JUNE'S GUINEA PIG OF THE MONTH--Harley!

WE MET OUR GOAL! $494.71 raised!

Meet Harley from

The Critter Connection!

The Critter Connection received a phone call from their vet hospital at 8:00pm in April.  Someone had found a guinea pig in the woods in a tiny plastic container, went and got him right away.  The stench is the container was horrible.  Harley was dehydrated and paralyzed in the back end.  Estimated him to be about 6 weeks old.  

We gave him some fluids and an injection of vitamin C that night and then I brought him home.  The next day our vet did xrays and found nothing abnormal in his back end.  Determined that severe malnutrition, vitamin C deficiency, and confinement in a container that wasn't even big enough for a spider was the problem.  

Continued with injections of vitamin C, slowly started him on a good diet, and began massage therapy.  Harley has made huge strides and has 90 percent use of his back legs.  His buddy Mumbo is helping me with Harley's physical theraphy.  

Mumbo is one of our permanent senior males and Harley follows him everywhere.  I have a long carpeted ramp with a gentle incline and twice a day I put treats all along the ramp.   Harley's costs are maintenance, daily vitamin C supplement, fresh veggies twice a day, puppy pee pads under fleece in one area of his cage, carefresh in the other. He should be adoptable in another month or two.

Harley's costs are about $150 a month. We are trying to fundraise enough for 2.5 months, or $375. 

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The Critter Connection, Inc.

PO Box 371

Durham, CT 06422

Make checks payable to "The Critter Connection, Inc." and please specify SAGP or Harley in the Memo line.

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UPDATE FOR SUNFLOWER AND ROSIE!

So far we have raised $339.81 out of $300, or £209.94 out of £189.14--we met our goal!!

Please consider donating, and passing along Sunflower and Rosie's story. They really need the help.

How could you say "no" to these faces??

Please send checks (made out to Thistle Cavies) to

Shevaun Brannigan

700 Professional Dr.

Gaithersburg, MD 20879

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JUNE'S PIGS OF THE MONTH-Sunflower and Rosie!

Meet Sunflower and Rosie

from UK Rescue

Thistle 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 a

ttached to each otherwith ‘tendrils’ under the skin.Sunflower also has other problems, she is a heart piggy and needs syringe feeding 3 times daily as she will not eat very much on her own.

Obviously she has a problem with her mouth but it is not dental, no redness etc to be seen but she dribbles a lot. She will chew on a slice of cucumber then leave most of it. Some days she does eat a whole slice and will even tuck into a bit of carrot, she can also eat hay but not very much. Her mouth has been checked several times over the past few months but no spurs, nothing to show for her odd behaviour with food.

Since arriving at the Rescue she has captured our hearts, she is not demanding but just sits anxiously around feed times in case you forget her, with her little front paws propped on the front of her cage watching intently. Initially she would eat her critical care from a bowl but now only syringe feeds will do.

Her cage mate Rosie is completely blind from an eye infection that was not noticed and completely depends on Sunflower for guidance. Rosie also has a permanant head tilt and a heart murmer and just recently she has presented with a lump on her belly that will need to be removed. This is planned for the near future if all goes well with the heart meds. We are hoping that a few weeks course of Fortekor will strengthen her heart enough to allow the op to be done.

Sunflower goes through two big packets of Critical Care a week costing almost £60, her and Rosies heart meds cost £8 50 per week then Rimadyl/ Metacam is a further £2 per week. Rosies op will be in the region of £60- £70 and no doubt Sunflower will need further checkups for her mouth to ensure that nothing shows up that can be cured/helped.

I can assure you all that to meet Sunflower is to fall in love, she is very special and has full confidence that we will take care of all her needs, no one seeing her could ignore the look of belief in her eyes that you will help her. It is very hard to describe this look without putting it into human terms but there is no doubt that she believes this human will do her utmost for her and keep her free from any pain or suffering....and she is right.

I would like to thank you all in advance as I know how generous you all are when it comes to special needs piggies and Sunflower is certainly that, she and Rosie also send their wheeks.

Our Goal is to fundraise $300 for Thistle Cavies.

