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As a private rescue we rely on the generosity of people to help us with  our costs.
 
To keep a healthy Guinea Pig in good food, hay and veg costs around £8 per week. In comparison a Guinea Pig that is unwell say due to mite infestation can take up to a month sometimes longer to eradicate, treatment for severe mites requires 3 injections by a vet, approximate cost £60 , this cost just for one Piggy.
 
Some of the Guineas Pigs that come into our care, will remain at the rescue for the rest of their lives, this could be due to a health problem that will require long term management or that the piggy is too old and frail  to cope with yet another new home.
 
For £5 per month you could help us with the high veterinary costs and general welfare needs of our resident piggies,. We have around 40 piggies to care for at any one time. This would make an ideal present for a child or adult who is unable to have pets of their own, knowing that they are helping a piggy who desperately needs it, makes the sponsorship all the more special.
 
Please see below some of our residents who will remain at the rescue, who would love to know that they have been chosen to be loved by you,if only, as a virtual reality pet. With your permission we would feature your name at the side of the piggy you have chosen to sponser for the month or longer. With Grateful Thanks.

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Hi, I have been renamed Mr Softee as I am such a friendly old lad. I settled into the Rescue really quickly and though I missed my old family for a few days I still managed to eat and wheek cheek at the other piggies here.I now have another piggy for companionship but boy, what a grump, still I enjoy the teasing it allows me to do. Really we get on very well but we need to make our presence felt .Please feel free to Sponser me and I promise to share with my buddy. Many Thanks.

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1.Hiliary Reilly.08/06/12.
 
2.Chrissie Slade. 10/09/12.
 
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Hello, I am Ollie,I am 3 years old. I have not been here very long but am enjoying my life as an escape artist here. I am very good at it even if I do say so myself. so far I have managed four wee adventures. It is funny to see the human scratching her head and thinking up new ways to keep me in. Thinks she has done it this time but watch this space. I have no lower incisors so need my teeth trimming every 10 days and all my food cut up into nice strips or batons.I am still a bit thin but gaining weight steadily. I had to leave my partner as he bullied me, that was when I decided to endanger life and limb to escape then it was just fun zooming around the shed floor and hiding from my new mum. Please sponsor me as I need extra feeds to become a truly rounded piggy. Thank you.
 
 

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Hi, I am Tufty, I am a little over 6 years old and have been returned to the Rescue as my owner was ill and could no longer give me the attention I was used to. It is felt as I am an oap it would be unfair to rehome me yet again. I will spend my Autumn years here in company with other piggies. I hope you will feel able to sponsor me, It would be awful to be the only piggy without a Sponsor! Thankyou.

 

Sadly Tufty has gone to Raibow Bridge. R.I.P Old Man.

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Hi,Haggis here. We are just over  3 years old, best of pals and very chunky boys, with Spice a whopping 3lb 14oz and I am not a lot less! Spice has problems with his 'private parts'and needs to be kept very clean. We both also have a chronic eye problem a sort of semi permanent conjuctivitis, so we need eye washes a couple of times a day.We are very happy here and just love our food.I hope you think we are handsome enough to Sponsor.

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1.In loving memory of Harry Haggis and Toffo. 30/09/12.**
 
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Megan and Molly here. We have just recently come back to Thistle Cavies after living with a family for nearly 5 years, Sadly circumstances changed and we came back to live here permanently. We are happy healthy girls in the Autumn of our lives and looking forward to the lazy days ahead with plenty of treats as befits the older piggy. Thank you for reading this and I hope you will sponsor us.

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1.Jane , Mia and Pixie.20/06/12.
 
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Hi We are Teasle and Tansy, I will tell you about us as Teasle is very shy. We are a threesome (with Bubbles below) we arrived at the Rescue just days ago because though our old mum loved us she was unable to keep us. Teasle has a broken leg and it may need to be amputated, hopefully it can be saved but it is a case of wait and see for the moment.I am quite a fiesty girl and like adventure and become very cross when I cannot do new things all the time. We are only 3-4 months old and I have lots of energy unlike Bubbles and of course Teasle cannot run around, she is kept seperate from us but we are still together and can speak and touch.I am trying to be a good girl and not bully Bubbles too much as I would like to stay here, she is very patient but slow! Thank you.

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Hi, I am Bubbles, friends with  Teasle andTansy above, we have lived together for quite a few months now but there are stirrings in the air and Tansy may need to be paired up with another piggy or it might be me!!! if things don't settle, She is a fiesty wee thing. I am a healthy girl, love cuddles, little tiddybit treats and hay, lots of it. One day I may be rehomed but not yet as I am very gentle with Teasle. Please sponsor me so I can stay and keep Teasle company
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Hi we are Oscar and Sebastion, we are middle aged piggies and were up for adoption but no one wanted us as we both have impaction problems.. We have settled in well at the Rescue and enjoy life, we cannot be seperated at all as we are such good friends. Even if it is only for a minute we cry for one another which leads to noisy baths and nail clippings.Our new mnum decided to take us off the rehoming page as we are that bit older and so set in our ways and the routine of the rescue that she felt it unfair for us to be moved on. I hope you will consider us worthy of Sponsorship. Thank you

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1.Andrew Pearson. 12/12/12*
 
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Brodie too has gone to Rainbow Bridge. I cannot believe that it all happened so sudden, no warnings, just gone. He was so brave throughout his illness. Sleep well wee man, Ziggy misses you a lot as do we.
 
 
Ziggy is now living with a couple of other piggies who have accepted her no bother. She was very unsure to start with as she had been so bullied by her original cage mates.How lovely to see her pootling about the cage with more than one piggy. All she could do before Brodie was introduced to her was sit completely still to avoid the nips of her previous 12 cage mates. Her weight is now stable at more than double that of when she arrived

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..Hi,I am Shasta, I am sniffing the Daisy I am named after. I am going to be here for  quite a while as I am very inbred, have missing toes because of this and just  don't 'do' very well. I may also have heart problems and will be going somewhere they call the vets to have me looked at and x rayed?! Not really sure what that means but I am happy here and have plenty of company and good food. I like lots of treats so please can you Sponsor me. Mum says she will keep you updated on my health.Looking forward to all those treats coming my way....Thanks folks

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