Cheshire Guinea Pig Rescue

Cheshire Guinea Pig Rescue Guinea Pig Rescue & Sanctuary covering Cheshire, North Wales & Merseyside. We offer rehoming, adoptions, bonding, grooming & holiday boarding.
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Our adoption Policy 2023:

1: Rehoming

If you live in a rented property please check with your landlord you can have Guinea Pigs in your home. We rehome Guinea Pigs to SMOKE FREE homes. However we allow both indoor and outdoor homes. Guinea pigs make wonderful family pets however we recommend any interaction with children younger than 8 is supervised. Homes with young children are encouraged to

apply. We ourselves have 5 young children so our piggies are well used to seeing/being handled by young children. We will only rehome single Guinea Pigs to live with an existing companion to ensure they don't get lonely unless this is in the pigs best interest. So be prepared to adopt a pair. Adoption donation of ยฃ30 per Guinea Pig is compulsory. We match our Guinea Pigs with your circumstances - A set up check will be carried out via a date proofed photo. All our guinea pigs are re-homed on the basis that they are not to be used for breeding.We cannot guarantee the age of sows, so it is important sows are not bred from. Birth problems can occur in sows that have not had a litter before the age of 12 months. Most of our rescue guinea pigs boars and sows have already had a difficult time and just want a peaceful loving home free from extra stress. All Adoptions are considered on an individual basis.

2: Existing pets:
Think carefully how your exisiting pets will accept new family members, this mainly refers to Dogs and cats. Dogs are a huge part of a family, and some breeds can instinctively be interested in rodents !! So its worth taking into consideration how your beloved pooch will welcome Guinea Pigs into your home. We have added this reminder to our policy as sadly Guinea Pigs were recently returned due to a pet dog becoming very stressed and not leaving them alone. We recommend all owners never leave their Guinea Pigs unsupervised around other animals and use a fully enclosed run in their garden.

3. Health

A full health check and mite check is carried out when every the guinea pig is admitted to the rescue. However, we cannot guarantee this and therefore we recommend a preventative 3 monthly dose of ivermectin. Bonding: Owners who have experience of guinea pig care have the choice to carry out this out themselves at home and before introducing a guinea pig to an existing Guinea Pig.The wellbeing of a depressed guinea pig is paramount and the benefits of exclusion have to be weighed up. Guinea pigs can be placed near to one another so at least they can share conversation and smells. This is occasionally done with neutered boars.

4: Hutches/Cages

Outdoor / winter definition :
Hutch outside during summer months, moving to a Garage / Shed from October to March - with lighting during the winter months. Area not used for car storage. Indoor definition : Inside your home / conservatory. Outdoor/Winter:
Minimum requirements
Secure garden with run available/fox proof mesh
Garage/Shed - with lighting and heat as required. Area not used for car storage

5ft x 2ft length hutch - minimum for 2 Guinea Pigs, this size gives plenty of room for toys and tunnels. A double hutch is a great choice for a trio of Guinea Pigs
Outdoor secure covered run minimum 5ft x 2ft
Waterproof and windproof cover. We recommend the Chartwell 5ft hutch double or single, its very well made and meets the requirement
5ft x 3ft run

Indoor: Minimum requirements for 2/3 Guinea Pigs. A minimum 140cm length Guinea Pig cage. 160cm is preferred and will make your piggies happier. C & C grid set up - 4 grid x 2 grid minimum (loft space optional)

5: Diet
Adoptees agree to ensure the guinea pig is fed fresh meadow hay, a varied fresh low calcium diet and dried nuggets with added vitamin C . The rescue advises a low calcium diet to help avoid bladder problems. Science selective grain free nugget or burgess excell are our prefered products. Good examples are:
Burgess excell / Mr Johnsons Guinea Pig Advanced / Science selective and Science selective grain free / Harringtons
Hay and fresh water MUST be available at all times.

18/11/2024

I (Eleanor) finished cleaning out my whole personal pig shed (all 20 pigs ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ) in a record 3 hours! ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿ’ช how long does it take you to clean out your cages/sheds?

