The Cozy Cavy Guinea Pig Rescue

12/28/2024

Barney and Marshall met their forever family today and get to go home after their vet visit the first week of January ☺️ Congratulations sweet boys!

12/27/2024

What is your favorite setup for housing guinea pigs?

Here’s mine!

Bedding: Fleece cage liner - Made with fleece on both sides and an absorbent layer in the center. The fleece wicks away moisture to the center, providing a barrier between the urine and your guineas sensitive feet. Fleece liners are washable and reusable, making them the most cost efficient and environmentally friendly way to house your guinea pigs. Use a potty pad in frequently soiled corners and under water water bottles to increase absorbency. I use a shop vac daily to clean up hay, hair and debris and wash once or twice per week with a free and clear detergent.

Hay: Kitchen area - Small plastic tote with paper bedding topped with a big pile of fresh hay. This keeps messy hay off of your fleece and allows you to get more time between fleece washes, as guinea pigs p**p and p*e A LOT while they eat. Simply dump out soiled hay and bedding and refill as needed. The frequency in which hay bins require changing will depend on your individual guinea pigs preferences and habits.

Bottle: Glass - Glass bottles are dishwasher safe and tend to leak less than plastic bottles

Multiple hides and enrichment: Giving your guinea pig multiple hides and things to do will keep them happy, healthy and active.

Share a photo of your piggies setup below!

12/27/2024

Boarding is officially OPEN! Here is one of my favorite little boarders, S’mores (formerly Piglet) who is here with her mom and sister for the week 🥰

12/27/2024

Peanut Butter and Papaya wanted to say “Hello!” to all of their adoring fans! 💖

The page has been a bit quiet lately. I have been taking some time to myself, spending time with family and staying off of my phone. It’s been really good for me and I feel so refreshed and ready for the new year!

In fact, here is a list of people whose negative and ignorant words I will be impacted by in 2025:

1. Absolutely No One

I hope you’re all having an absolutely amazing Holiday Season ❄️

12/27/2024

Mars is still here with us 💝 After having a hard day last Saturday, we added in a second medication for pain and she’s moving around more. We change her potty pad daily in her corner hide where she likes to sit, she gets a daily foot soak and SSD cream applied, extra vitamins and supplements, and she’s maintaining her weight of about 830 grams. She’s a high maintenance little girl but I am happy to maintain her for as long possible.

12/27/2024

We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!

While not every piggy found their forever home for Christmas, every piggy was sufficiently spoiled with new toys and treats thanks to your donations!

Theo LOVES his new Oxbow cupcake! Thank you everyone for making this an extra special holiday season for our rescue piggies!

12/21/2024

Mars is unfortunately not doing well… Her abdomen is extremely firm and she seems very uncomfortable. She’s doing a lot of standing around in the same place and starting to get bumblefoot. I don’t think she’s happy anymore…

I will be calling the vet Monday to have her seen for a quality of life check, and we are preparing to say goodbye.

For those who don’t know, Mars came to us in October and she is unfortunately full of cancer. We have been trying our best to keep her comfortable and happy with medication for pain management but I believe her time is near.

I will update you all on our sweet Marsy girl as soon as possible ♥️

12/21/2024

Happy Saturday! It was a great day at the rescue! We had two adoptions (congratulations Jackie, Muffin and Moe) and lots of volunteers stopped by to bring gifts, help out and visit ♥️

Today reminded me that I am surrounded by the most amazing people who truly care about me and appreciate my work rescuing piggies.

Please enjoy these adorable photos I snapped before leaving for the day!

12/21/2024

I wanted to share with you all how exceptionally well Papaya is doing! She is so active and happy and full of life! She got to spend lots of time out of her enclosure today. I have never had a piggy show me so much love ♥️

12/19/2024

12/19/2024

If you run a rescue, or any business for that matter, just know there will always be criticism from ignorant people who think they can do it better, typing away from the safety of their homes, protected by a screen and thousands of miles away who want to hurt your feelings to feel better about themselves. Their words have no value, but your work does. Your work matters and so do you!

Honestly, anyone who thinks this job is so simple and easy is welcome to start a rescue!

Seriously.
Do it.
We need help.
Please.
I’ll donate to you.

12/19/2024

Rosscommon County Animal Control finally got a release on the last three piggies from the hoarding case. They have been at animal control since August because the owner refused to sign off on them. After the court case, they can now be transferred to us. Can’t wait to meet them!

Photo of Winnie, a girl from the hoarding case we have had since August 💝

12/19/2024

Walking into the store like

“I worry what you just heard was ‘give me a lot of green bell peppers.’

What I said was…”

12/18/2024

My favorite rescue advice is from people who have never worked with a rescue or owned guinea pigs 🙃

I am taking a break from responding after some very off the wall messages came through tonight but will return soon.

Tinsel says please be nice to rescue workers

Or better yet just be nice to everyone ♥️

12/18/2024

Peanut Butter ♥️

12/18/2024

We are super close to 15k followers! 🎉

So hit that “invite” button and invite your friends, your coworkers, your bowling league, your grandpa and anyone else you can think of to follow our page! 😄

Huey and Dewey say more followers = more donations = more treats!

12/18/2024

Hello, my name is Papaya and I run the show around here

12/18/2024

We are on track to reopen boarding services after these beautiful fluffy lovebugs move to their permanent foster home next week ♥️

Message or email to schedule your piggies boarding stay in 2025!