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PigPals: Mentor Form

By filling out this form, you are agreeing to provide advice and assistance to a beginning guinea pig owner via email. By filling in all fields, you help me find beginners who have similar interests and concerns that match your experience. Thank you.

Note: Multiple applications will disqualify you from participating in the PigPals program. Allow 1 to 2 weeks for your application to be processed, and DO NOT submit more than one application! Poorly completed applications may also be disqualified. Make sure you answer all questions accurately and completely.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Full Name:

City and State:

Country:

Email Address:

please confirm that your email address is entered correctly!

Age (required):
You must be 18 or older
to become a Mentor.

Occupation (or major/grade):

Language(s) spoken:
(Spanish, French, German, & Portuguese speakers needed)

PIGSPERIENCE

How many pigs
do you currently have?

Bedding - what do you use?

Pellets - what do you use?

Cage/pen setup

How many years hands-on experience do you have?

Are you wiling to mentor
more than one beginner?

Yes No

Please describe your experience with the following. Note that experience must be hands-on; while we envy those of you who have had several years of experience with no medical issues such as UTIs or mites, we must ensure that our Mentors have gone through these problems in order to adequately help a beginner who is experiencing the same thing.

Skin problems; including
lice and/or mites

Bladder stones/UTIs

Boars (i.e., impaction, fighting)

Medical emergencies

Pregnancy and babies

Please answer the following questions:

Please describe your piggie(s), giving names and birthdates:

What is your general life experience with guinea pigs?
(how you came to love them, what they mean to you, etc.)

Why do you want to be a Mentor?

Please provide a reference who can confirm your pigsperience.
Note: Your responses to this survey will be validated through this reference. Specific questions may be asked to ensure that you are a responsible guinea pig owner who is suitable to become a Mentor in the PigPals program.

Name:
E-Mail:

The information you have provided in this form will help me match you with a Beginner. I will only provide e-mail addresses in the confirmation; you will then have to repeat this information to your PigPal in an introductory e-mail. I apologize for the inconvenience in advance.

Thank you for volunteering to become a Mentor.
Your knowledge will help others become responsible guinea pig owners!

Do not hit 'Submit' more than once.