The Potteries Guinea Pig Rescue

15/12/2024

A massive thank you to all who shopped and donated to the Dunelm Newcastle under Lyme | Community Support Tree Appeal - we have lots of goodies to share out amongst the team and the guinea pigs in their care over the festive season 🎄♥️

13/12/2024

Meet Blake- one of our current pigs, who is enjoying Christmas in his foster home while he is waiting for his neutering post-op period to finish!
Blake is part of our boar neutering programme and will be looking for a sow companion next year.
Our rescue is run by the manager and members of the team providing foster care for the pigs in need, in their own houses until they can be rehomed.
This means the pigs that come to us get to experience 1:1 attention to build their confidence and can get used to the day-to-day life of all the sights and sounds of a typical household.
This helps them get adapt to this, and means we have a great indication of the personality of every pig that we put up for adoption, which helps us find the perfect match 💜

We hope everyone is doing okay and as always we are grateful for all the support we receive 💜

07/12/2024

Although we are closed over Christmas for admissions, this week we took in Dora as an emergency. Dora is 6.5 years old and has now happily settled in with the herd of one of our foster team, where she will stay for the rest of her days 💜

06/12/2024

To brighten your evening ❤️
The amazing Mildred age 6 companion to George.
Mildred arrived bereaved and I have adopted her to live with George,after losing our dear Heidi last month.
She has recovered from a urine infection and is loving life.
Welcome Mildred xx

06/12/2024

05/12/2024

Storm Darragh wreaked havoc in Kidsgrove tonight. A tornado ripped through woodland by my home - the rescue base - and how the roof stayed on our rescue garage I will never know.
The lovely woodland opposite my home has been destroyed but thank fully no one hurt and trees missed our property and garage, well I hope so,we can see more in the light tomorrow. !
Noise was terrifying and it’s left a total mess 😢
All piggies are accounted for !!

Updated photos

04/12/2024

We believe pets are part of the family, so when they leave us, it can be as painful as losing a person. 💔

Whether it happens naturally, suddenly or through theft, as part of our , we're calling for employers to extend their bereavement leave to include the death of a much-loved pet.

Write to your MP and get them to sign up to our manifesto asks here 👉 https://bit.ly/3YnRoX9

03/12/2024

*CHRISTMAS PHOTO COMPETITION TIME!*

It’s that time of year where the air is crisp, tinsel and lights are out and snow is falling … which means it’s almost Christmas!
To celebrate we are hosting are usual photo competition. There is no cost to enter- it is all just a bit of fun and gives us chance to see everyone’s piggies!

The winner will be our profile picture for Christmas.
Rules:
🎄To enter, just post a photo of your guinea pigs enjoying the lead up to Christmas in the comments. Share as many photos as you like!
🎄 Other animals can be posted too- we’d love to see them! However, they will just not be included in the competition
🎄Please like, react and comment to your favourite photos in the comments
🎄 The photo with the most likes/ reacts wins- if there is a draw our team will decide
🎄The winner will be selected on the 20th December and will be our profile picture for over Christmas!
🎄 Please note that welfare is paramount- please ensure all props/ hats can be easily wriggled out of/ shook off and that no piggies are put in distress during the photos.

(Photo below features Steve the agouti- one of the previous rescue piggies adopted by one of our foster team)

That’s all folks!

01/12/2024

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18/11/2024

Cuteness alert !!!
Bobby arrived in the rescue 2 weeks ago.
He had been neutered by another vets prior to coming into the rescue and was found to have an abscess. Our vets have given his wound a flush and he’s on antibiotics. He’s doing really well and is the sweetest little boar, he’s 3 but quite small.
Scrotal Infections can occasionally happen following surgery and if caught early are easily treated.
Our vets are now starting to offer the abdominal approach for boar neutering and we find boars have a quicker recovery with less risk of infection. Our vets are preparing info to share on our web site.
Bobby will be available for sow dating in the new year ❤️

17/11/2024

Thank you to everyone who came yesterday and shared our festive occasion ❤️
Since our fair supporters have added to our total
We now made over £1000 !!

17/11/2024

Boris and Gus are ready to celebrate the festive season 🎄

These gorgeous boys are ready for adoption, details are available on our website 😀

16/11/2024

Coat left at the fair today
Contact us if it’s yours.

16/11/2024

A special mention for Stephen A Turner alias Santa Paws who travels with his wife Sue to our event every year from their home near Dudley.
I met Stephen through “ The Guinea Pig Forum” and he has always been a great supporter.
Stephen kindly sponsors our fairs ( to cover hall rental ) so that rescues can attend our events for FREE so all money they raise is for them on the day.
This is unique to our event’s and we are truly grateful for Stephen making this happen ☃️❤️

16/11/2024

Just wanted to thank you everyone who exhibited at and visited our event today, it was our 14th year !!!
It was such a fab day full of festive cheer and we all agreed our busiest yet. Thank you David Williams MP and team for supporting our event and our lovely local police officer Scott for visiting with one of your fab police dogs.
To all the rescues who came along I hope you all raised the funds and networked with other rescues it’s such a privilege to know you all.
David Shemilt Sue and Ruth - yet again,the cafe was amazing ###x
To all my team thank you for coming today and making it easy for me as I’m recovering from my knee replacement 🏆

16/11/2024

We are all set up and ready for our animal charity Christmas Fair 🎄- we hope you can join us for a fun packed day - door's open at 10am ❤️