FEBRUARY'S PIG OF THE MONTH--Snowstorm!

$395 raised! We have met our goal!

Meet Snowstorm

from BC, Canadian Rescue

Small Animal Rescue Society of BC!

Who's that beautiful girl with the crest, and her fur blowing in the wind?

It's Snowstorm!!

Snowstorm is a lethal white who came to the rescue with severe mites, weighing about half of her present weight. She would squeal in pain, but she's all better now!

Here is Snowstorm lounging with some friends in Pigtown. All the other ladies in her cage respect her.

Snowstorm is our first Canadian Piggy, and she loves her country, and rescue!

Snowstorm only has one front tooth, which makes it hard for her to eat her food. The rescue carefully chops things up for her to eat.

She came to the rescue when her owners could no longer care for her, and the rescue was kind enough to take her in.

Snowstorm also chirps!

This month my goal is to raise $10 for every day in February--and it's a leap year, so that puts us at $290 US and Canadian Dollars.

PLEASE donate below, and thank you so much for helping Snowstorm!

To donate in US dollars:

To donate in Canadian Dollars (the image may be broken, but the button isn't!):

*To avoid Paypal fees you can also log in to your paypal account, select "Send Money," and type "info@smallanimalrescue.org" in to the "to field." Then select "personal" at the top tab. The default status should be "gift." Leave this as-is. Then enter your gift amount. Small Animal Rescue thanks you for going to this extra trouble!

To send a cheque:

Small Animal Rescue

PO Box 54564

7155 Kingsway

Burnaby, BC V5E 4J6

JANUARY'S PIG OF THE MONTH--Pootle!

$265.50 raised so far! WE HAVE MET OUR GOAL!

Meet Pootle

from TX Rescue

Texas Rustlers Guinea Pig Rescue!

Pootle has problems!

Pootle has a middle ear infection, confirmed by an x-ray. She is a furry skinny who came to the rescue during their Global Exotics seizure in February of 2010.

We are fundraising to help cure her very painful ear infection, and help TX Rustlers recoup some of the costs they have spent treating it.

Pootle is getting the very best of care right now, staying at the rescue director's house.

The antibiotic for Pootle is $45, the x-ray $75, and the check-up is $40, for a total of $160. I'm going to add on another $90 to our goal, for a total of $250, in case her ear infection returns.

Please consider making a donation for Pootle!

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Thank you for being an advocate for those who cannot help themselves.

Please pass Pootle's story and this site on to others.

*To avoid Paypal fees you can also log in to your paypal account, select "Send Money," and type "theguineapigrescue@yahoo.com" in to the "to field." Then select "personal" at the top tab. The default status should be "gift." Leave this as-is. Then enter your gift amount. TX Rustlers thanks you for going to this extra trouble!

or in order to avoid paypal's fees, consider sending a check or money order to:

Texas Rustlers
160 Cedarcrest lane,
Double Oak, TX 75077

DECEMBER'S GUINEA PIG OF THE MONTH--Mahi Mahi!

Total so far: $405! We have met our goal!

Meet Mahi Mahi

from CA rescue

Cavy House!

Sue from Cavy House writes on 12/2:

We have a very sweet little black crested female named Mahi Mahi who just had surgery yesterday. She came to us pregnant and quite huge. The last week of pregnancy, she morphed into a pancake - very round and she also flattened out vertically too. She started dragging her hind legs behind her at times which we assumed was just because of the extra weight.

She ended up having 5 pups - and all of them were average to large size pups (100-150 grams). The poor girl. She regained use of the legs after she had the pups - but then intermittently drug them behind her again.

Our vet took and x-ray and discovered the poor girl had broken both hips! So yesterday she had surgery to fix both hips - cleaned out the joints, removed the broken femoral heads and sewed her back up. She is on pain meds and eating and pooping so we're optimistic.

Our fundraising goal is $300 for Mahi Mahi, and this will cover only a fraction of the surgery and the initial appointment /x-rays.

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*To avoid Paypal fees you can also log in to your paypal account, select "Send Money," and type "sbduhamel@sbcglobal.net" in to the "to field." Then select "personal" at the top tab. The default status should be "gift." Leave this as-is. Then enter your gift amount. Cavy Companions thanks you for going to this extra trouble!

Checks can be made to "Cavy House" and sent to Cavy House, Sue DuHamel, PO Box 324, La Honda, Ca. 94020.

NOVEMBER'S GUINEA PIG OF THE MONTH--Melvin!

UPDATE: $400 raised so far! WE MET OUR GOAL!

Meet Melvin

from WA rescue

Cavy Companions!

"Melvin is 5 YO. His bottom molars and one front molar have to be trimmed every 6 weeks. The cost is $146.00. These molars are mostly black and the roots are shallow. He has an internal abcess attached to his right jawbone. Surgery is not an option so he will have to be on chloramphenicol for the rest of his life to keep the abcess in check. The cost for this compounded medicine is $34.00 a month, for a total of $180.00 a month.

Just so you know, Melvin is one of THE friendliest gpigs I have ever had here. He wants to be cuddled a lot and have the place on his head where the hair meets from both directions gently rubbed. His favorite food is fresh blueberries."

We will be fundraising $270 for 1.5 months of Melvin's Care.

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*To avoid Paypal fees you can also log in to your paypal account, select "Send Money," and type "info@cavycompanions.org" in to the "to field." Then select "personal" at the top tab. The default status should be "gift." Leave this as-is. Then enter your gift amount. Cavy Companions thanks you for going to this extra trouble!

OCTOBER'S GUINEA PIG OF THE MONTH--Hope!

UPDATE: So far we have raised $382! Thank you to those who have donated! WE MADE OUR GOAL!

Meet Hope

from AZ Rescue

ARIZONA PIGGIE POO RESCUE!

Above: before picture, Banner: Present Day. Hope is pictured with her pup, Gateway.

Hope is one of the mother guinea pigs that came in as part of a group of 4 Moms and 13 babies from the hoarder case featured last month. APPR was generous enough to take in many of these pigs from the overwhelmed CA rescues.

Hope is malnourished, weak, and trying so hard to nurse her pups. She is a beautiful & gentle little Mommy that needs a lot of love & attention.

The cost of care for one of the hoarder's guinea pigs for a month of care, including hay, pellets, fresh fruit & vegetables and housing is about $50, unless we have to go to the Vet - which would be an unknown expense. It is a high possibility that Hope will need veterinary care at some time in the future to assure her survival. Medicines are another expense for mites and lice, which many of the pigs have. In addition, we have transportation needs and since our Rescue does not have a "Company Van", we rely on volunteers to spend time & money on gas and other things like carriers

and various comfort items.

For example, these are the retail prices of some items each pig uses:

Bedding - Softwood: $12

Lg Hidey Hut : $10

Fleece : $5

Snuggle Cup: $19

Food dish : $5

C & C cage : $50

Hay : $10

Oxbow Pellets: $12

Fresh Veggies & Fruit: $20

I'm estimating that to house Hope for the healing time needed it will be about $100 in fixed cost and another $42 per month for upkeep, plus any medical/veterinary expenses and volunteer expenses.

As a result, SAGP hopes to raise $352--enough for getting Hope settled initially, and then for six

months of her care.

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*To avoid Paypal fees you can also log in to your paypal account, select "Send Money," and type "info@piggypoo.org" in to the "to field." Then select "personal" at the top tab. The default status should be "gift." Leave this as-is. Then enter your gift amount. Piggie Poo thanks you for going to this extra trouble!