So the back room/office is now painted and ready to move in! And the pens are getting doors fitted ๐Ÿ™‚ and only 1 injury, ...
16/11/2024

So the back room/office is now painted and ready to move in! And the pens are getting doors fitted ๐Ÿ™‚ and only 1 injury, which wasnโ€™t even DIY related (Eleanor messed up cutting a cucumber with a Stanley knife ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ)

Foster Friday! Weโ€™d love to see photos of who you have in foster care (piggie or not, weโ€™re not fussy) ๐Ÿ˜‚ letโ€™s get some ...
15/11/2024

Foster Friday! Weโ€™d love to see photos of who you have in foster care (piggie or not, weโ€™re not fussy) ๐Ÿ˜‚ letโ€™s get some appreciation and give some attention to all our foster animals & carers ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅณ Photo: Odin loving life with his foster carer ๐Ÿ˜

Thank you ReciproCity Wirral for delivering the large stack of cheap wood we bought for building - otherwise my Kia Pica...
14/11/2024

Thank you ReciproCity Wirral for delivering the large stack of cheap wood we bought for building - otherwise my Kia Picanto would have had to do about 3 bits at a time in 30+ trips ๐Ÿคฃ

Parkgate Pony Sanctuary rescued a donkey & 10 chickens today ๐Ÿ‘ 1 chicken had 2 small chicks that would have walked right...
13/11/2024

Parkgate Pony Sanctuary rescued a donkey & 10 chickens today ๐Ÿ‘ 1 chicken had 2 small chicks that would have walked right out of the chicken coop ๐Ÿ˜‚ so they are currently living in our old guinea pig block hutch until they are bigger (heat pad included of course) ๐Ÿฅฐ

Our new set up should be up & running really soon! ๐Ÿคž

Another lovely pair of boys looking for a home ๐Ÿฅฐ
12/11/2024

Another lovely pair of boys looking for a home ๐Ÿฅฐ

Sorry Iโ€™m behind on messages everyone! Come down with an awful cold ๐Ÿซ  Iโ€™ll answer them as soon as I can! Pig cuddles mak...
12/11/2024

Sorry Iโ€™m behind on messages everyone! Come down with an awful cold ๐Ÿซ  Iโ€™ll answer them as soon as I can! Pig cuddles make everything better ๐Ÿฅฐ

We are so proud to be given this amazing award. The team at Cheshire Guinea Pig Rescue work so hard they deserve it. Wel...
11/11/2024

We are so proud to be given this amazing award. The team at Cheshire Guinea Pig Rescue work so hard they deserve it. Well done team CGPR!

UK CHARITY OF THE YEAR NON PROFIT Cheshire Guinea Pig Rescue congratulations ๐Ÿ’œ

We were awarded โ€˜Highly Commendedโ€™ in the โ€˜Animal Charity Non-Profit Of The Yearโ€™ category of the Animal Star Awards ๐Ÿฅณ C...
09/11/2024

We were awarded โ€˜Highly Commendedโ€™ in the โ€˜Animal Charity Non-Profit Of The Yearโ€™ category of the Animal Star Awards ๐Ÿฅณ Congratulations to Munch by Margo who won the award for her work in distributing excess animal food to charities in need!

Madeline (now Banshee - because of her vocals ๐Ÿ˜‚) having the deepest snooze ๐ŸฅฐWe love getting updates from previous reside...
08/11/2024

Madeline (now Banshee - because of her vocals ๐Ÿ˜‚) having the deepest snooze ๐Ÿฅฐ
We love getting updates from previous residents, no matter how long ago they were adopted ๐Ÿ˜Š

08/11/2024

Are you a Northern Region finalist share this to your profile or page letโ€™s get this party started ๐Ÿ’œ

Lovely pair of young boars available for adoption๐Ÿฅฐ Yohan & Yoshi (both 1.5 years old).
06/11/2024

Lovely pair of young boars available for adoption๐Ÿฅฐ Yohan & Yoshi (both 1.5 years old).

Casper & Odin in their retirement foster home ๐Ÿฅฐ
06/11/2024

Casper & Odin in their retirement foster home ๐Ÿฅฐ

Getting there! Nearly finished painting what will become the office. And beams put in to start building the pen space fo...
06/11/2024

Getting there! Nearly finished painting what will become the office. And beams put in to start building the pen space for boars ๐Ÿฅฐ thank you for all your hard work & help Bart ๐Ÿ’ช

Any donations you could give to help with the cost of materials would be greatly appreciated! ๐Ÿ’™
Account holder: Veronica Holmes
Account number: 04980395
Sort code: 08-71-99

Whitney and new friend Jullika ๐Ÿฅฐ
04/11/2024

Whitney and new friend Jullika ๐Ÿฅฐ

Wanda (now Alma) in her new home with new friend Indie ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿ˜‚
01/11/2024

Wanda (now Alma) in her new home with new friend Indie ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿ˜‚

Address

Parkgate Pony Sanctuary, Highfield Stables, Davenport Road
Heswall

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 12pm - 7pm
Sunday 1pm - 5pm

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