The Worst Case of Bumble Foot Ringworm and thenTragedy Strikes at the Guinea Pig Rescue 

Rip Pedro popcorn with my Edison Twix and Baby Murphy I lost this year all in 6 week period. Also they will have you meet my Gary Walle Skulle and Layla say hi to them all for.me sweet.boy.

@@reneevalenti7458 and my Suki pig, Yoshi pig, Sooty, Milky, Leo, Jellybean and Peanut pig ❤ And my childhood piggies Flossy and Licorice ❤

RIP Pedro ❤

@@reneevalenti7458 I'm so sorry for your losses 😢🐹

NOOOOO! I didnt see this coming.💔 This is so tragic and my heart goes out to you guys. So sorry for your loss. Saskia you and your volunteers are amazing and do great work at the rescue❤ I pray your heart mends❤

I wish I could of met him

@@pepapig1690 yeah, me too.. I know about him from the beginning and this hits me so hard, oh my Gosh...

@@Daesma999 pet stores need to change there ways of how the take care of guinea pigs and hamsters ext.

@@pepapig1690 They have to change their way how they treat ANY animal they have. That's why almost nobody wants a bunny or some piggie form the Pet store. Because they're often sick. This makes me sad even more. Poor them

@@Daesma999 YES I AGREE 100%, I’m sorry, I didn’t say in the comment to “take care of every living animal” (cause I’m pretty shore by this video, that pet stores like, Petco, Petsmart Ext. that they don’t take care of the animals there.) But that comment specifically I wanted to focus on saying take of the Guinea pigs there, and give the guinea pigs a amazing home so that the piggies feel comfortable and so when the baby’s are born (and done properly) they have a nice and health home. So they can get adopted into a nice, loving home. Not trying bred any animal if they don’t know what there doing. Sorry.

Thank you Tina!!

Ikr.. I was like: "oh, okay, another story about my baby boy.. let's watch it! " And then.. the music.. when I realized what does this mean galons of tears showed up earlier that the lighting shows up at the sky. The only thing I'm really sorry about is the death of some animal. Especially this little buddy.. I never forget him 😔

Ml n m. Ml MLK .

it’s so sad that Sylvester died, though i’m very happy he lived a full and long life

I was so sad to hear about Sylvester! He was such a beautiful boy!

Two wholesome and pure guinea pigs They’re meant to be together

That is a long, long time for a piggie to live so you have taken such great care of him! Kudos and love to you.

Sylvester can take care of him now

Thank you ❤

@@LosAngelesGuineaPigRescue May God bless your soul for giving this Guinea Pig a wonderful new start at life. I have two of them at home and their doing great, so I'd hate for anything to happen to them and do anything to prevent it if possible.

Well said. I‘m so sad and thinking of you Saskia, your rescue and especially Pedro all the way from Switzerland. May he rest happily now in peace.

In all honesty though what the boy did was great, his family deserves no pity for letting it get so bad before seeking help

@@meowsmakemusic718 Chances are, they did try to get help. She mentions in the video that they couldn't afford the treatment. Guinea Pigs are often classified as "exotic" in a lot of big name vet hospitals like VCA. I had Rats for example and while it was like 150 for a normal check up for a cat, we were paying 300 to 400 dollars just for a health check and screening for our Rats. And we got them from a big name pet store, sick with some raspatory issues. Add in the cost of antibiotics, and you can easily pay 600 just for routine treatments because small animals, especially rodents, aren't a priority to a lot of vet places. They probably shopped around trying to find a vet they could afford and then the little boy found these folks and surrendered him. They all did the right thing. If you can't afford to take care of a pet, you shouldn't have the pet. Especially one super sick like Pedro was right from the store. Special needs animals are not for the feint of heart, that's for sure.

@@myshmallow Not only are they classified as exotic and thus expensive, but in many areas you can't find a vet who will see rodents. I had to call every vet in a 30 mile radius before I finally found one that would see my pet rats. And then there's a whole treatment problem where vets might not know how to mix or administer medication for an animal that small. These are sadly problems you wouldn't even know to check into until there's already a need for a vet. Guinea pigs, hamsters and rats seem like good first time pets for kids because they're so cheap to get. Most people wouldn't imagine that getting them treatment would be so hard or so expensive.

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@@yesmaamjewelry. Due to not having the ad free version of RU-vid, that is the timestamp I get

Beautifully well said, David Wingfield.

It's always a massive risk with pigs and anaesthesia. I lost two in a similar way. Never again. I would never neuter them as it's not a massive priority. Some conditions are better of managed than taking them to the vets . Then the cost aswell. I've had pigs for 40years . Even the best vets can only do their best.

I think my family never neutered our pigs as we didn't have any females or any intention of setting them free with females ever, anesthesia is a huge risk with piggies...

That's why I have unneutered only male groups for 20 years. They work amazingly with the right members and you skip the risk of sugery.

