have one and see if she was a Roan or Dalmatian. Fingers crossed he will feel better though. 🤞
The problem is the veterinary and prices have doubled almost overnight since Covid I don’t know how anybody can take in any animals. I’ve been rescuing for five years, but I’m no longer taking any in too expensive for most to have to deal with
Just some context, petsmart stores have “male” and “female” stores. If this Guinea pig was pregnant when bought it either 1) came in pregnant from the breeder or 2) the Guinea pigs weren’t checked properly when received and a male got put in with the group which should be reported to the store because that’s a HUGE mistake on whoever received the small animals. Unfortunately it’s incredibly possible the workers didn’t even know she was pregnant if she wasn’t showing when purchased. They are usually college kids that have the bare minimum of training and have to learn as they go as far as the animals in their care. There are guidelines and standards but none of those to my knowledge cover how to identify a pregnancy
I don't think any of us thought she got pregnant at the pet store and we don't blame the employees at all. In our opinion the bottom line is that pet stores should not sell animals. Instead they should partner with rescues and adopt out healthy, same sex or neutered/spayed singles and pairs. The breeder mills and animal dealers are horrific. If big chain pet stores cared about anything other than making money they would stop using them. The owner of this mama pig called petsmart to let them know that she had given birth and they wouldn't do anything about it. In the end I am glad they didn't tell her to bring the babies in because their fate would certainly been a sad one. Now at least we can assure that they won't be forced to breed, they will be adopted out to loving families who will give proper care and they'll have guinea pig companions. There will always be random backyard breeders and accidental pregnancies BUT if pet stores would just stop selling animals it would greatly help reduce the amount of unwanted animals that rescues like mine are having to deal with.
Wow 10 babies 😮 I live in Scotland UK and got sold a pregnant piggie years ago . She had 3 babies but they was inbreeds and all had health issues 😔 Mokka was only 11 weeks old when I got here . Pet shops don't really care they sadly only see the money in them as the irresponsible breeders . I kept Mokka and her daughter moo but both battled so many health issues the 2 boys got rehomed because at that point I already had many males and they didn't accept the lil boys . I had by mistake one the situation myself with mis gender 2 piggies and she had 3 boys and 2 girls I kept and all boys were neutered as soon they could . I love your and saskias passion so much 🫶🫶
So many little peegs! I'm impressed that they all survived, poor li'l guys. For names...hmm. Popchop, Fuzzable, Fluery White, Frisby, Matthias, Matimeo, Germaine, Brocktree, Bella, Sable, Moonflash.
If any of the all white with red eyes is up for adoption ill take them. Wanted 2 of them. I have 4 females. Wanted to get 2 more. Been searching for an all white with red eyes after i lost my first guinea. havent found one since. been searching months. I am in socal also.
What beautiful little lives they are!! So many new little lives to care for, you work so hard every day it must feel crazy. Thankyou for saving so many and helping so many others. Is there a chance that you're a guinea pig disguised as a human? ❤
Awe, they are adorable, but sad that the store was irresponsible! Name suggestions---7- how about from Sleeping Beauty--there were 7 that helped Snow White and maybe one could be Snow White and then the the girls the characters from Snow White and the boys too!
I live in Bay Area and our Petsmart stores sell only males The store manager near me is very nice woman who has Guinea pigs herself and I got 3 males from this store because they weren’t selling and advertised for FREE and they could barely fit in to tiny enclosure sire keeps piggies in I was hoping to find them a good home but not a sundae person wanted them so I kept them 😂
@@alfredtabet8311 well first of all we are a rescue and we don’t buy animals. Someone else bought the mama piggy at Petsmart and she had the 10 babies. I’ve been a rescuer of Guinea pigs for a long time and we have most certainly had piggies give birth to more than 2 Guinea pigs. Not sure where you heard that they have a max of 2 babies but this is false.
@SoCalGuineaPigRescue I had guinea pigs for years as I told you and I used to breed them! 1 or 2. Never heard of 10 or 11 with guinea pigs. Just went through google in this concern.
@@alfredtabet8311 yes 10 is extremely rare although apparently not impossible. As a rescuer for 20 years who has had many pregnant piggies born in my care I’ve personally seen liters from 1-7.
This is why we say adopt don't shop! Petsmart is absolutely responsible for this. The employees that sold the pig aren't to be blamed because it is not in their control. But the large chain pet stores like Petsmart are to blame when they sell sick or pregnant animals to the public. In California we have law AB 485, and that prohibits pet stores from selling dogs, cats, and rabbits unless they are obtained from a shelter or rescue. We would like to see that law amended to INCLUDE guinea pigs and other "pocket pets". We believe this would greatly help to reduce the population of unwanted animals.
