Pet rescues occasionally take in animals who are diagnosed with permanent, often terminal, illnesses that make the pets unadoptable. Because Guinea Pigs R Us is a "no-kill" rescue and believe strongly in providing quality medical care to all animals, we have developed a Sanctuary Pets program where pets such as these will lead a happy life in foster care while being treated for their conditions, although they will not be available for adoption.
Our Sanctuary Pets are still dependant on rescue funds to help maintain their quality of lives. You can help one of our Sanctuary Pets today through our Sponsor a Pet initiative! By sponsoring a pet in the rescue, you are guaranteed that your donation goes directly to the care needed by the animal you have specified. You will receive a certificate to honour your sponsorship of the pet. The certificate includes a small description of how they came to the rescue, why they need sponsoring, and a photo of them on the certificate.
To learn more about sponsoring a pet, please see details on our Donations page here.
George
Size: Small
Age: Young
Gender: Male
George is a wonderful little fellow who was rescued from a shelter where he was dropped off as a "stray". George came to us with a small ulcer in his eye accompanied by discharge, as well as being severely impacted. George was very uncomfortable and underweight due to these issues and probable poor diet at his previous home.
George is currently undergoing treatment for the infection that caused his eye issues, but is almost completely over his impaction issues. Impaction is an issue that is mainly caused by poor diet in younger guinea pigs - i.e. lack of quality grass hay/fibre. Now that George is on a healthy diet including Oxbow timothy hay, Oxbow timothy pellets, and fresh veggies, he's back on track to being a normal little guy.
George would do very well in a home with other guinea pigs. He has shown a lot of friendly interest in the guinea pigs in his foster home, and appears to be rather submissive with other piggies. He is also extremely good with people, although like most guinea pigs does not like to be picked up.
Unfortunately George hasn't made any noises yet since being saved from the shelter. We're not sure why this is, but hope that he will find his voice soon. He is very curious and will follow his foster mom around the room when he's out and about, and watches her very closely from his cage.
