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In terms of helping Vallejoans find better vets, you'd have a long list to name if you're going to list non-cavy vets. It's better I think to keep repeating the GOOD ones. As it is, I have yet to find a cavy savvy vet in Vallejo, Benicia, Suisun, or American Canyon. I found my present vet either on Guinea Lynx or from the referrals on Cavy Spirit. She's in Pleasant Hill, VCA Cottage Veterinary Hospital. And Four Corners in Walnut Creek is great too.
Sara, if you have something specific to say about the shelter then you could start a thread on your own. But I'm not quite seeing the point of "bashing" here when it's clear from the entirety of the thread that I'm trying to work with the shelter and the doctor in question. Cavy House works with this shelter as I believe does North Star Rescue. As of this moment there are no guinea pigs at the shelter you are so angry at -- they are all in my office. I'm not sure you're accomplishing what you'd like to accomplish.
Sara, if you have something specific to say about the shelter then you could start a thread on your own. But I'm not quite seeing the point of "bashing" here when it's clear from the entirety of the thread that I'm trying to work with the shelter and the doctor in question. Cavy House works with this shelter as I believe does North Star Rescue. As of this moment there are no guinea pigs at the shelter you are so angry at -- they are all in my office. I'm not sure you're accomplishing what you'd like to accomplish.
Here they are at three weeks old!
I don't have much in these pictures for scale reference, but boy are these guys teeny! They are so cute -- rumblestrutting and popcorning all over the place. Just now as I'm typing, they are diving under a fleece tent, rumblestrutting, and then bouncing back out to grab one tiny mouthful of hay, and popcorning back to the tent. Quite engaging.
Here's Rodin. He's entirely black and white with a broken band of white over his hips.
His brother, Degas, has a wider white blaze on his face, a white partial collar, and an incomplete band of white on his hips. He also has a dash of red on his neck, and part of one ear is red too. He's the bouncier and braver of the two.
Here they are together, frozen as they try to figure out the flash.
There are some more in this album -- none of them great. I tried to get pictures of Gopher and Red, but they either ran out of frame or cowered under a blanket. I'll try again tomorrow. Gopher has put on quite a bit of weight though, and her coat is very shiny, which is gratifying. Red has decided that we're not ALL bad, but she still runs as if she's going to hurt herself when The Hand makes an appearance. I feel bad for her.
I don't have much in these pictures for scale reference, but boy are these guys teeny! They are so cute -- rumblestrutting and popcorning all over the place. Just now as I'm typing, they are diving under a fleece tent, rumblestrutting, and then bouncing back out to grab one tiny mouthful of hay, and popcorning back to the tent. Quite engaging.
Here's Rodin. He's entirely black and white with a broken band of white over his hips.
His brother, Degas, has a wider white blaze on his face, a white partial collar, and an incomplete band of white on his hips. He also has a dash of red on his neck, and part of one ear is red too. He's the bouncier and braver of the two.
Here they are together, frozen as they try to figure out the flash.
There are some more in this album -- none of them great. I tried to get pictures of Gopher and Red, but they either ran out of frame or cowered under a blanket. I'll try again tomorrow. Gopher has put on quite a bit of weight though, and her coat is very shiny, which is gratifying. Red has decided that we're not ALL bad, but she still runs as if she's going to hurt herself when The Hand makes an appearance. I feel bad for her.
- CavyHouse
- Supporter in '11
Suisan - I'm glad to post them on our petfinder website if the shelter doesn't have one. I would need digital photos, information about the piggies and contact information.
Thanks for helping the critters and thanks for volunteering for the shelter to make some positive changes.
Thanks for helping the critters and thanks for volunteering for the shelter to make some positive changes.