This Little Piggy Lives On
“This post is my entry into the BlogPaws Blog Carnival Contest sponsored by BISSELL Homecare, Inc.” We had already lost one special guinea pig in our family to lung disease and we were on the search for another friend for our sweet piggy, Papua. I drove from shelter to shelter holding back tears. Anyone who’s [...]
152 Abandoned Guinea Pigs Currently at Cavy Haven, Wee Companions, and Arizona Piggie Poo
152 guinea pigs were recently surrendered by a hoarder to a CA shelter. Three rescue groups are taking the lead in rehabilitating these animals: Cavy Haven, Wee Companions, and Arizona Piggie Poo Rescue. Please feel free to donate to any of these grou…
Guinea Pigs Rescued Despite Earthquake, Hurricane
It wasn’t your average day for volunteers of Metropolitan Guinea Pig Rescue. MGPR’s shared message board lit up with “Who Felt That?” when a rare 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit central Virginia. The network of volunteers are spread across Maryland, Virginia, DC, and Pennsylvania housing fostered guinea pigs and sanctuary pigs with rare health issues. Everyone [...]
Three Rescues Aid California’s 150+ Abandoned Guinea Pigs
A heartbreaking story out of California leaves three shelters in urgent need of supplies, foster homes, and adoptive families. The Baldwin Park Animal Shelter in California found themselves with more than 150 guinea pigs earlier this week when a woman from El Monte dropped them off without reason. The shelter believes more cavies may be [...]
Things to Consider Before Adopting Your Small Pets
The very best thing you can do for your future pets is learn as much as you can about them before they come home. The more you know, the better prepared you will be to take good care of your new friends.
Great sources of information include p…
Moving Swiftly On…
Reading Guinea Pig Rescue have made the difficult, but correct, decision to close the rescue in its current form. After 10 years of rehabilitating and rehoming guinea pigs I feel that the time has come for moving on with our guinea pig community. There…
Professor Wendell Thompkins and Albert Butterbean from Atlanta Metro Guinea Pig Rescue
Meet Wendell and Albertfrom GA RescueAtlanta Metro Guinea Pig Rescue!Wendell (pictured above and in banner) and Albert are two gorgeous guinea pig boys who arrived at AMGPR in late April. They are very sweet, friendly, and super loving. Albert and Wend…
Sunflower and Rosie from Thistle Cavies
Meet Sunflower and Rosiefrom UK RescueThistle Cavies!Introducing Sunflower and Rosie. Sunflower is a very special wee piggy, she has what the vet suspects is a very slow growing cancer with multiple little lumps all over her belly area, all attached to…
Second Chances
Author John Miller
This morning, I came across another interesting poll in a popular pet industry publication. This poll stated that a majority of the general public would prefer to adopt a pet from a shelter or rescue rather than purchase one from a…
“The Cozy Cavy” Destroyed By Tornado. Please Help the Weaver Family.
We will be fundraising for one of our own. Marsha is a beautiful person, inside and out, whose home was destroyed in a tornado. Her pigs and rats were possibly killed, her daughter is on oxygen.Please send checks, made out to Marsha Weaver, to Shevaun …
