Showing posts with label adopt VA shelter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label adopt VA shelter. Show all posts

Saturday, August 23, 2008

VA-Fairfax County Animal Services-Two pigs

Fairfax County Animal Services; Fairfax, VA: Haley and Sweetheart!

Haley (on the left) is a one year old, three month black and white female guinea pig.

Sweetheart is a four year old CRESTED male guinea pig. Guinea pigs live from 5-7 years on average, and anywhere from 9+ years and up! The oldest lived to 12.




helpful links: Where to Begin? General Care Guide & Quality Hay and Pellets in bulk & Pampering your Pig & Cheaper, Better Cages & Bedding & Essential Guinea Supplies & Proper Diet & Cavy Savvy Vets & "What's Normal? What's Not?" & Guinea Pigs need a friend! Social Interaction & Boy or Girl? & "What is Rescuing and Adopting?" & Social Cause Marketing & Guinea Pigs in PA/NY/NJ/WV

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

VA-Fairfax County Animal Services-Two males

Fairfax County Animal Services; Fairfax, VA: Shadow and LISTING REMOVED Reese!

Shadow is on the left. He is a beautiful one year old male tricolor guinea pig. His fur looks so soft!

Reese is on the right. Oh, that crest just begs to be kissed. His age is unknown. The average age of a guinea pig is 5-7 years, 9+.

UPDATE: a new photo of Shadow--what a gorgeous boy!



helpful links: Where to Begin? General Care Guide & Quality Hay and Pellets in bulk & Pampering your Pig & Cheaper, Better Cages & Bedding & Essential Guinea Supplies & Proper Diet & Cavy Savvy Vets & "What's Normal? What's Not?" & Guinea Pigs need a friend! Social Interaction & Boy or Girl? & "What is Rescuing and Adopting?" & Social Cause Marketing & Guinea Pigs in PA/NY/NJ/WV

Saturday, August 16, 2008

VA-Virginia Beach SPCA-six Pigs

Virginia Beach SPCA; Virginia Beach, VA (Map): Mimzy, Gabby, Snowy, Cloud, Julius, Leo, Cinnamon, Fudge, Marshmellow, and Abby LISTING REMOVED Bear and LR Alex!

*NEW* Mimzy is a ten month old girl with short brown and white fur. She was born in the shelter. She has experience with cats, dogs, and kids. Vocal, "very sweet and friendly."

*NEW* Gabby is a two year old girl who is learning on how to be a happy guinea pig at the shelter. She wants to be adopted with a guinea girlfriend from the shelter! She has smooth white fur, some experience with dogs, and experience with children.

*NEW* Snowy is a three week old male guinea pig-just a baby! He wants to be adopted with one of his guy friends so he has company. Guinea pigs always need a friend. He has short white fur, some experience with dogs, and experience with children.

*NEW* Cloud is a three week old male guinea pig hoping to be adopted with a friend-how about Snowy? He has short white fur too, some experience with dogs, and experience with children.

*NEW* Julius is a six week old male guinea pig, very "sweet and friendly" who was born in the shelter. Vocal. He has short brown and red fur, a white nose, and experience with dogs, cats, and kids!

*NEW* Leo is a six week old male guinea pig who is also very "sweet and friendly." He was born in the shelter too! He has the same markings, short brown and red fur with a white nose. His experience with cats, dogs, and children is not listed.

Cinnamon is a one year old brown and white male guinea pig who has experience with dogs and children above the age of ten. Speaking of, he was surrendered to the shelter because his family's children lost interest in him. Parents really need to prepare to be primary care-giver for a pet, and anticipate being sole care-giver should the child lose interest. Otherwise the animal will suffer.



Fudge is a 9 month old male with short brown/tan fur.




Marshmellow is a 7 week old male with smooth white fur. "Marshmellow was surrendered to the vbspca because his family did not want him. He is friendly and likes to be held." It sounds like he comes from the same litter as Alex; he also has experience with children.



Abby is a 7 week old male with smooth white fur. He has the same bio and experience with children as Alex and Marshmellow.


LISTING REMOVED Bear is a one year old chubby female guinea pig with short black fur. She is well socialized to people but does not have experience with other animals.


LR Alex is a 7 week old male with smooth black and white fur and small amounts of brown. "Alex was surrendered to the vbspca because his family did not want him. He is friendly and likes to be held." He has experience with children.


* AAGP recommends quarantining any new guinea pigs
for 2-3 weeks and confirming the sex yourself.
Many sad accidents or "accidents" can be avoided this way. *

helpful links: Where to Begin? General Care Guide & Quality Hay and Pellets in bulk & Pampering your Pig & Cheaper, Better Cages & Bedding & Essential Guinea Supplies & Proper Diet & Cavy Savvy Vets & "What's Normal? What's Not?" & Guinea Pigs need a friend! Social Interaction & Boy or Girl? & "What is Rescuing and Adopting?" & Social Cause Marketing & Guinea Pigs in PA/NY/NJ/WV

VA-Animal Welfare League of Alexandria-two gorgeous sisters, M/F singles

Animal Welfare League of Alexandria, VA: Patches, Pattern, Jessica and Janet, George, Jeanie and Ron Howard!

