We just couldn’t pass this one up. With the upcoming movie, G-Force, and the fact that we have several friends who happen to keep guinea pigs, it’s hard not to notice them in our lives. Small animals, pocket pets as they might be called by some, represent a surprising proportion of pets out there. A multitude of veterinarians do care of them, even if they don’t get top billing like cats and dogs, and like any family pet, guinea pigs do need the attention of health professionals—and tender loving care.
The video highlights a problem with American culture that views everything as disposable, including living beings, where movies like G-Force featuring the cute-and-fuzzy create a sudden surge in demand for these critters; but the families that take them on sometimes find the burden of taking care of them too much to bear, and seek to offload them into the shelter community.
Pass this little PSA around, they’re cute, but they do need attention and require a level of responsibility in spite of looking like fuzzy orbs sitting in a cage of sawdust most of the time. They’re cute, but it may be necessary to spread and advocate a culture of responsibility when it comes to the trade and sale of these animals especially because the movie nostalgia factor is going to be nigh-exploitable by every guinea pig breeder and pet store out there.
