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(Austin News KXAN)   Possible breeder behind guinea pigs dumped along Austin Interstate highway, in city parks. Feral cats getting too much of a good thing, can't keep up, "need a break," meowed spokeskitty   (kxan.com) divider line
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Cafe Threads [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-16 10:13:14 AM  
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Alwysadydrmr [TotalFark]
2023-01-16 10:52:45 AM  
Sappy?
 
Schmerd1948
2023-01-16 10:58:25 AM  
Should a dumped them in Peru.
 
Mad_Radhu
2023-01-16 10:59:11 AM  
Much like J. Jonah Jameson, I blame Spider-Man.

3 Dev Adam - Guinea pig torture
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Madman drummers bummers [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-16 10:59:21 AM  
I live with cats and guinea pigs, so I'm getting a kick...

/ the cats leave the piggies alone, and vice versa
 
nytmare
2023-01-16 11:00:14 AM  
Male and female guinea pigs must be separated by 2 months or you will start to have a multiplication problem. Could accidental breeding be a possibility here?
 
nytmare
2023-01-16 11:00:45 AM  
*by 2 months of age
 
Cletus from Canuckistan
2023-01-16 11:02:02 AM  
Growing up, a friend of mine decided to try his hand at amateur gerbil breeding. Soon he had more gerbils than the local pet stores s were willing to buy. Some escaped. Soon his house was infested with the little brown critters. His dad gave him an ultimatum to get rid of the things. His solution: He 'released them into the wild' in the fields below his house.
Winter would have killed any survivors off, but I doubt any would have lasted more than a couple days. I wonder what the owls thought about their exotic new snacks?
 
fragMasterFlash [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-16 11:07:22 AM  
Roasted cavey is a popular dish in parts of Central/South America.
 
edmo [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-16 11:08:11 AM  
Those things are very cute.
 
WTF is a Drexel
2023-01-16 11:08:23 AM  
It's obviously the result of a migrant caravan from Guinea.
 
Laobaojun
2023-01-16 11:11:36 AM  

fragMasterFlash: Roasted cavey is a popular dish in parts of Central/South America.


A Peruvian told me American guinea pigs don't taste right.
 
qgmonkey
2023-01-16 11:13:22 AM  
Did Christopher Walken write this headline?
 
berylman [TotalFark]
2023-01-16 11:16:20 AM  
I wonder if guinea pigs could somehow hyper-evolve in the wild due to brutal survival selection and return to their animalistic non-domesticated roots and just take shiat over. It would make for a great John Oliver segment
 
cryinoutloud [BareFark]
2023-01-16 11:40:53 AM  
Just now, I mean just now, I was complaining that guinea pigs are so cute, but they now cost $50 at PetSmart, so I"ll never have any more.   I must have stolen that pic from Cafethreads last night.  So cute!  So extortion!

Can you gouge people some more for some little animals that live three years?  I used to have multiple guinea pigs. You don't want them either, because then they breed fast like rabbits, and you have to give away the babies, and nobody wants to do that, because then they'll be lonely.  So now I have none.

Madman drummers bummers: I live with cats and guinea pigs, so I'm getting a kick...
/ the cats leave the piggies alone, and vice versa


They learn to treat family members.  I've never had any trouble with mixing my animals up. The herding dogs will actually guard your other pets.

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starlost
2023-01-16 12:03:21 PM  
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Tomahawk513 [TotalFark]
2023-01-16 12:10:39 PM  
Ohioan here. I feel your pain!

https://www.salon.com/2022/12/02/10000-freed-mink-roaming-the-ohio-countryside-now-pose-a-to-ecology-and-public-health/
 
neongoats [TotalFark]
2023-01-16 12:16:22 PM  
I hope they find the person dumping them and straight up kill them. It's Texas so there is at least a 60% chance of that happening, right?
 
ArkPanda [TotalFark]
2023-01-16 12:38:15 PM  

berylman: I wonder if guinea pigs could somehow hyper-evolve in the wild due to brutal survival selection and return to their animalistic non-domesticated roots and just take shiat over. It would make for a great John Oliver segment


Night of the Lepus 2: Guinea Pig Terror
 
buravirgil
2023-01-16 12:47:26 PM  
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2wolves [TotalFark]
2023-01-16 12:47:34 PM  
Austin?  The coyote will eat well.  So that's nice.
 