I had a neutered male before. He was neutered as we wanted to get him some girl friends after his brother passed away. He was not supposed to really be done as he was already 5 but as he was in such good condition the vets agreed to it. He was done and in 6 hours he was completely normal again. 2 weeks later he met his girl piggies friends toffee and fudge ❤️ He was soo good with them and we reckon he was a bit of a Buddha boy as he was soo calm with everyone. A year later toffee unfortunately passed away and it was just him and fudge left...2 years after his surgery (Feb 2019) he passed quite suddenly of old age....he was almost 8.we miss him still... in August we got 2 new piggies Luna and Heidi! They were really good and Heidi and fudge were inseparable! In late December last year Fudge passed away at almost 4 😢 and unfortunately Heidi also passed a month later due to going into shock because of fireworks neighbours had 😢 We then got Ginny a couple of days after for a friend for Luna! We moved the piggies inside once again for the night as we had moved them outside for both day and night previously.. Ginny was the smallest guinea pig I have seen in real life but she had the biggest ears ❤️ 10 months later both piggies are doing amazingly and even know some tricks! If you read all of this or even part of it you are an amazing person and I hope your guinea pigs or any other animals you have leave for a very long time! Also remember the pets you’ve lost, that way they won’t be forgotten and Maybe somewhere in the world they are reborn to help another person who now needs them more than you do because they’ve made you happy now they have to make someone else happy ❤️❤️

Guinea pigs are small fragile animals so it's a risk, I would always take them to a clinic that is knowledgeable about guinea pigs that know how to operate on small rodents

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How is this possible in the USA? For this, sellers in Europe would face heavy fines, if not imprisonment.

I'm game!!

@@jaroslavbrummer619 the UK has better laws against animal care and abuse... over in the US idk... but isnt saskia in the US? Whoops I meant Europe and... obviously saskia is in the US 😅 well that's embarrassing...

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Amen!

The little boy obviously loved him but when your a kid and your parents make the money... I bet its hard. He did the right thing for him. He had to love him to give him up!

God Bless Pedro may he Rest in Peace.There is always a risk when any little Animal gets surgery,but at least he was not in pain and was giving lots of love.

I don’t agree with “adopt don’t shop” but I agree with adopt OR shop responsibly. Adoption isn’t for everyone as most of the time adopted/rescue pets are more higher maintenance than healthy ones, some people are just not ready to take on the extra care and money those animals need and probably couldn’t handle the possibility of them dying any moment and living a much shorter life. If you want to buy a new pet, do a lot of research on various stores and breeders. Never ever buy from big chain pet stores as they source all their livestock from mass breeders/mills hence why many pets they sell no matter the species are always sick and die early, and especially don’t “rescue” them, you are still supporting the store’s abuse by giving them your money and letting them know there is a demand and more animals will take their place and suffer. Support smaller, ethical breeders that prioritise welfare over profit.

Sadly he had quite a few more years he could have lived, they were taken from him 😢

Too true ♡♡♡ THIS is what it means to have dominion and 'rule'. To care for and love even the lowest and most vulnerable of creatures. RIP Pedro, Im sorry to hear the loss of such a handsome and brave piggy.

I had my cats spayed but never my piggies. I only had males so I kept them in different cages (to keep them from fighting), there were no females around so I didn't see the point...piggies are so small that the idea of doing any kind of surgery that isn't absolutely necessary just didn't seem a risk worth taking. At the time, I didn't have access to a vet that specialized in small pets either so I greatly feared the outcome. If I had piggies now, it might be different.

@@Nocturnalux larger animals are completely different, I've had my dogs and cats neutered without issues. Boars should live together fine without being neutered as long as no sows are around. I've had lost of pairs of boars. Currently have 5 sows though so no boys allowed!

@@Villanelle3 That was my reasoning as well, that there was no point in neutering male piggies as I had no females. I just looked at their tiny, tiny bodies and worried sick that the surgery would just be too much for them. Piggies are already so fragile as it is- which is one of the reason why I no longer have them pets even though I will always love them to death- that any kind of medical intervention that isn't life-saving didn't seem viable. I knew a poor chinchilla who suffered a terrible paw injury that required surgery and he went into shock and didn't make it. In this case it was absolutely required but it goes to show how smaller animals are at a much greater risk when it comes to surgeries.

@@Nocturnalux You are spot on .I would never neuter a pig.Small animals struggle with anaesthesia. It's a simple truth. I feel sorry for the vets ,they often try their best.

@@Villanelle3 Are they social animals that deeply need to be in a group, or do they do okay in individual cages?

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@@MrCatLander1231 yes 😭& butter pecan and now this baby is so sad 😭😭😥

I'm watching this knowing I'm going to have to put my guinea pig down. She had a stroke. I rushed her to vet. They gave her fluids and food and antibiotics but the stroke took its toll. She isnt mobile but she is eating. She is such a fighter. She always was. I know this isn't a quality of life. I've had to do this once before with my rabbit. Now here i am again. But i gave her an abundance of love. She was best friends with my flemish rabbit Shelby. Although i cried for days like a baby. I have to love her by allowing her to go to heaven too.

Same

So sad ....😪

I'm so sorry for your loss. Im about to go through the same thing. Please pray for me

It was the surgery that killed him, otherwise he would have been alive with his happily ever after.

@Back_to_the_nineties 02 yes, unfortunately