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Sooo

About a week ago I reached out to someone who was rehoming their Betta fish. I've been wanting a betta for a while but am hesitant to any of the petstores or LFS near me.

While we were talking the lady brought up that she had two guinea pigs she was giving away. Because they weren't working out with her kids.

I debated it for a bit... because I already have one or two more coming home in November.

Buttt, this lady was very desperate and I felt bad for the piggies. So I have two new ladies! I'm veryy grateful they are both sows.

Their previous owner got them a few months ago when she drove past a house with a "free guinea pigs" sign. She thought they'd be a great pet for her 2 and 4 year olds. Although they quickly realized that cavy are definitely not a kid-friendly pet. As they tend to be very skittish and are verryy breakable.

These two are generally very healthy. They came in a 2×2 C&C cage which isn't the best but not the worst setup I've seen. Especially when I do rescues/surrenders like this.

The Roan girl is a bit underweight, she also has a torn ear and is more skittish. The American is clearly the dominant one, and I'm a bit concerned about her introduction to Roxy. Roxy is probably the most dominant pig I've ever met. So, the goal is that the new pig takes the "I'm a baby" role and allows Roxy (who is almost 4 yo.. how has it been so long D: ) to be boss.

They don't have names quite yet so i'm open to suggestions. I'd love something related to Betta Fish but there are limited options with that. I also am open to other suggestions!

P.S. The kids got too upset about rehoming the fish. So I didn't even get my Betta that I wanted lol