Justin and I are really into fostering, rescuing and adopting for all animals but mostly guinea pigs :) We were at the local pet store one day and noticed that one of my students floating through the store working... Then it clicked Oh his parents own the store. We always check out the state of the animals to determine whether or not we want to give that store our business. I know I know.. But we've dealt with some horrible pet stores before. We were looking at the piggies and we noticed that one of the baby girls was holding her foot up, grinding her teeth and screaming every time she was picked up. Justin and I knew right away what was wrong.. She had a sprained foot from being dropped wrong or being picked up wrong. Most people don't know and its unfortunate when this happens. So we talked to the owner (my students mother) and told her that she was hurt and asked her if she wanted us to volunteer our time and watch over her and get her better.
We instantly fell in love because she looks just like Ginger did when she was a baby. So we brought her home, made sure she ate and did Piggy Physical Therapy to keep the swelling down and her leg moving. But the poor girl is scooting around because she doesn't have full function of her foot yet. She is getting along great with our girls (well most of them...) and is starting to show some improvement. We still aren't sure whether or not the damage is permanent but only time will tell with that.
All we know.. if we weren't there at that day she probably would have died or been hurt even more than she would have been.
We will make sure to keep you updated on all her improvement :)
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