Pregnant Pig Transport to LA
SF ACC called Cavy Spirit about two pregnant pigs who needed to be pulled so a request for fosters was posted on the Guinea Lynx forum. sus4rabbitsnpigs offered to take them into her rescue and Amy offered to transport them to her in LA. Amy and Kathy left Sunnyvale at 10:30am and transferred them to Susan in Valencia about 3:30pm and arrived back in Sunnyvale about 9:30pm (Kathy was actually on the road from 8am until 11:30pm.) Amy drove and Kathy sat with the pigs to monitor them and take photos.
Both guinea pigs were very sweet but quite stressed with the transport. The Peruvian was very uncomfortable (some of the roadway was very bumpy). She kept moving around and would go after the Aby and snap/bite her face, rear end, and barber her. Both were fine being petted; the Aby more so than the Peruvian who was stressing out. Both pigs wiped their nose and the Peruvian had some debris accumulated in her right nostril that she cleaned off. No sneezing was noted. We did not separate them during the transport. However, they might need to be separated if the Peruvian does not settle down after arriving at the rescue so that she doesn't stress/injure the Aby and/or her babies.
EDIT 3-11-08: The larger carrier was given to Susan to keep the guinea pigs in for the remainder of the transport.
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Date(s): March 9, 2008. Album by Kathy. Photos by Kathy. 1 - 16 of 16 Total. |
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