Please consider supporting the rescue during this time. With emergency rescues like this and a surrender waitlist growing daily, any amount helps. While this story has a happy ending, there are so many piggies in need of help and we can’t do that without your support! Medical treatment and vet wellness checks for this group alone is over $300. We try to not ask often and post for help, but like with all rescues this is an incredibly challenging time for us. We want to give a huge thank you to all of our supporters, fosters, and adopters. We couldn’t do it without you!!
Today we wanted to share this adorable video for #ogprmunchingmonday Sanctuary senior Juno, who is seven years old, receives liquid vitamin C supplement daily as a precaution after she briefly lost the use of her back legs a few months ago. Her buddy Millie (from the Macon rescue) learned how yummy it tastes so she gets to join in and have a little as well. Her little tongue is too cute! We hope everyone is having a great start to the week!
Today for #ogprMunchingMonday we want to show a quick update of the park dump piggies, Ellie and Filly, and their new friend Dumpling! They’ll be on pregnancy watch for the next 60 days. All three are doing well and love veggie time. 🥰
We hope everyone is having a great week so far! As a reminder our fundraiser auction ends tomorrow! Krate&Kage generously set up a fleece liner and accessory set auction where the entire winning bidding amount will be donated to the rescue! Cupcake, one of our newer intakes, loves to play in her Krate&Kage fleece corner 🥰 We will be posting her story soon.
Please consider placing a bid to support the rescue and a small business all while getting something fun to use for your piggies!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/155120521395
Today for #ogprMunchingMonday, baby Jinx has some exciting news to share from inside her Krate & Kage cuddle sack! Krate & Kage are generously offering an online auction on Ebay of a 2x4 C&C cage fleece liner and seven piece accessory set to raise funds for the rescue! OGPR will receive the full amount of the winning bid.
Krate & Kage has been a longtime supporter of rescues and we have used their products for years with our rescue piggies and can attest to their durability and quality! We are so thankful to have their support and are excited to share this auction.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/155120521395?hash=item241de750b3:g:49gAAOSwYT1i-WN4
The complete list of items in a retro ladybug pattern featured in this auction are:
One 2X4 C&C Fleece Cage Liner
One Corner Hidey Hammock
One Fleece Piggy Tunnel
One Cuddle Sack
Two 10" Potty Pads
Two 6" Bottle Pads
The auction will end on 8/25 at 2:20pm and the items will be shipped to the winning bidder for free!
This is a great way to support the rescue while at the same time receiving some high quality fleece items for your piggies and supporting a small business who has always supported rescues!
Baby Bean
Today for #ogprMunchingMonday we would like to share the story of baby Bean! Bean was part of a surprise litter of four from a female guinea pig we took in from our first trip to help with the large group surrender in Macon. When we picked up his mom, Tamale, she had just given birth the night before to two babies, or so we were told….
It turns out that she must have given birth a few days earlier and was impregnated immediately after which can happen with guinea pigs. Tamale’s foster was very surprised about three weeks ago when Tamale gave birth to a litter of four! One pup was a runt and much smaller than the others and weighed only 52 grams! Normally guinea pig babies will have weights that range from 60-100 grams. Baby Bean (named by his foster) appeared to be nursing and was moving around well so his foster kept an eye on him for 24 hours to monitor his weight. He also was separated three times the first day to nurse from his mom uninterrupted to see if this could help him maintain his weight.
Unfortunately he lost weight and went down to 47 grams within 48 hours of being born so we made the decision to give him supplemental feeding. This can be very dangerous with babies because they are very small and any time you syringe feed a guinea pig, there is the risk they aspirate and inhale the liquid which can block their airway and even cause death. We used Wombaroo guinea pig milk replacement to syringe feed him. To help prevent the possibility of aspiration we attach a catheter tip to the syringe so it has a narrower opening, which prevents large amounts of liquid from coming out of the syringe at once. Instead of inserting the syringe into Bean’s mouth, we pushed a drop to the tip of the syringe and then would place this on his lips so he could still get the milk without directly squirting it into his mouth. This can be a very slow and difficult process so we were excited when baby Bean enjoyed the milk replacement and wanted to drink it! Another techn
Some of the finished cages and happy piggies
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