Some stores in Tucson sell only males while others sell only females. One mom and pop shop sold me a male. Turned out to be pregnant female and she had 2 babies. Kept them and later learned to adopt not shop because of overpopulation. Thanks for posting and sorry for stores selling piggies still. Piggies are just a commodity to stores.😢
@@atreb56I used to take in pregnant females from a Petsmart here. The manager happened to like pigs and she would call me when a pregnant one came in. I really wish they would stop selling them at all 😢
@SoCalGuineaPigRescue You are an angel. Sorry that I can't get your video. Keeps buffering. I'll keep trying to see it. EDIT. Saw the video. One baby could be called Marshmellow or Snowball. Not too original names but I'm not creative.😀
What you're talking about is one location will sell males and another store will sell females. They try to keep the genders separate, but they shouldn't sell them at all. There is no need at this point.
11 guinea pigs for the price of one would sound like a good deal, but of course they shouldn't sell a pregnant guinea pig to begin with! Thank you for taking care of these small beauties.
My moms name is Valerie too. I love the pigs! My 4 are the best
As a piggy owner I had and still have alot to learn! I still am learning new things all the time. I want my piggy to have the best possible life! I had one for 7 years before she passed. I still miss her so much!
First you give him furry companion.. enough hay and veggies. Guinea Pigs shouldn't live solitary.
@@susannabonke8552 Yes I asked my daughter to look at our local humane society. If nothing else we will be looking for a companion at the pet shops. I have always been an advocate for going to Humane Society first if possible. In North Dakota we really don't have alot of guinea pigs for pets so I am almost positive we will be going to a pet store. Our new one is young so I always planned on getting her a companion but she was the only 1 left when we bought her.
@@susannabonke8552 Yes we have always planned to get another piggy. She was the only one left when we bought her so we have to find another one. In North Dakota there aren't as many piggys available as other states. I have never seen alot of them anyway.
We are always learning, as much experience as we have things always evolve in animal care and its no different with guinea pigs. It sounds like your piggy had a nice long life! 7 years!
HOLY COW! 10 little wheekers!
Wow, I unknowingly adopted a pregnant piggy from a local pet store. She was from a hoarder situation so I was told it was a possibility. Fortunately my piggie only had twins. I only had to re-home one, can't imagine dealing with 10! Good job, hope they find wonderful homes!
Same here. Thanks for good care!
Red eyes🎉 Couldn't they tell by looking at her she was PG? She had to be pretty big. They are so absolutely beautiful!!! Thank you Valerie for saving their lives. And I hope the others they kept get good homes. 😢😢
Yeah she had to be huge! I think she must have been smaller at the pet store and then continued to grow. Poor mama
@@SoCalGuineaPigRescue yeah, that must have been some delivery. I am surprised mama had enough milk to feed them without causing problems for herself. Again, thank you for taking on another sad situation. Please keep us up to date on Mama and the other three. Praying all works out!!! 🛐🛐🛐🛐
TEN babies!? Oh my goodness! What adorable babies. Yes, these stores need to stop selling animals. We have Pets at Home in the UK, which is exactly the same as Petco. They're always full of baby piggies, and there are countless stories of this happening to people who buy from them. How on earth do we try put a stop to this?? Thank you so much for taking these sweet babies in for the moment. I hope the other piggies will be okay and that the family's plans for them are positive and good. Much love Valerie
I sure wish I knew how to stop this, its sad and feels like its never ending. Thank you so much for the words of support!
Around here the stores are said to carry only females, but this probably still keeps happening.
The shelter where I adopted my girls had a mama pig a few months back that also had 10 babies. Unfortunately only 8 of those babies survived. I had never heard of such a huge litter before.
One of my guinea pigs has a similar story to these little guys. Someone got her from a local PetSmart and unknowingly housed her with a male. Once they realized she was pregnant they surrendered both she and the daddy pig to the shelter. She went on to have three babies, two boys and one girl. I adopted her and the girl.
They look no more than 10 days old omg! So tiny
I am amazed they all made it.
@@susannabonke8552 me too
Oh dear! Ten kiddos is a lot.
I will adopt a three month old guinea pig next week. 🐹
awwww congrats on your new piggy!
10!!!! Wow!
I've never heard of a guinea pig having such a huge litter before 4 is the average
Mine only had one huge baby.
