It’s a hectic day at Canning Town underground station in the London borough of Newham. People are rushing here and there, not looking left or right.
It takes quite a while before tube staff finally notice a box that doesn’t seem to belong to anyone.
After a quick glance at the labelling on the box, it quickly becomes clear that someone is in urgent need of help.
A sad message
„Need a new owner„,
is written on the box in handwritten capital letters and underneath, as if as a signature
„Guinea pig„.
When the underground workers look inside the box, there is indeed a guinea pig about six months old.
What sad events led to it being all alone in a tube station will forever remain a mystery.
What is more important is that the little chap is now being helped very quickly.
A short time later, Shahnaz Ahmad from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) arrives to do just that.
Loneliness is bad
Fortunately, the guinea pig is healthy and appears to have been well cared for. However, it is a solitary animal and that is never nice for a guinea pig.
In the wild in South America, these cute rodents always live together in groups, often even in very large groups.
When living as pets, at least two guinea pigs should therefore always be kept together.
Being alone means constant stress for the animals and can even lead to serious behavioural problems.
First a mate, then loving people
One of the RSPCA’s most urgent tasks is therefore to find a nice mate for the guinea pig, which has now been given the name DiscoPig.
DiscoPig will only be placed in a loving home with a second guinea pig so that the fluffy little chap never has to experience loneliness again.
Source: The Dodo
