The Cavy Connection Guinea Pig Rescue and Adoption Home
The Cavy Connection
Guinea Pig Rescue and Adoption Home
and
The Bunny Hop Rabbit Adoption and Rescue
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I am back after recovering from Katrina, breast cancer, & chemotherapy. I was not sure if I would be opening my shelter again, but after a really sad situation, I had no choice. I hope you see a piggie that you like and would want to make your own. All of my piggies are rescues and have had some type of trauma in their young lives. Only serious adoptees should apply. My rescues are not available for breeding. I require and adoption application and contract, and an adoption fee does apply.
The Cavy Connection is a Non-Profit Shelter and adoption fees/donations are to help cover expenses.
I have also now started with "The Bunny Hop" I am able to take in a few rescues of rabbits, and have some that are available for adoption!
*** UPDATE****
Due to health reasons I will be closing my rescue after all the current animals have been adopted.
Who We Are
My interest in having an rescue and adoption home came after I had gotten my first female guinea pig. Cinnamon became pregnant a few months after I got her so I needed more information about guinea pigs and thats when I found all the helpful groups on the internet. When it came time for cinnamon to deliver..there were complications and she and the babies did not make it. Losing her was a difficult time for me...and I knew I could never replace her, but I did want another Guinea Pig. I still had my male Sammy but he was one that did not like to be handled. I searched the web and met some friends online and we talked about the rescues...I knew then that I found my calling...I started putting out flyers the next day and the day after my flyers went out I was contacted from an animal shelter. 2 Guinea pigs had been dropped off and thats when my rescue efforts began.
I am a non profit organization...I do this for the love of guinea pigs.
I run a no kill shelter.
Donations are welcome and very much appreciated.
Adopting a friend
Guinea Pigs Plea
BEFORE YOU BUY ME
by Carolyn Mullin
Stop and think about this lifelong decision being made for me.
Where will you be looking for me?
Are you going to the rescue shelters first and trying to give those of us who have no home a happy home with you?
Are you looking for notices of guinea pigs that are available for adoption?
I have no idea why people think they need to breed us to the point where we are overpopulating this earth.
I am NOT a commodity.
I don't belong in some little pen in a petstore mixed with the opposite sex where I can act out my natural sexual instinct and then I'm either pregnant at a very young age, or I have pregnanted some wonderful sow who may not survive her pregnancy because she's too young to have babies.
She's still a baby herself!
I'm telling you the truth of the situation with the hope that the next time you look into my eyes, you won't do something to me that you may regret later.
I don't have to have babies to be happy.
I don't have to have sex to be content.
I enjoy the company of my human companions and same sex companions as well.
When you spay or neuter a cavy pal of the opposite sex, I am then able to have a life long partner!
What type of habitat are you able to give to me?
Don't put me in a cage that has wire under my feet.
I will eventually get "bumblefoot" and I don't want that.
I would like to have something comfortable, attractive, and roomy.
You live in a place that is appealing and roomy for yourself?
Will you remember that I grow up and need a larger habitat just like you did when it was time for you to come out of your crib?
Is the habitat manageable for you so I won't live in a trash pen?
Responsible stewardship of a companion animal involves providing proper housing, nutrition, grooming and veterinary care.
The more knowledgeable you are, the better you are able to provide for me.
What are your expectations in bedding?
When you choose a bedding for me, you should consider: health risks, cost, odor control, required amount, lasting quality and my preferences.
I hate splinters, slivers, dust, bacteria, yeasts, and molds...no pungent aromatic oils!
I make all the pungent odors on my own and you'll need to keep those under control.
You will want what makes the perfect highly absorbent bedding, especially for me and my cavy companions because we may have
sensitive skin and sometimes we get respiratory problems!
Who will be my cavy caretaker(s)?
Are they really ready for all that is involved in giving me the best life possible as my potential cavy caretaker?
Are you willing to spend the time it takes to help cavy caretakers who may be young children.
Many of my cavy pals have been dropped and hurt by children without supervision and it's not the children's fault when the parent isn't doing their job!
Did you know that I don't like being left in classrooms in schools ALONE night after night or on the weekends.
I also don't like having leftover lunch food dropped into my cage by these kids in your classroom.
How would you like it if someone put you in a see through cage and you were stared at, poked at, experimented with as a group of children decided if I am an appropriate classroom pet.
I'm me, without all the fancy paperwork and genetically created names that don't mean a hill of guinea pig pellets to me or you.
I hope I'm not some birthday gift which is thrown into a toy chest when you get tired of me.
I also don't appreciate being bought as an Easter present and then being discarded after a child has decided that she/he doesn't want me anymore.
What kind of food will you will you provide for me?
I'm not eating out of anything with the words "Dog" or "Cat" on it.
I'm an herbivore, do you know what that means?
I don't eat table scraps.
I have a required diet.
This means that I don't eat chocolate!
I don't eat rhubarb and there's quite a few of those house plants that I won't be nibbling on, they could kill me.
Do you have a health maintenance plan for me?
Do you know the signs of illness so that you aren't suddenly in shock if I am laying on my side and gasping for breath.... that means that I am dying... you don't really want to wait until it's too late!
I hide my illness for some reason and so this means that you have to be aware of me at all times.
Check me out!
Do you have a good cavy vet pre-selected for me?
He or she doesn't have to be "cute" because that's my department.
But he or she must be well experienced in the proper treatment and care and medical and herbal knowledge of my needs and know what to do when I'm sick or have some nasty disease.
I need to be seen by this wonderful veterinarian at least 2 times a year for a complete physical exam.
Do you have credible cavy books and have read them so that you know the basics?
This shouldn't be done after I'm in your home.
This should be done before you and I become life partners!
You'll need to be sure that you are well-read about me before you decide that I am the most adorable critter you have ever seen and that you "just have to get me!"
I want SMART cavycaretakers!
I also want to see that you are having fun chatting/ communicating with other cavy caretakers so that you are learning more and sharing with
others about me.
I don't need to be displayed at shows just so you can earn ribbons.
I don't need that stress in getting ready for a cavy show! I need to be displayed in your heart only.
So ... what will you do when I pee on you?
When I'm not so "cute" anymore?
When you decide that you want a bigger "pet" to play with?
What about when you go off to college?
What if you get married and your wife hates guinea pigs?
What if you have to move into a place that doesn't allow pets?
The people who make these laws do so for a reason.
I need a lot room, I need fresh air, a run in the grass, and unconditional love and a family who is able, willing and ready to make me a vital part of their life.
Don't hide me in a closet just so you can keep me in a place where I don't belong.
Would you hide your own human children in the same way?
So.... if you can't do all of this, please put me down and and thank yourself for rethinking one of the most important decisions of my life and yours!
Author: Carolyn Mullin
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Unauthorized reproduction is strictly prohibited. The above
information is intended for educational purposes only, consult a veterinarian for professional information. The author of this inspired literature assumes no responsibility of the misuse of this information. Any references made to organizations are not meant to demean the organization and the author accepts no responsibility in the misinterpretation made by people of these
organizations.
** Copied with permission from Carolyn Mullin
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The Cavy Connection Guinea Pig Rescue and Adoption Home
Metairie LA 70006
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Phone: 504-889-0902
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