@@kygal The one time I had a pregnant guinea pig she had four babies anything more than that is uncommon some only have one
@@greenghoul157 We didn’t know that ours was pregnant when we got her and one morning I went in to feed her breakfast and there was a whole toddler piggy there, lol! 😂
@@kygal How unusual, mine got pregnant from a mix up with a boar and my dad thought she was fat
Ten! Oh my, that's a lot. I am glad you were able to rescue the little ones you have ❤ Bless all of them, and you also for helping! ❤
Holy moly, 10 babies, they are all so cute. I am a little worried about the last 3, concerned about what her plans are for them.
I’ll go into more detail in another video.
WOW!! 🤯 I didn’t know they could have so many babies 😮 And here I thought them having 8 babies was a lot. You’re a saving angel
Yeah my mind is still blown that she had 10!
Mama must have been huge 😮
How long do baby piggies need milk
They typically wean themselves at 3 weeks, I've seen some babies wean at 2 weeks old.
Omg! That's so many babies! Do you know if any of them are Lethals?
I was concerned that one of them could be a lethal but I’m not sure. He seems to be doing well, I think he’s just a little more stunted than the rest
Poor guy. Hopefully, he doesn't have any hidden issues you find later on. They are all so lucky to be with you now. He probably is stunned constering how big the litter was. You could look at a picture of the mama if you have one and see if she was a Roan or Dalmatian. Fingers crossed he will feel better though. 🤞
A choice of names: frodo, aragorn, sam, bilbo, gimli, arwen, galadriel, aragorn, gandalf. gollum ~FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
One of the white ones should be named snowball
Snowflake, snowball, marshmallow, snowy, frostie, ice, popsicle, lolly, Jack frost, freeze...
oh cute!
You're a star 🌟
The problem is the veterinary and prices have doubled almost overnight since Covid I don’t know how anybody can take in any animals. I’ve been rescuing for five years, but I’m no longer taking any in too expensive for most to have to deal with
Just some context, petsmart stores have “male” and “female” stores. If this Guinea pig was pregnant when bought it either 1) came in pregnant from the breeder or 2) the Guinea pigs weren’t checked properly when received and a male got put in with the group which should be reported to the store because that’s a HUGE mistake on whoever received the small animals. Unfortunately it’s incredibly possible the workers didn’t even know she was pregnant if she wasn’t showing when purchased. They are usually college kids that have the bare minimum of training and have to learn as they go as far as the animals in their care. There are guidelines and standards but none of those to my knowledge cover how to identify a pregnancy
I don't think any of us thought she got pregnant at the pet store and we don't blame the employees at all. In our opinion the bottom line is that pet stores should not sell animals. Instead they should partner with rescues and adopt out healthy, same sex or neutered/spayed singles and pairs. The breeder mills and animal dealers are horrific. If big chain pet stores cared about anything other than making money they would stop using them.
The owner of this mama pig called petsmart to let them know that she had given birth and they wouldn't do anything about it. In the end I am glad they didn't tell her to bring the babies in because their fate would certainly been a sad one. Now at least we can assure that they won't be forced to breed, they will be adopted out to loving families who will give proper care and they'll have guinea pig companions.
There will always be random backyard breeders and accidental pregnancies BUT if pet stores would just stop selling animals it would greatly help reduce the amount of unwanted animals that rescues like mine are having to deal with.
Wow 10 babies 😮 I live in Scotland UK and got sold a pregnant piggie years ago . She had 3 babies but they was inbreeds and all had health issues 😔 Mokka was only 11 weeks old when I got here . Pet shops don't really care they sadly only see the money in them as the irresponsible breeders . I kept Mokka and her daughter moo but both battled so many health issues the 2 boys got rehomed because at that point I already had many males and they didn't accept the lil boys . I had by mistake one the situation myself with mis gender 2 piggies and she had 3 boys and 2 girls I kept and all boys were neutered as soon they could . I love your and saskias passion so much 🫶🫶
You did your best! ❤
Seriously, every pet I bought from there something bad happened. I steer clear now, it's unacceptable.
Good God bless you! Thank you, be blessed my friends! I am so sorry l am not there to help you! ❤❤❤🙏Greetings from România! 🇹🇩
So many little peegs! I'm impressed that they all survived, poor li'l guys. For names...hmm. Popchop, Fuzzable, Fluery White, Frisby, Matthias, Matimeo, Germaine, Brocktree, Bella, Sable, Moonflash.
Thank you for rescuing them!!!
