The Excellent Adventure Sanctuary (for guinea pigs with extra needs)

The Excellent Adventure Sanctuary (for guinea pigs with extra needs) A specialist sanctuary supporting guinea pigs with extra needs - primarily dental. Registered Charity Debbie Postles - Director. Emma-Jane Hartley - Director.

Andrew Hartley - Trustee. Catherine Wholey - Trustee. Emma Gordon - Trustee. Jennifer Cox - Trustee. Steve Turner - Trustee/Charity Treasurer. The Excellent Adventure Sanctuary enables guinea pigs who have ongoing medical issues to live a normal, happy life, whilst they receive the veterinary care they need. The Sanctuary specialises in the management of dental issues and the results achieved have

been amazing! All veterinary treatment is carried out by Simon and Kim Maddock of the Cat and Rabbit Care Clinic, Northampton. However, to enable this service to be offered to even more piggies with extra needs, funds need to be raised. Places at the Sanctuary can be offered on a short term, long term or permanent basis and the programme of supportive care is individually tailored to each piggy's needs.

There are MANY ways to help us through our fundraising:Vinted https://www.vinted.co.uk/member/239033913-excellentadventu...
15/01/2025

There are MANY ways to help us through our fundraising:

Vinted
https://www.vinted.co.uk/member/239033913-excellentadventure

EBay
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/teas2011

Easy Fundraising- sign up and choose TEAS and then get shopping!
https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk

We also have our Facebook fundraising pages:
The Excellent Adventure Sanctuary (TEAS) Fundraising Selling Page
And
The Excellent Adventure Sanctuary Fundraising Auction

Please join / follow / sign up and this will help support us as well as those all important donations. ❤️

We finished 2024 with another large vet bill! Huge thanks to everyone who has supported our charity in any way! It is im...
14/01/2025

We finished 2024 with another large vet bill!

Huge thanks to everyone who has supported our charity in any way! It is important that we keep funds coming in, if we are to continue helping ‘extra special’ guinea pigs, with ongoing health issues!

If all our supporters donated just £1 per month (£12 per year), we would never need to worry about large bills again! 😊

You can donate by bank transfer of PayPal. The details are as follows:

Here are our bank details

Account name: The Excellent Adventure Sanctuary

Account no: 38420688

Sort code: 09 01 28

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Or PayPal is [email protected]

Carrot? What carrot?! 🥕 Cutie Pie is a picture of innocence! 🩷
11/01/2025

Carrot? What carrot?! 🥕
Cutie Pie is a picture of innocence!
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Rosie needs your healing thoughts again . You may remember that Rosie had an eye removed last August, after her injured ...
10/01/2025

Rosie needs your healing thoughts again .

You may remember that Rosie had an eye removed last August, after her injured eye failed to improve, despite extensive treatment.

Well Rosie has now injured her other eye! She had an appointment with auntie Kim, this morning, and now has strong eyedrops (Exocin), Remend eye drops, Zithromax and Loxicom. She’s booked in for a recheck on Monday!

Rosie has remained bright and lively! ❤️

Apologies for late posting, but it’s been crazily busy here! Another lovely gift via The Guinea Pig Secret Santa Project...
08/01/2025

Apologies for late posting, but it’s been crazily busy here!

Another lovely gift via The Guinea Pig Secret Santa Project, has been received and Monkey is enjoying checking it out! ❤️

Huge thanks Secret Santa!

04/01/2025

It happened! It’s finally happened!

After going for a sleepover, at The Cat and Rabbit Care Clinic, with all the lovely, kind people, I’ve finally got, not one, but two GIRLFRIENDS!

They’re just like me! EXTRA SPECIAL! ❤️💙❤️

Love Rudy
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01/01/2025

Happy New Year! There is a 2025 Clearing Out Sale going on over at The Excellent Adventure Sanctuary (TEAS) Fundraising Selling Page - please pay a visit and have a browse. All money from sales goes to TEAS and there’s some lovely items for sale for animals and people! 🤩

25/12/2024

Wishing you all a very merry Christmas!

13 years since the formation of TEAS and so many piggy lives saved, thanks to the support and generosity of our awesome followers and our amazing vets at The Cat and Rabbit Care Clinic!

We hope you all have a lovely day! ❤️

17/12/2024

Introducing Stitch! Once again a devastated owner has had to make the difficult decision, to surrender their guinea pig to us, to enable him to get the treatment he needs. His previous caregiver tried desperately, but despite getting him treatment from other vets, the dentals he received made no difference and he could still not eat and was getting worse!

When Simon saw him last Wednesday his mouth was very ulcerated with teeth growing into the soft tissue! After a GA dental he felt better but his mouth needed to heal. At last he’s able to drink from the water bottle (something he hasn’t been able to do for a long time) and is able to eat softened nuggets from a bowl. He’s even trying to eat veggies! Simon will see him tomorrow, for a recheck!

When I set up TEAS in 2011, someone asked me where I saw TEAS in 5 years! My reply was ‘hopefully not needed’. I really thought that many more vets would become interested and perfect the treatment of guinea pig dental disease, but 13 years later, we are needed more than ever! 😢

Seeing Stitch drinking from the water bottle, when I got up this morning, brought tears to my eyes. Such a basic thing, but a massive leap forward, towards Stitch’s recovery!

Blurry Rusty only just pausing for breath! Love these three together! 🩷  🩷  🩵
15/12/2024

Blurry Rusty only just pausing for breath! Love these three together!
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26/11/2024

Flora (piggy in tunnel) came to TEAS after losing a lot of weight. Despite being checked thoroughly by her vet, the weight loss had remained unexplained. We quickly got her seen by our vet, Simon, who checked her teeth and found them to be perfect, but he did notice her kidneys felt rather small and firm and he couldn’t feel any ovaries! Flora clearly has some hiding away, as she has previously had a pregnancy, that had ended in miscarriage! It was around this time that the weight loss started!

After settling in, I attempted to bond Flora with another sow! However, Flora appeared to be scared of her, despite the other girl wanting to be her friend!

Around this time lethal white boy, Rudy, fell out with his cagemate, Wee Bear! So, Rudy was booked in for neutering and I decided to try a bond with Flora and Wee Bear (who was already neutered).

It was love at first sight! Married life clearly suits Flora, who is now steadily gaining weight!

It also won’t be too long now before Rudy can have a lady friend too!

❤️ Flora ❤️ and 💙 Wee Bear 💙

25/11/2024

Monkey and Leander are such lovely boys! Leander is a daredevil, who has no fear whatsoever and Monkey is the calming influence. Occasionally they’ll clash and Leander tries to challenge Monkey for top spot, but it never escalates and within minutes they’re cuddled up together! 💙💙

🎄Christmas has come early!🎄Cloud says thank you Secret Santa, from The Guinea Pig Secret Santa Project, for the nuggets ...
24/11/2024

🎄Christmas has come early!🎄

Cloud says thank you Secret Santa, from The Guinea Pig Secret Santa Project, for the nuggets and hay! ❤️

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20 Fleetwind Drive
Northampton
NN40ST

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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  • Debbie Postles - Director/Trustee

  • Emma Hartley - Director/Trustee

  • Andrew Hartley - Trustee

  • Jennifer Cox - Trustee