{"id":28467,"date":"2023-10-25T09:55:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T13:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/?p=28467"},"modified":"2023-11-19T18:40:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T23:40:26","slug":"gerald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/gerald\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gerald came to us on 10\/25\/23 because his owner had become allergic to him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fostered by Lindsay in Wells, ME.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ADOPTED!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><del>#2023675N, &#8220;Gerald&#8221;, Guinea Pig, Black, , Guinea Pig, Male, DOB: 04\/25\/2022, Spayed\/Neutered?: No<\/del><\/p>\n<p><em>Skinny pigs require special care. Experienced guinea pig owners preferred.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 11\/6\/23:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s a very cuddly happy boy who loves his carrots, water and hay! He&#8217;s happy doing his own thing, but if you like curling up with a blanket, he&#8217;s your piggy! Super cuddly and affectionate, even grooms my hands.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 10\/25\/23:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gerald is your average piggie with a few extra quirks and will need somewhat special care. A home with previous guinea pig experience is ideal for him.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s very laid back and doesn&#8217;t make much noise and pretty much keeps to himself. He drinks more water and eats more food than any creature I&#8217;ve seen before. Half the time, you&#8217;ll see him asleep in his hay bin because he fell asleep while eating.<\/p>\n<p>He doesn&#8217;t enjoy his coconut oil baths, but will tolerate them and sit pretty well. For his baths once a month or so we fill the sink with a couple inches of warm water, gently rub off all the dead skin, dry him off, and rub some coconut oil on him.<\/p>\n<p>Because he&#8217;s hairless, he will need to be kept in a warm area in the house with no drafts and may need extra humidity during the winter. He&#8217;s a very good boy and will allow you to pick him up, but he doesn&#8217;t love to sit for too long. He&#8217;s used to being in his own room with only one other guinea pig in the room, so not much foot traffic or noise. I&#8217;m sure he could adjust to being in a more active room in the house as he&#8217;s not very skittish and has a pretty care free attitude. He&#8217;s pretty nonconfrontational when it comes to other piggies and will most likely get along with another with a similar personality to his.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gerald<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting.photobucket.com\/images\/ff234\/MaineRatRescue\/gerald2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting.photobucket.com\/images\/ff234\/MaineRatRescue\/gerald_8oj4jdWz1o64GJqSjk8WwN.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting.photobucket.com\/images\/ff234\/MaineRatRescue\/gerald3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting.photobucket.com\/images\/ff234\/MaineRatRescue\/gerald2_fhfPauWVhDG82z7u3foegv.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting.photobucket.com\/images\/ff234\/MaineRatRescue\/gerald5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gerald came to us on 10\/25\/23 because his owner had become allergic to him. Fostered by Lindsay in Wells, ME. ADOPTED! #2023675N, &#8220;Gerald&#8221;, Guinea Pig, Black, , Guinea Pig, Male, DOB: 04\/25\/2022, Spayed\/Neutered?: No Skinny pigs require special care. Experienced guinea pig owners preferred. UPDATE 11\/6\/23: &#8220;He&#8217;s a very cuddly happy boy who loves his<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":28468,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-previously-adopted-2023"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/edited-gerald.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Jamie Cross","author_link":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/author\/jamie\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28467"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28747,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28467\/revisions\/28747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}