Maya and Pickles ADOPTED

Again, I am woefully behind in the blog, as I spend more time on Facebook..but wanted to let everyone know that Maya and Pickles got adopted last night. Right now, our only young, available guinea pig is Noodles, but he is a chronic biter and I'm afraid he may end up staying with us permanently.

200 Guinea Pigs!

We have officially reached 200 guinea pigs in almost 9 years with the arrival of Pickles two days ago. I will have pictures of him soon!

I also went through our adoptions and saw that we adopted out 38 guinea pigs in 2011 and took in 42. We lost a dozen in 2011 to old age or severe illness. Right now we have 21 here in our home, and we look forward to helping find great homes for many more guinea pigs in the years to come!

New Phone!

Ok, my phone number is functional again..fortunately no one called me during the downtime! It's 315-532-2434 still and I have a brand-new Samsung Stratosphere that I'm still trying to figure out, so bear with me!

Cell Phone Died

*sigh* My Blackberry died a couple days ago, so if anyone needs to get a hold of me, please call my husband's phone at 315-530-7308. Hopefully he will do a good job of taking messages for me in the meantime, if anyone calls. I don't post my home number because it is unlisted. Sorry for any inconvenience! I will let everyone know when I get a new phone; should be the same number.

Adoption Fee Increase for 2012

Unfortunately, because prices keep climbing on pretty much everything from pellets to produce, we will be raising our adoption fees as of 1/1/12. It will now be $40 for a single guinea pig with cage/accessories, $50 for two. A guinea pig by itself, without a cage, will be $20, or two for $30. I am making the change to this site now, and will have to fill in the changes on the hard copies of the adoption forms. We're not crazy about doing this, but with all the calls we get from people wanting to surrender guinea pigs, we need to make sure we are able to care for them.

Merry Christmas! Update...

So here's what's been going on: AJ went to her new home yesterday. I removed the barrier inside the Brats' large cage, so everyone has free run again..they are all happy to have their space back without anyone fighting!

That being said, I plan on introducing our new female, Maya, to the group as soon as I clean out the cage. Maya is a young (under a year) rust-colored, self-crested female. I have taken pictures and will have her on here soon; she is very calm and healthy and would make a great companion for someone.

Olive's adoption is pending; an application has been put in and she will be leaving us sometime after Jan. 9 as a companion for another older guinea pig.

Lastly, we hate to bring any sad news, but Frosted passed away two nights ago. He was older, and had started losing weight..when he stopped eating the day before his death, we figured his time was almost done, and he passed peacefully during the night. He left behind a good-sized cage, but for now it's sitting empty...I just don't have the heart to put anyone else in it right now. :(

Available for Adoption...Noodles

Noodles is a young male, I'm guessing about 5-6 months. He came from a classroom of toddlers in Shoppingtown Mall and he did NOT like the noise and commotion of his surroundings, so he was a little nippy when we first brought him home. I have been taking him out every day to show him that he is in a quieter environment; he is still a little jumpy, but is very curious and vocal when you hold him! When frightened, he will run onto your chest and then all the way up to your shoulder. He would do well in a fairly quiet home without small children.