Archive for the ‘Planet Guinea’ Category

Hayathon 2012

It is widely known that guineas really enjoy their hay and coincidentally it keeps their teeth worn too as they use the side to side chewing action to eat it! It also keeps the digestive system moving along very nicely too, very important that long fibre, a guinea pig’s digestive system should never be allowed […]

August 1, 2012   Posted in: 2012 OlympiGs & ParalympiGs, Planet Guinea  No Comments

The 2012 OlympiGs/ParalympiGs come to Planet Guinea

Guinea Pig Welfare is holding the torch for Guinea Pigs at the 2012 OlympiGs and ParalympiGs pigcause they’re worth it. We won’t be doing anything too demanding though, in fact there will be no demands made, the guineas have elected to portray their lives how they enjoy them the most, just to ensure Humans don’t […]

July 27, 2012   Posted in: 2012 OlympiGs & ParalympiGs, Planet Guinea  No Comments

Spring Into Summer, 2012

The weather has already been warm enough in Berkshire to put the guineas out in the run, though a lot of the time the grass is still taking a while to dry meaning hand picked grass is the order of the day. It’s days like that when I am glad I finally chose to opt […]

April 2, 2012   Posted in: Planet Guinea, Seasonal care  No Comments

Just Another Year?

That was 2011! Just another year, or was it? For me the highs were our seventh Piggy PM held at Active Vetcare with the support, as always, of The Hay Experts, Gorgeous Guineas and the band of enthusiastic volunteers. 2011 also saw the second Guinea Pig Welfare Wheek which reached a larger number of guineas […]

December 31, 2011   Posted in: Planet Guinea, Rescue  No Comments

Lily…

On 17 August Lovely Lily went to be a star on Planet Guinea, or maybe on Planet Lily, who knows, she spent most of her time in her own little universe so is probably in a sub-universe of her own now :)She’s the white one, dusty in parts, doing her own thing and occasionaly bumping […]

August 19, 2011   Posted in: Piggy PMs, Planet Guinea, The Pig Issue  No Comments

Moving Swiftly On…

Reading Guinea Pig Rescue have made the difficult, but correct, decision to close the rescue in its current form. After 10 years of rehabilitating and rehoming guinea pigs I feel that the time has come for moving on with our guinea pig community. There will always be a need for rescues as long as their […]

July 28, 2011   Posted in: Planet Guinea, Rescue  No Comments

Piggy PM Number 7

July 12, 2011   Posted in: Piggy PMs, Planet Guinea  No Comments

Piggy PM Number 6!

On the 27 November Guinea Pig Welfare held the sixth Piggy PM at Tilehurst Active Vetcare Centre. There were approximately 40 visitors counted coming through the doors raising a grand total of £126.45, this will go towards the extension of the shed that houses Reading Guinea Pig Rescue’s guests. Many thanks to Jenny for giving […]

November 29, 2010   Posted in: Planet Guinea  No Comments