MD-Small Angels-New Piggies!

Small Angels Rescue is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization devoted to the rescuing of small animals. It is composed of a network of foster homes--and the lucky foster home that's caring for these two!


LISTING REMOVED. Alysia and Falon are two beautiful bonded sisters. One's a peruvian and the other is crested--heaven! Alysia is the peruvian, and so she will require special grooming to keep her soft long hair tangle fr33. You can read more about her grooming needs by clicking their link. Their primary caretaker developed serious health problems and so had to give them up--how terrible for everyone involved.

Falon has medium length hair, which is black and brown except for the white aforementioned crest. The two of them are chatty sweethearts, and quite playful.They love veggies and hay, which is a great head start caring for a guinea. These two are such beautiful, sweet guineas who sound obviously well cared for. Adopt and send pics!

helpful links: Quality Hay and Pellets in bulk & Pampering your Pig & Cheaper, Larger Cages & Bedding & Essential Guinea Supplies & Proper Diet & Cavy Savvy Vets & "What's Normal? What's Not?"

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VA-Craigslist-two bonded boars

* If responding to a Craigslist ad meet in a public place, or go with a friend. Google the phone number of the poster to ensure it matches the name he or she gives *

POST DELETED. Charlottesville, VA: two bonded boars being rehomed because of allergies. Pictures by request. Small adoption fee includes water bottle, cage, food, etc. The boars are loving sweet boys who loved to be cuddled. They aren't yet a year old. One is tan with ruby colored eyes, one is a charming chocolate brown. The adopter is trying to get them picked up immediately. Help these sweet boys out--its not their fault their beautiful soft fur makes a little girl sneeze.

helpful links: Quality Hay and Pellets in bulk & Pampering your Pig & Cheaper, Larger Cages & Bedding & Essential Guinea Supplies & Proper Diet & Cavy Savvy Vets & "What's Normal? What's Not?"

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Did your guinea pig come from a pet store?

I t d o e s n 't o c c u r to a lot of people that guinea pigs are out there homeless and in danger of being put to sleep, like dogs and cats. Wonderful animal loving people who want a guinea pig buy them from pet stores, because it's not common knowledge there are whole rescues devoted to these sweet animals. And once they have the pig they love it, of course. Pet store pigs aren't bad or inferior (though they are often malnourished, suffering from scurvy and mites, pregnant and/or missexed). Still, it's a difficult and sad problem--if someone buys a pig from a petstore or breeder they are making a new space for a guinea pig to be mistreated. And an animal in the shelter dies because that guinea pig loving lap has been taken up.

But so you bought a petstore pig, not knowing, and you can't adopt another pig. For whatever reason you can't volunteer at the local shelter or rescue. If you're feeling guilty about the homeless animal population, there is something you can do.

If you sponsor a guinea pig at your local shelter or rescue, you will be saving a life. Petfinder has these buttons on the profiles of animals within participating organizations: Click on this button to learn more information about their Sponsor-a-Pet program, or go to: http://www.petfinder.com/foundation/sponsorapet.html .

A n o t h e r s u g g e s t i o n is to donate the amount of the adoption fee to a rescue directly. An average adoption fee of $40 covers such a small portion of the care for an animal, so feel fr33 to pledge more! Whatever you can donate will be of great help and use. There is a link to area shelters on the sidebar.

This is not to say that it's okay to buy petstore animals so long as you make a donation--rather, it's just a practical way to reduce any guilt or worries about the high euthanasia rates of homeless animals across the country.