The Cozy Cavy Guinea Pig Rescue

08/20/2024

Clover’s babies will be ready to go to their forever homes in approximately 2 weeks!

08/20/2024

These mamas will all be looking for their forever homes after their babies are born and weaned!

08/20/2024

Someone is a very naughty girl 😂

Bun bun is off to Rabbit Angels Rabbit Rescue, but not before destroying my favorite foldable playpen. Such is life with rabbits!

08/20/2024

You have seen this sweet mama a few times now and I wanted to officially introduce her!
This is Clover 🍀
On August 14th, I sorted through numerous totes and bins of over 100 piggies brought in by animal control. I came across a very weak, very tiny litter of newborns, one baby limp on his side. They were in with VERY pregnant mamas who couldn’t possibly be their moms, as they were expecting babies of their own any day.
I needed to find a mom for these little ones FAST.
I placed the 5 tiny babies in a basket and moved them from enclosure to enclosure, hoping a mama would step up to claim them. Finally, Clover hopped into the basket with them, licked them clean and started nursing them. If she wasn’t their mama before, she was now.
I put them all in their own enclosure together and she had babies up and popcorning within an hour. She’s done an incredible job and I’m eternally grateful for her service. I couldn’t have done it without you, my sweet lucky four leaf Clover 🌟

08/20/2024

You have helped us raise $7,225 so far for these precious angels and I cannot thank you enough. You made this possible. You have taken over 100 guinea pigs from free roaming a filthy, putrid trailer, without food or water, amongst cats, dogs, rabbits and more, fighting for their lives, trying to deliver babies and keep them alive, forced to stay constantly pregnant and starving, and brought them to a safe haven where they can sleep soundly, fill their tummies with all the goodies they want, and are loved beyond measure. ♥️
I hope you all feel amazing about yourselves today because you should! You are making the world such a brighter place 🌟

08/20/2024

Luisa and Isabela live with Mirabel and are both on pregnancy watch!

Unfortunately all of the females had been exposed to males until they came to us on August 15th, so we will recheck ultrasound at a later date.

08/20/2024

We are still working on names for every girl at the rescue right now, but this is Rainbow 🌈💜

08/20/2024

Mirabel is from our recent animal hoarding intake and she is expecting 2 HUGE baby beans any day!

Mirabel lives with her two “sisters” Isabela and Luisa, who are both on pregnancy watch.

08/19/2024

Cupcake is going in for surgery this Thursday! We have 3 days to raise $700 for her. Anything helps!

UPDATE: Cupcake has ovarian cysts and a uterine tumor, in addition to arthritis, urine scald on her tummy and stage 1 pododermatitis. She is starting daily pain meds and will be going in for a life saving spay as soon as possible.
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Got this cutie pie to the vet this morning before our massive intake tomorrow and now taking myself to the human doctor because I cannot deal 😵‍💫

Would you believe I accidentally told my husband I’m making a vet appointment for myself today? 😂

Please send well wishes for Miss Cupcake! I’ll let you know what we find out ♥️

08/19/2024

So far, we have had 31 of the 67 intakes from Animal Control seen by our vet. We have spent over $1,800 since Wednesday for vet visits and supplies. We will spend another $462 at the vet tomorrow and another $600-$700 the next day.

As I watch our account dwindle and prepare for 200+ new babies to be born in the next 10 weeks, I can’t help but fear this could be the end of The Cozy Cavy.

I hate that someone else’s pure negligence has caused me to feel this way, but it’s hard to remain optimistic during a time like this.

If you can spare even a dollar, I promise we will put it to good use. This rescue has been a dream come true for me and I’m not ready to say goodbye to it, but these last 5 days have been so extremely difficult.

08/19/2024

I am so sorry to have to do this but we will not be scheduling any boarding reservations for the rest of the year due to the large intake from Animal Control last week. We are expecting up to 45 litters of babies in the next 10 weeks and will need to utilize every bit of space we can. Thank you so much for understanding!

08/19/2024

My husband, daughter and I were at the rescue early Saturday morning, unboxing donations, organizing and cleaning, still needing breakfast, and we opened this snack box. I asked my husband right away if it was from Nikki Moody, and he said yup! Nikki and Tim, this is just so incredibly thoughtful, to not only help the piggies but help us, too. We all took a snack break and have the box in the rescue for all our volunteers to enjoy. I cannot thank you enough for thinking of us ♥️

08/18/2024

We have a visitor this week! Sweet baby was dumped outside and will be staying with us until she can go to Rabbit Angels Rabbit Rescue 🩵

Special thank you to Brenda Sayles who came out in the rain and did all of the work trapping and catching this quick little one while I stood idly by watching in awe and amazement pretending to be helpful 😂

08/17/2024

Me: I don’t need another guinea pig!
Also me:

08/17/2024

All of these babies are vet-checked and looking for their forever homes!