* NEW * Patches is a gorgeous one year old crested male guinea pig. He's actually an American pig, not an abby, but who cares, he wins one of my FAVORITE PIG AWARDs!



* NEW * Pattern is a beautiful, sweet looking guinea boy, one year old as well. He is an American agouti who just looks ready to love someone!

Jessica and Janet are adorable baby sister girls! Look at these two. They are waiting for someone to pick them up and love on em.




George is a one year old crested male guinea pig!


Jeanie is a gorgeous two year old dark eyed white female.


LISTING REMOVED: Ron Howard is a one year old guinea pig male. It's bring your own joke to blog day!



* AAGP recommends quarantining any new guinea pigs
for 2-3 weeks and confirming the sex yourself.
Many sad accidents or "accidents" can be avoided this way. *

helpful links: Where to Begin? General Care Guide & Quality Hay and Pellets in bulk & Pampering your Pig & Cheaper, Better Cages & Bedding & Essential Guinea Supplies & Proper Diet & Cavy Savvy Vets & "What's Normal? What's Not?" & Guinea Pigs need a friend! Social Interaction & Boy or Girl? & "What is Rescuing and Adopting?" & Social Cause Marketing & Guinea Pigs in PA/NY/NJ/WV

VA-Humane Society of Fairfax County-1 y.o. female

Humane Society of Fairfax County; Fairfax, VA: Peanut!

Peanut is a one year old female. Her picture on the shelter website will probably be updated before I get to it here, so please check the link. This is a great shelter!

ETA: picture:




helpful links: Where to Begin? General Care Guide & Quality Hay and Pellets in bulk & Pampering your Pig & Cheaper, Better Cages & Bedding & Essential Guinea Supplies & Proper Diet & Cavy Savvy Vets & "What's Normal? What's Not?" & Guinea Pigs need a friend! Social Interaction & Boy or Girl? & "What is Rescuing and Adopting?" & Social Cause Marketing & Guinea Pigs in PA/NY/NJ/WV

Friday, July 4, 2008

VA-The Humane Society for Cambell County, Inc.-young boar

The Humane Society for Cambell County, Inc., VA: Sparky!

Sparky has Egyptian eyes! Here's the deal. If Sparky hasn't been treated with Ivermectin, I couldn't quite tell from his bio, he, like all pigs, could benefit from a dose. He sounds like he needs his annual treatment. His bio says that he just recovered from mange which came on because of stress...frwup. His beautiful coat would do well with a four week treatment. I don't know how much I trust his bio without knowing more about his background. I am constantly paranoid about guinea pig bios though. Just look at his cute face though! He certainly needs some TLC.


Wednesday, June 11, 2008

VA-Humane Society of Cambell County-two young guinea pigs in foster care

Humane Society of Cambell County; Rustburg, VA: Eddie Murphy and LISTING REMOVED Gizmo! They're both in foster care.

Eddie Murphy is a very friendly six month old male (not altered):


Gizmo is a very friendly six month old female (not spayed):



* AAGP recommends quarantining any new guinea pigs
for 2-3 weeks and confirming the sex yourself.
Many sad accidents or "accidents" can be avoided this way. *

helpful links: Where to Begin? General Care Guide & 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?" & Social Life & Boy or Girl? & "What is Rescuing and Adopting?" & Social Cause Marketing & Guinea Pigs in PA/NY/NJ/WV .

Sunday, December 9, 2007

MD/DC/VA-Eight boys *still* in need of homes

An Officially Sanctioned BLAST FROM THE PAST!

Here are eight guinea boys who have particularly won my heart, and are still available for adoption even after months of being in a shelter or rescue looking all adorable. Click on their picture to go to their original listing.









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?" & "What is Rescuing and Adopting?" & Guinea Pigs in PA/NY/NJ/WV

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

VA-Friends of Homeless Animals

On the other adoptaguineapig I featured rabbits, by accident, so I figure I'll just go all the way:

Adopt Noah the Katrina Survivor!
In in effort to help place some of the dogs who have waiting far too long to find their forever homes, FOHA has started campaigning for our long-term residents. Our current featured dog is Noah, a Hurricane Katrina survivor.
Poor Noah has had a tough life... he lost his home and family when the hurricane struck, but a group of caring volunteers found him in the water, and took him to safety. Noah was driven all the way from Louisiana to FOHA's shelter in the hope that he could eventually be reunited with his family. When they couldn't be found, Noah was put up for adoption.
It is hard to believe that this sweet boy is still waiting to be adopted. He is a friendly, snuggly, playful boy whose whole body wiggles when he sees someone coming over to pet him. He loves people of all ages, and gets along well with most dogs after a proper introduction.
Our goal is to have Noah adopted into a loving home in time for the holidays. If you are looking for a faithful companion who will always be there for you, please consider this handsome boy. He will thank you every day with wet doggie kisses, a wagging tail, and those big, grateful eyes.
To adopt Noah, please call our adoption line at 703-385-0224 or email doginfo@foha.org.
If you would like to help Noah, but can't adopt him at this time, please spread the word about this great dog. Noah's campaign poster can be downloaded <HERE>.
To view Noah's website, click <HERE>.