Auckland Cavy Care

31/12/2025

🎉 Happy New Year from Auckland Cavy Care! 🎉

So sorry it’s been a bit quiet on our page — things have been very busy behind the scenes!

Here’s a quick recap of what we achieved together in 2025:

🐹 269 animals came into our care
🏡 191 animals found their forever homes
💚 107 animals are still currently with us
✂️ 172 animals were desexed
📍 188 animals were microchipped

We truly couldn’t have done any of this without your incredible support — from donations and shares to kind words and encouragement. A huge thank you also goes out to our amazing volunteers who’ve been helping at base more often these past few weeks while we juggle our non-rescue jobs.

Here’s to another year of saving little lives together! 💕

29/12/2025

🗞️ Calling All Newspaper Heroes! 🐹✨

Auckland Cavy Care is on the hunt for newspapers — our guinea pigs and rabbits use them in their litter trays every single day! If you’ve got a pile sitting around, we’d love to give it a second life helping our rescue animals stay clean and comfy.

📍 Drop-offs welcome in Glen Eden or Mount Roskill
💌 Send us a message to arrange a time

Every stack makes a difference — thank you for helping us keep little paws happy! ❤️🐾

23/12/2025

Grateful for Timely Support

A heartfelt thank you to Friends of Animal Charities for their generous $500 donation, and to The Pup and Sourcer for their kind $100 contribution.

These donations arrived at a critical time, just as we were alerted to a property with 38 rabbits in urgent need of help. Sadly, 9 of the rabbits had to be humanely euthanised due to severe health issues. We are continuing to work through the remaining rabbits, ensuring each one receives the care and attention they deserve.

At this time of year, we usually try to lighten our load and give our regular foster homes a well-earned break. However, with the 40 guinea pigs from Wellington and now these 38 rabbits, a rest isn’t on the cards! We are still very keen to welcome more foster homes over the Christmas break, especially for guinea pigs needing a safe, quiet space to recover and prepare for adoption.

Please note that responses to emails may be slower than usual at the moment, as the focus is on caring for the animals alongside other work commitments. Thank you for your patience and understanding during this busy period.

Auckland Cavy Care relies entirely on donations to continue providing food, medical care, and safe shelter for rescued guinea pigs and rabbits. Every contribution, no matter the size, helps make this work possible.

Thank you for standing with us and supporting the animals who need it most.

Auckland Cavy Care Rescue
38-9014-0787909-00

21/12/2025

Update on the dumped baby bunnies 🐰

The little ones are safe, warm, and doing much better after their rough start. They were found near an off-leash dog park — a heartbreaking and dangerous place for such tiny babies to be left. Thankfully, they were rescued in time and are now eating on their own and gaining strength.

We’ve already received a couple of kind offers for foster homes (thank you so much 💕). These will be followed up on Tuesday when there’s time to go through everything properly. We do have buns that are already in the rescue who would also love foster homes!

They're currently hanging out in one of Matakana Hutch & Coop amazing hutches - it's great for the short term at around 90cm x 200cm but of course these two won't be little babies forever! As they grow they'll need more and more space.

It’s truly upsetting to think someone could abandon them like this, but the care and compassion shown by the community remind us there’s still so much good out there. Thank you to everyone who’s reached out, shared, and supported these little ones.

20/12/2025

🚨 Urgent Foster Appeal – Two Dumped Baby Rabbits 🚨

We’re all stretched thin with space, time, and funds — but we’d always rather have animals safely handed to us than spend hours chasing or trapping them.

The Christmas period is always heartbreaking, with so many animals being dumped or abandoned. It’s the same story for all rescues, across all species — every group is overwhelmed and doing their best to help as many as possible.

We don’t usually take rabbits anymore, BUT two baby buns were dumped at a local park — right beside an off-leash dog area. We couldn’t ignore them, especially being so close to home.

They’re now safe, but we urgently need a foster home.
If you can offer a warm, secure indoor space and daily care, please reach out. Everything helps — even short-term fostering while we find a longer-term option.

