Miss Piggy

***UPDATE July 8 - Miss Piggy, now known as Miss Muffin, was transported to Daejeon yesterday to meet her adopters who live in Seoul. Miss Muffin's adopters were amazing beyond words - their preparations for getting Miss Muffin home included lining her crate with an ice pack to cool her off, a towel to protect her, hay (not alfalfa, which I learned is apparently too right for Guinea Pigs - who knew? ^^), food pellets, water bottle... I was just blown away!

Miss Muffin immediately got along with her doting adopters, and we expect she will do well with her two new female Guinea Pig friends awaiting her arrival at home. (Guinea Pigs are very social animals and do much better when they have friends <3)

I am looking forward to hearing how she's doing and will update in comments once I hear. Thank you everyone for your interest in Miss Piggy (Miss Muffin!) and I hope we all learned something new about Guinea Pigs together : ) Thanks to ARK for making this adoption possible ^^

The photos of her journey can be found here. (Please know that volunteering in any way is so very helpful to the animals and rewarding! Just a train ride to transport an animal means the world to that animal finding his/her home. If you would like to inquire about helping in this capacity, please email KAPS.Volunteering (at) gmail.com or the shelter with whom you volunteer.)***

**UPDATE June 30 - Miss Piggy is a miss! She's friendly and healthy and she has an applicant in Seoul who has 2 female pigs already. The adoption is scheduled to occur Saturday, July 7th : ) **

To be honest, I am not sure if Miss Piggy is a Miss or Mister... To be even more honest, I know cats and dogs, even ferrets, but Guinea Pigs are foreign to me! So maybe you can educate me ^^ or we can learn together : )

Here's some sites with more information that I found:

• The SPCA gives facts and figures on Miss Piggy's care and the cost estimates.
• Petfinder has loads of info! on everything GP!!
• This site talks about Guinea Pig's exercise needs, and how they can even possibly be litter trained!
• ARK even just loaded a site that offers a checklist for what your little one may need - so helpful ^^
• There's even a site that covers a common Guinea Pig behavior problem and how to work with the lil guy
• Wikipedia even helps us brush up on their lingo! Wow!
• and RSPCA has insight into Guinea Pig behavior

What interesting lil cuties! I learned a lot already ^^

I do know though that flying a Guinea Pigs to the US is entirely possible. Should you be from another country, we can research together to see what would be needed. If you are interested, please email KAPS.Adoption(at)gmail.com. Thank you!