A guinea pig that was deserted at Canning Town underground station in London with a word studying “I need a new owner” has discovered a loving new home after an RSPCA enchantment.
DiscoPig – named so by the RSPCA inspector that rescued him – is now loving life in a comfortable home surrounded by new associates. The cute Abyssinian Guinea Pig was rehomed in a short time after an enchantment by the animal welfare charity to seek out out what occurred to him made headlines all over the world.
Now his new house owners say they hope his newfound fame encourages others to rescue pets quite than shopping for them from pet outlets. The RSPCA has many extra guinea pigs on Find A Pet searching for loving new relations.
Hannah Resnick, a Contract Performance Manager for the London underground, and her associate George Greene contacted RSPCA Millbrook Animal Centre after they examine DiscoPig being deserted on his personal at an underground station in London.
Hannah stated: “We have already got three guinea pigs and knew we might supply him a loving new home. I additionally work for the London underground and I understand how scary it will need to have been for the poor guinea pig.
“I met him the next weekend and it was a simple sure to bringing him home, he’s so cute. As quickly as I heard his story of being left behind I knew I had to assist him, particularly with the hyperlink to my work. It additionally broke my coronary heart understanding how he was out within the chilly and feeling lonely and I used to be decided to undertake him.
“He is settling in very well, he’s now bonded together with his older brothers Twirl, Chip and Truffle. As quickly as he obtained right here he had a lot of yawns after which obtained to enjoyable on his new couch! He retains popcorning (leaping up and down with pleasure) at his new home and he loves a neck rub and a cuddle. He is being actually spoiled and he suits so effectively into our household!
“Adopting DiscoPig was such an easy process. I’d recommend anyone looking for a new pet to check out the RSPCA centres and branches first. There are dozens of Guinea Pigs still looking for new homes – I know DiscoPig got a lot of interest and we are very lucky to have him, but all those other lovely piggies are so deserving of another chance too!”.
Hannah retains DiscoPig’s followers updated on social media, together with her Tiktok web page @2guineasinapod.
Susannah Walters, Manager at RSPCA Millbrook Animal Centre stated: “It is nice that we have been capable of finding DiscoPig a brand new home so shortly. His new proprietor already had guinea pigs which is ideal as they’re sociable animals, and he or she clearly has a loving home for him.
“There are many extra Guinea Pigs and different rodents in RSPCA care searching for new houses, so we’d encourage folks to look on Find A Pet in the event that they wish to undertake one.
There is loads of details about take care of a guinea pig on the RSPCA web site.”
The RSPCA has created a devoted Cost of Living Hub with practical assist and recommendation on the charity’s web site and has a phone helpline to assist callers who’re apprehensive in regards to the cost of residing disaster – 0300 123 0650 – open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
This yr the RSPCA celebrates its two hundredth birthday. To mark this particular anniversary the animal welfare charity desires to encourage a million folks to affix their motion to enhance animals’ lives. To discover out how one can be part of their million-strong motion for animals go to www.rspca.org.uk/200.
