<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://www.fark.com/goto/11839516/people.com/pets/rescue-guinea-pig-and-cat-best-friend-up-for-adoption/%3Futm_source%3Dfark%26utm_med" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"> Our goal is to keep them together period, end of story." Please welcome the odd couple to Caturday</span></a></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div>Courtesy of <i>People</i> at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://people.com/pets/rescue-guinea-pig-and-cat-best-friend-up-for-adoption/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark">https://people.com/pets/rescue-guinea-pig-and-cat-best-friend-up-for-adoption/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark</a></div><div><br></div>—————————————————<div><div class="intro article-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-family: Lora, serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><div class="headline-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; align-items: center; display: flex; justify-content: space-between;"><h1 class="headline heading-content elementFont__display" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 48px; line-height: 52px; font-family: Basel, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; border-left-width: 0px;">Rescue Guinea Pig and Cat Best Friend Are Looking to Get Adopted Together from N.C. Shelter</h1><div id="karma-lazy-sponsorLogo" class="sponsor-logo" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;"></div></div></div><p class="dek margin-16-tb padded-mobile elementFont__dek elementFont__dek--linkWithin" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Limerick, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 28px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-stretch: normal; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Angel the cat and Halo the guinea pig are a heavenly, bonded pair that love to cuddle together and are at a Charlotte Mecklenburg Animal Control shelter looking for a forever home</p></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Angel the cat and Halo the guinea pig share a giant cage but often cuddle together in the corner.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-stretch: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"They came in together, and the owner told us they usually snuggle together and sleep together at night. They were totally bonded," Julia Conner of Charlotte Mecklenburg Animal Control in Charlotte, North Carolina, tells PEOPLE.<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-stretch: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In her 17 years working as an animal control officer, Conner says she's never seen this kind of odd couple before.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-stretch: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"I think honestly, my first reaction was this is definitely a first. We've never seen this before, but apparently, it's not unheard of," she says.<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-stretch: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Conner knows that now because she<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/animalscmpd/videos/2086908911463882/" target="_blank" title="(opens new window)" aria-describedby="external-disclaimer" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: normal; font-style: inherit; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; box-shadow: rgb(89, 89, 89) 0px -3px 0px inset;"><span style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">posted a video of the duo on Facebook</span></a>, and comments started flooding in — including a few from people who mentioned they had seen similar unlikely animal friendships.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"We get bonded pairs here at the shelter often, but it's usually like cats and dogs — most of the time— a cat and a guinea pig that's usually a prey situation. The cat would normally be chasing the guinea pig, so to see them together as best friends is very rare," Conner adds.<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-stretch: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The veteran animal control officer says that the two furry friends even seem to have a unique language, a way of communicating that's all their own. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"It's entertaining to watch them. They try to communicate with each other. Cats and dogs have their own language, so to see two species who have their own way of communicating is very entertaining. You get that moment of 'Oh my gosh, oh that's so cute!' " Conner says.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">She adds that the duo's previous owner had some personal issues and was forced to surrender the pair but requested they be adopted out together. Conner estimates Angel is about "four-ish" and Halo is about "two-ish" and says, despite the friends' growing fan club on social media, there have only been a handful of genuine requests to adopt the buddies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"This has been one of our most popular videos ever. We had some people in Tennessee, and someone in Florida, say they would take them if no one else did, but we're hoping for someone who really wants Angel and Halo. I truly believe we'll find someone who will keep them together. Our goal is to keep them together period, end of story," Conner says.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div><div>————————</div><div><br></div><div>Photos . . .<br><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_101621_01.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_101621_01.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_101621_02.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_101621_02.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_101621_03.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_101621_03.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div>————————————————-</div><div><br></div><div><div><b>“Caturday”</b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> by Linus Petit</span></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_by_Linus_Petit.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_by_Linus_Petit.mp3</a></div><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span dir="ltr">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. 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