💬 Message us if you can help these little ones stay safe this holiday season.

It's that time of year that all rescues are dealing with a massive influx of dumped animals, why? In all honesty we never understand it but around Christmas time thousands of animals are dumped because people want to go on holiday, they don't want to pay for a animal sitter, cattery, kennels the list goes on. They also don't want to contact rescues to ask for help.

But did you know... Rescues would rather a call then to spend countless hours trying to trap and catch your dumped animals. It's hours that NONE of us have. A simple phone call or message doesn't waste precious limited hours that we all have. A simple phone call doesn't cost us endless resources and a simple phone call doesn't stress out your animals because when they are dumped they go into panic mode and it makes our jobs as rescues 1000x harder.

Please ensure you reach out if you need help. We have a rescue directory book on hand so we can also help refer you to rescues in your area that cater to the animal you need help with.

09/12/2025

🐹 A Kind Reminder: Adoption Applications Closed Until 10 January 🎄

Auckland Cavy Care is now closed for new adoption applications until 10 January.

Guinea pigs are not Christmas presents — they’re lifelong companions who deserve thoughtful, prepared homes. 💕

This closure does not include families who have recently lost a guinea pig and now have a lonely one needing a friend. We will still adopt out to existing homes in these situations to ensure no piggy is left without companionship.

We would still love new foster homes during this period so each guinea can get that extra love and care over the holidays. 🏡💖

Thank you for understanding and supporting responsible rescue adoptions. Our current residents will be enjoying extra care and cuddles this festive season. ✨

08/12/2025

🎄✨ Fundraiser Alert! ✨🎄

We’re so lucky to have incredibly generous and talented people come together to support our rescue this Christmas! 💛

One of our wonderful supporters commissioned a talented friend to make these beautiful bespoke hand-painted ceramic baubles, then generously donated them to us to help raise funds for our guinea pigs. 🐹🎨

Each bauble is unique, lovingly detailed, and features an adorable guinea pig image — the perfect festive touch for your tree while helping us continue our rescue and care work. They’re each around 4cm in size, making them a sweet and subtle addition to any Christmas tree.

One of the baubles even has a little quirk — the eye colour didn’t quite stick during firing, so it looks like it’s missing an eye… we think it just adds to its charm and character! 💕

🎁 $25 each
📍 Pickup preferred from us in Auckland, but we can post and will confirm postage costs per order.
🛒 Each bauble is numbered so we can update as they sell — available now on our website shop: https://www.aucklandcavycare.org.nz/shop/product/901918/handmade--hand-painted-ceramic-guinea-pig-christmas-bauble/

Every bauble sold helps us care for and rehome guinea pigs in need this Christmas. 💕

08/12/2025

🐹💚 Adopt, Don’t Shop — Meet 3 of our lovely girls! 💚🐹

Three beautiful guinea pig girls have captured our hearts at Auckland Cavy Care — and they’re hoping to capture yours, too!

💖 Miss Greeblee — A special little lady with permanent leg misalignment. She gets around beautifully and doesn’t let it slow her down, but she’ll need a caring home that understands her unique needs. Greeblee is affectionate, resilient, and full of charm.

🌸 Gracie — This sweet girl has already found her forever home! We’re so happy for her and her new family. 💕

🐹 Marmite — A gorgeous, gentle girl still waiting for her perfect match. She’s curious, calm, and loves her veggies. Marmite would thrive in a loving home where she can enjoy plenty of space and companionship.

Every adoption helps open space for more rescues in need. All our guinea pigs are desexed, healthy, and ready to bring joy to their new families.

📍 Based in Mount Roskill Auckland
📩 Message us to learn more about adopting or fostering

05/12/2025

🌿 Huge thanks to The Bunny Bach! 🌿

The fantastic team at Bunny Bach has just donated more hay for the buns and guineas at Auckland Cavy Care — and with the recent Wellington 40 intake, our hay consumption has definitely skyrocketed!

Their hay is absolutely fantastic, offered at great prices, and they do an amazing job supporting rabbit and guinea pig rescues across New Zealand. We’re so grateful for their ongoing generosity and care for our little ones.

