|
|
Medical Emergencies
Aurora Animal Hospital
16677 E. Smoky Hill Rd.
Aurora, CO 80015
www.auroraanimalhospital.com
303-680-7305
Say
"Cavy Care Inc." sent you and the shelter will receive $10 off our veterinarian
care.
Number of visits:
Last updated on 08/26/2008 by the four pawed staff of CCI.
Many of the pictures on our site where contributed
and taken from www.flickr.com.
They are not intended as an endorsement
of our site.
Please click on the picture to see more
of the photographers work.
www.cavycages.com
for unique cage ideas for you that other folks have done.
"Guinea Pig" in
German: Meerschweinchen
Russian and Polish: word for them is similar, morskaya svinka (Морская
свинка) and świnka morska
French: Cochon d'Inde,
Dutch: guinees biggetje
Norway, Sweden an
Denmark: marsvin
Greek: indika xoiridia' or ινδικά
χοιρίδια
Portuguese: porquinho da Índia
Italian: Porcellino D'India or Cavia Peruviana
|
We are NOT looking for this picture!
Where looking for THIS picture!
You
just can't help but love a guinea pig!  Scroll
down for adoptable guinea pigs
Adoption Fee's
ADOPT! DON'T BUY WHEN EVER POSSIBLE ! Why
do we have so many guinea pigs for adoption?
The
number one reason guinea pigs are surrendered is "loss of interest, or
allergies!"
Because
typically guinea pigs are bought from local stores at 4 weeks old and at six to
twelve months old the kids have lost interest in them and the parents are not
prepared to be responsible for the guinea pigs after that point. So they
are dumped into local animal shelter. At these shelters they sit because no one
thinks to look for them there. And they often face euthanasia. That is why
our organization was created. Working
with Denver Metro Shelters we take these guinea pigs in, assessing their
personalities and behaviors working to find them a good permanent caring home.
Dogs and Cats pack animal shelters and we understand why. Is it that far a
stretch to realize the same thing is going on for small animals? Then these
small animals sit. CCI is the only guinea pig shelter in Colorado,
servicing Wyoming, Kansas and some parts of California. We are donation driven
organization. We are making the most of our money, helping over 3888 guinea pigs
in the last seven years. Again, it is not about how many we have placed, but the
quality of homes they are placed into. Guinea
pigs are wonderful pets. They very rarely bring baggage with them from their
former homes. They bond at any age, 4 weeks or 4 years it is the personality of
the animal that makes the bond. Guinea pigs live very much in the now, and
not in the past. They are easy to re-bond with a new family in most cases. They
are great because they do not require walks, their cages are easily cleaned,
they are intelligent, snuggle and identify with owners very quickly. They are
trainable, and adorable. They are least likely to bite.
"Time to make a difference!" CCI has been lucky to have placed over 3888 guinea pigs since 1999. YOU made that possible. YOU made a difference one guinea pig at a time and thank you. Any one can go to the pet store to buy a guinea pig, but YOU didn't. THANK YOU! This is our shelter set up.
|
| "Making a difference one guinea pig at a time." " We make a living by what we make, we make a life by what we give." |
