08/06/2025
Even on days when you are sick, rescue work doesn’t stop. 😞
Today we collected 6 guinea pigs that had been abandoned.
Left behind when renters left their rental property.
Left to run wild on the property.
Left for someone else to catch and contact a rescue organisation.
Abobdonement is illegal and punishable by the law. 🚫
How can people do this?
There are two females and four males.
We believe the adult female could be pregnant as all six guinea pigs were roaming together.
Two of the piggies, one male and one female are very young.
One male is in such bad condition we are unsure if he will pull through.
He has the worst matts we’ve seen and is infested with mites. The scabs on his back, legs and sides from where he has been scratching are terrible and he must be going crazy with pain as the blood oozes from his wounds.
He is very underweight and his eyes a little sunken.
We have trimmed off all of the matts, have placed him in an individual enclosure with warm, fresh hay, good food and fresh water.
He will need to be fed a diet rich in fresh foods and green grass in order to increase his weight.
We will treat him with mite and lice spray tomorrow once he settles.
He will need to be monitored very closely. 😞😢
One of the other boys has a mild case of mites and has been treated with mite and lice spray.
Thankfully the others seem in reasonable health, they have been separated with 3 males together, the two females together and the unwell male on his own.
How people could abandon these tiny, innocent guinea pigs is beyond us.
Small animals really are the most neglected and abused animals.
We thank the kind new tenants who caught these little ones and brought them to our attention.
We will keep you posted on their progress.
If you have any spare greens for these piggies, we would love to hear from you 🌱