Supporting Bunny Bach helps them continue to support rescues like ours — it’s a wonderful way to give back while keeping pets happy and healthy.

If you haven’t already, please check them out and support the amazing work they do! 💚🐰🐹

01/12/2025

Giving Tuesday Announcement

Today is Giving Tuesday, and we’re thrilled to share some wonderful news! Thanks to the incredible generosity of the SPCA Community Desex Grant, we’re now able to give back to our amazing guinea pig and rabbit community.

This grant will help support owners in desexing their guinea pigs and rabbits, allowing pets to enjoy the many health benefits that come with it — while also helping to reduce the number of unwanted litters born each year. We’re so grateful to SPCA for making this possible and for their ongoing commitment to animal welfare across Aotearoa.

This opportunity is for owned community animals, not those currently in Auckland Cavy Care’s rescue. To continue helping the guinea pigs and rabbits under our care, we still rely on community support — especially as we prepare the Wellington 40 for adoption next year.

More updates about the community desexing programme will be shared over the next few days, so keep an eye on our page for details.

Donations, shares, and encouragement make all the difference. Thank you — and a huge thank you again to SPCA — for helping care for and protect these little lives. 💚

29/11/2025

Eighteen Guinea Pigs Desexed This Week! 🐹💙

Our amazing vets have been hard at work — 18 male guinea pigs were desexed this week! That’s around $2,500 in vet costs alone.

Next week, we’ll be doing a mix of males and females, continuing our mission to ensure every guinea pig in our care is healthy, happy, and ready for adoption.

Our For Adoption page has also been updated!
www.aucklandcavycare.org.nz/guinea-pigs-for-adoption
We now have several desexed female guinea pigs who have fully healed from their surgeries and are ready to find their forever homes. Each of these lovely girls has been cared for by our dedicated foster network and is now healthy, happy, and waiting to meet their perfect match.

We’re still looking for foster homes for guinea pigs — indoors and within the Auckland region. Fostering helps provide safe, loving spaces while they recover and wait for their forever homes.

A reminder that adoptions will pause from 10 December to 10 January, as we don’t believe animals should be seen as Christmas presents. Fostering remains open during this time, and foster families are welcome to adopt their fosters afterwards if it’s the right fit. All foster homes receive a full setup to get started.

The boys desexed this week will be ready for adoption after the 10th of January 2026, once we resume adoptions following our holiday pause. We always wait three weeks post-neuter before rehoming males, to ensure they can safely go to homes with either male or female guinea pigs.

Every surgery, every foster home, and every act of support helps Auckland Cavy Care continue this vital work. Donations are always appreciated to help cover ongoing vet costs and supplies.

Auckland Cavy Care Bank Account:
Auckland Cavy Care Rescue
38-9014-0787909-00

Thank you for supporting rescue guinea pigs in New Zealand. 💚

26/11/2025

Update on Our 40 New Arrivals

All 40 guinea pigs have now settled into rescue life here at home base!

Many arrived with wounds from fighting, and several had severe mite infestations—like Saturn, who came to us with painful injuries. After just one week of clean bedding, proper food, medication, and gentle care, we’re already seeing amazing progress.

We’ve begun desexing the males, but with this many, it’ll take a few weeks and cost around $5,000. This is the biggest single intake we’ve ever had, and we’re so grateful for everyone who’s helped us get this far.

As Giving Tuesday (December 2nd) approaches, there are lots of ways you can make a difference:

🌿 Donate good-quality hay and pellets
🥬 Drop off fresh greens (they go through a mountain every day!)
💚 Contribute to our bank account at AUCKLAND CAVY CARE RESCUE #38-9014-0787909-00
🌏 International supporters can give via our Givealittle page
🗓️ Grab one of our beautiful calendars from our online shop
🏡 Become a foster volunteer—fostering helps us care for more guinea pigs and gives them extra love while they heal
📣 Share this post to help spread the word

Thank you for standing with us and helping these 40 little lives start fresh.