This happened to me when I was a kid. Only it was one baby. Mom and dad rehomed them both, mom and baby. Their names were Pepita and Cinnamon.
If any of the all white with red eyes is up for adoption ill take them. Wanted 2 of them. I have 4 females. Wanted to get 2 more. Been searching for an all white with red eyes after i lost my first guinea. havent found one since. been searching months. I am in socal also.
Wow🎉
What beautiful little lives they are!! So many new little lives to care for, you work so hard every day it must feel crazy. Thankyou for saving so many and helping so many others. Is there a chance that you're a guinea pig disguised as a human? ❤
at this point I might be part guinea pig.
I just watched Jaws for the 4th. How about Quince, Hooper & Brody for the boys?
Oh I like those names!!
@@SoCalGuineaPigRescue ❤🐹🐹🐹
You are a hero!
I'm not at all but thank you.
Awe, they are adorable, but sad that the store was irresponsible! Name suggestions---7- how about from Sleeping Beauty--there were 7 that helped Snow White and maybe one could be Snow White and then the the girls the characters from Snow White and the boys too!
I live in Bay Area and our Petsmart stores sell only males
The store manager near me is very nice woman who has Guinea pigs herself and I got 3 males from this store because they weren’t selling and advertised for FREE and they could barely fit in to tiny enclosure sire keeps piggies in
I was hoping to find them a good home but not a sundae person wanted them so I kept them 😂
Great choice 🙏🏼
I'm sorry... HOW EFFIN MANY?!
@@niemabuggy seriously that was pretty much my exact response when I realized
@@SoCalGuineaPigRescue that poor mother. I'm sorry the babies are so small. Oh gosh.
So happy that you saved those precious ones
Tenby
Pootle
Punnet
Gem
Sir Keir
Lando
Serge
Scampi
Rupert
Dippy
Are you sure you bought a guinea pig and not a hamster? Guinea pigs have a litter of 1 baby and a maximum of 2! I had guinea pigs for years
@@alfredtabet8311 well first of all we are a rescue and we don’t buy animals. Someone else bought the mama piggy at Petsmart and she had the 10 babies. I’ve been a rescuer of Guinea pigs for a long time and we have most certainly had piggies give birth to more than 2 Guinea pigs. Not sure where you heard that they have a max of 2 babies but this is false.
@SoCalGuineaPigRescue I had guinea pigs for years as I told you and I used to breed them! 1 or 2. Never heard of 10 or 11 with guinea pigs. Just went through google in this concern.
@@alfredtabet8311 yes 10 is extremely rare although apparently not impossible. As a rescuer for 20 years who has had many pregnant piggies born in my care I’ve personally seen liters from 1-7.
Do you bottle feed or at this age are they already weaned?! 🤷🏼♀️
These babies were already weaned
first off, petsmart isnt to be blamed sometimes they just dont know... we all gone home and had it happen. even other pet stores.
This is why we say adopt don't shop! Petsmart is absolutely responsible for this. The employees that sold the pig aren't to be blamed because it is not in their control. But the large chain pet stores like Petsmart are to blame when they sell sick or pregnant animals to the public.
In California we have law AB 485, and that prohibits pet stores from selling dogs, cats, and rabbits unless they are obtained from a shelter or rescue. We would like to see that law amended to INCLUDE guinea pigs and other "pocket pets". We believe this would greatly help to reduce the population of unwanted animals.
What makes you think that they sold a pregnant Guinea Pig? I think this was an owner mistake and they covered it up by blaming the store.
Are you serious? Petsmart has sold many pregnant pigs in the past. Why would you think the owner is covering anything up?
PetSmart sells only males iof any species
Nope not true, they have sold MANY female guinea pigs over the years and pregnant ones too.
Some stores in Tucson sell only males while others sell only females. One mom and pop shop sold me a male. Turned out to be pregnant female and she had 2 babies. Kept them and later learned to adopt not shop because of overpopulation. Thanks for posting and sorry for stores selling piggies still. Piggies are just a commodity to stores.😢
@@atreb56I used to take in pregnant females from a Petsmart here. The manager happened to like pigs and she would call me when a pregnant one came in.
I really wish they would stop selling them at all 😢
@SoCalGuineaPigRescue You are an angel. Sorry that I can't get your video. Keeps buffering. I'll keep trying to see it. EDIT. Saw the video. One baby could be called Marshmellow or Snowball. Not too original names but I'm not creative.😀
What you're talking about is one location will sell males and another store will sell females. They try to keep the genders separate, but they shouldn't sell them at all. There is no need at this point.