OTBKB friend and fave Wendy Ponte had this to say about trying to give away her daughter’s guinea pigs in her Brooklyn Paper column PS…I Love You.

When they do find a new home for them it will be our loss. OSFO has often been the guinea pig’s babysitter when they go away.

What do you do with an unwanted small pet in Park Slope? I’ll admit that I have a vested interest in exploring this topic, aside from being a reporter. I am the owner, or really the parent of the owner, of two severely under-utilized hamster-sized guinea pigs.

Olive and Sweetie were adorable when they first arrived two years ago — their purchase spurred on by months of begging from my then-10-year-old daughter.

Cute little fluff balls of fur are irresistible in almost any species. It became quickly apparent, however, that those same balls of fur were making me sneeze in a big way. They had to go.

My boyfriend began to make jokes about taking them for walks in the park and — oops — losing them along the way.

Out of curiosity I called Eugene Patron, the press spokesman for the park: “Do people dump small animals in the park?