Bruscar
2023-01-16 12:49:39 PM  
Cats really don't attack and kill Guinea pigs? Not even feral cats? What about semi-tame cats that once took down a pigeon?

I'm tempted here, but will only consider rescuing Guinea Pigs if two conditions are met:
1. It is a verified fact that my two, formerly feral, cats will not harm them.
2. There is a way to guarantee they will not reproduce such as the ability to acquire ONLY a pair of females.

Otherwise, I'm out.
 
SpaceBison
2023-01-16 12:49:41 PM  
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freakingmoron
2023-01-16 12:51:36 PM  

Tomahawk513: Ohioan here. I feel your pain!

https://www.salon.com/2022/12/02/10000-freed-mink-roaming-the-ohio-countryside-now-pose-a-to-ecology-and-public-health/


I live in Indiana about 45 min away from there and after seeing this thread's subject matter I got curious about what happened after that. Nothing good.

That article doesn't go into the mink that were released. I wonder if anyone is monitoring them. When that release first occurred I'd read about mink and other farmed wild animals establishing populations after intentional and unintentional release from captivity.
 
ISO15693
2023-01-16 12:57:38 PM  
It's like some sort of experiment.
 
daffy
2023-01-16 12:58:59 PM  

Cafe Threads: [Fark user image 425x449]


Twins!
 
Tyrosine
2023-01-16 1:01:13 PM  
Here's a solution: Cuy.
 
Do you know the way to Mordor
2023-01-16 1:04:00 PM  
Oh, that's why the hordes of starving Mexicans crossing the border have been replaced by hordes of starving Peruvians!
 
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2023-01-16 1:28:30 PM  
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ProfessorTomoe
2023-01-16 1:32:44 PM  
Dinner is served.
 
stuffy
2023-01-16 1:34:32 PM  
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SalmonberryPie
2023-01-16 2:03:36 PM  
I remember being told that guinea pigs were native to semi-tropical places and must have warm housing, like, for example a minimum of 65* F. They can't tolerate the cold. If that part of Texas has cold snaps, they're goners.
 
studebaker hoch
2023-01-16 2:08:10 PM  
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Don't know where they came from, nobody can prove anything.
 
chasd00
2023-01-16 2:40:05 PM  

2wolves: Austin?  The coyote will eat well.  So that's nice.


and bobcats, owls, rattlesnakes, and hawks. good day to be a small time predator in Austin.
 
Miss_Dorothy_Kilgallen [TotalFark]
2023-01-16 2:42:51 PM  
Breeders.  Amiright?
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cryinoutloud [BareFark]
2023-01-16 2:44:11 PM  

SalmonberryPie: I remember being told that guinea pigs were native to semi-tropical places and must have warm housing, like, for example a minimum of 65* F. They can't tolerate the cold. If that part of Texas has cold snaps, they're goners.


That can't be true, since they are from the Andes.  They can burrow.  They're like a rabbit or a weasel or something.   Rodents live everywhere.
And they're like butterball turkeys to any predators.  Well, they can run.  on their little peglegs.  But mostly they have to hide.
 
studebaker hoch
2023-01-16 2:56:16 PM  

cryinoutloud: SalmonberryPie: I remember being told that guinea pigs were native to semi-tropical places and must have warm housing, like, for example a minimum of 65* F. They can't tolerate the cold. If that part of Texas has cold snaps, they're goners.

That can't be true, since they are from the Andes.  They can burrow.  They're like a rabbit or a weasel or something.   Rodents live everywhere.
And they're like butterball turkeys to any predators. Well, they can run.  on their little peglegs.  But mostly they have to hide.


Mostly.

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Flappyhead
2023-01-16 9:01:10 PM  
Guinea pigs are adorable and just want to cuddle.  People are horrible.
 
alice_600 [TotalFark]
2023-01-17 1:09:21 AM  
I had guinea pigs as a kid. I hated the sqealy ugly dirty things. I WANTED A HAMSTER GRANDMA! These are NOT HAMSTERS WITH THE COOL TUNNELS YOU DUMB biatch!
 
studebaker hoch
2023-01-17 2:02:08 AM  

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The frustration of the cat is just perfect.
 
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