SAGP has Moved!!

Keep up with our latest piggy, Junco, at: http://sagpoctober2013.mydagsite.com/ !

Hope to see you there!

SEPTEMBER'S GUINEA PIG OF THE MONTH--Ginger!

We have raised $535 out of our $450 goal! Keep forwarding Ginger's story, and consider donating!

Meet Ginger 

from BC, Canada Rescue

Small Animal Rescue Society of BC!

Ginger is a lovely five year old girl with a large cyst on her back, which needs to be surgically removed. We are trying to fund raise $450 ($300 for the surgery, another $150 for a cushion in case there are complications) to have this happen as soon as possible, to avoid needing an unnecessarily large incision as the cyst grows.

As only our second Canadian piggy to be featured, Ginger would greatly appreciate your support! Please click the donate button below, and pass along Ginger's story! Thank you so much!

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 check:

Small Animal Rescue

PO Box 54564

7155 Kingsway

Burnaby, BC V5E 4J6

AUGUST'S GUINEA PIG OF THE MONTH--Mosby!

We've raised $566 so far, of our $566 goal! 
Please continue to forward Mosby's story, and donate!

Meet Mosby

from IN rescue

RescuedGuineaPigs.com!

Mosby is an adorable two year old piggy with a close resemblance to a caterpillar. He has been with Crystal's rescue, RescuedGuineaPigs.com, for about a year, and is presently living in a foster home. 

Six months ago Mosby started to lose weight and walk as though it gave him difficulty, so he was off to the vet! The vet determined that Mosby has large points on his molars, as well as arthritis. (Worried your pig might have teeth issues? Visit the teeth page on GuineaLynx!)

As a result, Mosby has to go to the vet every six weeks to get his teeth trimmed. He also needs pain medicine to help his little joints feel better as he toddles around his cage.

Six months worth of care for Mosby costs $466. Because Crystal also recently took in another special needs guinea pig who had been severely abused, I am going to add a $100 cushion for her rescue. 

Our fundraising goal is $566!

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To avoid paypal fees send checks to:

Contact me at sponsoraguineapig@gmail.com for an address for checks.

*you can also log in to your paypal account, select "Send Money," and type "guineapigs@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. RescuedGuineaPigs.com thanks you for going to this extra trouble!

Where did the pigs go?

Hello all!

I am sorry for the two month hiatus in special needs piggies. I was busy graduating from grad school!

I'm very excited to be back with the piggies though.


Keep scrolling to see our latest pig-a-doo!

JULY'S GUINEA PIG OF THE MONTH--Cletus!

We've raised $870 so far of the $600! WE MET OUR GOAL!
Please forward and continue to share Cletus' story!

Meet Cletus 

from VA rescue

Metropolitan Guinea Pig Rescue!

Meet Cletus. One of the sweetest old men to come into our rescue in a long time.  He didn’t make his trip here quite the way most guinea pigs do. Cletus was already in a sanctuary program in another rescue when its founder became ill very suddenly. She needed to find a place for her guinea pigs. Metropolitan Guinea Pig Rescue was able to step in and take all six of them. Two adoptable pairs and two oldsters that the rescue was intending to keep for their natural lives. We will honor their intentions and keep Cletus and Macy as sanctuary pigs. 

Cletus was obviously too old to neuter and had some congestion in his lungs. He was treated and seemed better. He also had a pretty severe impaction problem. His foster mom improved the situation slightly by giving him probiotics and cleaning him multiple times a day. Then, as they say, the other shoe dropped. Cletus stopped eating very suddenly and stopped coming out of his hide. He was quickly taken to the vet where an x-ray showed a huge stone blocking his urethra.

It was surgery or die for a pig that was too old even to have a much simpler neuter surgery. The tough little guy made it through the surgery but it was a real battle back to health for him. His vet fees so far are $489.85. Ongoing, he will need to be treated for the very advanced arthritis that was also found on the x-rays when his stones were diagnosed and probiotics for his impaction issues. 

As you can tell by his chewed up little ears he didn’t have the easiest time before he got here. We intend to make the rest of his life a guinea pig’s dream.

OUR GOAL IS TO RAISE $600. CAN WE DO IT??

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To avoid paypal fees send checks to:

Contact me at sponsoraguineapig@gmail.com for an address for checks.

*you can also log in to your paypal account, select "Send Money," and type "MGPRDonations@mgpr.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. MGPR thanks you for going to this extra trouble!