08/16/2024

Dennis… ohh, Dennis…
This little man brutally attacked and injured his potential cage mate within 20 seconds of their introduction so he will be coming back to us, as well. We recommend housing this boy alone for another 8 months or so until he is fully matured into adulthood and passed the hormone rises and falls of piggy puberty. He may just be a piggy who needs his own space, but that will be up to his adopters.
Dennis The Menace, it is.

08/16/2024

Unfortunately Hotchner will be heading back to the rescue. His senior cage mate sadly passed away and he’s very lonely. This shy boy depended greatly on his cage mate for confidence and his owners do not want to get another piggy at this time. We will be getting him checked out by our vet and hopefully sending him to a new home with a sweet brother for him to follow around soon ♥️

08/15/2024

Our friends at Bairds Nest Exotic & Farm Sanctuary have their hands FULL with very pregnant mamas trying to nurse newborns who aren’t even theirs. This intake was such a mess, genders mixed together, no way to know whose babies are whose, everyone is pregnant, it’s awful. Please follow their page and send them supplies if you’re able to - shipping address 3804 E Bay City Forestville rd Minden city mi 48456
They are in need of hay and baby guinea pig pellets!

08/15/2024

UPDATE: Our vet is an absolute rockstar and was able to work her magic to get these little loves all checked out for $300, so we have met our fundraising goal for this group! Everyone looked good, no major issues to treat at this time, and they will be posted for adoption soon ☺️

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5 baby boys and 9 baby girls are at the vet today! The total for all exams today will be $924 - anything you can donate helps tremendously! There are still 50+ piggies needing check-ups.

08/15/2024

**Regarding Fosters**

At this time, we are looking for foster homes local to the greater Lansing area of Michigan.

Foster homes are responsible for giving their piggies a temporary, safe and lovinghome and taking them to vet appointments in Holt, Michigan. Reliable transportation and willingness to follow our care instructions for our piggies is a MUST!

After all piggies are vet-checked, we may be open to additional foster homes without the “local” requirement. I will keep you all updated on this!

Right now, we are just taking it one day at a time on the road to getting everyone happy, healthy and adopted. 🙂

08/15/2024

We are BIG fans of the tropical fiddlesticks hideout 😄 Going to have to get some more tomorrow!

08/15/2024

Unfortunately almost every baby girl we took in today has a round, hard abdomen. We have 50-60 babies expecting babies of their own. Animal Control’s final count was 158 guinea pigs, and there will be well over 300 once everyone delivers over the next 10 weeks. These poor babies have been through so much but it all turns around now. I’m with them for the long haul ♥️

08/15/2024

Twenty sweet, pregnant piggies are settling into their cozy, loving foster homes tonight 💕

08/14/2024

24 beat up, neglected boys headed to The Pipsqueakery for some MUCH needed TLC ♥️

08/14/2024

Now that everyone is settled I’m just observing and separating the problem children. We have a mama with her newborn babies in one of our regular Midwest cages, five (approximately) 2 week old males who I have gone ahead and separated into their own penthouse, and the rest are baby girls and very pregnant mamas.

08/14/2024

Everyone is doing very well! Eating, drinking, popcorning and snoozing! Thank you so much for everyone who made this possible, including our fosters, volunteers, transporters, donors, animal control, Bairds Nest Exotic & Farm Sanctuary and The Pipsqueakery ♥️

08/14/2024

For your viewing pleasure ♥️

08/14/2024

I wanted to let you all know that I am alive and we are handling this pretty beautifully thanks to our amazing village ♥️

Photo backstory: I started calling this sweet mama Clover! We had a litter of newborns, one baby limp on its side, and no way of knowing who or where mama was. I put the babies in a little basket and moved them from cage to cage until one of the girls started nursing and caring for them. Clover was the one to take on the job. They are now in their own enclosure and babies are popcorning around and gaining weight. She is our lucky Clover 🍀

08/14/2024

It was a ton of work but I think we are actually going to pull this off! Actually, I don’t think. I know, because that’s what we do ☺️

More than 100 guinea pigs will be arriving tomorrow morning at The Cozy Cavy!

08/13/2024

🚨EMERGENCY INTAKE UPDATE ‼️

I spoke with Animal Control and several babies have been born since we talked Sunday, making the total count 136 guinea pigs so far. They are sending 30 males to a local pet store they work with, and bringing the remaining 106 to me tomorrow morning. We will be sending 20 males to The Pipsqueakery thanks to our amazing transport volunteer, leaving us with 86 mamas and babies.

Getting all of these piggies vet checked will cost us around $5,676. I truly hate begging you all for money, but I’m going to have to do exactly that. PLEASE for the love of all that is holy or whatever you believe in, send funds. We need massive amounts of bedding, hay, and pellets in addition to the cost of vet visits.

This is going to be crazy 🆘

If you can foster, please let me know!

Fosters must live within one hour of Holt, Michigan, have reliable transportation and be able to provide cages, bedding, and supplies.