Please send checks (made out to Thistle Cavies) to

Shevaun Brannigan

700 Professional Dr.

Gaithersburg, MD 20879

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UPDATE FOR HONU

So far we have raised $301 out of $246! What a great month!


Thank you so much to everyone who has donated and passed along Honu's story. SAGP would not be possible without you!

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JUNE'S PIG OF THE MONTH-Honu!

Meet HONU

from WA rescue

Cavy Companions!

Honu is an adorable guinea pig who is blind, has some brain damage, and legs so completely atrophied to the point that he cannot bend them at all. Honu is Hawaiian for "Sea Turtle." This little boy is about 4 1/2 years old, but still full of energy, despite his disabilities. Honu was dumped at the Seattle Animal Shelter 3 years ago this month, because "something was wrong with him" and his family didn't want him anymore. He came in alone, but was paired with another guinea pig named Koa.

Honu immediately took to Koa and depends on her greatly. Honu MUST know where Koa is in the cage in order to function. Mary, Cavy Companions director, worries about how long Honu will survive if Koa were to pass first.

They now live with two other guinea pigs. Honu largely keeps to himself because he can barely move around. Mary puts the pellet bowl immediately beside his water bottle so he doesn't have to move from one side of the cage to another. She picks him up every night and puts him by the hay so he doesn't have to move around or be without. Occasionally, she finds him with his face in a corner of the cage because it's safer, as there are two sides he can sense.

His head bobs up, down and from side to side when there is food coming, and he sleeps with his legs stiff in front of him because they can't bend anymore.

He is a truly adorable pig who has been through far too much, but is now a very lucky boy in Mary's care. Any donations toward his upkeep would be greatly appreciated, as Mary independently cares for 28 guinea pigs and can find the rescue under financial strain at times.

We are hoping to fundraise $246: enough to recoup the cost of the two exams that determined Honu's medical conditions ($96), and $150 to provide five months worth of veggies, Carefresh, and pellets ($7.50 per week).

This month the magic number to donate is $7.50, or an even $15!

And, don't forget the below post about nominating your local rescue for SAGP!

FIRST WEEK UPDATE FOR BUNNY

We've raised $460 so far-
$175 over our goal!

Oh my goodness! WGPR has received, in addition to the other very generous donations, a $300 donation. Bunny will be set for a very long time! Over 16 months of care have been paid for!

Thank you so much to those of you who have donated, and to those of you who will (or pass along Bunny's story). We greatly appreciate it! You're helping a guinea girl live her life in comfort.

(or, please contact me if you would like to send a check).

JUNE'S PIG OF THE MONTH-Bunny!

Meet Bunny
from the WI rescue

Wisconsin Guinea Pig Rescue!

From the Rescue:

Poor Bunny almost died from fright. This little girl had so little contact with humans at the start of her life that she was terrified of people and was nearly euthanized by the shelter for being too feral. No one thought to pick her up and give her any love or attention when she was a baby.



When she came into the Wisconsin Guinea Pig Rescue's care, she was so scared that she would sit trembling in her igloo whenever anyone came near her cage. Her foster mom did her very best to help Bunny get more comfortable. In the meantime, the rescue sought a very special home for her (someone with a LOT of patience), but no one stepped forward.

After several months, the foster home took in another scared piggy and cautiously introduced her to Bunny. It took days for the introduction because Bunny was too frightened to leave her corner to meet the other pig. Eventually, though, they did meet and now they hide from the scary humans together. So Bunny has a friend.



After years of being up for adoption with no interest, Bunny is now a permanent part of our pig sanctuary. She is still scared of all strangers but will now tentatively allow her foster mom to touch her on the head for a little scratch every now and then and will even sometimes beg for treats. She will remain in our sanctuary for her lifetime.

Will you help us to provide for Bunny? Our goal is to raise enough money to support her for 10 months in the rescue (pellets, hay, daily fresh veggies and one vet "well-piggy" check-up). At $25 a month for upkeep and $35 for the vet visit, that puts our goal at $285. Bunny had no love in the beginning, so we want to make up for it in her lifetime. Although the Wisconsin Guinea Pig Rescue is a small rescue, we believe in seeing that ALL our rescues live a full life, even if they don't find a forever home.