Where to buy a Guinea Pig?

hillaryj · September 2010

Any recommendations?
Thanks.

stacey · September 2010

Try Sean Casey they have plenty of animals up for adoption.

chloeada · September 2010

Definitely try petfinder.com for adoptions first. Also, don't buy girl guinea pigs at a pet store-even little babies can be pregnant when you buy them. Guinealynx.com is a great website for guinea pig care and info. Enjoy!

carnivore · September 2010

Is this for a pet, or are you making cuy?

snarkslope · September 2010

They have them at Petland Discounts on 5th Ave and 13 St.

bcodsnpkslope · September 2010

id be careful at the chain pet stores.. alot are in poor health from their suppliers..

opossumqueen · September 2010

If you want to adopt and Sean Casey has none, NYC animal care and control may have some.

ljnd · September 2010

I'd definitely go for adoption first, but in our case (hamsters) there were none available for adoption at the time and so we did Petland. Our boys are thriving a year later. I was wary of chain stores as well, but we lucked out.

opossumqueen · September 2010

I shop at Petland a fair amount and actually have grown to really like it (the Park Slope one at least). The same employees have been there for years and I've never had a problem other than going when it's really crowded and people have questions for them about EVERY fish there.

modsquad2.0 · September 2010

There's a guinea pig butcher on the corner of Degraw and Columbia streets across from Alma, my favorite Mexican restaurant. I suspect they would be particularly grateful for adoption. I know I would.

dogdays · September 2010

Subject: guinea pig

Why do you wanta guinea pig We have one who needs adoption

rockhound · October 2010

I've gotten plenty of healthy birds at Petland in Park Slope (12th and 5th Avenue). It's a good place to buy birds and other pets. I also buy feeder rats there for my snake. He hasn't gotten sick from eating any of their rats, lol.

quiddity · October 2010

I saw a rat in broad daylight right in front of Crunch gym on 7th ave. Poor thing. He was looking in the glass door that I was about to walk out of. He looked so scared. Just trying to get away from the madness and coulnd't find a hole to disappear into. He'd probably like to be adopted

bornnbredbrooklynite · October 2010

Petland discounts, at petland we care!

hillaryj · October 2010

Thanks all. We went to Sean Casey and they had three nice guinea pigs. I lost my nerve though. I would want a bigger rodent like that to have a large cage and I was concerned about space. We are reconsidering our small pet options. But I would say Sean Casey is a great option.

aquamann · October 2010

get a dog. they're neato!

booklaw · October 2010

Years ago we had a series of guinea pigs. They produced tons of poop and pee, which fused together into a smelly, disgusting and very, very difficult to clean mass, all over their cage.

Given that guinea pigs are also completely non-interactive and unaffectionate, I felt they were not very good pets. Perhaps that's why they're considered a menu item in at least one Latin American country.

taruca · October 2010

Guinea pigs are menu items across all the Andean countries.

Following up on what booklaw said, guinea pigs are the least intelligent mammal I have ever observed. I grew up with lots of animals in various degrees of petdom: chickens, turkeys, cats, dogs, turtles, sheep... ...other animals... ...and guinea pigs.

Guinea pigs were the only ones who displayed no recognition of humans or even of each other. When spooked (all the time) they would pile up (literally) 10 high in a corner, and if a baby cuy was in the mix, they would crush him to death, all the while going 'cuy,cuy, cuy, CUIIII', making exactly the same noise rats make.

I do not understand keeping them as pets.

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